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  1. The 2011 Science Guide to Celebrate Research

    March 1, 2011

    UBC is gearing up once again for Celebrate Research Week! Now in its 11th year, Celebrate Research Week runs from March 4th to 11th, and features a variety of hosted discussion forums, poster sessions, seminars, open houses and symposia on relevant issues related to the outstanding research taking… read more

  2. National Honours to UBC Researchers in New Materials, Atmospheric Aerosols

    February 14, 2011

    UBC Science researchers investigating new materials and atmospheric aerosols, along with a former UBC graduate student studying evolutionary adaption, are among 13 recipients of Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council prizes announced today."Our government is committed to developing,… read more

  3. UBC Graduate Students Put a Criminal Spin on Life Science Outreach

    February 9, 2011

    A researcher is found dead hunched over her lab bench, and seven suspects are in custody. Now it’s up to 30 high school students to determine who killed her.That’s the premise for an innovative science outreach program hosted by the Graduate Student Association (GSA) at UBC’s… read more

  4. UBC's Top Research Prize Goes to Marine Metabolite Hunter

    January 26, 2011

    A UBC organic chemist and oceanographer who studies the metabolites produced by marine organisms--often to help evaluate their potential as drug candidates--has been awarded UBC's premier prize for research.Raymond Andersen, with the departments of Chemistry and Earth and Ocean Sciences, has been… read more

  5. Wave-Generated ‘White Hole’ Boosts Hawking Radiation Theory: UBC Research

    January 17, 2011

    A team of UBC physicists and engineers have designed an experiment featuring a trough of flowing water to help bolster a 35-year-old theory proposed by eminent physicist Stephen Hawking.In 1974, Hawking predicted that black holes--often thought of having gravitational pulls so strong that nothing… read more

  6. Genes Contribute to Sockeye Mortality: First Major Biotelemetry, Genomics Study

    January 13, 2011

    Fraser River sockeye salmon with a certain genomic profile are more likely to die before spawning, contributing to the recent declines in British Columbian salmon, according to a new study by UBC and Fisheries and Oceans Canada.For the study, researchers conducted non-lethal biopsies and then… read more

Musqueam First Nation land acknowledegement

We honour xwməθkwəy̓ əm (Musqueam) on whose ancestral, unceded territory UBC Vancouver is situated. UBC Science is committed to building meaningful relationships with Indigenous peoples so we can advance Reconciliation and ensure traditional ways of knowing enrich our teaching and research.

Learn more: Musqueam First Nation

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