Next VanBUG event: Dr. Martin Hirst – April 9th 6pm
For our final event of this season, Dr. Martin Hirst from Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre will present his work next Thursday April 9th. Dr. Hirst talk is titled: “Epigenetic and Genetic Collusion in Transformation”. Abstract: Mammalian genomes carry non-uniform chemical marks covalently attached to DNA bases and their packaging proteins. These chemical marks, which […]
May 2015 Graduation Reminder
Dear Graduate Program Staff and Advisors: In preparation for May 2015 graduation (awarding of degree and Congregation). I have listed below the SISC search instructions on how to generate your department’s student graduation list. If you know that a student should be graduating this Spring, but is not in your SISC graduation list, […]
Change in May graduation schedule affects some Science programs
To all: Changes were made today to the distribution of some specializations/degrees between the 8:30 and 11:00 ceremonies on May 25. The changes were necessitated by changes in the undergraduate Biology Program, which have made the use of “options” unhelpful for the majority of Biology BSc’s. Now all Biology BSc’s and Biology, Botany, and Zoology […]
PhD Defense Exam (HANSON, NIELS) – April 1 – 4 PM
Hanson (Niels) Programme
Agenda for Rotation talks on Friday, March 27
Mar 15 Rotation Agenda
Friedman Scholars Program – deadline is March 31
About the Program: The Friedman Scholars Program is open to any UBC graduate student or UBC Medical Resident Trainee in the health-related sciences or complementary disciplines. Friedman Scholars are expected to travel to other areas of the world to seek new perspectives and learn from experts in their fields. In order to be considered, […]
New Group Content: Call for Nominations: Spring Graduate Awards Competition
If you are interested in any of these awards (check for eligibility first), please have completed applications in my office by Tuesday, April 7 by 4 pm. We are therefore pleased to announce the Spring Graduate Awards competition; please forward the following announcement to your students: Spring Graduate Awards Competition Each year, the Faculty of […]
CMMT Cup challenge
The latest CMMT Cup challenge was completed with the Leavitt lab competing against the Wasserman/Mostafavi lab in the hot new sporting craze BUBBLEBALL Soccer. After a fiercely contested match the Leavitt lab eventually came out on top to capture the cup. A great time was had by all! A big thank you to everyone for […]
Announcement: MSc exit seminar – Alvin Tian – Friday, March 13
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