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UBC Paleontologist Solves California's Sharktooth Hill Bonebed Mystery
June 8, 2009
A UBC researcher has turned up the first conclusive explanation for the origin of the Sharktooth Hill bonebed--a massive prehistoric marine mass grave in southern California. The Sharktooth Hill bonebed is exposed over approximately 100 square kilometres of land at the southern end of the Central… read more
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Michael Gold appointed head, UBC Microbiology and Immunology
June 5, 2009
UBC Professor Michael Gold has been appointed head of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, effective July 1, 2009. Gold's lab has focused on understanding the immune response to viral and bacterial infections, and his immunology research on B-lymphocytes has garnered international… read more
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UBC Science Research Training Programs Net NSERC Funding
June 2, 2009
Training programs focusing on biodiversity and biological research at UBC Science have received major funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC). In total, researchers at UBC received $4.95 million over six years from NSERC's new Collaborative Research and Training… read more
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Elevated water temperature and acidity boost growth of key sea star species, UBC research
May 29, 2009
New research by UBC zoologists indicates that elevated water temperatures and heightened concentrations of carbon dioxide can dramatically increase the growth rate of a keystone species of sea star. The study is one of the first to look at the impact of ocean acidification on marine invertebrates… read more
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UBC Students Tackle Maritime Surveillance Problem to Win Intelligent Systems Challenge
May 27, 2009
Two UBC Science students have devised a software algorithm to help detect suspicious maritime activity to win a real-world intelligent systems competition hosted at UBC Okanagan this week. Over the past year, teams of university, college and high school students from across the country were… read more
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Government of Canada Invests $960,000 in Sustainable Mineral Exploration and Mining Research at EOS
May 21, 2009
The Government of Canada is helping establish a smart mineral exploration and mining research centre at the Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences (EOS) at UBC. The $960,000 Western Economic Diversification (WED) investment will strengthen research and industry collaborations, and help maintain… read more
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Researchers Catch Nature in the Act of 'Recycling' a Star
May 21, 2009
UBC astronomer Ingrid Stairs is part of the first international team to observe the transformation of an ordinary, slow-rotating pulsar into a superfast millisecond pulsar—a star with an almost infinitely extended lifespan. The discovery was made during a large radio sky survey by… read more
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UBC researchers adapt open source software to crunch planck data
May 15, 2009
UBC researchers led by cosmologist Douglas Scott are adapting open source software to help analyse the reams of data set to be produced by the recently launched Planck satellite. Canadian scientists helped develop the rapid interpretation software for both the low and high frequency cameras… read more
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UBC Researchers Uncover Mechanics of Promising Cardiovascular Treatment
May 8, 2009
UBC researchers have identified a range of blood platelet proteins that are modified by Nitroxyl, a chemical compound that shows great promise as a cardiovascular drug and treatment for alcoholism. The use of advanced mass spectrometric techniques enabled UBC Chemistry associate professor Juergen… read more
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Four UBC Science Doctoral Students Named Vanier Scholars
May 4, 2009
Four UBC Science doctoral students have received prestigious Vanier Canada Scholarships--Canada's equivalent of Britain's Rhodes scholarship--to study biodiversity, nuclear physics, cell sequencing for cancer research, and the mathematical sciences. The four scholarships are among 17 awarded at… read more