The registration deadline for Niki Wilson's Science Communication Workshop at BMSC has been extended until Sunday, August 9th at 11:45pm!

Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre@bamfieldmsc.bsky.social · 7d ago

Registration for Niki Wilson's Science Communication workshop "Science Communication for an Ever-Changing World" closes this Friday. There are $200 bursaries available for students and carpooling is being arranged to help with arrival costs and logistics. bamfieldmsc.com/education/pr...

As the world faces new and often untreatable viral threats, @sfu.ca researchers have found a way to cut years off the time it takes to discover #antiviral drugs. 💊 Learn more about the work from Dr. Robert Britton's lab: https://bit.ly/4yKcTTs

What can we learn about ageing from butterflies? @sfubiosciences.bsky.social professor Arne Mooers and colleague Jayme Lewthwaite investigate.

The Conversation Canada@ca.theconversation.com · 2d ago

Some tropical butterflies live surprisingly long lives. Is it their high-protein diet?

Starry Nights is ONLINE tonight! Join us on YouTube 10-11pm PDT for views of the ring-ed Rose Cluster (M5) and the gorgeous Iris Nebula, along with brief presentations on the multi-star system Albireo and research on giant star-forming clumps in the early universe. 🔭 www.youtube.com/live/3ZEgWLR...

Starry Nights LIVE from the Trottier Observatory (July 31st, 2026)

YouTube video by SFU Faculty of Science

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Congratulations to SFU Molecular Biology and Biochemistry professor Dustin King on being selected as a 2026 Gairdner Early Career Investigator! 🧪

The Gairdner Foundation@gairdnerawards.bsky.social · 6d ago

🌟 Announcing the 2026 Gairdner Early Career Investigator winners! 🌟 Please join us in congratulating: ▪️Bahaa Abu-Raya ▪️Ann Gregory ▪️Dustin King ▪️Tammy Ryan ▪️Rajae Talbi ▪️Michael Wozny Hear from them at #GairdnerScienceWeek October 19–23 Learn more: www.gairdner.org/resource-hub...

Registration for Niki Wilson's Science Communication workshop "Science Communication for an Ever-Changing World" closes this Friday. There are $200 bursaries available for students and carpooling is being arranged to help with arrival costs and logistics. bamfieldmsc.com/education/pr...

A fascinating @radiolab.bsky.social episode on baby sharks featuring @sfubiosciences.bsky.social professor @nickdulvy.bsky.social: radiolab.org/podcast/baby... (do do do do do) 🧪🌏

Baby Shark

There’s a lot more to baby sharks than that song you can’t get out of your head.

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“A real gamechanger:” SFU chemists find way to fast-track early-stage drug discovery for new emerging viral threats, and treat existing ones — www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...

Congratulations to SFU Molecular Biology and Biochemistry researchers who have received $2 million in new funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Spring Project Grants. www.sfu.ca/science/news...

Starry Nights is ON tonight! Join us at Burnaby campus 10pm to midnight to view a marshy line up of targets including the Lagoon and Swan Nebulas and Wild Duck Cluster, along with Bode's Galaxy.🔭 Thanks to @rascvancouver.bsky.social for helping us make these events happen! www.sfu.ca/science/comm...

SFU Biology postdoctoral researcher Anaïs Remili @anaisremili.bsky.social was recently featured in The News International, where she discussed the vital role whale falls play in sustaining deep-sea ecosystems. Learn more: www.sfu.ca/biology/news... 📸 Photo credit: Jared Towers - DFO MML 001

A new process developed by researchers in SFU Department of Chemistry Britton Lab will help speed up the discovery of new anti-viral drugs. 🧪

Simon Fraser University@sfu.ca · 2w ago

“A real gamechanger:” SFU chemists find way to fast-track early-stage drug discovery for new emerging viral threats.

Conventional computing aims to reduce the impact of noise, but what if these random fluctuations can be harnessed to do the computing itself? @sfuphysics.bsky.social professor @davidasivak.bsky.social weighs in: ⚛️🧪

Quanta Magazine@quantamagazine.org · 3w ago

“I think thermodynamic computing was developed with the thought that it was piggybacking on the computation that ‘already happens out there’ in the rest of the world but [is] not explicitly labeled as such.” — David Sivak, a statistical physicist.

Pioneering primatologist Dr. Birute Galdikas has left behind a legacy of conservation and advocacy for orangutans, and a new generation of conservationists, including @sfubiosciences.bsky.social PhD candidate Ruth Linsky: nowtoronto.com/news/why-the... 🌏

Inside the push to save Canada's closest living relatives | NOW Toronto

A Canadian researcher dedicated decades of her life to studying orangutans and promoting conservation efforts.

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Join SFU's world-renowned Pipe Band for a morning of live music before they travel to Scotland to compete at the World Pipe Band Championships. Sunday, August 2 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Academic Quadrangle Courtyard (east of the pond), SFU's Burnaby campus

SFU Department of Earth Sciences major Marissa Pimentel completed an undergraduate research term with earth sciences professor Dan Gibson and PhD student Gaby Jones where she did field work studying ultramafic rocks and their potential for carbon sequestration near Harrison Lake.

