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Welcome new faculty member - Sweta Agrawal

July 2, 2026

Posted July 2026 - originally posted January 2, 2026 January 1, 2026 marked Sweta Agrawal’s first day as an Assistant Professor in Comparative...

Kathy Nomme & Biology TA Award winners - 2026

June 24, 2026

Congratulations to: Kathy Nomme Teaching Award for New TAs: Winner: Theresa Weinspach Honourable Mention: Mahara Mtawali Biology Teaching...

Colin Brauner will receive the Award of Excellence in Fish Physiology

June 17, 2026

Congratulations to Colin Brauner! Colin will receive the Award of Excellence in Fish Physiology given by the American Fisheries Society - Physiology...

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Upcoming Events

Jul

Friday Zoology Coffee & Donuts

July July 3: Biosci courtyard July 10: LSC 1416 July 17: BRC courtyard July 24: Biosci courtyard July 31: LSC 1416 August August 7: BRC Courtyard...

Jul

Edwin SH Leong Centre for Healthy Aging Seminar

Dialogue on aging: Wallace Robinson, leader for Advance Care Planning at St. Paul’s Hospital, and across Providence Health Care: "What matters to you...

Jul

IBioS workshop

"Canadian Major Projects threats to biodiversity: A policy training, discussion and strategy workshop" We are organizing this event to 1) deepen our...

Jul

ICBF: International Congress on the Biology of Fish 2026

16th International Congress on the Biology of Fish 2026 July 12-16, 2026 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Jul

SBME: School of Biomedical Engineering research seminar

Location: SHRM B1001 "Precision genome editing in human iPS cells for disease modeling and improved cell therapies", Knut Woltjen, Associate...

Jul

2026 International Congress for Neuroethology - July 26 - 31

2026 International Congress for Neuroethology - July 26 - 31 - UBC Vancouver

Aug

The Social Lives of Viruses meeting - August 4 to 8 , 2026

The Social Lives of Viruses meeting - August 4 to 8 , 2026 - Vancouver Canada

Sep

Green College - Dal Grauer Memorial Lectures

"An immense world: how animal senses reveal the world around us", Ed Yong, Science Reporter; Journalist; Author Source: Green College

Oct

2026 Vancouver Gairdner National Program

2026 Gairdner Symposium Date: Monday, October 19, 2:15-4:00pm Location: Life Sciences Institute, Lecture Theatre 2 (LSC 2), UBC, 2350 Health Sciences...

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