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Old Ways New Waves

In Old Ways New Waves Al Lewis and Coreen Forbes explain how essential it is to use both traditional collecting practices and taxonomy alongside modern molecular methods in ecological research.

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Biodiversity Lecture Series with Beth Shapiro

The Biodiversity Lecture Series is back with Dr. Beth Shapiro’s talk: Can (and should?) biotechnology reverse extinction? Dr. Beth Shapiro is an ancient DNA scientist and author of the book How to Clone a Mammoth: The Science of De-Extinction, and she will be discussing the real science behind the emerging idea known as “de-extinction”.

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Wonders of the Deep

  Researchers Revealed is an exciting new series profiling the research performed in UBC’s Biodiversity Research Centre. Produced by Philippe Roberge, the series looks at new ways in which researchers harness technology to study the natural world

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One Stem at a Time

  Researchers Revealed explores new technologies that researchers are using to study the natural world. Following scientists from the Biodiversity Research Centre at the University of British Columbia, we travel from oceans to deserts and far-off

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Counting On It

  Researchers Revealed  explores new technologies that researchers are using to study the natural world. Following scientists from the Biodiversity Research Centre at the University of British Columbia, we travel from oceans to deserts and far-off

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