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From Imposter Syndrome to Expert Grubber

This December, Science Borealis is excited to feature a series of stories developed for a story-telling event held at the […]

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Podcaster Andrew Lewin On Protecting the Oceans

Andrew Lewin – host of the How to Protect the Ocean podcast – on teaching the world about oceans, myth-busting fake facts and falling for the oceans from his home in Ontario. “This is what people should be talking about.” Shownotes: 3:25 How Andrew Lewin fell for the oceans and marine biology. 5:18 The first...

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Celebrating young researchers: A look back at CBR Research Day 2024

Celebrating young researchers: A look back at CBR Research Day 2024 Plasma Stem Cells Transfusion Blood Tuesday, September 10, 2024 Trainees Our partnership with the Centre for Blood Research (CBR) at the University of British Columbia (UBC) is helping to train the next generation of researchers in transfusion science. This blog post highlights just some...

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Decode your Microbiota with NimaGen’s Full-Length Sequencing Kits

In high school, our teachers showed us that every living organism can be classified into two categories: prokaryotes — small, simple cells without nuclei — and eukaryotes — the bigger, denser cells with nuclei. Life felt much simpler then. Nonetheless, it shouldn’t surprise any of us that these distinctions aren’t sufficient to truly capture the...

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Lana Button: Making Memories with My Grammie’s House

Welcome to Cantastic Authorpalooza, featuring posts by and about great Canadian children’s book creators! Today’s guest: Lana Button. Take it away, Lana! My new picture book is best served with Sprite in a fancy glass and my Grammie’s scotch cake cookies. So set your oven to 325F and mix: 1 pound of soft butter 1...

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