Faculty of Science, Memorial University
@memorialuscience.bsky.social
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Welcome to the official page of @memorialu.bsky.social Faculty of Science! 💡
Visit www.mun.ca/science/ to discover how science is everything at Memorial – and learn more about how to start your next adventure with us.
Wondering what's new in science at MUNL? Visit gazette.mun.ca/tag/faculty-...
Visit www.mun.ca/science/ to discover how science is everything at Memorial – and learn more about how to start your next adventure with us.
Wondering what's new in science at MUNL? Visit gazette.mun.ca/tag/faculty-...
Today, Feb 11, marks the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (IDWGIS)! 🔬
The @unitednations1945.bsky.social theme of #IDWGIS 2026 is “Synergizing AI, Social Science, STEM and Finance: Building Inclusive Futures for Women and Girls.”
Learn more here: www.un.org/.../obs.../w...
The @unitednations1945.bsky.social theme of #IDWGIS 2026 is “Synergizing AI, Social Science, STEM and Finance: Building Inclusive Futures for Women and Girls.”
Learn more here: www.un.org/.../obs.../w...
February 11, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Today, Feb 11, marks the International Day of Women and Girls in Science (IDWGIS)! 🔬
The @unitednations1945.bsky.social theme of #IDWGIS 2026 is “Synergizing AI, Social Science, STEM and Finance: Building Inclusive Futures for Women and Girls.”
Learn more here: www.un.org/.../obs.../w...
The @unitednations1945.bsky.social theme of #IDWGIS 2026 is “Synergizing AI, Social Science, STEM and Finance: Building Inclusive Futures for Women and Girls.”
Learn more here: www.un.org/.../obs.../w...
Dr. Duncan McIlroy and PhD student Simon Rosse-Guillevic recently published about a new 550 million year old proto animal, Aninoides coombsorum, discovered in Upper Island Cove.
Learn more about the fossil’s significance and the cosmic Beothuk history behind its name: gazette.mun.ca/research/dig...
Learn more about the fossil’s significance and the cosmic Beothuk history behind its name: gazette.mun.ca/research/dig...
February 5, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Dr. Duncan McIlroy and PhD student Simon Rosse-Guillevic recently published about a new 550 million year old proto animal, Aninoides coombsorum, discovered in Upper Island Cove.
Learn more about the fossil’s significance and the cosmic Beothuk history behind its name: gazette.mun.ca/research/dig...
Learn more about the fossil’s significance and the cosmic Beothuk history behind its name: gazette.mun.ca/research/dig...
💡 Registration for the 2026 SEA Conference is now OPEN!
This multi-session event will take place April 8 & 9, and will showcase poster and oral presentations by undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty.
🔗 Register and get more info here: www.mun.ca/.../scientif...
This multi-session event will take place April 8 & 9, and will showcase poster and oral presentations by undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty.
🔗 Register and get more info here: www.mun.ca/.../scientif...
February 4, 2026 at 3:22 PM
💡 Registration for the 2026 SEA Conference is now OPEN!
This multi-session event will take place April 8 & 9, and will showcase poster and oral presentations by undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty.
🔗 Register and get more info here: www.mun.ca/.../scientif...
This multi-session event will take place April 8 & 9, and will showcase poster and oral presentations by undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty.
🔗 Register and get more info here: www.mun.ca/.../scientif...
As proud members of the Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network, @memorialu.bsky.social celebrates this impressive joint milestone!
This important achievement brings us closer to more precise, data-driven cancer care across Canada.
This important achievement brings us closer to more precise, data-driven cancer care across Canada.
It all started with one.
Now we’re 15,000 strong.
In 2021, we set out to create Canada’s largest and most complete cancer resource: the Gold Cohort.
Today, over 15,000 genomes have been sequenced.
Get the full story on this exciting milestone:
tinyurl.com/4epbrf6a
Now we’re 15,000 strong.
In 2021, we set out to create Canada’s largest and most complete cancer resource: the Gold Cohort.
Today, over 15,000 genomes have been sequenced.
Get the full story on this exciting milestone:
tinyurl.com/4epbrf6a
February 4, 2026 at 1:33 PM
As proud members of the Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network, @memorialu.bsky.social celebrates this impressive joint milestone!
