SFU Biological Sciences
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Department of Biological Sciences at Simon Fraser University. www.sfu.ca/biology
Read the article in The Narwhal featuring Bob Elner, Biological Sciences Adjunct Professor, about the potential impacts of a proposed Vancouver port expansion on food sources for western sandpipers in their migration from South America to Alaska.
Read more: www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
Read more: www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
November 27, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Read the article in The Narwhal featuring Bob Elner, Biological Sciences Adjunct Professor, about the potential impacts of a proposed Vancouver port expansion on food sources for western sandpipers in their migration from South America to Alaska.
Read more: www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
Read more: www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
🎉 Double Win for Gries Lab!
Emmanuel Hung (PhD) and Augustus Negraeff (Undergrad) earned the President’s Prize for best oral student presentations at the Joint Entomology Meeting.
👏 Emmanuel also received the ESC Postgraduate Scholarship (PhD)!
Read more: www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
Emmanuel Hung (PhD) and Augustus Negraeff (Undergrad) earned the President’s Prize for best oral student presentations at the Joint Entomology Meeting.
👏 Emmanuel also received the ESC Postgraduate Scholarship (PhD)!
Read more: www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
November 25, 2025 at 9:08 PM
🎉 Double Win for Gries Lab!
Emmanuel Hung (PhD) and Augustus Negraeff (Undergrad) earned the President’s Prize for best oral student presentations at the Joint Entomology Meeting.
👏 Emmanuel also received the ESC Postgraduate Scholarship (PhD)!
Read more: www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
Emmanuel Hung (PhD) and Augustus Negraeff (Undergrad) earned the President’s Prize for best oral student presentations at the Joint Entomology Meeting.
👏 Emmanuel also received the ESC Postgraduate Scholarship (PhD)!
Read more: www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
Biological Sciences shines at this year's Faculty of Science Awards! We're proud to celebrate three incredible winners across various categories, recognizing their outstanding contributions to research, teaching and outreach.
Congrats all!!
Congrats all!!
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Biological Sciences shines at this year's Faculty of Science Awards! We're proud to celebrate three incredible winners across various categories, recognizing their outstanding contributions to research, teaching and outreach.
Congrats all!!
Congrats all!!
Em Lim receives the Dr. Eva Voigt Graduate Award in Science for Mentoring Leadership. Congratulations, Em!
www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
October 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Em Lim receives the Dr. Eva Voigt Graduate Award in Science for Mentoring Leadership. Congratulations, Em!
www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
🦆🌍 SFU Biology celebrates #WMBD2025!
This year’s theme—Shared Spaces—calls for bird-friendly cities. Our research on urban bird ecology and habitat use supports this global effort.
📸 Photos show how birds share space with our campus.
🔗 www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
This year’s theme—Shared Spaces—calls for bird-friendly cities. Our research on urban bird ecology and habitat use supports this global effort.
📸 Photos show how birds share space with our campus.
🔗 www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
October 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
🦆🌍 SFU Biology celebrates #WMBD2025!
This year’s theme—Shared Spaces—calls for bird-friendly cities. Our research on urban bird ecology and habitat use supports this global effort.
📸 Photos show how birds share space with our campus.
🔗 www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
This year’s theme—Shared Spaces—calls for bird-friendly cities. Our research on urban bird ecology and habitat use supports this global effort.
📸 Photos show how birds share space with our campus.
🔗 www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
SFU Biology Assistant Professors, Jane Fowler & Chelsea Little co-launch initiative to conserve and steward ecosystems in B.C.Coast Mountains.
Their work supports sustainable planning in B.C.’s Coast Mountains.
🔗 www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
Their work supports sustainable planning in B.C.’s Coast Mountains.
🔗 www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
October 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
SFU Biology Assistant Professors, Jane Fowler & Chelsea Little co-launch initiative to conserve and steward ecosystems in B.C.Coast Mountains.
Their work supports sustainable planning in B.C.’s Coast Mountains.
🔗 www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
Their work supports sustainable planning in B.C.’s Coast Mountains.
🔗 www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
SFU Biology Photo Contest is back! Full details in the posters!
✅ Open to to current members of the Dept
📅 Deadline: Nov 5, 2025
📧 Submit up to 3 photos* to phollman@sfu.ca
*related to your work, courses or research in biology. Photo can only win in one category.
✅ Open to to current members of the Dept
📅 Deadline: Nov 5, 2025
📧 Submit up to 3 photos* to phollman@sfu.ca
*related to your work, courses or research in biology. Photo can only win in one category.
October 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
SFU Biology Photo Contest is back! Full details in the posters!
