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"With further studies in humans, we hope to understand whether there are situations in which, for specific patients, these procedures may put them at risk of disease exacerbation," said Dr. Carolina Tropini. @ctropini.bsky.social @ubcmicroimmuno.bsky.social
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January 9, 2026 at 5:41 PM
"With further studies in humans, we hope to understand whether there are situations in which, for specific patients, these procedures may put them at risk of disease exacerbation," said Dr. Carolina Tropini. @ctropini.bsky.social @ubcmicroimmuno.bsky.social
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Among other UBC projects, new B.C. Government funding will support a program that aims to create cancer vaccines, led by Drs. Pieter Cullis and Anna Blakney.
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December 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Among other UBC projects, new B.C. Government funding will support a program that aims to create cancer vaccines, led by Drs. Pieter Cullis and Anna Blakney.
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From theory to the foundation of new technologies. UBC’s Dr. Bill Unruh and Dr. Marlan Scully from Texas A&M reflect on 100 hundred years of quantum mechanics. @ubcphas.bsky.social @tamu.bsky.social @science.org
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December 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
From theory to the foundation of new technologies. UBC’s Dr. Bill Unruh and Dr. Marlan Scully from Texas A&M reflect on 100 hundred years of quantum mechanics. @ubcphas.bsky.social @tamu.bsky.social @science.org
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Uncover lost Indigenous star knowledge with geoscientific ethnographer Dr. Shandin Pete of @eoas.ubc.ca at Salish Skies: Indigenous Sky Stories.
H.R. MacMillan Space Centre Saturday, Dec 13, 2:30pm - 6pm
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Complimentary admission for Indigenous guests
H.R. MacMillan Space Centre Saturday, Dec 13, 2:30pm - 6pm
Register: bit.ly/3XDJvwZ
Complimentary admission for Indigenous guests
December 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Uncover lost Indigenous star knowledge with geoscientific ethnographer Dr. Shandin Pete of @eoas.ubc.ca at Salish Skies: Indigenous Sky Stories.
H.R. MacMillan Space Centre Saturday, Dec 13, 2:30pm - 6pm
Register: bit.ly/3XDJvwZ
Complimentary admission for Indigenous guests
H.R. MacMillan Space Centre Saturday, Dec 13, 2:30pm - 6pm
Register: bit.ly/3XDJvwZ
Complimentary admission for Indigenous guests
Congratulations to fourth-year UBC Biology honours student Julie Sieg, British Columbia’s latest Rhodes Scholar elect! Fieldwork is key to Julie’s research, which has focused on how climate change is impacting insect populations and marine ecosystems.
December 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Congratulations to fourth-year UBC Biology honours student Julie Sieg, British Columbia’s latest Rhodes Scholar elect! Fieldwork is key to Julie’s research, which has focused on how climate change is impacting insect populations and marine ecosystems.
Congratulations to Dr. Takamasa Momose on his naming as a Distinguished University Scholar! His lab operates advanced systems to produce and study cold and ultra-cold molecules below 4 K. @chem.ubc.ca
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December 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Congratulations to Dr. Takamasa Momose on his naming as a Distinguished University Scholar! His lab operates advanced systems to produce and study cold and ultra-cold molecules below 4 K. @chem.ubc.ca
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Grow your career with UBC Botany! The department is recruiting a assistant professor in non-seed plant diversity--researchers conducting innovative work in bryophyte, fern or lycophyte diversity are invited to apply: science.ubc.ca/about/careers @ubcbotany.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Grow your career with UBC Botany! The department is recruiting a assistant professor in non-seed plant diversity--researchers conducting innovative work in bryophyte, fern or lycophyte diversity are invited to apply: science.ubc.ca/about/careers @ubcbotany.bsky.social
In the latest issue of "Matter," Dr. Curtis Berlinguette's team of UBC chemists describe AdaCarbon—a self-driving lab that's three times faster than manual workflows and establishes a scalable path for CO2-to-fuel conversion: doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...
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November 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
In the latest issue of "Matter," Dr. Curtis Berlinguette's team of UBC chemists describe AdaCarbon—a self-driving lab that's three times faster than manual workflows and establishes a scalable path for CO2-to-fuel conversion: doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...
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@chem.ubc.ca
UBC Science is hiring a Digital Communications Specialist to enhance our online presence and reputation by creating inspirational web and other digital content, and support the development and operation of the Faculty’s digital communication initiatives and channels.
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October 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
UBC Science is hiring a Digital Communications Specialist to enhance our online presence and reputation by creating inspirational web and other digital content, and support the development and operation of the Faculty’s digital communication initiatives and channels.
