A Fast Read on Plastics in Our Food and Water
A new portable tool can give you a precise reading on how much plastic could be seeping from your plastic coffee cup and into your body. Read about the innovation by Assistant Professor Tianxi Yang and her team, on a device that works in tandem with an app and uses fluorescent labeling of micro and nano plastics (MNPs) to detect plastic particles ranging in size.
How Artificial Lights at Night Impact Insects and Bats
Artificial light can play a huge threat on insects and bats. An LFS masters student, Daphne Chevalier is working on a project that aims to understand the impacts of artificial light on various organisms and subsequently, its implications for our food system.
Dean’s Message
Dean’s Message Welcome to the latest issue of ReachOut magazine! From the stories in this issue, one thing that stands out to me is how we are moving towards transdisciplinary research more than ever. Today, finding solutions that help balance the needs in our food system with planetary health means we have to take a […]
Black Faculty Cohort in Food, Forests and Bio(Fuels)
Black Faculty Cohort in Food, Forests and Bio(Fuels) Posted on November 29, 2023 In support of its commitments to inclusive excellence in academia and research, the University of British Columbia has launched a Black Faculty Cohort Hiring Initiative (BFCHI) to recruit up to 23 Black scholars over the next four years. The Faculty of Forestry […]
LFS researchers awarded funding from CFI’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund
Congratulations to four LFS researchers on receiving funding from CFI’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF).
LFS researchers awarded 2023 NSERC Discovery Grants
Congratulations to four LFS researchers on receiving NSERC Discovery research grants.
Early Career Investigator Award
Dr. Tianxi Yang wins an Applied Sciences Early Career Investigator Award for her research that brings high-tech analysis and tools to agri-food.