✅ Open to to current members of the Dept
📅 Deadline: Nov 5, 2025
📧 Submit up to 3 photos* to phollman@sfu.ca
*related to your work, courses or research in biology. Photo can only win in one category.
✅ Open to to current members of the Dept
📅 Deadline: Nov 5, 2025
📧 Submit up to 3 photos* to phollman@sfu.ca
*related to your work, courses or research in biology. Photo can only win in one category.
Read this article in UVic News about the partnership between UVic, Simon Fraser University, and BC Parks using iNaturalist to upload geo-tagged photos of species observed in the environment. Read more on our News page: www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
October 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Read this article in UVic News about the partnership between UVic, Simon Fraser University, and BC Parks using iNaturalist to upload geo-tagged photos of species observed in the environment. Read more on our News page: www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
🚨 SFU Biology – Event Alert! 🚨
The Outreach & Engagement Committee has released the 2025–2026 calendar! From contests to celebration days, there’s lots to look forward to.
📅 Don’t miss out—check the schedule: www.sfu.ca/biology/abou...
The Outreach & Engagement Committee has released the 2025–2026 calendar! From contests to celebration days, there’s lots to look forward to.
📅 Don’t miss out—check the schedule: www.sfu.ca/biology/abou...
September 24, 2025 at 9:07 PM
🚨 SFU Biology – Event Alert! 🚨
The Outreach & Engagement Committee has released the 2025–2026 calendar! From contests to celebration days, there’s lots to look forward to.
📅 Don’t miss out—check the schedule: www.sfu.ca/biology/abou...
The Outreach & Engagement Committee has released the 2025–2026 calendar! From contests to celebration days, there’s lots to look forward to.
📅 Don’t miss out—check the schedule: www.sfu.ca/biology/abou...
🎉 Shoutout to the Ruff Penguins! 🐧
Our Biology Terry Fox Run team raised $2,790 for cancer research on Sept 18 — thanks to our amazing students, faculty & staff!
You can still donate 👉 run.terryfox.ca/team/ruffpenguins
Visit our Kudos page: sfu.ca/biology/news-events/kudos/2025-ruff-penguins.html
Our Biology Terry Fox Run team raised $2,790 for cancer research on Sept 18 — thanks to our amazing students, faculty & staff!
You can still donate 👉 run.terryfox.ca/team/ruffpenguins
Visit our Kudos page: sfu.ca/biology/news-events/kudos/2025-ruff-penguins.html
September 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
🎉 Shoutout to the Ruff Penguins! 🐧
Our Biology Terry Fox Run team raised $2,790 for cancer research on Sept 18 — thanks to our amazing students, faculty & staff!
You can still donate 👉 run.terryfox.ca/team/ruffpenguins
Visit our Kudos page: sfu.ca/biology/news-events/kudos/2025-ruff-penguins.html
Our Biology Terry Fox Run team raised $2,790 for cancer research on Sept 18 — thanks to our amazing students, faculty & staff!
You can still donate 👉 run.terryfox.ca/team/ruffpenguins
Visit our Kudos page: sfu.ca/biology/news-events/kudos/2025-ruff-penguins.html
It's National Postdoc Appreciation Week! 🎉 We’re celebrating our amazing postdocs, including Jungsoo Park (Fowler Lab), featured in SFU News for his work in microbial ecology. Learn more: www.sfu.ca/biology/peop...
September 16, 2025 at 10:07 PM
It's National Postdoc Appreciation Week! 🎉 We’re celebrating our amazing postdocs, including Jungsoo Park (Fowler Lab), featured in SFU News for his work in microbial ecology. Learn more: www.sfu.ca/biology/peop...
Hope everyone’s fall semester is going well! Here are the upcoming workshops and events happening at Sci-Space through September and some of October🍁🍂
September 16, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Hope everyone’s fall semester is going well! Here are the upcoming workshops and events happening at Sci-Space through September and some of October🍁🍂
🎉 2025 BISC Welcome Party
We kicked off the new academic year with food, games, and the opening of the Mesozoic Garden 🌿 - a stunning new space celebrating prehistoric plant life. Thanks to everyone who made it such a fun and welcoming event!
Read more on our Kudos page: www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
We kicked off the new academic year with food, games, and the opening of the Mesozoic Garden 🌿 - a stunning new space celebrating prehistoric plant life. Thanks to everyone who made it such a fun and welcoming event!
Read more on our Kudos page: www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
September 12, 2025 at 9:32 PM
🎉 2025 BISC Welcome Party
We kicked off the new academic year with food, games, and the opening of the Mesozoic Garden 🌿 - a stunning new space celebrating prehistoric plant life. Thanks to everyone who made it such a fun and welcoming event!
