🚨 SFU Biology – Event Alert! 🚨 The Outreach & Engagement Committee has released the 2025–2026 calendar! From contests to celebration days, there’s lots to look forward to. 📅 Don’t miss out—check the schedule: www.sfu.ca/biology/abou...

🎉 Shoutout to the Ruff Penguins! 🐧 Our Biology Terry Fox Run team raised $2,790 for cancer research on Sept 18 — thanks to our amazing students, faculty & staff! You can still donate 👉 run.terryfox.ca/team/ruffpenguins Visit our Kudos page: sfu.ca/biology/news-events/kudos/2025-ruff-penguins.html

It's National Postdoc Appreciation Week! 🎉 We’re celebrating our amazing postdocs, including Jungsoo Park (Fowler Lab), featured in SFU News for his work in microbial ecology. Learn more: www.sfu.ca/biology/peop...

Hope everyone’s fall semester is going well! Here are the upcoming workshops and events happening at Sci-Space through September and some of October🍁🍂

New @genomebc.bsky.social-funded research from @sfubiosciences.bsky.social and the BC Blueberry Council has identified a new virus that is affecting BC blueberry farms. vancouver.citynews.ca/video/2025/0...

🎉 2025 BISC Welcome Party We kicked off the new academic year with food, games, and the opening of the Mesozoic Garden 🌿 - a stunning new space celebrating prehistoric plant life. Thanks to everyone who made it such a fun and welcoming event! Read more on our Kudos page: www.sfu.ca/biology/news...

When an unknown new disease began to show up in BC blueberry fields BC Blueberry Council research director Eric Gerbrandt teamed up with @sfubiosciences.bsky.social plant geneticist Jim Mattsson to understand why standard testing sometimes fails to identify viruses in sick plants.

New SFU research led by PhD candidate Marta Ulaski shows that without coordinated oversight, salmon conservation will continue to fall through the cracks. Read more on our News page: www.sfu.ca/biology/news...

Prolonged heat and drought conditions can cause stress and disease in trees, and the signs are often difficult to spot. @sfubiosciences.bsky.social prof Jim Mattsson explains: www.ctvnews.ca/climate-and-...

👏Congratulations to Marta Ulaski for receiving the J. Frances Allen Scholarship Award from the American Fisheries Society for her impactful research on global change and fisheries.🌊🐟 Read more on our Kudos page: www.sfu.ca/biology/news...

"I learned a lot about what it takes to undertake fieldwork over long periods of time away from home and the importance of working in a team and getting along with your team members, as you spend 24 hours a day with them." Learn about undergraduate research at SFU Science: ow.ly/2iQw50WIy28

He visited a dozen different estuaries across Vancouver Island and BC's central coast, sampling fish species and collecting environmental data. "My favourite aspect of this work was being able to visit these remote areas that you would normally never see, many of which are only accessible by boat."

SFU environmental science applied biology student Carter Tsui completed a USRA project with @salmonscience.bsky.social, assisting the Estuary Resilience Project with field and lab work researching the potential effects of climate change on estuaries, and their impact on organisms.

A recent study led by Julie Charbonneau warns that angler catch rates may give a false sense of security for steelhead populations in B.C. Read more on our News page: www.sfu.ca/biology/news... 📷Photo by Jonathan Moore

🫐SFU Biological Sciences is scaling up indoor berry production research with $5M grant from the Weston Family Foundation. Professor Jim Mattsson and his team is advancing sustainable, year-round blueberry, raspberry & blackberry production. Read more on our New page: www.sfu.ca/biology/news...

Mesozoic Garden Update🌱🌼 95% of the plants have been put in the ground and as the temperatures drop in the fall, the remaining 5% will be planted. These include a Moss display in a pot, on a boulder and on a log and some Sword Ferns to fill out the empty spaces.

@sfubiosciences.bsky.social student Matthew Lemp completed a co-op term at the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC and lived on-site at the Clearwater Hatchery. He got lots of experience caring for fish and travelled with senior fish culturists to release fish in lakes across BC.

Over 1,000 fish species use hums, grunts, clicks and bubbles to communicate - but their fish sounds, and the impact of noise pollution, are missing from key conservation policies, says a new study led by Kieran Cox and fellow SFU marine ecologists. www.sfu.ca/biology/news... Photo by Shane Gross

SFU Biological Sciences professor Julian Christians Awarded $250K New Frontiers in Research Fund for High-Risk, Interdisciplinary Research. Read more on our Kudos page: www.sfu.ca/biology/news...

A new report co-authored by @sfubiosciences.bsky.social prof Tanya Brown along with 30 other marine conservation experts presents new recommendations for protecting BC's southern resident orcas: vancouversun.com/news/researc...

The ocean is the new frontier for mineral exploration, but @sfubiosciences.bsky.social researcher Kieran Cox explains noise pollution from deep sea mining can have cascading ecological effects on whales and other marine species. www.richmond-news.com/environment/...

SFU Science is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 Faculty of Science Teaching & Learning Grants. These grants provide support for teaching faculty to conduct research about teaching and learning and test innovative strategies for course delivery.

As glaciers recede they are uncovering new mineral deposits, along with potential new salmon habitat. @sfubiosciences.bsky.social professor Jonathan Moore explains that new policy is needed to manage conflicts between mines and conservation. grist.org/indigenous/m... @earth2ocean.bsky.social

Congratulations to @sfubiosciences.bsky.social Dean's Convocation Medal recipient Brett Hodinka. Thesis Title: Inactivity, adaptive mass regulation, and the physiological basis of costs of reproduction ow.ly/lWqx50W5PNw #MySFUGrad

It's our great pleasure to announce the winners of the 5th annual Biological Sciences Poetry Contest. There are talented poets in our department, and this was a delightful task for the outreach and engagement committee! Congrats to the winners! Read more on our Kudos page: www.sfu.ca/biology/news...

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