Biology Graduate Symposium
Online virtual event OnlineThe annual Biology Graduate Symposium brings together a diverse breadth of exciting research taking place in the Department of Biology.
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Biology Graduate Symposium
Online virtual event OnlineThe annual Biology Graduate Symposium brings together a diverse breadth of exciting research taking place in the Department of Biology.
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Diversity in Biology Speaker Series: Chemical Ecology of Plant Defense and Multi-trophic Interactions: Bad Bugs, Pungent Parasites and Toxic Travelers
Online virtual event OnlinePlease join Dr. Jared Ali in his discussion on the behavior and chemical ecology of multi-trophic interactions.
Free
Diversity in Biology Speaker Series: Through the Looking Glass: Exploring the Medicinal Botanical Treasures of South Africa
Online virtual event OnlineJoin Dr. Nokwanda Makunga as she discusses the medicinal importance of the diverse floral of South Africa.
Free
Diversity in Biology Speaker Series: Application of ‘Omics Tools for the Analysis of Food Integrity
Online virtual event OnlineJoin Dr. Yaxi Hu as she discusses the application of omics tools to solve a variety of food integrity-related challenges.
Free
Diversity in Biology Speaker Series: Type-I Interferon Signaling in CNS Homeostasis and Parkinson-like Dementia
Online virtual event OnlineJoin Dr. Erika B. Villanueva as she discuses how neuronal and glial immune signaling in the central nervous system contributes to brain homeostasis and health.
Free
The Diversity in Biology Speaker Series: Looking for Unknown Unknowns in Specialized Metabolism
Online virtual event OnlineJoin Dr. Mehran Dastmalchi as he discusses what auxiliary features in plants circumvent, or even preclude, branching pathways.
Free
The Diversity in Biology Speaker Series: A Tamoxifen Receptor Site in Voltage-gated Sodium Channel
Online virtual event OnlineJoin Dr. Leo Ng as he discusses the structure and pharmacology of a site that could be aid in drug discovery for treating sodium channelopathies and may imply off-target health effects.
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The Diversity in Biology Speaker Series: Trophic Metacommunities: Lessons from the Bromeliad System
Online virtual event OnlineJoin Dr. Laura Melissa Guzman as she discusses a recent synthesis of trophic metacommunity ecology and two different empirical approaches to understand trophic metacommunities.
Free
The Diversity in Biology Speaker Series: Weaving Knowledge Systems in Environmental Monitoring and Research
Online virtual event OnlineJoin Dr. Ally Menzies for a discussion on weaving Indigenous Knowledge and western science into research, monitoring and management.
Free
The Diversity in Biology Speaker Series: The Microbiome, Chronic Abdominal Pain and IBD
Online virtual event OnlineJoin Dr. Yasmin Nasser as part of the Diversity in Biology Speaker Series.
Free
The Diversity in Biology Speaker Series: Squash Bees, Crop Cultivation and Climate Adaptation
Online virtual event OnlineYou are invited to attend a talk by Dr. Margarita Lopez-Uribe that presents a case study of pollinator adaptation and resilience to anthropogenic changes.
Free
The Diversity in Biology Speaker Series: Insights into Chronic Lung Disease in People Living with HIV
Online virtual event OnlineJoin Dr. Janice Leung as she discusses microbial dysbiosis and accelerated aging as possible mechanisms of lung disease in HIV.
Free
Thesis Defence: Investigation of the effects of root-lesion nematode on early growth of three apple rootstocks in microplots and its relationship with growth of mature ‘ambrosia/m.9’ trees across six commercial orchards
University Centre (UNC) 3272 University Way, Kelowna, BC, CanadaLindsay King will defend their thesis.
Volunteer Information Session: Marine Biology Mobile Outreach Team
Science Building (SCI) - Foyer 1177 Research Road, Kelowna, BC, CanadaThe Marine Biology Outreach Team invites students interested in marine life to an upcoming volunteer information session.
Thesis Defence: Selective Inhibition of Inflammasomes Modulates Microglial and Astrocytic Functions
Campus Administration Building (ADM) 1138 Alumni Ave, Kelowna, BC, CanadaBridget Greuel will defend their thesis.
Postdoc Research Day
University Centre (UNC) - Ballroom 3272 University Way, Kelowna, BC, CanadaJoin the Postdoctoral Association - UBC Okanagan for the third annual Postdoc Research Day.
Thesis Defence: Using biosolids to mitigate drought effects in a semi-arid grassland with and without grazing by cattle
EME Amphitheatre 1137 Alumni Ave, Kelowna, BC, CanadaNikita Planz will defend their thesis.
Thesis Defence: Keeping Ahead of Chronic Wasting Disease: An Assessment of Trans-Boundary Cervid Movement in British Columbia
University Centre (UNC) 3272 University Way, Kelowna, BC, CanadaJacob Hubner will defend their thesis.
