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Congratulations to Dr. Andrew Trites, @ubcmarinemammal, who has won UBC’s President’s Award for Public Education through Media. oceans.ubc.ca/2025/03/11/q... @ubcscience
March 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Please share: @UBCScience is searching for 15 TT faculty in diverse areas of expertise science.ubc.ca/about/careers. Included are 2 positions in Quantitative and Environmental Science as part of a hiring cluster for black faculty; you will join 6 current UBC faculty science.ubc.ca/blackscholars.
October 27, 2023 at 8:00 PM
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Dr. William Cheung, @UBC professor and Director of #UBCOceans, has won the prestigious A. G. Huntsman Award for Excellence in Marine Science! @ubccoru.bsky.social @SolvingFCB @ubcscience
October 7, 2024 at 8:08 PM
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UBC's Dr. William Cheung has been named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada for his research on marine ecosystems and fisheries. @ubcoceans.bsky.social @src-rsc.bsky.social

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Royal Society of Canada 2025: Dr. William Cheung
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November 19, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Meet Dr. Stella Lee, a physiologist by training, who teaches the undergraduate course in Developmental Biology at #UBC. @zoology.ubc.ca
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Dr. Stella Lee, physiologist
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February 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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UBC chemist Dr. Corey Stephenson leads a research program focused on creating more efficient and sustainable processes for manufacturing life-saving medicines using light and electricity. @chem.ubc.ca

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Dr. Corey Stephenson, chemist and CERC Chair
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September 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Haunting the seas: the legacy of ghost gear pollution in marine environments. 👻"Ghost gear can catch non-targeted species – such as fish, whales or other marine mammals – through by-catch or entanglement," says Oriana Smy @UBCAnth oceans.ubc.ca/2024/10/31/h... @ubcscience @UBCNews 👻🎣
October 31, 2024 at 6:25 PM
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On this #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience, statistician Dr. Katie Burak talks about her work with UBC's Girls in Data Science summer camp and teaching in the Master of Data Science program.

#WomeninScience #STEM @stat.ubc.ca @cs.ubc.ca

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Dr. Katie Burak, statistician
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February 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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The 4 tenets of geology 💎 Source: George the lambeosaurus 🦕

#universityofbritishcolumbia #ubc #ubcscience #vancouvermuseum #geologymuseum #sciencemuseum #geologypun #geologyjokes
March 3, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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"We've been looking at interactions between killer #whales and dolphins, but we've never, ever looked at interactions with #kelp, and so this is something new for me, and I was quite excited," said Andrew Trites. @ubcmarinemammal @ubcscience
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Orcas use kelp tools to groom and bond off B.C.'s coast, study suggests | CBC News
Southern resident killer whales are using kelp for what scientists suspect are both hygienic and social purposes.
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June 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Congratulations to Dr. Andrea Reid, a citizen of the @NLGNisgaaNation, who will be inducted into the @src_rsc College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. @ubcscience
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September 3, 2024 at 11:08 PM
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Dr. Monika Fischer @mofisch.bsky.social studies the role that #fungi play in wildfire recovery. She combines genetics and molecular biology to better understand how fire-adapted fungi interact with each other and their environment. @ubcbotany.bsky.social
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Dr. Monika Fischer, mycologist
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December 6, 2024 at 7:56 PM
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Drawing maps of Greater #Caribbean #manatee habitats in South America; a huge step forward in #conservation and #rehabilitation. #CarolMeirelles and #AndrewTrites
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Workshop participants reviewing the accuracy of habitat maps for West Indian manatees in South America. Photo: A.W. Trites. Maceió, a West Indian manatee at a rescue centre in Brazil prior to being released back into the wild. Photo: ChicoRasta
October 25, 2024 at 8:55 PM
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UBC computer scientist Dr. Tamara Munzner has been named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada for her visualization research which involves designing systems to solve specific needs for a target group of real-world users. @cs.ubc.ca @src-rsc.bsky.social

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Royal Society of Canada 2025: Dr. Tamara Munzner
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November 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Looking for a meaningful holiday gift that goes beyond the usual presents? A Beaty Biodiversity Museum membership is a thoughtful option for families and science enthusiasts of all ages.
Click the link to know more: beatymuseum.ubc.ca/visit/member...

#BCmuseums #SciComm #UBCref="/hashtag/UBCscience" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link">#UBCscience #UBCcampus #UBC
December 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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UBC mineralogist Dr. Catriona Breasley has made the first significant discovery of #lithium in B.C. "There could be much bigger deposits out there,” she says. “We just haven't found them yet." @eoas.ubc.ca

Learn more: bit.ly/4nPQOvV
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Will B.C. get a charge from lithium?
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November 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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New Publication Alerts!

Explore the new articles by IBioS members on our website, linked in our profile.

#biodiversity #conservation #ubcscience #ubcvancouver
July 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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New Publication Alerts!

Explore the new articles by IBioS members on our website, linked in our profile.

#biodiversity #conservation #ubcscience #ubcvancouver
July 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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UBC's Dr. Kayla King is among the 18 Science researchers who have received funding from the B.C. Knowledge Development Fund for her project, Laboratory for Experimental Evolution of Pathogens. See all the UBC-led projects funded at research.ubc.ca/bckdf-2025

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Dr. Kayla King, evolutionary biologist
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December 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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🎥 Captured: UBC's Earth Sciences Building and the Pacific Museum of Earth at night 🌙

#pacificmuseumofearth #ubcscience #ubcstudent #universityofbritishcolumbia #ubcvancouver #ubcearthsciences
March 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Machine learning today learns once from a massive amount of data. In our changing world, @cs.ubc.ca prof Dr. Evan Shelhamer thinks it's useful to have ML keep learning. He's a @vectorinstitute.ai member & CIFAR AI Chair.
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Dr. Evan Shelhamer, computer scientist
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September 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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'Feels amazing': All-women team of scientists dominate in world rowing challenge www.vancouverisawesome.com/highlights/f... via @viawesome @Row4SaltySci @redlipblenny @ubcscience @SFU_Science @BamfieldMSC
'Feels amazing': All-women team of scientists dominate in world rowing challenge
The all-women crew rowed 5,000 kilometres for 38 days straight across the Atlantic Ocean in the World's Toughest Row.
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January 26, 2024 at 6:06 PM
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Log booms threaten more than just seal pups. Booms offer a convenient platform for hungry seals. “They get to sleep next to their grocery stores without having to travel far,” Andrew Trites @ubcmarinemammal says. via @thetyee.ca @lpynn @ubcscience thetyee.ca/News/2024/07...
The Estuary Smothered by a Thousand Industrial Logs | The Tyee
Why does BC still permit a practice that’s known to devastate marine life?
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July 5, 2024 at 4:30 PM
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Congratulations to Dr. Marie Auger-Méthé, who will be inducted into the @src_rsc College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. @UBCStatistics @ubcscience oceans.ubc.ca/2024/09/03/m...
September 3, 2024 at 11:02 PM
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Dr. Michelle Kunimoto (@mkunimoto.bsky.social) has discovered over 3,300 #exoplanets after being inspired to study #astronomy after her Dad introduced her to the original Star Trek TV series. @ubcphas.bsky.social

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Dr. Michelle Kunimoto, astronomer
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January 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM