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Botany Seminar - Oct. 19
Category(-ies): Centre for Plant Research News , Seminars/Workshops
Botany Seminar co-sponsored by MSL and Forestry:
Stefan Jansson, Umeå Plant Science Ctr., Umeå University, Sweden, will give a presentation entitled Natural Variations in Populus on Friday October 19, 2007.
The seminar will be held in Michael Smith Lab., Auditorium, 12:30 pm.
Posted by Dorothy Cheung at 2:33 PM on October 12, 2007
UBC Botanical Garden, Perennial Plant Sale
Category(-ies): Centre for Plant Research News
Calling all gardeners, new and expert! Looking for hard-to-find plants? Seeking quality stalwarts that will launch a new garden successfully? Searching for “just the right” plant to fit that garden trouble spot? The annual Perennial Plant Sale at UBC Botanical Garden has what you are looking for.
Featuring a wide selection of plants propagated by the Friends of the Garden, the sale is a popular gardening event.
Venue: Botanical Garden Parking lot
Date: Sunday May 13, 2007
Time: 10am - 4pm.
For more info, visit UBC Botanical Garden Perenial Plant Sale
Posted by Dorothy Cheung at 12:06 PM on May 7, 2007
Perennial Plant Sale
Category(-ies): Centre for Plant Research News
Sunday May 14
The UBC Botanical Garden 16th Annual Perennial Plant Sale will be held at the Botanical Garden, this year the Perennial Plant Sale will include a quality selection of native plants.
10:00 am – 4:00 pm
Admission is free.
Posted by Hardeep Rai at 4:03 PM on May 3, 2006
Biodiversity Education and Conservation Colloquium
Category(-ies): Centre for Plant Research News , Seminars/Workshops
April 12 to 14, 2006
UBC Botanical Garden & Centre for Plant Research and VanDusen Botanical Garden are hosting the 2nd Biennial Biodiversity Education and Conservation Colloquium.
Join fellow environmental educators, botanical garden professionals and conservation biologists from across Canada to exchange experiences and innovative ideas for engaging the public in conservation.
For more information visit BGCI Canada.
Posted by Hardeep Rai at 4:19 PM on March 15, 2006
Career Fair 2006
Category(-ies): Centre for Plant Research News , Opportunities
Don't miss this annual event that gives employers access to upcoming graduates and future graduates the opportunity to network and explore career choices.
Join us Tuesday, Feb 7, 2006 5 - 7:30pm in the SUB ballroom.
Students can expect to have a chance to network and connect with potential employers;learn about your field and career options and what you need to do to secure employment; and, increase your marketability and create a competitive edge.
What You Gain as Employers:
Cost-effective recruitment strategies; access to a large talent pool of skilled professionals; the opportunity to pass on knowledge about what employers seek in an employee.
For more information:
Career Fair 2006
Posted by Dorothy Cheung at 2:13 PM on February 3, 2006
Vancouver Food Policy Presentation
Category(-ies): Centre for Plant Research News
The Vancouver Food Policy Council will present a panel discussion on local food system issues on March 2, at 7:30pm. Panel members include: Devorah Kahn, Coordinator, Vancouver Food Policy Council; Susan Kurbis, Founder, Environmental Youth Alliance; and Moura Quayle, Dean, UBC Faculty of Agriculture.
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Posted by Eric La Fountaine at 11:00 AM on February 25, 2005
Psyllids Website
Category(-ies): Centre for Plant Research News , Systematics
Centre for Plant Research member, Diana Percy has launched a website about Psyllids (jumping plant lice). She writes, “This site is an ongoing project to present and summarize general information about psyllids, their biology, host plant associations and the economic and ecological impact that pysllids have on man-made and natural environments.”
Link: psyllids.org created by Diana M. Percy
Posted by Eric La Fountaine at 2:23 PM on January 27, 2005
CPR Christmas Dinner
Category(-ies): Centre for Plant Research News
For all of us who are tired of talking turkey and would rather eat it, it's time to come celebrate the holidays at the CPR HOLIDAY DINNER. This year's dinner will be held on Friday, December 10th in our lounge.
Beverages and snacks will be available starting at 5pm and dinner will be served at around 6pm. The menu will consist of turkey, a vegetarian option, delicious seasonal side dishes and delectable desserts.
To help in the planning and preparation of the dinner, tickets are now available in McML 318 (5$ for adults and 0$ for children) . Turkeys and beverages (including wine and EtOH-free drinks), will be provided by the PSGSS.
All you need to bring is yourself, family, friends and good cheer.
If you have any questions please contact me. Hope to see everyone at the dinner!
Alain Boucher
p.s. Remember, this is not a Potluck! However, if you love cooking and would like to help out, please see Faride or myself and we will be happy to delegate the preparation of one of the menu items to you.
