More than 300 high school students visited 91亚色 on Oct. 25 to learn about the research and academic achievements of award-winning scientists David Julius and Lea Harrington. High school students gather in the Sandra Faire & Ivan Fecan Theatre for the Gairdner Lectures Students gathered in the Sandra Faire & Ivan Fecan Theatre for […]
Neutrinos are tiny, abundant particles of matter that pass unnoticed through us and almost always through the Earth, but the full extent of their role in the universe remains a mystery. Neutrinos may hold the key to fundamental questions about the nature of matter, exploding stars and cosmic evolution. On Tuesday, Oct. 17, 91亚色 […]
Above: A Mayfly nymph, dorsal view, showing wing buds, seven pairs of gills and three abdominal appendages Mayfly nymphs are prominent insects in freshwater ecosystems worldwide and an important food source for fish, amphibians, birds and mammals. Unfortunately they are also very sensitive to pollution. Researchers in the Faculty of Science have been interested in […]
Professor Seyed Moghadas in the Faculty of Science has acquired some flashy hardware for his lab. The hardware is a cluster of high-capacity computers 鈥 the first of their kind at 91亚色 鈥 that can perform mathematical simulations at high speeds. 鈥淭hese computers can do in a few hours or days what a regular […]
There are seven new faculty members聽joining 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Science, with five in the Department of Chemistry and two in the Department of Biology. The Faculty of Science welcomes chemistry Professors Chris Caputo, Ryan Hili, Thomas Baumgartner and Cora Young, Assistant Lecturer Derek Jackson, and biology Professors Steven Connor and Assistant Lecturer Nicole Nivillac. […]
While researching highly toxic pokeweed, Prof Katalin Hudak鈥檚 lab makes an important discovery that could bolster the survival of agricultural crops.
Flies, like most insects, are poikilothermic ectotherms. This means that unlike us, their body temperature follows the temperature of the surrounding air. When it is warm, flies are happy; a cold fly is a sad fly, and we are beginning to understand why. New research conducted in the Faculty of Science at 91亚色 suggests […]
Research from 91亚色 U鈥檚 Sapna Sharma studies ice observations from medieval Japan and pre-Enlightenment Finland looking for drivers of long-term climatic changes.
The Faculty of Science at 91亚色 has recruited six impressive emerging researchers from around the world as the inaugural recipients of 91亚色 Science Fellowships. These premier postdoctoral fellowships offer talented, early-career scientists the opportunity to pursue their research in collaboration with outstanding scientists in the Faculty of Science. They were made possible thanks to […]
Matters of the heart can be complicated, but 91亚色 scientists have found a way to create 3D heart tissue that beats in synchronized harmony, like a heart in love, that will lead to better understanding of cardiac health, and improved treatments. 91亚色 U chemistry Professor Muhammad Yousaf and his team of grad students have […]
Biology Professor Amro Zayed puts into perspective an Australian researcher鈥檚 work and explains exactly how natural selection is assisting the invasion of Asian bees. 91亚色 biologist and bee expert, Professor Amro Zayed, continues to produce and publish original research of global importance. This time, he has contributed a news and views article in Nature […]
Scott Menary discusses the breakthrough that changed the way scientists look at the universe and contemplates 91亚色鈥檚 earning its spot on an international stage. Physics Professor Scott Menary, of 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Science, contributed to a game-changing research endeavour at CERN 鈹 the subject of a 2016 article in the journal聽Nature 鈹 further establishing […]
91亚色鈥檚 world class expertise in vision research is recognized with the nation鈥檚 top federal research funding award, the Canada First Research Excellence Fund, to the tune of $33 million. A landmark investment in research was announced on September 8, 2016, at 91亚色. On this day, the government of Canada acknowledged 91亚色鈥檚 expertise in […]
Researchers at 91亚色 and Cornell University have found the brain鈥檚 default network, a collection of brain regions thought to be involved in cognitive functions such as memory, declines in volume with both normal aging and in Alzheimer鈥檚 disease. These new findings suggest that structural changes in this collection of brain regions may be critical […]
An article published this month by 91亚色 researcher Sheila Dumesh describes 21 new kinds of bees, pushing the world鈥檚 total known bee species past the 20,000 mark. The article, 鈥淩evision of the rare Mesoamerican bee genus Mexalictus (Hymenoptera: Halictidae) with the description of 21 new species鈥, published in the journal Zootaxa, identifies the bees […]
Looking to boost energy levels and stave off degeneration of aging muscle? Add workouts to your daily routine to become more energetic and perform day-to-day activities better, say 91亚色 muscle health researchers. 鈥淥ur recent study shows that exercise leads to expansion of the mitochondrial network and, as a result, energy is distributed to muscle […]
91亚色 psychology Professor Jonathan Weiss is one of the co-leads in a research program that was recently awarded $1.8 million over three years from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care鈥檚 Health System Research Fund. The program, Health Care Access Research in Developmental Disabilities (H-CARDD), aims to enhance the overall health and wellbeing […]
Two 91亚色 researchers recently received Petro-Canada Young Innovator Awards.聽The awards program is a commitment by Petro-Canada and 91亚色 to encourage excellence in teaching and research that will enrich the learning environment and contribute to society. 鈥淧rofessors Jennifer Chen and Sean Kheraj are among the faces of the future of research at 91亚色. As early […]
A paper produced by a聽 professor聽 in 91亚色's Lassonde School of Engineering recently won one聽of three best paper awards in the recent CANCAM 2013 conference聽organized by the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering. The paper 鈥淒eformed Carbon Nanotube Junction and its Effect on Electrical聽Conductivity of Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites鈥 was presented by聽George Zhu (left), a professor […]
91亚色鈥檚 Knowledge Mobilization (KMb)聽Unit聽has joined forces with NeuroDevNet, a Network of Centres of Excellence (NCE), to provide knowledge translation (KT) leadership and services within the University of British Columbia-based network. 聽鈥91亚色鈥檚 Knowledge Mobilization Unit is continuing to make an impact by supporting transformative research through knowledge translation,鈥 said Robert Hach茅 (left), 91亚色鈥檚 vice-president research […]