As the government finalizes its plan to transition away from open-net pen #salmon farming in B.C., it is crucial that decision-makers have a clear pathway to receive robust #science advice - Dr. Gideon Mordecai vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e... via @vancouversun.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca

The world’s first mushroom-powered waterless toilet, the MycoToilet, has made a splash at #UBC Botanical Garden: “Fungi are very good at breaking down biomass, including human and animal waste,” says UBC microbiologist Dr. Steven Hallam. science.ubc.ca/news/2025-09...

Hospital News looks at a new solution developed by Canadian researchers—including UBC microbiologist Dr. Robert Hancock—that uses machine learning to quickly predict the risk of sepsis: hospitalnews.com/game-changer...

Reminder: This weekend @YVR! Our Quantum Universe. UBC physicist Dr. Mark Van Raamsdonk discusses classical and quantum gravity, and cosmology. t.co/HLK9zHAtj2

"Just like when we add carbon dioxide to Coke or soda, that makes the soft drink more acidic," says UBC's Christopher Harley, commenting on the latest Planetary Health Check report on CO2 emissions and ocean acidification. www.cbc.ca/news/climate...

The Distinguished Lecture Series is back! Learn about topics such as generative AI in healthcare, how data can inform AI for education, and the past and future of parallel algorithms. Lectures are free to attend and open to the public. Learn more at cs.ubc.ca/DLS

Join #UBCForestry and @landfood.ubc.ca on September 30 at 1956 Main Mall as we unite for an Intergenerational March to Commemorate Orange Shirt Day. Learn more: bit.ly/osd-2025 #UBC #OrangeShirtDay

After nearly 25 years of negotiations, the World Trade Organization finally has its first legally binding agreement to tackle government #fisheries subsidies. Dr. Rashid Sumaila of @ubcoceans.bsky.social explains why this milestone is only the beginning. theconversation.com/what-the-wto...

PHAS and partner the Vancouver Public Library have a new science discovery series: welcome to "How the Universe Works!" Join us with UBC experts making science accessible! vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/6877f... @ires.ubc.ca @science.ubc.ca @ubcmath.bsky.social @triumflab.bsky.social #science

From labs to boardrooms, UBC Science alum Dr. Barb Kinnaird has learned what it takes to be a successful leader and innovator. science.ubc.ca/alumni/profi...

Machine learning today learns once from a massive amount of data. In our changing world, @cs.ubc.ca prof Dr. Evan Shelhamer thinks it's useful to have ML keep learning. He's a @vectorinstitute.ai member & CIFAR AI Chair. youtu.be/q3BKoRrb7to

A new extension for UBC’s Biodiversity Research Centre adds a fossil storage room for the Beaty Biodiversity Museum, a pollinator garden filled with native plants, and new research and meeting space. science.ubc.ca/news/2025-09...

Take a bite out of science at UBC Homecoming this Saturday, Sept. 20 with dinosaur exhibits, free museum and garden admission, and $4 day-long parking. Learn more and register: bit.ly/4gvkUD2

@UBC cosmologist Dr. Mark Van Raamsdonk is giving a public lecture: Our Quantum Universe - the intersection of quantum mechanics and gravity. @ubcphas.bsky.social Sept 27, 7:15 pm P.A. Woodward Instructional Resources Centre, UBC Vancouver. More info: globalreportingcentre.org/vancouver-in...

“Without fish, it’s game over for the hundreds of millions of people who depend on the ocean,” said Dr. Rashid Sumaila, an Oceana board member and head of the Fisheries Economics Research Unit at @ubcoceans.bsky.social. www.castanetkamloops.net/news/World/5...

UBC Science grad students Brian Duarte & Cormac Toler-Scott are finalists in NSERC's 2025 Science Exposed People’s Choice photo contest. You can vote for your favourite photo until noon Sept. 21 at bit.ly/4n0Haan Photo: Brian Duarte's "The decisive moment".