Posted by Dorothy Cheung at 3:28 PM on December 3, 2004
Botany Christmas Party Invite for CPR
Category(-ies): Centre for Plant Research News
Greetings my fellow Botanists and Plant Scientists! Its that time of year
again, and we have to celebrate a year of discovery, birth, cooperation,
afternoon coffee, and hard work. How does one celebrate? FOOD + DRINK +
SINGING + DANCING + DOORPRIZES + GAMES + MAGIC = PARTY!
Your BGSA is hosting this year's Christmas party on Saturday December 11, at Thea's Lounge in the Graduate Student Building. Like last year, it will be a pot luck supper (starting at 6:00 pm) so that everyone can share their favorite foods with everyone else. Children will be very welcome to
celebrate with us until about 9:30 when the party will move to The Wolf and
the Hound where an Irish Band will play and copuis rounds of BGSA bought
bzzr will be gifted to us. Here's a list of other details:
- Saturday December 11th, Thea's Lounge, GSS Building: Doors open at 5 pm,
Supper at 6 pm
- Bring a food item, either entre, appetizer, dessert, or drink
(non-alcoholic). A few BGSA turkeys and hams will be prepared so don't worry
about those unless you're asked.
- Semi-formal dress requested (ie: no shirt, no shoes, no service)
- Tickets are $2 ($1 for kids) and can be bought from the Botany office,
from David Johnston: Douglas Lab, room 1220, or Hardeep Rai: McMillan Bldg,
Room 214
- Anyone with kids should sign them up from ticket seller so we can buy them
gifts
- Aforementioned gifts will be hand delivered by the real Santa Claus! Door
prizes for adults!
- International caroling: no skills required, just try think of cool XMas
songs in any language and email me back so that we can get music and lyrics
for everybody
- "After" party to be held at 9:30 pm at the Wolf and Hound on Alma Street
(on 99 Bus route).
You'll notice colourful posters of fat hippos reminding y'all to buy your
tickets (which have this info on them too), so buy your tickets! Tickets are available from Hardeep Rai, McMl 214.
It's still too early to say this, but Happy Holidays anyway! ;-)
David Johnston Monje
Posted by Dorothy Cheung at 2:44 PM on December 3, 2004
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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Posted by Eric La Fountaine at 10:08 AM on November 26, 2004 | TrackBack
CPR Seminar/Meeting
Category(-ies): Centre for Plant Research News , Seminars/Workshops
Keith Adams, Agricultural Sciences, UBC, will give a presentation on "Exploring the Mysteries of Polyploidy", on Friday October 1, 2004. The seminar will start at 930am, MacMillan Rm 318.
General discussion on CPR/lab issues will follow.
Posted by Dorothy Cheung at 4:54 PM on September 22, 2004
DONATION OF FLUOROMETER TO THE CPR
Category(-ies): Centre for Plant Research News
Turner Biosystems have sponsored the CPR by donating a fluorometer. For details see the following link Fluorometer grants
Posted by at 8:55 AM on April 22, 2004
CPR Lab Meeting
Category(-ies): Centre for Plant Research News
On Fri April 16. Dr. Wayne Maddison will be giving us a talk Phylogenetic explorations, bit by bit and hop by hop
The meeting will be held at 9:30am in the lounge, Room 318D.
Please come and join us for coffee and cookies.
Posted by at 10:00 AM on April 15, 2004
Plant Sale
Category(-ies): Centre for Plant Research News
UBC Botanical Garden, Pacific Northwest Plant Sale will be held at Saturday, April 17, 11:00 am 3:00 pm.
Posted by at 10:30 AM on April 13, 2004
Afraid of Beef? Eat Bugs
Category(-ies): Centre for Plant Research News
Would you feed grasshoppers to children? Dr. Murray Isman did. Find out if insects are the next big food craze in Afraid of Beef Eat Bugs by Caroline Skelton published in The Tyee. Ms. Skelton may have uncovered the solution to world hunger. Check out the links for some mouthwatering bug recipes.
Posted by Eric La Fountaine at 12:23 PM on February 17, 2004
Welcome to UBC
Category(-ies): Centre for Plant Research News
We would like to welcome our new Faculty member Dr. Sean Graham and his graduate students Jeff Saarela and Hardeep Rai to UBC CPR.
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Posted by Dorothy Cheung at 2:00 PM on January 29, 2004
The Centre for Plant Research and Forest 2020
Category(-ies): Centre for Plant Research News
The Honourable Herb Dhaliwal, Member of Parliament and Minister of Natural Resources Canada, visited UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research on Thursday, November 27, 2003, to announce important details about "Forest 2020". Forest 2020 is a federal funding initiative aimed at scoping forestry solutions to carbon sequestration, in response to Canada's Kyoto Treaty obligations. The Minister saw at first hand University of British Columbia's research on poplar and other forest trees.
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Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 2:05 AM on December 4, 2003
