FROM MOLECULES TO BIODIVERSITY

The Botany Department at UBC’s Point Grey campus is on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ (hunq’umin’um’) speaking xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam). We are working to understand and address harmful colonial legacies that have affected our current ways of teaching and conducting research, by listening and learning how to strengthen Indigenous voices in our classrooms and workspaces, and by building trust and partnerships with Indigenous scholars and communities. We recognize that this is a work in progress. We appreciate that making space for Indigenous knowledge and perspectives will support a deeper understanding of our relationships with plant, fungal and microbial life on Earth.You can learn more about the Musqueam here: https://www.musqueam.bc.ca/our-story/

The Botany Department at UBC’s Point Grey campus is on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ (hunq’umin’um’) speaking xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam). …We are working to understand and address harmful colonial legacies that have affected our current ways of teaching and conducting research, by listening and learning how to strengthen Indigenous voices in our classrooms and workspaces, and by building trust and partnerships with Indigenous scholars and communities. We recognize that this is a work in progress. We appreciate that making space for Indigenous knowledge and perspectives will support a deeper understanding of our relationships with plant, fungal and microbial life on Earth. You can learn more about the Musqueam here: https://www.musqueam.bc.ca/our-story/

Highlights

  • Predicting how plants will fare in the heat is not so easy

    Predicting how plants will fare in the heat is not so easy

    Anticipating how plants will respond to rising temperatures is critical—not just for plants, but for whole ecosystems. How organisms respond to heat is often studied at small scales—such the behavior of a single leaf or branch—and then extrapolated to predict what might happen across whole ecosystems. But according to a new…

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Seminars

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    The Botany Department is one of the largest and strongest botanical/plant-science-focused departments in North America, offering a wide range of research and educational programs from the molecular to biodiversity.

    Faculty

    • Sean Michaletz

      Sean Michaletz

      Assistant Professor
      Ecophysiology, ecosystem ecology, macroecology, scaling, fire behaviour and effects.

    Facilities

    • Biology Learning Centre

      Biology Learning Centre

      Biology Learning Centre (BioSc 1114): this room is available for quiet study and is also where some BIOL course TAs/Peer Tutors hold scheduled office hours. Meeting rooms: there are a number…

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    Graduates

    The Department offers graduate degree programs at both Doctoral and Master’s level. Graduate students are an active and engaged part of the UBC Botany department.