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  1. Evolution Impacts Environment: UBC Researchers

    April 1, 2009

    Researchers with UBC's Biodiversity Research Centre have used mini-ecosystems housing different species of stickleback fish to prove that the evolution of new species impacts environments. Scientists agree that different environments impact the evolution of new species—these experiments… read more

  2. CS, Stats lauded for improving the student experience

    March 30, 2009

    Computer Science, Statistics, the Environmental Science Students Association and two UBC Science staffers have all been recognized for their efforts to improve the student experience at UBC. In total, three of four student development awards designated by the Office of the Vice-President Students… read more

  3. UBC researcher discovers 30 new jumping spider species

    March 26, 2009

    Beaty Biodiversity Museum Director Wayne Maddison has uncovered 30 to 50 never-before-identified species of jumping spiders as part of a Conservation International expedition to Papua New Guinea. The discovery gives scientists a peek into a section of the evolutionary tree previously thought to… read more

  4. Chair in Chemical Biology Highlights New CRCs

    March 16, 2009

    Stephen Withers, whose lab is developing new ways to synthesize carbohydrate-based therapeutics, is one of four new Canada Research Chairs (CRC) named to UBC this spring. The professor of Chemistry, jointly appointed with Biochemistry, joins three CRC renewals announced within the Faculty of… read more

  5. UBC sun-powered illumination system receives $2M in sustainability funding

    March 11, 2009

    An invention out of UBC's Structured Surface Physics Laboratory that channels natural sunlight into multi-floor office buildings will receive up to $2.1 million in funding from Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC). The patented Solar Canopy Illumination System collects sunlight on the… read more

  6. UBC Computer Science Research Impact Highest in Canada

    March 6, 2009

    Sciencewatch.com has ranked the University of British Columbia as having the highest journal publishing impact factor in the field of computer science in Canada. An impact factor measures the number of citations garnered by journal articles, and is frequently used to gauge the importance of… read more

  7. Science Guide to Celebrate Research Week

    February 22, 2009

    Each year in March, UBC units and partner institutions host discussion forums, lectures, seminars, open houses and symposia on topical and timely issues related to their research. Almost all of the events are free and open the pubic, students, faculty, staff and school groups. This page lists… read more

  8. Microfluidic Platform Enables Quicker, More Precise Cell Research

    February 16, 2009

    UBC researchers have used new fabrication techniques to develop a microfluidic platform able to monitor how individual cells respond to varying biochemical environments on an unprecedented scale. Applying techniques used to manufacture integrated electronic circuits, assistant professor Carl… read more

  9. Health Research Funding Targets E Coli, AIDs Related Infection, Cell Signalling

    February 4, 2009

    UBC Science researchers have been awarded $3 million in the latest round of operating grants announced by Canada's national health research funding agency, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). The support will enable the researchers to investigate a range of health issues, including… read more

  10. Using Nature's Antibiotics to Coat Medical Devices

    January 29, 2009

    UBC researchers with the Department of Microbiology and Immunology have discovered a mimic of one of "nature's antibiotics" that can be used to coat medical devices to prevent infection and rejection. The study, released today in the journal Chemistry and Biology, found that a synthetic form,… read more

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