FROM MOLECULES TO BIODIVERSITY
Dr. Bridgette Clarkston, Associate Professor of Teaching, worked with the Beaty Biodiversity Museum to compile a poster depicting the seaweeds we see around our province.
Clarkston was inspired to create the poster based on one she had as an undergraduate student. The original striking visual depiction of seaweed diversity was created…
Thank you to all the amazing staff in the Botany Department. Donuts and Coffee were enjoyed in the beautiful courtyard.
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Fatty acids and lipids are essential components of plant cells with diverse structural and signaling functions. They also form waxy cuticles on the plant surface required for plant protection against water loss, pathogens and insects, and serve…
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: 604-822-9681 or oscar.dorado@…
Plants cannot easily escape their environments. This simple fact provides constant challenges for plant survival and has shaped many fundamental aspects of plant biology. The common lack of escape, in time or space, is reflected in exciting features of plant chemistry and plant ecology. Plants use a plethora of chemicals to interact with their…