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UBC’s department of Computer Science invites applications for up to 2 full-time tenure-track positions. The department is particularly interested in researchers in: visualization, robotics, reinforcement learning, data management, and data mining. @cs.ubc.ca
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October 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
UBC’s department of Computer Science invites applications for up to 2 full-time tenure-track positions. The department is particularly interested in researchers in: visualization, robotics, reinforcement learning, data management, and data mining. @cs.ubc.ca
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Canada Foundation for Innovation has funded UBC Science researchers Michelle Kunimoto, Monika Fischer, Mohammad Arif Ashraf, Phillip Domeier, Tao Huan, Corinna Schindler and Corey Stephenson.
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October 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Canada Foundation for Innovation has funded UBC Science researchers Michelle Kunimoto, Monika Fischer, Mohammad Arif Ashraf, Phillip Domeier, Tao Huan, Corinna Schindler and Corey Stephenson.
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UBC’s Small Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund is open for proposals! Science Skylight offers early internal feedback on potential submissions—reach out by October 30 for support: skylight.science.ubc.ca/programs-gra...
October 9, 2025 at 6:58 PM
UBC’s Small Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund is open for proposals! Science Skylight offers early internal feedback on potential submissions—reach out by October 30 for support: skylight.science.ubc.ca/programs-gra...
#UBC Science is seeking an exceptional emerging scholar to fill a Canada Research Chair in Medical Physics in the Canadian Institutes of Health Research stream. Applications due November 30.
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October 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
#UBC Science is seeking an exceptional emerging scholar to fill a Canada Research Chair in Medical Physics in the Canadian Institutes of Health Research stream. Applications due November 30.
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Congratulations to UBC Science’s 6 new public scholars! Sean Edgerton, Drew Hall, Yunfei Li, Jessica Mukiri, Lilith South & Molly Zhang are among 36 doctoral students who are pursuing interdisciplinary, community-engaged PhD work with real world impact.
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October 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Congratulations to UBC Science’s 6 new public scholars! Sean Edgerton, Drew Hall, Yunfei Li, Jessica Mukiri, Lilith South & Molly Zhang are among 36 doctoral students who are pursuing interdisciplinary, community-engaged PhD work with real world impact.
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“This is the first time we’ve seen this play out in a human model,” says Dr. Stephen Withers, UBC chemistry professor who co-led the development of a universal blood type. “It gives us invaluable insight into how to improve long-term outcomes.” @chem.ubc.ca
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October 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
“This is the first time we’ve seen this play out in a human model,” says Dr. Stephen Withers, UBC chemistry professor who co-led the development of a universal blood type. “It gives us invaluable insight into how to improve long-term outcomes.” @chem.ubc.ca
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Evolutionary ecologist Dr. Kayla King is giving a public lecture: Pathogens and the Power of Evolution
Oct. 18 7:15 pm P.A. Woodward Instructional Resources Centre, UBC Vancouver
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Oct. 18 7:15 pm P.A. Woodward Instructional Resources Centre, UBC Vancouver
@kayla-king.bsky.social @ubcmicroimmuno.bsky.social @zoology.ubc.ca
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October 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Evolutionary ecologist Dr. Kayla King is giving a public lecture: Pathogens and the Power of Evolution
Oct. 18 7:15 pm P.A. Woodward Instructional Resources Centre, UBC Vancouver
@kayla-king.bsky.social @ubcmicroimmuno.bsky.social @zoology.ubc.ca
More info: globalreportingcentre.org/vancouver-in...
Oct. 18 7:15 pm P.A. Woodward Instructional Resources Centre, UBC Vancouver
@kayla-king.bsky.social @ubcmicroimmuno.bsky.social @zoology.ubc.ca
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Reminder: This weekend @YVR! Our Quantum Universe. UBC physicist Dr. Mark Van Raamsdonk discusses classical and quantum gravity, and cosmology. t.co/HLK9zHAtj2
September 26, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Reminder: This weekend @YVR! Our Quantum Universe. UBC physicist Dr. Mark Van Raamsdonk discusses classical and quantum gravity, and cosmology. t.co/HLK9zHAtj2
@UBC cosmologist Dr. Mark Van Raamsdonk is giving a public lecture: Our Quantum Universe - the intersection of quantum mechanics and gravity. @ubcphas.bsky.social
Sept 27, 7:15 pm
P.A. Woodward Instructional Resources Centre, UBC Vancouver.
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Sept 27, 7:15 pm
P.A. Woodward Instructional Resources Centre, UBC Vancouver.
More info: globalreportingcentre.org/vancouver-in...
September 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
@UBC cosmologist Dr. Mark Van Raamsdonk is giving a public lecture: Our Quantum Universe - the intersection of quantum mechanics and gravity. @ubcphas.bsky.social
Sept 27, 7:15 pm
P.A. Woodward Instructional Resources Centre, UBC Vancouver.
