Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science

Name: Dissertation Defence: Identifying Biological Predictors of Radiation-Induced Lung Injury for Personalized Radiation Therapy
Start: 2026-06-05T12:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-06-05T16:00:00-07:00
Location: Arts and Sciences Centre (ASC)

May 2026
Microglial Education by the Microbiome: New Pathways for Targeting Neuroimmune Interactions

May 25 at 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Department of Biology Seminar Series

Arts Building (ART) 1147 Research Road, Kelowna, BC, Canada

The Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science presents this talk as part of the Department of Biology Seminar Series. About the talk This work explores how early-life gut inflammation and the microbiome shape brain immune cells (microglia), with lasting consequences for neural development and behaviour. Using models of inflammatory bowel disease, findings show that disrupted […]

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How Do We Manage in a World of Mis/Disinformation?

May 26 at 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

UBC Innovation Precinct Annexation 1 3505 Spectrum Court, Kelowna, BC, Canada

How do we manage in a world of mis/disinformation? Join us on May 26 for a candid conversation with two experts in the field.
Thesis Defence: Owl habitat suitability in burned forests

May 29 at 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Science Building (SCI) 1177 Research Road, Kelowna, BC, Canada

Steffani Singh will defend their thesis.
June 2026
Thesis Defence: On some deterministic properties of stochastic gradient descent and random projection sequences

June 1 at 9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Online virtual event

Tung Tran will defend their thesis.
Dissertation Defence: Honouring Their Story

June 2 at 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

University Centre (UNC) 3272 University Way, Kelowna, BC, Canada

Ellen Simmons will defend their dissertation.
Thesis Defence: A Computational Study of the Mechanism and Microkinetic Modeling of Electrochemical PINOylation

June 4 at 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Fipke Centre (FIP) 3247 University Way, Kelowna, BC, Canada

Bhavesh Gnnanapareddy will defend their thesis.
Dissertation Defence: Identifying Biological Predictors of Radiation-Induced Lung Injury for Personalized Radiation Therapy

June 5 at 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Arts and Sciences Centre (ASC) 3187 University Way, Kelowna, BC, Canada +1 more

Mitchell Peter Wiebe will defend their dissertation.

Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science

May 2026

Microglial Education by the Microbiome: New Pathways for Targeting Neuroimmune Interactions

How Do We Manage in a World of Mis/Disinformation?

Thesis Defence: Owl habitat suitability in burned forests

June 2026

Thesis Defence: On some deterministic properties of stochastic gradient descent and random projection sequences

Dissertation Defence: Honouring Their Story

Thesis Defence: A Computational Study of the Mechanism and Microkinetic Modeling of Electrochemical PINOylation

Dissertation Defence: Identifying Biological Predictors of Radiation-Induced Lung Injury for Personalized Radiation Therapy

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