This important achievement brings us closer to more precise, data-driven cancer care across Canada.
This important achievement brings us closer to more precise, data-driven cancer care across Canada.
🗓 SAVE THE DATE!
The Faculty of Science will be hosting our 5th (!!!) annual Scientific Endeavours in Academia (SEA) Conference here at @memorialu.bsky.social from April 8th-9th 2026.
More details coming soon!
Visit www.mun.ca/.../scientif... for more information.
The Faculty of Science will be hosting our 5th (!!!) annual Scientific Endeavours in Academia (SEA) Conference here at @memorialu.bsky.social from April 8th-9th 2026.
More details coming soon!
Visit www.mun.ca/.../scientif... for more information.
January 27, 2026 at 2:45 PM
🗓 SAVE THE DATE!
The Faculty of Science will be hosting our 5th (!!!) annual Scientific Endeavours in Academia (SEA) Conference here at @memorialu.bsky.social from April 8th-9th 2026.
More details coming soon!
Visit www.mun.ca/.../scientif... for more information.
The Faculty of Science will be hosting our 5th (!!!) annual Scientific Endeavours in Academia (SEA) Conference here at @memorialu.bsky.social from April 8th-9th 2026.
More details coming soon!
Visit www.mun.ca/.../scientif... for more information.
Congratulations to @memorialu.bsky.social contributors on the release of Field Guide to Newfoundland and Labrador!
The guide describes our province's Natural World, and features more than 900 photographs and illustrations of the province’s life and landscape.
gazette.mun.ca/res.../books...
The guide describes our province's Natural World, and features more than 900 photographs and illustrations of the province’s life and landscape.
gazette.mun.ca/res.../books...
January 22, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Congratulations to @memorialu.bsky.social contributors on the release of Field Guide to Newfoundland and Labrador!
The guide describes our province's Natural World, and features more than 900 photographs and illustrations of the province’s life and landscape.
gazette.mun.ca/res.../books...
The guide describes our province's Natural World, and features more than 900 photographs and illustrations of the province’s life and landscape.
gazette.mun.ca/res.../books...
Members of our Human Biosciences dept have been studying implicit bias & how to effectively increase representation during their hiring process.
The findings offer a roadmap for future inclusion efforts in academic settings without relying on internal expertise. 🗺
gazette.mun.ca/research/rep...
The findings offer a roadmap for future inclusion efforts in academic settings without relying on internal expertise. 🗺
gazette.mun.ca/research/rep...
January 19, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Members of our Human Biosciences dept have been studying implicit bias & how to effectively increase representation during their hiring process.
The findings offer a roadmap for future inclusion efforts in academic settings without relying on internal expertise. 🗺
gazette.mun.ca/research/rep...
The findings offer a roadmap for future inclusion efforts in academic settings without relying on internal expertise. 🗺
gazette.mun.ca/research/rep...
From 1950s Open Houses to leading major research efforts MUNL Biology has always been committed to understanding & protecting the natural world across NL.
Over decades they have led studies of giant squid & fish to more recent work on caribou, lichen & species central to the province’s ecosystems.
Over decades they have led studies of giant squid & fish to more recent work on caribou, lichen & species central to the province’s ecosystems.
January 14, 2026 at 1:19 PM
From 1950s Open Houses to leading major research efforts MUNL Biology has always been committed to understanding & protecting the natural world across NL.
Over decades they have led studies of giant squid & fish to more recent work on caribou, lichen & species central to the province’s ecosystems.
Over decades they have led studies of giant squid & fish to more recent work on caribou, lichen & species central to the province’s ecosystems.
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Astronomy is hard in St. John’s #yyt. Taken today in windy conditions and just above freezing #nlwx with the Unistellar EVscope 2. @memorialuscience.bsky.social.
January 14, 2026 at 12:22 PM
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Dr. Kim Welford, a @memorialu.bsky.social researcher in Earth Sciences, is working with @uqam.ca and Yale to harness the power of earthquakes.
They plan to use seismic energy to create a 3D model of the subsurface of NFLD, down to a 250km depth.
Read more here: gazette.mun.ca/research/ear...
