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FROM MOLECULES TO BIODIVERSITY

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The Botany Department at UBC’s Point Grey campus is on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ (hunq'umin'um') speaking xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam). We are working to understand and address harmful colonial legacies that have affected our current ways of teaching and conducting research, by listening and learning how to strengthen Indigenous voices in our classrooms and workspaces, and by building trust and partnerships with Indigenous scholars and communities. We recognize that this is a work in progress. We appreciate that making space for Indigenous knowledge and perspectives will support a deeper understanding of our relationships with plant, fungal and microbial life on Earth.You can learn more about the Musqueam here: https://www.musqueam.bc.ca/our-story/

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How to forage for mushrooms – safely and legally – this fall

It’s prime sprouting time in British Columbia for many a species of fungi, so aspiring mushroom hunters may be wondering just how to go about picking a patch of porcini.

Dr. Mary Berbee, professor in the UBC department of botany, discusses how to safely and legally forage for mushrooms around the city this fall.

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Seminars

Barnabas Daru

Wednesday, December 6

12:00 pm - 01:00 pm

Guest Speaker- Jill Anderson- Krajina Lecture (rescheduled from 2022)

Tuesday, December 12

12:30 pm - 01:30 pm

Guest Speaker- Basudev Ghoshal

Tuesday, January 23

12:30 pm - 01:30 pm

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The Botany Department is one of the largest and strongest botanical/plant-science-focused departments in North America, offering a wide range of research and educational programs from the molecular to biodiversity.

Faculty

Geoffrey Wasteneys

Professor

1) The control of microtubule dynamics by microtubule-associated proteins.

2) Microtubule polymer activities and the spatial organization of cortical microtubule arrays.

3) The function of cortical microtubule arrays in the…

Facility

Canadian Centre for the Culture of Microorganisms

The Canadian Center for the Culture of Microorganisms (CCCM) maintains living specimens of marine phytoplankton, freshwater microalgae and fungal isolates for research, teaching and commercial use.

Please visit the CCCM website at https…

Graduates

The Department offers graduate degree programs at both Doctoral and Master’s level. Graduate students are an active and engaged part of the UBC Botany department.

Department of Botany

3156-6270 University Blvd.

Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z4

604 822 8524

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