UBC EOAS
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Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of British Columbia
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UBC mineralogist Dr. Catriona Breasley has made the first significant discovery of #lithium in B.C. "There could be much bigger deposits out there,” she says. “We just haven't found them yet." @eoas.ubc.ca
Learn more: bit.ly/4nPQOvV
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Learn more: bit.ly/4nPQOvV
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Will B.C. get a charge from lithium?
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November 13, 2025 at 5:25 PM
UBC mineralogist Dr. Catriona Breasley has made the first significant discovery of #lithium in B.C. "There could be much bigger deposits out there,” she says. “We just haven't found them yet." @eoas.ubc.ca
Learn more: bit.ly/4nPQOvV
youtu.be/SV3yY1aaW6M
Learn more: bit.ly/4nPQOvV
youtu.be/SV3yY1aaW6M
Congratulations to EOAS Faculty Member Shandin on receiving this award from AGU for his excellent lecture last year.
More info on our website: https://www.eoas.ubc.ca/news/1762200557
More info on our website: https://www.eoas.ubc.ca/news/1762200557
November 11, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Congratulations to EOAS Faculty Member Shandin on receiving this award from AGU for his excellent lecture last year.
More info on our website: https://www.eoas.ubc.ca/news/1762200557
More info on our website: https://www.eoas.ubc.ca/news/1762200557
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🎉 Congratulations to PCIGR’s Julie Prytulak for being appointed as a #CanadaResearchChair Tier 1 in Isotope Geochemistry at #UBC, and for receiving $700,000 from #CFI-JELF!
Read more here: bit.ly/4ouwVeG
Read more here: bit.ly/4ouwVeG
October 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
🎉 Congratulations to PCIGR’s Julie Prytulak for being appointed as a #CanadaResearchChair Tier 1 in Isotope Geochemistry at #UBC, and for receiving $700,000 from #CFI-JELF!
Read more here: bit.ly/4ouwVeG
Read more here: bit.ly/4ouwVeG
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PCIGR is inviting applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in High-Precision U-Pb #Geochronology!
Contribute to our U-Pb program and facilities while developing your own research program.
Details about the position at bit.ly/3K7KPVe
Contact us and apply now at [email protected]!
Contribute to our U-Pb program and facilities while developing your own research program.
Details about the position at bit.ly/3K7KPVe
Contact us and apply now at [email protected]!
September 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
PCIGR is inviting applications for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in High-Precision U-Pb #Geochronology!
Contribute to our U-Pb program and facilities while developing your own research program.
Details about the position at bit.ly/3K7KPVe
Contact us and apply now at [email protected]!
Contribute to our U-Pb program and facilities while developing your own research program.
Details about the position at bit.ly/3K7KPVe
Contact us and apply now at [email protected]!
🪨 First geochemical analyses of asteroid Bennu (Nature Astronomy)!
UBC’s Dr. Dominique Weis, Dr. Marghaleray Amini & Vivian Lai (PCIGR/EOAS) joined nearly 100 scientists showing Bennu formed >4.5B yrs ago—with grains older than the Sun.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-025-02631-6
UBC’s Dr. Dominique Weis, Dr. Marghaleray Amini & Vivian Lai (PCIGR/EOAS) joined nearly 100 scientists showing Bennu formed >4.5B yrs ago—with grains older than the Sun.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-025-02631-6
September 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM
🪨 First geochemical analyses of asteroid Bennu (Nature Astronomy)!
UBC’s Dr. Dominique Weis, Dr. Marghaleray Amini & Vivian Lai (PCIGR/EOAS) joined nearly 100 scientists showing Bennu formed >4.5B yrs ago—with grains older than the Sun.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-025-02631-6
UBC’s Dr. Dominique Weis, Dr. Marghaleray Amini & Vivian Lai (PCIGR/EOAS) joined nearly 100 scientists showing Bennu formed >4.5B yrs ago—with grains older than the Sun.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-025-02631-6
Colloquium is back!!
8 of our profs, with experience from over 20 years to under 2 weeks in the job.
Each with 8 minutes to weave a compelling scientific tale - not one to miss!
12pm for snacks, 12:30 for science. Tomorrow in ESB 5104 - see you there!
8 of our profs, with experience from over 20 years to under 2 weeks in the job.
Each with 8 minutes to weave a compelling scientific tale - not one to miss!
12pm for snacks, 12:30 for science. Tomorrow in ESB 5104 - see you there!
September 9, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Colloquium is back!!
8 of our profs, with experience from over 20 years to under 2 weeks in the job.
Each with 8 minutes to weave a compelling scientific tale - not one to miss!
12pm for snacks, 12:30 for science. Tomorrow in ESB 5104 - see you there!
8 of our profs, with experience from over 20 years to under 2 weeks in the job.
Each with 8 minutes to weave a compelling scientific tale - not one to miss!
12pm for snacks, 12:30 for science. Tomorrow in ESB 5104 - see you there!
🌊 A decade-long mystery solved: UBC-led researchers identified the bacteria behind sea star wasting disease (Vibrio pectenicida FHCF-3), published in Nature Ecology & Evolution.
A huge step for marine recovery. 🪸🌍
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02797-2
A huge step for marine recovery. 🪸🌍
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02797-2
September 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🌊 A decade-long mystery solved: UBC-led researchers identified the bacteria behind sea star wasting disease (Vibrio pectenicida FHCF-3), published in Nature Ecology & Evolution.
A huge step for marine recovery. 🪸🌍
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02797-2
A huge step for marine recovery. 🪸🌍
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02797-2
Sign up now at the link in bio for the Certificate in Climate Studies and Action Welcome event next Thursday!
