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BPI Community Day 2023
March 30, 2023
Come join us for this first in-person community event of the year to connect with colleagues and friends and learn about how to build a more inclusive community
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CANCELLED : BPI Seminar by Dr. Ronalds Gonzalez
April 20, 2023
Come join us as we welcome Dr. Gonzalez from NCSU, who will be discussing the fascinating world of alternative fibers and their immense potential in the bioecon
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BPI Seminar by Dr. Jaya Joshi
May 4, 2023
Join Dr. Joshi's seminar as she discusses how to increase crop yields and reduce carbon loss with enzyme improvement via the metabolic engineering of microbes.
Latest News
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March 13, 2023Congratulations to the Advancing Multifunctional Dental Biomaterials team!
BPI would like to congratulate their team for the successful competition for the Grants for Catalyzing Research Clusters. Keep up the good work!
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March 8, 2023Dr. Feng Jiang Receives Faculty of Forestry Research Award
BPI wishes to congratulate Dr. Feng Jiang, Assistant Professor in the Department of Wood Science, for winning the Faculty’s Research Award.
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March 7, 2023Finding New Life for Plastic Waste
Plastic is ubiquitous but its disposal is a wicked problem. UBC Okanagan's Dr. Mohammad Arjmand aims to solve this with expertise and equipment.
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Land Acknowledgement
UBC Vancouver is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil- Waututh) Nations.
UBC Okanagan is situated on traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation. The land has always been a place of learning for the Coast Salish and Syilx peoples, who for millennia have passed on their culture, history, and traditions from one generation to the next.