They plan to use seismic energy to create a 3D model of the subsurface of NFLD, down to a 250km depth.
Read more here: gazette.mun.ca/research/ear...
January 13, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Dr. Kim Welford, a @memorialu.bsky.social researcher in Earth Sciences, is working with @uqam.ca and Yale to harness the power of earthquakes.
They plan to use seismic energy to create a 3D model of the subsurface of NFLD, down to a 250km depth.
Read more here: gazette.mun.ca/research/ear...
They plan to use seismic energy to create a 3D model of the subsurface of NFLD, down to a 250km depth.
Read more here: gazette.mun.ca/research/ear...
Congrats to Dr. Jie Xiao, Dept. of Mathematics & Statistics, on being named to the Canadian Mathematical Society's 2025 Class of Fellows! 🎉
Read more here: gazette.mun.ca/research/it-...
Read more here: gazette.mun.ca/research/it-...
January 8, 2026 at 12:28 PM
Congrats to Dr. Jie Xiao, Dept. of Mathematics & Statistics, on being named to the Canadian Mathematical Society's 2025 Class of Fellows! 🎉
Read more here: gazette.mun.ca/research/it-...
Read more here: gazette.mun.ca/research/it-...
MUNL Chemistry has been offered since 1925, beginning at the Parade Street campus. 🧪
With a long-standing tradition of strong teaching and research, including an early and continuous presence of women educators, Chemistry is now one of Atlantic Canada’s most research-active departments.
With a long-standing tradition of strong teaching and research, including an early and continuous presence of women educators, Chemistry is now one of Atlantic Canada’s most research-active departments.
January 6, 2026 at 6:16 PM
MUNL Chemistry has been offered since 1925, beginning at the Parade Street campus. 🧪
With a long-standing tradition of strong teaching and research, including an early and continuous presence of women educators, Chemistry is now one of Atlantic Canada’s most research-active departments.
With a long-standing tradition of strong teaching and research, including an early and continuous presence of women educators, Chemistry is now one of Atlantic Canada’s most research-active departments.
Congrats to all recipients of this years' President’s Awards! This year, the Faculty of Science celebrates five recipients. 🎉
These awards shine a spotlight on folks who are among the most commendable members of the @memorialu.bsky.social community – read more here: gazette.mun.ca/campus-and-c...
These awards shine a spotlight on folks who are among the most commendable members of the @memorialu.bsky.social community – read more here: gazette.mun.ca/campus-and-c...
December 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Congrats to all recipients of this years' President’s Awards! This year, the Faculty of Science celebrates five recipients. 🎉
These awards shine a spotlight on folks who are among the most commendable members of the @memorialu.bsky.social community – read more here: gazette.mun.ca/campus-and-c...
These awards shine a spotlight on folks who are among the most commendable members of the @memorialu.bsky.social community – read more here: gazette.mun.ca/campus-and-c...
@mun-cs.bsky.social became a department in 1978 with 7 faculty and 2 support staff.
Today, the Computer Science department has 21 faculty and lecturers, 12 staff and hundreds of grad and undergrad students, who research topics like how to use AI models, build prosthetic limbs, and build robots. 🤖
Today, the Computer Science department has 21 faculty and lecturers, 12 staff and hundreds of grad and undergrad students, who research topics like how to use AI models, build prosthetic limbs, and build robots. 🤖
December 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
@mun-cs.bsky.social became a department in 1978 with 7 faculty and 2 support staff.
Today, the Computer Science department has 21 faculty and lecturers, 12 staff and hundreds of grad and undergrad students, who research topics like how to use AI models, build prosthetic limbs, and build robots. 🤖
Today, the Computer Science department has 21 faculty and lecturers, 12 staff and hundreds of grad and undergrad students, who research topics like how to use AI models, build prosthetic limbs, and build robots. 🤖
Congratulations to @memorialu.bsky.social researchers on receiving nearly $200,000 in funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation and its John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF)! 🎉
Read more about their research projects here: gazette.mun.ca/research/the...
Read more about their research projects here: gazette.mun.ca/research/the...
December 10, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Congratulations to @memorialu.bsky.social researchers on receiving nearly $200,000 in funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation and its John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF)! 🎉
Read more about their research projects here: gazette.mun.ca/research/the...
