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December 13, 2018

Researchers Revealed: View the Online Exhibit

Researchers Revealed introduces scientists from the Biodiversity Research Centre, and the work that they are doing. From oceans to deserts to far-off jungles, these researchers are roaming the globe and uncovering the answers to questions they have about our world. Come see what questions these...

October 29, 2018

Biodiversity Public Lecture: Tuesday Nov 6

Description Biodiversity Lecture Series with Sandra Knapp Floras for the Future: Why Plant Description Still Matters Register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/floras-for-the-future-why-plant-description-... Exploration of plant diversity has been going on since humans first walked the Earth – so...

April 24, 2018

Congratulations Rachel Germain: 2018 Jasper Loftus-Hills Young Investigator Award

Congratulations to Rachael Germain , who received 2018 Jasper Loftus-Hills Young Investigator Awards from the American Society of Naturalists! These represent premier awards for young researchers in the fields of ecology and evolution. Four are awarded each year. The Society is one of the oldest in...

December 4, 2017

Congratulations Roy Turkington! 2017 Lawson Medal winner

Congratulations to Professor Emeritus Roy Turkington, who has been awarded the 2017 Lawson Medal from the Canadian Botanical Association for his lifetime achievements in plant ecology.

October 27, 2017

Biodiversity Public Lecture: Claire Kremen "A Bee's Eye View of a Healthy Food System"

October 17, 2017

Congratulations Rashid Sumaila: 2017 Volvo Environment Prize

Rashid Sumaila is awarded 2017 Volvo Environment Prize for his radical solution to making the world's wild fisheries more sustainable.

October 10, 2017

Congratulations Stilianos Louca

Congratulations to Stilianos Louca (BRC postdoc) for winning the grand prize of the 2017 Science and SciLife Lab competition for his 2016 PhD thesis! Awards are made annually in each of four different life science categories. One of the awardees is then chosen to be the grand prize winner ( http://...

September 15, 2017

Congratulations Diane Srivastava!

Diane Srivastava, is the new Director of the Canadian Institute for Ecology and Evolution ( http://ciee-icee.com )! Founded in 2008, the CIEE has been promoting and funding synthesis research in Canada, as well as training workshops (see listing http://ciee-icee.com/CIEE-ICEE-Research-Programs-and-...

September 12, 2017

Congratulations Sally Aitken!

Please congratulate Sally Aitken, who has been elected to the Royal Society of Canada! Sally is a leading authority on climate change adaptation and plant conservation genetics. She was studying evolutionary responses to climate change in the 1990s, long before this became a mainstream research...

September 1, 2017

Job Opening: President’s Excellence Chair in Biodiversity Studies

The President’s Excellence Chair in Biodiversity Studies is expected to establish UBC as a global leader for research and graduate training in this field. The Biodiversity Research Centre at the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver, Canada, invites applications for a President’s Excellence...

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