More info: globalreportingcentre.org/vancouver-in...
Sept 27, 7:15 pm
P.A. Woodward Instructional Resources Centre, UBC Vancouver.
More info: globalreportingcentre.org/vancouver-in...
UBC Science grad students Brian Duarte & Cormac Toler-Scott are finalists in NSERC's 2025 Science Exposed People’s Choice photo contest. You can vote for your favourite photo until noon Sept. 21 at bit.ly/4n0Haan
Photo: Brian Duarte's "The decisive moment".
Photo: Brian Duarte's "The decisive moment".
September 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
UBC Science grad students Brian Duarte & Cormac Toler-Scott are finalists in NSERC's 2025 Science Exposed People’s Choice photo contest. You can vote for your favourite photo until noon Sept. 21 at bit.ly/4n0Haan
Photo: Brian Duarte's "The decisive moment".
Photo: Brian Duarte's "The decisive moment".
Congrats to the winners of the Wall Research Awards–Team Faculty, for Smell Steers the Salmon which explores how stressors such as high levels of CO₂ and urban pollutants affect salmon’s sense of smell which harms their ability to spawn. @zoology.ubc.ca @benmatthewslab.bsky.social
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August 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Congrats to the winners of the Wall Research Awards–Team Faculty, for Smell Steers the Salmon which explores how stressors such as high levels of CO₂ and urban pollutants affect salmon’s sense of smell which harms their ability to spawn. @zoology.ubc.ca @benmatthewslab.bsky.social
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1 in 8 Canadian men will develop prostate cancer during their lifetime. 1 in 30 will die from it. Now UBC chemists have developed a new tracer that lets surgeons see and hear prostrate cancer.
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August 22, 2025 at 4:35 PM
1 in 8 Canadian men will develop prostate cancer during their lifetime. 1 in 30 will die from it. Now UBC chemists have developed a new tracer that lets surgeons see and hear prostrate cancer.
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We’re incredibly proud of Canada’s 2025 National Physics Olympiad team — trained right here at #UBC! They just brought home three silver and two bronze medals for Canada in Paris! @ipho2025 www.ipho2025.fr/final-result...
July 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
We’re incredibly proud of Canada’s 2025 National Physics Olympiad team — trained right here at #UBC! They just brought home three silver and two bronze medals for Canada in Paris! @ipho2025 www.ipho2025.fr/final-result...
JOB POSTINGS:
1. Canada Excellence Research Chair in Ocean Ecological Modelling
2. Canadian Excellence Research Chair in AI for Improving Patient Outcomes and Enhancing Health Service Delivery
3. Assistant Professor of Teaching in STEM Public Engagement
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1. Canada Excellence Research Chair in Ocean Ecological Modelling
2. Canadian Excellence Research Chair in AI for Improving Patient Outcomes and Enhancing Health Service Delivery
3. Assistant Professor of Teaching in STEM Public Engagement
science.ubc.ca/about/careers
July 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
JOB POSTINGS:
1. Canada Excellence Research Chair in Ocean Ecological Modelling
2. Canadian Excellence Research Chair in AI for Improving Patient Outcomes and Enhancing Health Service Delivery
3. Assistant Professor of Teaching in STEM Public Engagement
science.ubc.ca/about/careers
1. Canada Excellence Research Chair in Ocean Ecological Modelling
2. Canadian Excellence Research Chair in AI for Improving Patient Outcomes and Enhancing Health Service Delivery
3. Assistant Professor of Teaching in STEM Public Engagement
science.ubc.ca/about/careers
Studies of exotic materials called “strange metals” point to a whole new way to understand electricity. "Maybe electrons are not the fundamental particle in condensed matter physics,” says UBC physicist Dr. Meigan Aronson of @ubcphas.bsky.social. Via @science.org
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July 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Studies of exotic materials called “strange metals” point to a whole new way to understand electricity. "Maybe electrons are not the fundamental particle in condensed matter physics,” says UBC physicist Dr. Meigan Aronson of @ubcphas.bsky.social. Via @science.org
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Calls for LOIs for #UBC’s Large Teaching and Learning Enhancement projects are open. Skylight offers early internal feedback on potential submissions from UBC Science faculty.
Learn more: skylight.science.ubc.ca/grants/tlef
Learn more: skylight.science.ubc.ca/grants/tlef
June 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Calls for LOIs for #UBC’s Large Teaching and Learning Enhancement projects are open. Skylight offers early internal feedback on potential submissions from UBC Science faculty.
Learn more: skylight.science.ubc.ca/grants/tlef
Learn more: skylight.science.ubc.ca/grants/tlef