Read more on our Kudos page: www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
We kicked off the new academic year with food, games, and the opening of the Mesozoic Garden 🌿 - a stunning new space celebrating prehistoric plant life. Thanks to everyone who made it such a fun and welcoming event!
Read more on our Kudos page: www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
👏Congratulations to Marta Ulaski for receiving the J. Frances Allen Scholarship Award from the American Fisheries Society for her impactful research on global change and fisheries.🌊🐟
Read more on our Kudos page: www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
Read more on our Kudos page: www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
August 26, 2025 at 6:26 PM
👏Congratulations to Marta Ulaski for receiving the J. Frances Allen Scholarship Award from the American Fisheries Society for her impactful research on global change and fisheries.🌊🐟
Read more on our Kudos page: www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
Read more on our Kudos page: www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
A recent study led by Julie Charbonneau warns that angler catch rates may give a false sense of security for steelhead populations in B.C.
Read more on our News page: www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
📷Photo by Jonathan Moore
Read more on our News page: www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
📷Photo by Jonathan Moore
August 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
A recent study led by Julie Charbonneau warns that angler catch rates may give a false sense of security for steelhead populations in B.C.
Read more on our News page: www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
📷Photo by Jonathan Moore
Read more on our News page: www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
📷Photo by Jonathan Moore
🫐SFU Biological Sciences is scaling up indoor berry production research with $5M grant from the Weston Family Foundation. Professor Jim Mattsson and his team is advancing sustainable, year-round blueberry, raspberry & blackberry production.
Read more on our New page: www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
Read more on our New page: www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
August 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
🫐SFU Biological Sciences is scaling up indoor berry production research with $5M grant from the Weston Family Foundation. Professor Jim Mattsson and his team is advancing sustainable, year-round blueberry, raspberry & blackberry production.
Read more on our New page: www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
Read more on our New page: www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
Mesozoic Garden Update🌱🌼
95% of the plants have been put in the ground and as the temperatures drop in the fall, the remaining 5% will be planted. These include a Moss display in a pot, on a boulder and on a log and some Sword Ferns to fill out the empty spaces.
95% of the plants have been put in the ground and as the temperatures drop in the fall, the remaining 5% will be planted. These include a Moss display in a pot, on a boulder and on a log and some Sword Ferns to fill out the empty spaces.
August 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Mesozoic Garden Update🌱🌼
95% of the plants have been put in the ground and as the temperatures drop in the fall, the remaining 5% will be planted. These include a Moss display in a pot, on a boulder and on a log and some Sword Ferns to fill out the empty spaces.
95% of the plants have been put in the ground and as the temperatures drop in the fall, the remaining 5% will be planted. These include a Moss display in a pot, on a boulder and on a log and some Sword Ferns to fill out the empty spaces.
Over 1,000 fish species use hums, grunts, clicks and bubbles to communicate - but their fish sounds, and the impact of noise pollution, are missing from key conservation policies, says a new study led by Kieran Cox and fellow SFU marine ecologists.
www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
Photo by Shane Gross
www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
Photo by Shane Gross
July 10, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Over 1,000 fish species use hums, grunts, clicks and bubbles to communicate - but their fish sounds, and the impact of noise pollution, are missing from key conservation policies, says a new study led by Kieran Cox and fellow SFU marine ecologists.
www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
Photo by Shane Gross
www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
Photo by Shane Gross
SFU Biological Sciences professor Julian Christians Awarded $250K New Frontiers in Research Fund for High-Risk, Interdisciplinary Research.
Read more on our Kudos page: www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
Read more on our Kudos page: www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
July 9, 2025 at 10:54 PM
SFU Biological Sciences professor Julian Christians Awarded $250K New Frontiers in Research Fund for High-Risk, Interdisciplinary Research.
Read more on our Kudos page: www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
Read more on our Kudos page: www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
SFU Science is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 Faculty of Science Teaching & Learning Grants. These grants provide support for teaching faculty to conduct research about teaching and learning and test innovative strategies for course delivery.
June 27, 2025 at 8:36 PM
SFU Science is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 Faculty of Science Teaching & Learning Grants. These grants provide support for teaching faculty to conduct research about teaching and learning and test innovative strategies for course delivery.
It's our great pleasure to announce the winners of the 5th annual Biological Sciences Poetry Contest. There are talented poets in our department, and this was a delightful task for the outreach and engagement committee! Congrats to the winners! Read more on our Kudos page: www.sfu.ca/biology/news...
May 29, 2025 at 7:55 PM
It's our great pleasure to announce the winners of the 5th annual Biological Sciences Poetry Contest. There are talented poets in our department, and this was a delightful task for the outreach and engagement committee! Congrats to the winners! Read more on our Kudos page: www.sfu.ca/biology/news...