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Pleased to share this video, ft. Emma George, about our new paper in Current Biology! We find highly specialized bacteria with tiny genomes residing within diplonemids - a group of marine heterotrophic protists. @pjkeelinglab UBCBiodiversity #symbiosis #microbiology #genomics

Congratulations to our Director, Loren Rieseberg, who was elected today to the National Academy of Sciences. We're so proud of you! UBCBiodiversity

Enter the "What's in My Back Yard?" (WIMBY) Youth Photo Contest to win $350 in Mountain Equipment Coop gift certificates! 📸 Spot & photograph as many #invasivespecies as you can! Post & tag #BCinvasivescontest or submit online form at bcinvasivesmonth.com #BCinvasivesmonth

@Jess_Keating I'm SFU Science in Burnaby, BC, where I just finished my PhD and am now working as a postdoc. I did my MSc UBCBiodiversity in Vancouver. Both places have been an incredible experience.

As we ramp up our activities and economy, wildlife need our help to rebalance our priorities. Learn how Canada can better protect our #SpeciesAtRisk in our latest post by @sarperotto of UBC Zoology and UBCBiodiversity. #WorldEnvironmentDay oursafetynet.org/2020/06/03/nat…

glad to have spent our Harley lab meeting discussing our plan for self-education, outreach, activism & actions that we will take to advance #diversityequityinclusion and #antiracism in STEM &academia. #ShutDownSTEM #ShutDownAcademia #Strike4BlackLives UBC Zoology UBCBiodiversity

Chilcotin steelhead run near extinction. “You’ve got an entire run depending on the spawning success of just a few individuals, and that is how animals go extinct,” said Eric Taylor. theprovince.com/news/chilcotin… =via The Province UBC Zoology UBCBiodiversity

New ACDB lab, UBCBiodiversity, & BirdLife South Africa 🇿🇦 Publication 📄 #Conservation data gaps in S. Africa represent a Leopoldean shortfall, resulting in "insufficient protection of plant #biodiversity within the country". Authors also identify a strong need to gather more #genomic data.

Please RT!! Come do science with us! We’re looking for a post-doc to join our group of evolutionary biologists UBCBiodiversity. The exact topic is open – we are looking for someone who brings new skills and perspectives to the group. Details at zoology.ubc.ca/mank-lab/join/

Congratulations to Claire Kremen, UBCBiodiversity professor, for being awarded the 2020 Volvo Environment Prize. Dr. Kremen has been recognized for her research on how humanity can feed itself while also protecting biodiversity. Read more: bit.ly/3nz6fL4

UBC has embarked on a biodiversity-themed cluster hiring initiative, an effort to broaden collaborative opportunities across the university for globally important, policy-relevant biodiversity and conservation research and partnerships. biodiversity.ubc.ca/cluster-hire

Great to read what MeganSzojka has been up to for her BRITE internship! UBCBiodiversity UBC Zoology y2y.net/blog/guest-pos…

Today at 2pm PST: Belinda Medlyn will speak on “Predicting climate change impacts on forests and woodlands”, part of our UBCBiodiversity Research Seminar Series. Please join us at bit.ly/3m7K3Xx (passcode: 894173)! Prof. Belinda Medlyn UBC Botany UBC Zoology University of British Columbia

The 6th international Plant Functional Traits Course will be held in #Aurland, #Norway this summer! Participants will collect and explore trait data in the field and use trait-based approaches within global change and ecosystem ecology. Apply to join us at bit.ly/PFTC6-Norway

@BtwnTheFjords @bjenquist Prof. Vigdis Vandvik Apply to work with us this summer at University of British Columbia in #Vancouver - or with @bjenquist in #Tucson, Peter Le Roux in #Pretoria, or Prof. Vigdis Vandvik in #Bergen! #PFTC UBC Botany UBC Zoology UBCBiodiversity

The 7th international Plant Functional Traits Course will be held in #Drakensberg, #SouthAfrica 1-19 Dec 2023! Participants will collect trait data in the field and use trait-based approaches within global change and ecosystem ecology. Apply by 28 Feb at bit.ly/PFTC7

Tomorrow BLISS at 10 am, BRC 224 & online bit.ly/3XPS9qJ: Exit seminar "Nutrient effects on metabolism in a changing world: a multi-scale approach", Kaleigh Davis PhD Candidate, OConnorLab Host: Fernando Hernández UBCBiodiversity

*Post-doc alert* Come study #biodiversity and seasonality of #seaweed communities with my lab and Hakai Institute! Link below. Please RT! Deadline soon! ubc.wd10.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ubcfacul… Phyc. Soc. America The British Phycological Society IPS UBCBiodiversity UBC Botany

New in Ecology Letters: Acclimation unifies the scaling of carbon assimilation across climate gradients and levels of organisation (shorturl.at/fhsVs) - Exciting work by #MichaletzLab PhD graduate #JosefGaren UBC Botany UBCBiodiversity UBC Zoology UBC Biology UBC Science

Huge congrats to Nicole Bison for receiving a Best Presentation Award for her talk "The kinetic basis of photosynthetic heat tolerance" at the Australian Society of Plant Scientists Conference in Sydney, Australia! #ASPS2024 #MichaletzLab UBC Science UBC Botany UBCBiodiversity