ZOOTAILS


May 🌻, 2025

 

The newsletter from the
Department of Zoology at UBC

https://zoology.ubc.ca/

Find all previous Zootails here
 

Deadlines & important upcoming dates
 

FOR GRADS

Graduate Sudent Check in - May 20 to June 6, 2025

Annual student check-ins are happening May 20 – June 6!

Please see sign up details on Mimi’s emails from April 23 to May 5.

FOR GRADS

Canadian Council of University Biology Charis Graduate Student Research Prize - due May 22, 2025 

Applications to zool.gradprgm@ubc.ca

Please see application details from April 30 email.

CCUBC Awards

FOR PI's

Data Science Institute third call for project proposals - due Sunday May 18, 2025 at 11pm

For further information and/or to submit your project proposal

For any questions, please feel free to contact us.

 

 

FOR EVERYONE

Climate change event - May 22, 2025, from 8:45 am to 4:45 pm

Where: UBC Botanical Garden Reception Center.

Keynote Speaker: Lisa Brideau, author of Adrift & senior sustainability specialist with the City of Vancouver.

Climate Conversations

Tickets Here
 

FOR EVERYONE

🌿 Open House for the Embedded Counselling Program 🌿, Monday, May 26 & Tuesday, May 27, from 1 to 3 PM both days

It’s a relaxed drop-in event open to anyone in the Faculty of Science - everyone’s welcome to stop by for some snacks, tea, and friendly conversation about wellbeing.

Where: room 3229, Biological Sciences Building - West wing
 

🌟May Graduation🌟 - May 27, 2025 at 8:30 am

🎓 Lauren Gill, MSc, Marshall lab
🎓 Duncan MacNaughton, MSc, Kremen lab
🎓 Nathaniel Moyes, MSc, Marshall lab
🎓 Shania Lobo, MSc, Richards lab
🎓 Virginie Bornarel, PhD, Cheung lab
🎓 Daniel Lee, PhD, P Matthews lab
🎓 Sasha McDowell, PhD, Gordon lab
🎓 Eric Press, PhD, Altshuler lab
🎓 Keila Stark, PhD, O'Connor lab
🎓 Rhea Storlund, PhD, Trites & Rosen labs
 

UBC Graduation Ceremonies - Spring 2025
 

Thank you to all who participated and attended the

⭐ 2025 ZGSA's Debbie & Justin Wragg-Schmidt Zoology Spring Symposium⭐
Thursday May 1st, 2024

The 2025 Award winners are:
 

    Faculty - news
 

Vikram Baliga will be joining Zoology as an Assistant Professor of Teaching in Biostats and Data Science in July 2025

 

More about Vikram

 
 

Amy Angert elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

 

Read more

 
 

Charles Krebs recipient of the UBC Emeritus College Award for Excellence in Innovative and Creative Endeavours to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

 

Read more

 
 

🔻  NEW to Zoology! 🔻

The new shipping & receiving and waste disposal processes are now fully in effect.

Thank you to everyone for your patience as this transition has been taking place.
As space is very limited, please be sure to pick up your packages when you receive your delivery email notification, or send a designate.

Procedures are being fine tuned as we go, and some adjustments have been made – specifically to accessing the gas cages.

Please refer to the Shipping & Receiving section of the department’s website for up-to-date information.

Any questions can be directed to Holly-Anne.
 

🖥️  ZCU TIP 💽

If you receive “DISABLE REQUEST NOTIFICATION” from “UBC HR”, please forward it as an attachment to security@ubc.ca

Identifying & Reporting Suspicious Emails
 

⛑️  Safety TIPs ☣️

If you have not done this yet, please update your emergency contact information in Workday. In case of an emergency, it is important there is someone UBC can contact if something was to happen.

Adding your emergency contacts
 

Committees and other units - updates

UBC Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Symposium

Keynote speakers: Emilia Lim and Jayesh Kulkarni
https://med-fom-biochem.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2025/04/BMB-Symposium-2025.pdf

 

CIEE ICEE

Graduate students: Apply to participate in the CIEE Living Data Project working group “Life on the Edge”: https://www.ciee-icee.ca/wg101.html

Date of Working Group: November 10-14th, 2025 (full time)

Working Group Leaders: Karen Harper (St. Mary’s University/Dalhousie University), Anna Dabros (Natural Resources Canada-Canadian Forest Service), and Phil Burton (University of Northern BC)

In person location: Loon Lake Lodge, Maple Ridge, BC

Apply here by May 27, 2025: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5vwIaOZCPp2n8Cq
 

Reminders
 

BIOLOGY COMMUNITY PANTRY - please contribute to replenish the pantry!

Who is it for? Biology undergraduate students

Where is it? Biosciences, 2nd floor, East wing

 

REFUNDABLE CONTAINER RECYCLING in Biological Science Building: 100% of the money collected will go to purchase food for the Biology Community Pantry ⬆️

⬅️ Look out for the refundable recycling bins

 

 

 

LAB GLOVE RECYCLING - at the Biodiversity Research Centre & the Biological Sciences Building

 

 

 

More information on Recycling Initiatives
 

All members of the department are welcome!

May 16 - Biosci
May 23 - LSC 1410
May 30 - BRC atrium or courtyard (as weather permits)

Please remember to bring your own mug!

Venues might change - for the latest updates, please check the zoology website:

Friday Coffee and Donuts schedule
 

Check www.zoology.ubc.ca
for news, events, resources & more

Zoology event calendar
 

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