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Dori Blakely, PhD candidate @UVic describes how a Canadian instrument on the James #Webb space telescope (NIRISS) is helping us understand how planets are forming in a baby solar system 370 light years away.
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Kick off #LoveDataWeek by joining the Ocean of Data Challenge!
Post-secondary students + recent grads are invited to create stories that communicate scientific insights using ONC’s data.
Register today 👉🏼 bit.ly/4jR4i9U
@DeepSenseCAv @cove_ocean #LoveData25
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We're exploring our guts at this week's Café Scientifique talk! Join UVic microbiologist Lisa Reynolds to learn more about how the immune systems manages the intestine and keeps us safe.
📅 Wednesday, February 12 | 7 p.m. | Hermann's Jazz Club
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We will have our next FishSounds Educate seminar on Friday Jan 24 at 9 am Pacific—all about underwater invertebrate sounds with Dr. Ashlee Lillis @ashleelillis! Register here: uvic.zoom.us/meeting/registe…
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Marine protected areas (MPAs) have long been used to protect declining species and habitats. But could they also be used for climate change mitigation?
In a new study, UVic post-doc @graham_epstein and biology prof @baumlab argue YES. 👇
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Stuff you (probably) don't know about local herring, courtesy of MSc student @JakeDingwall and
@NorthShoreNews. nsnews.com/local-news/stuff-…
🧵Thread featuring our favourite facts from the article!
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Unpublished research alert! More eggs are laid when there's more underwater vegetation. Things like eelgrass, rockweed, red algae, flat kelp, and sugar kelp are very important to spawning.
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More about herring, and how LNG projects may impact herring habitats: nsnews.com/local-news/stuff-…
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New year, new cover, but a throwback to a 2024 paper by the @UVicScience group of Jeremy Wulff.
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Rendering of a complex polycycle with exceptionally hindered alkenes, produced through an unexpected ring-opening of a functionalized Thiele cage.
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📢 Hey SEOS alumni, students and friends!
Are you in or near Vancouver during @AMERoundUp? We're hosting a free @UVicSEOS Alumni Night on Sunday, January 19 at Steamworks Brewing Co., and we'd love to see you there!
Register by Jan. 10! 👉 ow.ly/9Oz050UBniB
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1/🧽ONC's seafloor cameras captured 4 years of sea sponge life off BC’s coast—the longest continuous recording of these ancient animals!
Dive into the details of this sea sponge stakeout 🌊bit.ly/3W8aT5A
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Join us this Wednesday for the first Café Scientifique event of the year, where we'll be exploring galaxies, the James Webb Space Telescope, satellite constellations, and more!
📅 Wednesday, January 8, 2025
⏲️ 7 p.m.
📍 Hermann's Jazz Club
🔗More info: ow.ly/swLq50UvhCV
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Kick off 2025 by looking back at what make 2024 great. From incredible scientific discoveries to major grant funding success to celebrating the accomplishments of our incredible students, it was a remarkable year.
🔗 Read our top 10 stories from 2024: ow.ly/h4WH50UvBza
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🌤️ 2024 in review: We celebrated one year of our new BSc in Climate Science program
Partway through the year, we sat down with climate science student Camryn Thompson and the co-developer of the program, David Atkinson, to talk about the program.
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