Read more about their research projects here: gazette.mun.ca/research/the...
The Human Biosciences program was the result of reflection, re-visioning, and modernization – this is the only undergraduate HuBi degree offered in Canada. 🧬
This program has since been selected in the 2025 Macleans University special issue as one of Memorial's programmes of note. #Memorial100
This program has since been selected in the 2025 Macleans University special issue as one of Memorial's programmes of note. #Memorial100
December 4, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The Human Biosciences program was the result of reflection, re-visioning, and modernization – this is the only undergraduate HuBi degree offered in Canada. 🧬
This program has since been selected in the 2025 Macleans University special issue as one of Memorial's programmes of note. #Memorial100
This program has since been selected in the 2025 Macleans University special issue as one of Memorial's programmes of note. #Memorial100
We hosted our annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) as part of Memorial’s Research Week yesterday afternoon, where 22 graduate students in the faculty competed!
Five emerged victorious from the competition – congratulations to our winners and all presenters!
Five emerged victorious from the competition – congratulations to our winners and all presenters!
November 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
We hosted our annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) as part of Memorial’s Research Week yesterday afternoon, where 22 graduate students in the faculty competed!
Five emerged victorious from the competition – congratulations to our winners and all presenters!
Five emerged victorious from the competition – congratulations to our winners and all presenters!
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Excited to share that I’ll be speaking at Memorial University on Friday!
If you’re in St. John’s, make sure to come out. I’ll be talking about how I became a tech critic and how I‘m seeing the current challenges with generative AI and digital sovereignty.
If you’re in St. John’s, make sure to come out. I’ll be talking about how I became a tech critic and how I‘m seeing the current challenges with generative AI and digital sovereignty.
"Becoming an AI Critic", with Paris Marx (Tech Won't Save Us) | Political Science
www.mun.ca
November 19, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Excited to share that I’ll be speaking at Memorial University on Friday!
If you’re in St. John’s, make sure to come out. I’ll be talking about how I became a tech critic and how I‘m seeing the current challenges with generative AI and digital sovereignty.
If you’re in St. John’s, make sure to come out. I’ll be talking about how I became a tech critic and how I‘m seeing the current challenges with generative AI and digital sovereignty.
Research Week 2025 begins next week! 💡
To help you get ready for a week of inspiration, innovation and ideas, here's a list of events hosted or co-hosted by members of the Faculty of Science.
See you there!
View the entire calendar of events here: www.mun.ca/research/eve...
To help you get ready for a week of inspiration, innovation and ideas, here's a list of events hosted or co-hosted by members of the Faculty of Science.
See you there!
View the entire calendar of events here: www.mun.ca/research/eve...
November 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Research Week 2025 begins next week! 💡
To help you get ready for a week of inspiration, innovation and ideas, here's a list of events hosted or co-hosted by members of the Faculty of Science.
See you there!
View the entire calendar of events here: www.mun.ca/research/eve...
To help you get ready for a week of inspiration, innovation and ideas, here's a list of events hosted or co-hosted by members of the Faculty of Science.
See you there!
View the entire calendar of events here: www.mun.ca/research/eve...
Happy International LGBTQ+ Day in STEM! 🏳️⚧️🔬🏳️🌈
To celebrate, take a break and grab a sweet treat with Queer in STEAM in the Chemistry/Physics lobby today, November 18 from 12 PM - 2 PM.
Follow them on instagram to stay up to date on upcoming events here: www.instagram.com/queer.in.ste...
To celebrate, take a break and grab a sweet treat with Queer in STEAM in the Chemistry/Physics lobby today, November 18 from 12 PM - 2 PM.
Follow them on instagram to stay up to date on upcoming events here: www.instagram.com/queer.in.ste...
November 18, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Happy International LGBTQ+ Day in STEM! 🏳️⚧️🔬🏳️🌈
To celebrate, take a break and grab a sweet treat with Queer in STEAM in the Chemistry/Physics lobby today, November 18 from 12 PM - 2 PM.
Follow them on instagram to stay up to date on upcoming events here: www.instagram.com/queer.in.ste...
