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Neil Towers (Sep. 28, 1923 – Nov. 15, 2004)
Category(-ies): Centre for Plant Research News
With great sadness, the Centre for Plant Research mourns the loss of Dr. Neil Towers, UBC Emeritus Professor of Botany. Dr. Towers joined the UBC Faculty in 1964, where he ardently pursued his research and teaching until his death. Dr. Towers was well known for his work in botany and phytochemistry and recognized as one of the world's most cited scientists.
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Botany Seminar
Category(-ies): Seminars/Workshops
Sophie Boizard, Ph.D. Candidate, UBC Botany, the role of kelp holdfast morphology and biomechanics in juvenile recruitment and adult survivorship on Tuesday November 30, 2004. The seminar will be held in BioSciences 2000, 12:30 pm.
Posted by Dorothy Cheung at 2:30 PM on November 25, 2004
Evolution, Ecology & Biodiversity Seminar
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Jim Elser, Biological Stoichiometry from Genes to Ecosystems on Wednesday December 1, 2004. The seminar will be held in Fam. & Nutr. Sci., Rm. 60, 4:00 pm.
Posted by Dorothy Cheung at 2:27 PM on November 25, 2004
Botany Seminar
Category(-ies): Seminars/Workshops
Gary Bradfield, UBC, Botany, will give a presentation entitled From tidal marshes to subalpine forests: a diversity of contributions from a plant ecology lab on Tuesday November 23, 2004. The seminar will be held in BioSciences 2000, 12:30 pm.
Posted by Dorothy Cheung at 4:02 PM on November 18, 2004
Biology Film Festival
Category(-ies): Seminars/Workshops
Gattaca (1997) wil be shown at the Biology Film Festival on Wednesday November 24, 2004. The event will be held in Biosciences Rm. 2000, 7:30 pm.
Everyone is welcome. Admission is free.
Posted by Dorothy Cheung at 3:57 PM on November 18, 2004
Phylogenetic Systematics and Historical Biogeography Course
Category(-ies): Seminars/Workshops
A course in phylogenetic systematics and historical biogeography for Ph.D. students will be offered at the Institute of Biology at the University of Copenhagen, March 7-18, 2005. From the course announcement, “The aim of the course is to teach Ph.D. students the theory and methodology of phylogenetic systematics and historical biogeography. Thereby enabling them to use and critically evaluate current methods.”
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Posted by Eric La Fountaine at 10:51 AM on November 17, 2004
48th Annual Conference on Cellular Dyanmics
Category(-ies): Conferences
Canadian Society of Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology presents
their 48th Annual Banff Conference on Cellular Dynamics to be held on March
16-20, 2005.
Session topics include nuclear structure, organelle Inheritance, imaging technologies, protein folding, mRNA localization, organelles of the secretory pathway and systems approaches to cell biology.
For more information and registration visit CSBMCB.
Posted by Dorothy Cheung at 11:11 AM on November 15, 2004
Botany Seminar
Category(-ies): Seminars/Workshops
Igor Kovalchuk, Dept. of Biological Sciences, U. of Lethbridge, will preset a talk entitled Systemic recombination signal - the plant response to compatible pathogens on Tuesday, November 16, 2004. The seminar will be held in BioSciences 2000, 12:30 pm.
Posted by Dorothy Cheung at 3:15 PM on November 12, 2004
Evolution, Ecology, and Biodiversity Seminar
Category(-ies): Seminars/Workshops
Andrew MacDougall, Univ. of Regina, Biology Dept., will give a talk entitled Stability dynamics in dynamic ecosystems on Wednesday November 17, 2004. The seminar wil be held in Rm 60, FNSC, 4:00 pm.
Posted by Dorothy Cheung at 3:01 PM on November 12, 2004
Vancouver Natural History Society
Category(-ies): Seminars/Workshops
Vancouver Natural History Society evening program will host a presentation titled In the Footsteps of John Davidson: the Flora of Garibaldi Provincial Park on Thursday November 18, 2004. The event will be held at 730pm, 1100 Chestnut St.
Posted by Dorothy Cheung at 2:56 PM on November 12, 2004
UBC Botanical Garden & Centre for Plant Research Lecture
Category(-ies): Seminars/Workshops
Linda Jennings, M.Sc. candidate (Whitton Lab), will present a talk titled Townsendia aprica: A rare Utah endemic on Tuesday November 9, 2004. The seminar will be held in the Botanical Garden reception centre, 12:00 pm.
For more information on lectures and courses offered by UBC Botanical Garden, please visit UBC Botanical Garden courses and lectures.
Posted by Dorothy Cheung at 3:44 PM on November 5, 2004
Botany Seminar
Category(-ies): Seminars/Workshops
Dr. Reinhard Jetter, Dept. of Botany, UBC, will give a presentation entitled Waxes on top of everything? Morphology, physiology and ecology of leaf surfaces on Tuesday November 9, 2004. The seminar will be held in BioSciences 2000, 12:30 pm
Posted by Dorothy Cheung at 3:36 PM on November 5, 2004
Evolution, Ecology, & Biodiversity Seminar
Category(-ies): Seminars/Workshops
Greg Sharam will give a talk entitled The decline and restoration of riparian forest fragments in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania on Wednesday November 10, 2004. The seminar will be held in Fam. & Nutr. Sci., Rm. 60, 4:00 pm.
Posted by Dorothy Cheung at 3:32 PM on November 5, 2004