@science.ubc.ca is hiring a Black scholar for a tenure-stream Assistant Professor of Teaching! Seeking applicants in data, computer, computational, environmental sciences, or stats. ❗Deadline: Oct 15, 2025❗ 🔗Details: tinyurl.com/4xxt5nww @cs.ubc.ca @ubcoceans.bsky.social

UBC physicists helped detect the loudest black hole merger ever. Spoiler alert: Einstein’s still right. @ubcphas.bsky.social science.ubc.ca/news/2025-09...

UBC chemist Dr. Corey Stephenson leads a research program focused on creating more efficient and sustainable processes for manufacturing life-saving medicines using light and electricity. @chem.ubc.ca www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZE9...

Here are some great suggestions for new students from UBC Computer Science profs. Lots of this advice would be helpful for students of any discipline.

Dr. Andrew Trites, a marine mammal expert and professor at UBC, points out that the biggest contributors to underwater noise are BC Ferries and recreational vessels. @ubcoceans.bsky.social www.nationalobserver.com/2025/09/08/n...

@nadineborduas.bsky.social talks about why distance doesn’t make wildfire smoke safer with @johannawagstaffe.bsky.social 🔗 www.youtube.com/watch?v=upOG...

Congratulations to the UBC Science researchers named Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada: Drs. William Cheung, Tamara Munzner, Ingrid Stairs, Allan Bertram & Joanna McGrenere. @src-rsc.bsky.social @ubcphas.bsky.social @chem.ubc.ca @cs.ubc.ca ubcoceans.bsky.social‬science.ubc.ca/news/2025-09...da

View the agenda for the Julian Davies Memorial Symposium!: tinyurl.com/yvhf37vy Please complete this form by September 15 to register to attend: tinyurl.com/4zvpu6t2

Dr. Andrew Trites says sea #otters can be polarizing: on one side, people see them as “cute” and charming animals; on the other, they are viewed as menaces destroying access to #shellfish. www.houston-today.com/news/followi... @science.ubc.ca

What drives photosynthesis temperature sensitivity? New #GCB paper from #MichaletzLab grad #JosefGaren uses #FAsTeR to show it's 1‑day weather, not traits, origin climate, or phylogeny! www.researchgate.net/publication/... @ubcbiodiversity.bsky.social @science.ubc.ca @globalchangebio.bsky.social

UBC physicists outline the theory and the mathematics behind the "matter-out-of-nowhere" theory: "It’s exciting to understand how ... this affects our understanding of #quantum tunnelling processes ..." @ubcphas.bsky.social [email protected] science.ubc.ca/news/2025-09...

UBC botanists discovered an unknown mechanism in two species of fungi that splits their genomes across multiple nuclei, with each nucleus receiving only part of the total chromosomes. @ubcbotany.bsky.social theconversation.com/white-mold-f...

While it’s a great sign to see the big sockeye returns, Dr. William Cheung says, "the salmon have not been doing really well in the past, and it will continue even though we have a good year this year.” @ubcoceans.bsky.social vancouversun.com/news/bc-angl...

"Just a hobby": Meet UBC's Dean of Science who creates crosswords for New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. www.youtube.com/watch?v=t97e...

We are delighted to congratulate @kayla-king.bsky.social, who has been awarded the Francis Crick Medal and Lecture for contributions to the fields of evolutionary biology and genetics of infectious disease 🦠 More on the award and Kayla's work 👇 bit.ly/3HU9ziW

Black Faculty Position – Faculty of Science (FoS) at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver – Assistant Professor of Teaching science.ubc.ca/blackscholars

Congratulations to Dr. Kayla King who was awarded the 2025 Francis Crick Medal & Lecture by the Royal Society for contributions to the fields of evolutionary biology & genetics of infectious disease. @zoology.ubc.ca @ubcmicroimmuno.bsky.social @kayla-king.bsky.social @royalsociety.org bit.ly/4lGJrWB

“Crosswords do have a certain science to them. Creating them requires a mathematical, puzzle-inclined mind,” says Dr. Mark MacLachlan, crossword creator and dean of UBC Science. @chem.ubc.ca vancouversun.com/news/ubc-pro...

