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News and events from the Faculty of Science at the University of British Columbia. Also on Bluesky at @science.ubc.ca
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Joined March 2009
Check out my conversation with Donnie Maclary on the The STEM Career Coach podcast (@weareairswift)! We talked about AI and why we should focus more on immediate risks from AI adoption than hypothetical existential risks. https://t.co/R2S2jx0T4D
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Congrats to Prof. Jason Hein and Dr. Ivory Zhang! Their IvoryOS project has been selected for @innovationubc's Venture Founder program. IvoryOS is transforming self‑driving labs with a no‑code, open‑source platform. @ubcscience @NatureComms 🔗 https://t.co/RVyRTy75yq
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“It takes a lot of energy to grow, to become really big & pups need a lot of energy,” said Dr. Andrew Trites. “One way mums can ensure that pups are going to get big enough to become future breeders is to continue to provide them with milk.” @UBCoceans
cbc.ca
A new study documents the surprising prevalence of 'supersuckling' among Galápagos Islands sea lions.
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PICTURES: California and steller #sealions are pictured on a dock near West Vancouver in Howe Sound on Wednesday. A range of marine wildlife is making its presence felt in the region.
cbc.ca
A range of marine wildlife — from birds and seals to bellowing sea lions — has made life colourful for residents around the marine region of Howe Sound just north of Vancouver.
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UBC Emeritus College offers 2 annual awards that honour the contributions of UBC Emeriti. Science students, staff and faculty can nominate worthy retired UBC faculty at https://t.co/yEx40SNcIP
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New work by Arca—founded on decades of UBC earth sciences research—will explore carbon removal at a B.C. nickel project. It has the potential to remove million of tonnes of atmospheric carbon dioxide. Read the Arca story ... https://t.co/T2TD79CgdV
medium.com
Turning mine tailings into carbon sinks, a UBC spin out is on a mission to remove millions of tonnes of CO₂ from the atmosphere every year.
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The Sentinels of Change Alliance brings together 26 researchers to investigate patterns of biodiversity, ecological change, and resilience across the Salish Sea. @alyssamina @ZoologyUBC @HakaiInstitute
https://t.co/MoWiNQEJwI
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Dr. @AnnaBlakney’s team has partnered with STRM BIO and @Ginkgo on an $8.4 million USD grant from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), which will support them in developing a delivery platform for immune cell engineering. Learn more: https://t.co/q26NChuCG1
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We’re hiring! The Jefferies lab is seeking a Research Assistant/Technician with molecular biology and bioinformatics expertise. Learn more about the position and how to apply at: https://t.co/dRoFBw1YpA
@ubcscience @UBCMicroImmuno
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“Generative AI is getting better and more accessible—everyone can create believable images for free," said Dr. @VeredShwartz. "I'm worried about the justice system because there’s no real way to know what’s true and what isn’t anymore.” @UBC_CS
science.ubc.ca
A new initiative at the Allard School of Law addresses ethical, regulatory and technological challenges to protect the public and improve access to justice.
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Does Alberta really want to bet its future on the predictability of US politics rather than consumer preferences driving a rapid technology transition to electric vehicles? Drs. Milind Kandlikar & David Boyd of @ubcires on prosperity in a post-oil world.
calgaryherald.com
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"With further studies in humans, we hope to understand whether there are situations in which, for specific patients, these procedures may put them at risk of disease exacerbation," said UBC's Dr. Carolina Tropini (@CTropini). @UBCMicroImmuno
https://t.co/g1WKoW9esa
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A new UBC study could help guide strategies to make colonoscopies safer for people with inflammatory bowel disease, who undergo the procedure more frequently than the general population. @UBCMicroImmuno @CTropini
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New preclinical research suggests bowel preparation for colonoscopies may temporarily alter gut balance, with unappreciated effects in at-risk patients.
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“You can’t reduce a trillion-parameter system to simple explanations,” said Dr. Jeff Clune, an AI researcher at the University of British Columbia. “The answers are going to be complicated.” @UBC_CS
quantamagazine.org
Is the inside of a vision model at all like a language model? Researchers argue that as the models grow more powerful, they may be converging toward a singular “Platonic” way to represent the world.
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"It is kind of a big jump, like, in our understanding of how the universe works," says @UBCphas astrophysicist Dazhi Zhou on the discovery of a young galaxy cluster.
cbc.ca
A team of international researchers, led by a University of British Columbia astrophysicist, has discovered a young galaxy cluster that was producing hot gas at a rate five times hotter than previo...
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Congratulations to Nadine Borduas-Dedekind and co-authors on their paper being selected as the Outstanding Paper of 2024 by the Royal Society of Chemistry #RSC Environmental Science: Atmospheres!🎉 Titled “Singlet oxygen is produced from brown carbon-containing cooking organic
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Researchers at the University of Washington, University of British Columbia, the U.S. Geological Survey and the @HakaiInstitute have identified the bacteria responsible for the wasting disease. It’s called Vibrio pectenicida. @alyssamina
opb.org
Research groups from several universities and institutes have been tackling the problem of dying sea stars, each looking for ways to help these important apex predators recover.
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Earliest, hottest galaxy cluster atmosphere on record: gas 5x hotter than theory allows, only 1.4B years after the Big Bang. “We didn’t expect to see such a hot cluster atmosphere so early in cosmic history,” said lead author Dazhi Zhou of @UBCphas.
science.ubc.ca
An international team led by Canadian astronomers has found a galaxy cluster blazing with hot gas just 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang.
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Eating enough and no more, along with other climate-friendly dietary changes, should be on the menu for all of us this holiday season. A recent @ubcires study found 44% of the world's population needs to change our diet to keep global warming below 2° C.
news.ubc.ca
UBC research shows nearly half the global population—and almost all Canadians—must change their diets to curb climate change. Discover simple steps to reduce food emissions and help keep warming...
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The atmospheric rivers that brought floodwaters to Abbotsford, B.C., in both 2021 and 2025 brought a tremendous amount of moisture to the mountains, and were warm. @UBCeoas PhD candidate Elise Legarth is studying the impact of these storms. https://t.co/ryhQViw0xa
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Hybrid AI isn’t a compromise anymore. It’s the operating model. From Lenovo Tech World in Las Vegas, @PatrickMoorhead and @danielnewmanUV sit down with @Lenovo ISG CMO Flynn Maloy to discuss why real-world AI runs across on-prem, cloud, and edge, and how data gravity,
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