Plug Yourself into UBC Research: a Series for Undergraduate Students
Online/Virtual EventMeet the people that make UBC a top-40 research university and explore how you can get involved.
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Subject – Learning And Research – Science And Technology
Designing web maps with Mapbox
Walter C. Koerner Library 1958 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaThis workshop is intended for anyone with a basic understanding of web mapping who wishes to expand their skillset and design more customizable maps. There are 3 main sections: an introduction to Mapbox and its products, a guided developer environment set-up, and a hands-on portion where we will modify given code to design an interactive […]
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Feeling welcomed: Creating space for Indigenous voices in brain and mental health research
See DescriptionResearch on Indigenous communities has historically been conducted using a one-sided approach, with researchers having little knowledge of Indigenous culture, minimal concerns surrounding community needs or desires, and without giving back to the community. In this lecture intended for people from all backgrounds and professions, Dr. Melissa L. Perreault will discuss how this is the […]
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Research Talk by Dr. Jessica Finlay
Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health (CBH) 2215 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaResearch Talk Title: "Cognability: An ecological theory of neighborhoods and cognitive aging" Summary: Individuals and families in every city, town, and rural area feel the impacts of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. While a growing body of evidence points to potentially modifiable individual risk factors for dementia, the everyday environments in which people develop and navigate cognitive […]
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Plug Yourself into UBC Research: a Series for Undergraduate Students
Online/Virtual EventMeet the people that make UBC a top-40 research university and explore how you can get involved.
Free
The environmental footprint of global food production
Hybrid Online/Virtual and In-Person - See Description Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaSpeaker: Dr. Ben Halpern Professor, Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, UC Santa Barbara Director, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis Feeding humanity puts enormous environmental pressure on our planet. Most studies focused on this critical issue have addressed it piecemeal, one group of foods or one environmental pressure at a time. Dr. […]
Map production with QGIS
Walter C. Koerner Library 1958 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaThis is an introductory workshop focusing on the fundamental concepts and skills needed to begin using QGIS to explore and analyze spatial data. It is also meant to help you understand how to get started composing a map document for print production. By the end of this workshop, attendees will have a basic understanding of […]
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Work in Progress Seminar: Dr. Shirin Kalyan
See DescriptionRandomized placebo-controlled trial testing a first-in-class immunotherapy to restore innate immune function in the elderly Decline in innate immune function in the elderly is closely linked to the development and progression of infections, metabolic dysfunction, and cancer. Age-related lung innate immune dysfunction contributes to increased susceptibility to serious lung infections, chronic lung diseases, and inflammatory […]
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Global blue trade its role in sustainable food systems
Hybrid Online/Virtual and In-Person - See Description Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaSpeaker: Dr. Jessica Gephart, Assistant Professor in Environmental Science at American University. Fish and other aquatic foods (blue food) present an opportunity for more sustainable diets due to its high nutrient content and low average environmental footprint. At the same time, seafood is among the most highly traded foods and is becoming increasingly globalized, with […]
Plug Yourself into UBC Research: a Series for Undergraduate Students
Online/Virtual EventMeet the people that make UBC a top-40 research university and explore how you can get involved.
Free
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BIOINFORMATICS/IOP/GSAT RESEARCH DAY (BIG23)
Life Sciences Centre 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, CanadaThe 12th annual Bioinformatics/IOP/GSAT Research Day (BIG23) will come on March 28th, 2023 at Life Sciences Institute, UBC campus. Registration is now open! The BIG Research day is an annual tradition of the Bioinformatics, Interdisciplinary Oncology and Genome Science + Technology graduate programs at the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University. Over 100 graduate […]
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IOF Seminar: Student Presentations!
See DescriptionPresenters: Yulia Egorova (PhD, EOAS) Global diversity and biomass of mesoeplagic mesozooplankton Supervisor: Evgeny Pakhomov Anna Schuhbauer (PDF, Fisheries Economics Research Unit) Global economic impact of scuba dive tourism Supervisor: Rashid Sumaila Ema Fatima (PhD, OCF) Bottom-trawl fishery is a flourishing industry in India: Who are trawling, who finances these operations and is it economically […]