Congrats to the winners of the Wall Research Awards–Team Faculty, for Smell Steers the Salmon which explores how stressors such as high levels of CO₂ and urban pollutants affect salmon’s sense of smell which harms their ability to spawn. @zoology.ubc.ca @benmatthewslab.bsky.social bit.ly/3Jrt1nT

In his day-to-day life, Dr. Mark MacLachlan is a professor of chemistry researching something called ‘supramolecular materials’ (don’t ask) and dean of science at UBC. To relax he creates crossword puzzles. science.ubc.ca/news/2025-08...

Dean by day, cruciverbalist by night. Dr. Mark MacLachlan discusses the science behind the art of his hobby as a crossword creator for @nytimes.com and more.

We had the honor of hosting Dr. Paul Hébert, President of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), marking the first visit of a CIHR President in the department's history. @science.ubc.ca 🔗 www.chem.ubc.ca/dr-paul-h-be...

1 in 8 Canadian men will develop prostate cancer during their lifetime. 1 in 30 will die from it. Now UBC chemists have developed a new tracer that lets surgeons see and hear prostrate cancer. @chem.ubc.ca www.msn.com/en-gb/health...

“Our tracer would allow a surgeon to use a hand-held Geiger counter probes to ‘hear’ areas of high radiation density that would accumulate in cancerous tissue not immediately visible," said UBC chemist Dr. David M Perrin. @chem.ubc.ca science.ubc.ca/news/2025-08...

Using a small bench-top reactor @chem.ubc.ca researchers showed that electrochemically loading a solid metal target can boost nuclear fusion. “We hope this work helps bring fusion science out of giant national labs & onto the lab bench,” says Dr. Curtis Berlinguette. science.ubc.ca/news/2025-08...

Pacific oysters in British Columbia died in a mass mortality event in 2020. A study identifies the cause: Pacific Oyster Nidovirus 1. The virus possesses one of the largest reported genomes for an RNA virus at 64,331 base pairs. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

UBC computer scientist Dr. Jeff Clune emphasizes the risk of #AI influencing our thoughts. “We have entered the era in which superintelligence is possible with each passing month and that probability will grow with each passing month.” @cs.ubc.ca insidetelecom.com/ai-manipulat...

A study led by MBIM professor Yossef Av-Gay reveals that a 70-year-old Parkinson’s drug may offer new hope in treating tuberculosis by boosting the body’s immune defences: www.med.ubc.ca/news/seventy...

Late summer or early fall are the best times to see bioluminescence in B.C. waters, says #UBC biologist Christopher Harley: "The sparkly glow we see in the ocean is caused by single-cell creatures in plankton called Noctiluca, which means night light." canadian-reviews.ca/the-oceans-s...

Researchers from UBC on how fisheries will change in a hotter world. Could community-based management incorporating traditional ecological knowledge from First Nations hold promise? news.mongabay.com/2025/08/how-...

#UBC scientists are part of the team that identified a killer microbe behind a devastating star disease: www.virginislandsdailynews.com/scientists-f...

Turns out cellulose-based thickening agents found in common consumer foods can be digested. New UBC research shows that our gut bacteria can feed on these large molecules – something thought to not be possible: science.ubc.ca/news/2025-08...

#UBC zoologist Dr. Judith Myers has spent five decades studying a native moth species and their boom-and-bust population cycles. She discusses her journey, findings from a recent study, and the caterpillars’ surprising resistance to climate change. science.ubc.ca/news/2025-08...

Scientists have captured the first detailed images of the meeting of two tectonic plates off the coast of northern BC. But large quakes aren’t likely for hundreds of years, says Dr. Michael Bostock, a professor in #UBC Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences www.castanet.net/news/BC/5659...