Happy to share our latest paper describing our further characterization of human DVL1 variants in Robinow Syndrome, carried out by MSc alum Gamze Akarsu. Great collaboration with Joy Richman @UBC. Thanks to CIHR for funding this project back in 2019. academic.oup.com/hmg/article/...

The abnormal C-terminus caused by DVL1 variants impacts Robinow syndrome phenotypes

Abstract. Robinow Syndrome is a genetically heterogeneous, rare skeletal disorder characterized by craniofacial and limb defects. All 7 causative genes lie

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Most shark and ray species have <1% of their range covered by no-take MPAs. New open access in @consletters.bsky.social: Sharks, Rays, & MPAs: a global assessment of MPA coverage in national waters across species ranges tinyurl.com/SharkRayMPA @nickdulvy.bsky.social @jaymatsushiba.bsky.social

SFU researchers were awarded more than $14.6 million through NSERC’s latest Discovery Grants competition. The funding supports 49 researchers across six faculties, advancing research in areas including climate change, health sciences, low-carbon energy and fundamental physics.

SFU awarded $14 million from NSERC to support diverse and high-quality research

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has announced more than $14 million in funding to support research excellence across SFU, in its latest round of Discovery Grant...

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Mount Meager is one of Canada's most active landslide areas. A collaborative project including SFU Earth Sciences is looking at how science, oral history and community priorities can work together to better understand a changing watershed. www.piquenewsmagazine.com/local-news/i...

‘I know that story’: Líl̓wat-led research project links ancient stories to modern Mount Meager hazards

Researchers from SFU and UBC will study landslides, flooding and climate change while centring community knowledge

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SFU is taking a leading role in one of the most significant international scientific efforts in history. The large Hadron Collider in Switzerland recently shut down for upgrades. And when it comes back online in 2030, it will have components made right here in BC.

We're pleased to announce that SFU Science researchers have received $10.3 million in new funding from NSERC to support research programs in a wide variety of natural sciences. www.sfu.ca/science/news...

Farewell to our delightful postdoc Simon Meynell, who is off to work with Patrice Bertet's group at CEA Paris-Saclay! It has been a pleasure working with him on T centre spectral diffusion and optical cluster states. Read Simon's paper on T centre spectral diffusion here: doi.org/10.1103/9dxr...

Congratulations to @sfubiosciences.bsky.social PhD alumnus Aaron Dhanda, who is a finalist in this year’s NSERC #ScienceExposed contest! Vote for his image ‘The mitotic meridian’ here: nserc-crsng.canada.ca/en/science-e... @stemcell.com 🧪

BMSC presents "Science Communication for an Ever-Changing World" with Niki Wilson @nikiwilson.bsky.social In this dynamic, hands-on workshop, discover how to pitch, shape, and deliver compelling science stories for the page, the screen, and live audiences. Info: bamfieldmsc.com/education/pr...

For the past 25 years @sfuphysics.bsky.social researchers have played key roles in the @atlasexperiment.bsky.social at @cern.bsky.social. Now they're hard at work fabricating parts that will allow the Large Hadron Collider to collect ten times more data than before. 🧪⚛️

Simon Fraser University@sfu.ca · last mo.

SFU scientists are hard at work building powerful detectors for the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider. Take a look at their high-tech lab at SFU’s Burnaby campus at the link below.

Researchers at @sfuphysics.bsky.social and @triumflab.bsky.social have been hard at work developing and fabricating the parts that will be critical to the next run of @cern.bsky.social's Large Hadron Collider. Take a peek behind the scenes with @ivansemeniuk.bsky.social: 🧪⚛️

The Globe and Mail@theglobeandmail.com · last mo.

There is a welcome respite from the heat, but the clouds and drizzle mean that there is no Starry Nights Online tonight, June 26. We hope to see you next week. Thanks as always to our friends at @rascvancouver.bsky.social for their continued support of Canada's Biggest Star Party!

Despite being banned for decades, PCBs, DDT and other pollutants are still circulating in marine ecosystems, and accumulating in the bodies of Arctic seals and the communities that rely on them, leading to negative health effects: https://ow.ly/H4vz50ZbotX 🧪🌎 #MarineEcology SFU Biological Sciences

Human-made chemicals are harming seals at the molecular level

New research shows seals are being affected by chemical pollution in the Arctic food web and rapid climate-driven warming that is transforming their sea ice habitat.

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Did you know that SFU provides support to help researchers translate their insights from the lab into real-world solutions? Learn how the Technology Licensing Office helped BPK prof Andy Hoffer develop Lungpacer, a medical device to help wean patients off of ventilators. https://ow.ly/wUZt50ZboxQ

SFU’s innovation ecosystem drives spinoff success

Through the stories of these successful spinoff companies, SFU supports researchers and founders in developing and scaling new ventures. Its innovation ecosystem provides the flexibility, connections and support needed to move ideas forward, reflected in its recognition as Canada’s top university for innovation in the World University Rankings for Innovation (WURI) 2026.

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