Patrick Keeling has been elected to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. Election to the National Academy is one of the highest honours in science.
Patrick Keeling’s research program has illuminated fundamental properties of the evolution and diversity of algae, and microbial life in general. His prolific work has covered a broad range of biodiversity and disciplines, and had major impacts on our understanding of the tree of life, horizontal gene transfer, symbiosis, parasitism, and the evolution of the complex […]
What you can learn from Dr. Alex Moore’s career path
Image and write-up by Nivretta Thatra As of summer 2022, Dr. Alex Moore (she/they) is an Assistant Professor co-appointed at UBC Botany and the Faculty of Forestry. We are thrilled to be working with them! Moore’s research programme currently focuses on predator-prey interactions in mangrove forests throughout the tropics and will begin to include restoration […]
Advice for young scientists from Dr. Kaitlyn Gaynor
For Dr. Kaitlyn Gaynor (she/her), Assistant Professor in UBC’s Departments of Botany and Zoology, being able to do research was a key moment of transition in her journey to becoming a scientist. “I had spent so much time in school reading other peoples’ work. When I began exploring research opportunities in undergrad, I realized that […]
Winner of the 2022 Campus as a Living Lab Fund Competition
Congratulation to Michelle Tseng and her collaborators on being one of the recipients of the 2022 Campus as a Living Lab Fund Competition, which this year partnered with Wellbeing to expand the opportunities provided through the competition and support more projects advancing new ideas and innovations in Wellbeing, for their project Campus Trees, Microbes and Insects (CTMAIN): […]
Celeste earns West Coast teaching award
Dr. Celeste Leander, Professor of Teaching in the Departments of Botany and Zoology, has received a 2023 West Coast Teaching Excellence Award. The honour, awarded to top post secondary teachers in British Columbia and the Yukon by the BC Teaching and Learning Council (BCTLC), recognizes Dr. Leander’s deep commitment to student-centred teaching. “Celeste makes brave […]
First new carnivorous plant identified in 20 years
The delicate stalk and pretty white flowers of Triantha occidentalis may seem like the perfect place to perch if you’re an insect, but get trapped in its sticky hairs and it will suck the nutrients from your dead corpse. That’s the surprising new finding by University of British Columbia and University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers, detailed in PNAS. Triantha – […]