Botany, UBC
Est. 1915
The Botany Department is one of the largest and strongest Botany Departments in North America, offering a wide range of research and educational programs. Specializations range from the organismal to the molecular level.
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Western anemone
Western anemone (Anemone occidentals) growing in an alpine meadow.
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Submitted by: Steffi Fritsche -
Central vacuole in Arabidopsis leaf epidermal cells
Transgenic Arabidopsis harboring the tonoplast marker δ-TIP-GFP were feed with naringenin to visualize the vacuolar lumen
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Skunk Cabbage in Japan
We wake up early to let you know that Spring is here!!!
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A Cell plate and young epidermal cells of an Arabidopsis inflorescence stem.
Meshworks of cellulose microfibrils are often found in cell plates at the upper region of an Arabidopsis inflorescence stem where cells are still undergoing division.
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Submitted by: Miki Fujita -
Pulsatilla ludoviciana
One of the plant species in our long-term plots at Kluane, SW Yukon.
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Submitted by: Roy Turkington
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Two newly discovered organisms point to the existence of an ancient organism that resembled a tiny version of the lumbering, human-eating science fiction plants known as ‘triffids,’ according to research in ...more
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The Department of Botany supports the local and global actions of our members to increase awareness of the global climate crisis and to push for change. According to a recent report by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity ...more
Seminars
Tue, 11/05/2019 - 12:30pm
Can ancient DNA reveal what makes us human?