FROM MOLECULES TO BIODIVERSITY
By Yun-Ting Kao (Plantae Fellow)
This year, nine plant scientists have been elected to the National Academy of Science. We asked the newly elected plant scientists about how the news of their election to the NAS reached them, what inspires their research, and for their advice for early career researchers.…
UBC biologist Dr. Patrick Keeling will receive the 2021 Gilbert Morgan Smith Medal. The medal, awarded every three years by the National Academy of Sciences, recognizes excellence in research on marine or freshwater algae.
Keeling is a leading expert in the study of single-cell organisms known as protists…
There has been increasing interest in the biology and ecology of viruses and other pathogens that infect microalgae. Viruses that infect bacteria and phytoplankton play a key role in the dynamics of organisms and nutrients in marine and…
The Department of Botany maintains a greenhouse that facilitates research projects ranging from ecology and systematics to cell and developmental biology.
Contact Oscar Dorado Ruiz for more information: 604-822-6813 or oscar.dorado@…
This course is an introduction to population and quantitative genetics. The topics emphasize evolutionary biology, with an aim at developing a conceptual and mathematical understanding of the genetic basis of genetic variation and evolution. The course is co-taught with BIOL 434.
Instructor: Dr. Mike Whitlock (whitlock@zoology.ubc.ca…