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Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research at UBC @pcigr.bsky.social · 22d

PCIGR is inviting applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in High-Precision U-Pb #Geochronology!

Contribute to our U-Pb program and facilities while developing your own research program.

Details about the position at bit.ly/3K7KPVe
Contact us and apply now at [email protected]!

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UBC EOAS @eoas.ubc.ca · 26d

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UBC EOAS @eoas.ubc.ca · 26d

🪨 First geochemical analyses of asteroid Bennu (Nature Astronomy)!

UBC’s Dr. Dominique Weis, Dr. Marghaleray Amini & Vivian Lai (PCIGR/EOAS) joined nearly 100 scientists showing Bennu formed >4.5B yrs ago—with grains older than the Sun.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-025-02631-6

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UBC EOAS @eoas.ubc.ca · Sep 9

Colloquium is back!!

8 of our profs, with experience from over 20 years to under 2 weeks in the job.

Each with 8 minutes to weave a compelling scientific tale - not one to miss!

12pm for snacks, 12:30 for science. Tomorrow in ESB 5104 - see you there!

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UBC EOAS @eoas.ubc.ca · Sep 4

🌊 A decade-long mystery solved: UBC-led researchers identified the bacteria behind sea star wasting disease (Vibrio pectenicida FHCF-3), published in Nature Ecology & Evolution.

A huge step for marine recovery. 🪸🌍

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02797-2

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UBC EOAS @eoas.ubc.ca · Sep 4

Sign up now at the link in bio for the Certificate in Climate Studies and Action Welcome event next Thursday!

- Meet other students
- Learn about the program
- 18 Credits, open to any students from any undergraduate program who are interested in climate change
- Pizza! 🍕

See you there :)

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UBC EOAS @eoas.ubc.ca · Sep 3

👏 Congratulations to Dr. Laura Lukes, second author of the paper awarded Outstanding Paper Award 2025 by the Journal of Geoscience Education!

You can find the paper here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10899995.2024.2355821

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UBC News @news.ubc.ca · Jul 28

Three drillers have been freed from being trapped underground at the Red Chris Mine in northern B.C, a site transitioning from open-pit to block-cave mining.

@eoas.ubc.ca prof Dr. Erik Eberhardt discusses why mines are transitioning via @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social

www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

What is block-cave mining and why are mines transitioning to it?

Three drillers have been freed from being trapped underground at the Red Chris Mine in northern B.C, a site transitioning from open-pit to block-cave mining. Erik Eberhardt, a professor of geological...

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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · Aug 1

SEEKING: Canada Excellence Research Chair in Ocean Ecological Modelling. Joint position at @ubcoceans.bsky.social and @eoas.ubc.ca. Associate Professor/Professor (Tenure) position.

DEADLINE: SEPT 11, 2025!
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SEEKING: Canada Excellence Research Chair in Ocean Ecological Modelling. Joint position at @UBCoceans and @UBCeoas. Associate Professor/Professor (Tenure) position.

DEADLINE: SEPT 11, 2025!
https://ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcfacultyjobs/details/Canada-Excellence-Research-Chair-in-Ocean-Ecological-Modelling_JR21451

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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · Aug 5

"This discovery highlights how little we know about viruses infecting invertebrates in general and oysters in particular," said senior author Dr. Curtis Suttle. @virosphere.bsky.social @eoas.ubc.ca @science.ubc.ca phys.org/news/2025-08... via @physorg

New mega RNA virus may hold the key to mass oyster die-offs

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown virus in farmed Pacific oysters during a mass die-off in B.C., Canada. The discovery serves as a reminder that growers should exercise caution when movi...

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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · Aug 6

Pacific #oysters are the most widely farmed #shellfish in the world, but have been dying in large numbers. @news.ubc.ca's Dr. Curtis Suttle @virosphere.bsky.social, says that the reason for the die-off could be a previously unknown #virus. www.cbc.ca/player/play/... @science.ubc.ca @eoas.ubc.ca

UBC scientists may have found the reason for a mass Pacific oyster die-off

Pacific oysters are the most widely farmed shellfish in the world, but have recently been dying in large numbers. Curtis Suttle, a marine microbiology professor at the University of B.C., says that th...

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Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research at UBC @pcigr.bsky.social · Aug 25

📢 We are #HIRING for the position of Finance Manager! Job description and application portal in the link below.

Submissions accepted until September 7.

ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcsta...

Finance Manager - PCIGR

Staff - Non Union Job Category M&P - AAPS Job Profile AAPS Salaried - Accounting, Level A Job Title Finance Manager - PCIGR Department Research | PCIGR | Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences | F...

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UBC EOAS @eoas.ubc.ca · Jul 31

🌊 Big opportunity for ocean scientists!

UBC seeks a CERC in Ocean Ecological Modelling (Assoc/Full Prof, tenure).

🌎 Lead global-impact ocean research.

