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…
Research Interests:
My research interests intersect between evolutionary biology and molecular genetics. My lab’s research is in the areas of molecular evolution, genome evolution, and gene expression. We study how gene structures,…
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@…
The goal of this course is for students to gain confidence in their ability to formulate and analyze ecological and evolutionary models. The course consists of one lecture and one computer lab per week. In the lab, students use software to apply the basic analytical techniques developed in the lectures to various population models. In addition…
