Better nutrition in aquaculture targets disease reduction
Juvenile farmed fish to receive fulvic acids as a feed supplement.
Class of 2022 Graduates
Congratulations to this year’s graduates! We are immensely proud of all our students and excited to share their accomplishments.
Erik Thies
Erik Thies (BSc in Applied Biology) Major: Applied Animal Biology Erik Thies is graduating as an Academic All-Canadian Athlete in Track and Field. He’s proven himself in the classroom, as a Dean’s List honour student, and on the field as a varsity athlete in Race Walk. At the time of this story, Thies is waiting […]
Detecting Insects is Getting High-Tech on UBC Campus
Detecting Insects is Getting High-Tech on UBC Campus A new Campus as a Living Laboratory project will enable UBC researchers to monitor insects in real-time, on a scale never done before. “This project promises to help us understand insect biodiversity, which we know is both crucial to ecosystems, and affected by human activities,” says Juli […]
New Faculty Profile: Jennifer Grenz
New Faculty Profile: Jennifer Grenz In January 2022, Assistant Professor Jennifer Grenz was cross-appointed in the faculties of Forestry and Land and Food Systems. Well-known in LFS for her popular weed science class, she completed her PhD in Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems in 2020 under the supervision of Professor Carol McAusland. She […]
Expanding the Innovation Network in Dairy
Expanding the Innovation Network in Dairy In her new position with BC Dairy Association, Emma Strazhnik (BSc Applied Animal Biology Hon. ’13) is dedicated to supporting dairy producers improve their climate footprint. Strazhnik is Stakeholder and Innovation Manager, a role that BC Dairy created last autumn to focus on research innovation and bringing producers into […]
Research Associate (Crop Pathology and Genetics)
Research Associate (Crop Pathology and Genetics) Posted on May 10, 2022 The Crop Pathology and Genetics Research Group at the Faculty of Land and Food Systems invites applications for a full time Research Associate in the area of Barley Genetics and Pathology with an anticipated start date of June 15, 2022. The successful candidate will […]
Lecturer in Animal Welfare
Lecturer in Animal Welfare Posted on May 9, 2022 Job Summary The Faculty of Land and Food Systems at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (lfs-ps-2023.sites.olt.ubc.ca) is seeking an outstanding candidate for a part-time (60%) Lecturer within the Applied Biology Program. This will be an initial three-year position, from July 1, 2022 to June […]
Digital detection web for on-campus insects: Building community resilience in biodiversity monitoring
Tracking insects at UBC campus is taking a leap forward by employing high-tech, automated tools such as remote sensing, machine learning, and the Internet of Things.
New Faculty Profile: Tabitha Robin Martens
New Faculty Profile: Tabitha Robin Martens Tabitha Robin Martens joined the Faculty in September 2021 as an Assistant Professor in the Applied Biology program. She has her BSc in Environmental Studies from the University of Winnipeg and MEnv from the University of Manitoba, where she looked at dozens of Indigenous food sovereignty initiatives in Western […]