Apply by Sept 12, 2025 ➡️ academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30204

#OceanScience #CERC #UBC #AcademicJobs

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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · Jul 11

SEEKING: Canada Excellence Research Chair in #Ocean #Ecological #Modelling. #Professor or #Associateprofessor level with #tenure.
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@science.ubc.ca @eoas.ubc.ca

Canada Excellence Research Chair in Ocean Ecological Modelling

Academic Job Category Faculty Bargaining Job Title Canada Excellence Research Chair in Ocean Ecological Modelling Department Faculty | Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences | Faculty of Science (Erik...

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UBC EOAS @eoas.ubc.ca · Jul 24

Thrilled to share that Dr. Susan Allen has been named a Fellow of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society for her exceptional work in marine science & service to the field.

A huge congrats on this well-earned honour! 🌊🌦️

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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · Jul 7

POSTING: @ubcoceans.bsky.social and @eoas.ubc.ca are recruiting for a Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Ocean Ecological Modelling. Associate #Professor or Professor, with tenure.

Deadline: September 12, 2025

research.ubc.ca/media/file/c...

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Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research at UBC @pcigr.bsky.social · Jul 8

Dominique Weis @geochem-dweis.bsky.social sits down for a Q&A with the European Association of Geochemistry during #Goldschmidt2025 in Prague! Read here! bit.ly/3Ts7ME1

Catch Dominique and others from PCIGR — TODAY — in Goldschmidt Session 02l: Chemical Heterogeneities in the Earth's Mantle!

What do we know about the composition of the mantle (Part 1)? An Interview with Dominique Weis - EAG Blog

www.eagblog.org

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UBC EOAS @eoas.ubc.ca · Jul 8

UBC EOAS has secured $434K to launch PROTÉGÉ—a Canada-Chile grad student exchange on ocean hazards, climate resilience & marine research.

Funded by QES & UBC, it’s a key step toward national-scale Pacific Ocean research. 🌊🌍

#UBC #QES #OceanScience #ClimateAction

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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · Jun 30

RESEARCH: Basin-scale zooplankton composition in the Eastern Subarctic Pacific in the winter-spring. First author: Joanne Breckenridge, with Evgeny Pakhomov and Brian Hunt @UBCzoops @ubcpelagic.bsky.social @eoas.ubc.ca www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... via Progress in Oceanography

Basin-scale zooplankton composition in the Eastern Subarctic Pacific in the winter-spring

Knowledge of zooplankton distributions in the Eastern Subarctic Pacific (ESP) is limited and hinders our ability to assess ecosystem level change. To …

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Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research at UBC @pcigr.bsky.social · Jul 4

PCIGR is excited to showcase our facility and share with you what we do, ahead of #Goldschmidt2025! Watch the video below to learn about the cool research we do.

Our doors are open to assist you on your project. Get in touch with us!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAQn...

Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research (PCIGR) at the University of British Columbia

YouTube video by Goldschmidt Conference

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UBC EOAS @eoas.ubc.ca · Jun 4

EOSC 328 wrapped up a successful field season in the southern Okanagan this May.

Three weeks of mapping, hiking, and hands-on structural geology in (surprisingly cool) spring weather.

Thanks to our instructors, TAs, and the Field Station team for supporting this work in the field.

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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · Apr 23

RESEARCH: A review of benthic cnidarians as underappreciated predators in the gelatinous ocean. Co-authored by @fluskow.bsky.social and Dr. Evgeny Pakhomov. link.springer.com/article/10.1... via @springernature.com #MarineBiology @eoas.ubc.ca

A review of benthic cnidarians as underappreciated predators in the gelatinous ocean - Marine Biology

Elucidating predatory interactions between benthic cnidarians (represented by scleractinian corals and sea anemones) and gelatinous zooplankton (GZ) is fundamental for understanding energy transfer pa...

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Dominique Weis @geochem-dweis.bsky.social · May 3

The Treatise of Geochemistry III is out in print. Happy to have been part of this undertaking with A. Anbar and an amazing team of section editors.

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Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research at UBC @pcigr.bsky.social · Apr 28

📢 Hot off the press! New paper by Nicole Williamson, Dominique Weis @geochem-dweis.bsky.social, Elly Thistlethwaite, Lauren Harrison, Catherine Armstrong, James Scoates and Michael Garcia on enriched geochemical compositions in Hawaiian lavas. Read here! (open access) doi.org/10.1016/j.gc...

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Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research at UBC @pcigr.bsky.social · Apr 28

Hot off the press! New publication by Nichole Moerhuis, James Scoates, Dominique Weis @geochem-dweis.bsky.social, Jon Scoates, and Christian Tegner. Read here! (open access) doi.org/10.1093/petr...

Zircon Morphology and Geochemical Diversity During Closed-System Crystallization of the Skaergaard Intrusion

Abstract. The textures and chemistry of zircon in the Eocene Skaergaard intrusion, related to the East Greenland flood basalts and opening of the North Atl

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