To celebrate, take a break and grab a sweet treat with Queer in STEAM in the Chemistry/Physics lobby today, November 18 from 12 PM - 2 PM.
Follow them on instagram to stay up to date on upcoming events here: www.instagram.com/queer.in.ste...
A trio of @memorialu.bsky.social researchers have received funding to continue their leading-edge work on climate change.
Congratulations to Drs. Uta Passow, Katleen Robert, and Sue Ziegler who have been renewed as Canada Research Chairs, one of the country’s top academic honours.
Congratulations to Drs. Uta Passow, Katleen Robert, and Sue Ziegler who have been renewed as Canada Research Chairs, one of the country’s top academic honours.
November 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
A trio of @memorialu.bsky.social researchers have received funding to continue their leading-edge work on climate change.
Congratulations to Drs. Uta Passow, Katleen Robert, and Sue Ziegler who have been renewed as Canada Research Chairs, one of the country’s top academic honours.
Congratulations to Drs. Uta Passow, Katleen Robert, and Sue Ziegler who have been renewed as Canada Research Chairs, one of the country’s top academic honours.
Math has been part of @memorialu.bsky.social since the beginning! ➗📊
From lectures in WWII Quonset huts to a thriving academic community serving over 8K students each year, the dept continues to champion curiosity, problem-solving, and outreach through events like the Blundon Seminar. #Memorial100
From lectures in WWII Quonset huts to a thriving academic community serving over 8K students each year, the dept continues to champion curiosity, problem-solving, and outreach through events like the Blundon Seminar. #Memorial100
November 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Math has been part of @memorialu.bsky.social since the beginning! ➗📊
From lectures in WWII Quonset huts to a thriving academic community serving over 8K students each year, the dept continues to champion curiosity, problem-solving, and outreach through events like the Blundon Seminar. #Memorial100
From lectures in WWII Quonset huts to a thriving academic community serving over 8K students each year, the dept continues to champion curiosity, problem-solving, and outreach through events like the Blundon Seminar. #Memorial100
During Research Week 2025, the Faculty of Science will host our 2025 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®)! 💡
There's less than one week to apply to present ⏱ application deadline: 12 p.m., Wednesday, November 19, 2025.
For more information and to apply, please visit: www.mun.ca/.../three-mi...
There's less than one week to apply to present ⏱ application deadline: 12 p.m., Wednesday, November 19, 2025.
For more information and to apply, please visit: www.mun.ca/.../three-mi...
November 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
During Research Week 2025, the Faculty of Science will host our 2025 Three Minute Thesis (3MT®)! 💡
There's less than one week to apply to present ⏱ application deadline: 12 p.m., Wednesday, November 19, 2025.
For more information and to apply, please visit: www.mun.ca/.../three-mi...
There's less than one week to apply to present ⏱ application deadline: 12 p.m., Wednesday, November 19, 2025.
For more information and to apply, please visit: www.mun.ca/.../three-mi...
Ocean Sciences is our newest Dept. – created in 2012! 🌊
Today, they continue to focus on research, fieldwork, global collaboration, and close industry ties.
They’ve shaped aquaculture, genomics, climate research, and ocean sciences education in NL and beyond! #Memorial100
Today, they continue to focus on research, fieldwork, global collaboration, and close industry ties.
They’ve shaped aquaculture, genomics, climate research, and ocean sciences education in NL and beyond! #Memorial100
October 9, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Ocean Sciences is our newest Dept. – created in 2012! 🌊
Today, they continue to focus on research, fieldwork, global collaboration, and close industry ties.
They’ve shaped aquaculture, genomics, climate research, and ocean sciences education in NL and beyond! #Memorial100
Today, they continue to focus on research, fieldwork, global collaboration, and close industry ties.
They’ve shaped aquaculture, genomics, climate research, and ocean sciences education in NL and beyond! #Memorial100
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Observing the Sun in front of the @memorialu.bsky.social clock tower today in St. John’s #yyt. The Sun is sneaky quiet today. #Solar #Physics #Astronomy @memorialuscience.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Observing the Sun in front of the @memorialu.bsky.social clock tower today in St. John’s #yyt. The Sun is sneaky quiet today. #Solar #Physics #Astronomy @memorialuscience.bsky.social