- Meet other students
- Learn about the program
- 18 Credits, open to any students from any undergraduate program who are interested in climate change
- Pizza! 🍕
See you there :)
- Meet other students
- Learn about the program
- 18 Credits, open to any students from any undergraduate program who are interested in climate change
- Pizza! 🍕
See you there :)
September 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Sign up now at the link in bio for the Certificate in Climate Studies and Action Welcome event next Thursday!
- Meet other students
- Learn about the program
- 18 Credits, open to any students from any undergraduate program who are interested in climate change
- Pizza! 🍕
See you there :)
- Meet other students
- Learn about the program
- 18 Credits, open to any students from any undergraduate program who are interested in climate change
- Pizza! 🍕
See you there :)
👏 Congratulations to Dr. Laura Lukes, second author of the paper awarded Outstanding Paper Award 2025 by the Journal of Geoscience Education!
You can find the paper here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10899995.2024.2355821
You can find the paper here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10899995.2024.2355821
September 3, 2025 at 10:28 PM
👏 Congratulations to Dr. Laura Lukes, second author of the paper awarded Outstanding Paper Award 2025 by the Journal of Geoscience Education!
You can find the paper here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10899995.2024.2355821
You can find the paper here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10899995.2024.2355821
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Three drillers have been freed from being trapped underground at the Red Chris Mine in northern B.C, a site transitioning from open-pit to block-cave mining.
@eoas.ubc.ca prof Dr. Erik Eberhardt discusses why mines are transitioning via @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social
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@eoas.ubc.ca prof Dr. Erik Eberhardt discusses why mines are transitioning via @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social
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What is block-cave mining and why are mines transitioning to it?
Three drillers have been freed from being trapped underground at the Red Chris Mine in northern B.C, a site transitioning from open-pit to block-cave mining. Erik Eberhardt, a professor of geological...
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July 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Three drillers have been freed from being trapped underground at the Red Chris Mine in northern B.C, a site transitioning from open-pit to block-cave mining.
@eoas.ubc.ca prof Dr. Erik Eberhardt discusses why mines are transitioning via @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
@eoas.ubc.ca prof Dr. Erik Eberhardt discusses why mines are transitioning via @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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SEEKING: Canada Excellence Research Chair in Ocean Ecological Modelling. Joint position at @ubcoceans.bsky.social and @eoas.ubc.ca. Associate Professor/Professor (Tenure) position.
DEADLINE: SEPT 11, 2025!
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DEADLINE: SEPT 11, 2025!
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August 1, 2025 at 5:31 PM
SEEKING: Canada Excellence Research Chair in Ocean Ecological Modelling. Joint position at @ubcoceans.bsky.social and @eoas.ubc.ca. Associate Professor/Professor (Tenure) position.
DEADLINE: SEPT 11, 2025!
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DEADLINE: SEPT 11, 2025!
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"This discovery highlights how little we know about viruses infecting invertebrates in general and oysters in particular," said senior author Dr. Curtis Suttle. @virosphere.bsky.social @eoas.ubc.ca @science.ubc.ca phys.org/news/2025-08... via @physorg
New mega RNA virus may hold the key to mass oyster die-offs
Scientists have discovered a previously unknown virus in farmed Pacific oysters during a mass die-off in B.C., Canada. The discovery serves as a reminder that growers should exercise caution when movi...
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August 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"This discovery highlights how little we know about viruses infecting invertebrates in general and oysters in particular," said senior author Dr. Curtis Suttle. @virosphere.bsky.social @eoas.ubc.ca @science.ubc.ca phys.org/news/2025-08... via @physorg
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Pacific #oysters are the most widely farmed #shellfish in the world, but have been dying in large numbers. @news.ubc.ca's Dr. Curtis Suttle @virosphere.bsky.social, says that the reason for the die-off could be a previously unknown #virus. www.cbc.ca/player/play/... @science.ubc.ca @eoas.ubc.ca
UBC scientists may have found the reason for a mass Pacific oyster die-off
Pacific oysters are the most widely farmed shellfish in the world, but have recently been dying in large numbers. Curtis Suttle, a marine microbiology professor at the University of B.C., says that th...
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August 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Pacific #oysters are the most widely farmed #shellfish in the world, but have been dying in large numbers. @news.ubc.ca's Dr. Curtis Suttle @virosphere.bsky.social, says that the reason for the die-off could be a previously unknown #virus. www.cbc.ca/player/play/... @science.ubc.ca @eoas.ubc.ca
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📢 We are #HIRING for the position of Finance Manager! Job description and application portal in the link below.
Submissions accepted until September 7.
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Submissions accepted until September 7.
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Finance Manager - PCIGR
Staff - Non Union Job Category M&P - AAPS Job Profile AAPS Salaried - Accounting, Level A Job Title Finance Manager - PCIGR Department Research | PCIGR | Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences | F...
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August 25, 2025 at 11:57 PM
📢 We are #HIRING for the position of Finance Manager! Job description and application portal in the link below.
Submissions accepted until September 7.
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Submissions accepted until September 7.
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🌊 Big opportunity for ocean scientists!
UBC seeks a CERC in Ocean Ecological Modelling (Assoc/Full Prof, tenure).
🌎 Lead global-impact ocean research.
Apply by Sept 12, 2025 ➡️ academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30204
#OceanScience #CERC #UBC #AcademicJobs
UBC seeks a CERC in Ocean Ecological Modelling (Assoc/Full Prof, tenure).
🌎 Lead global-impact ocean research.
Apply by Sept 12, 2025 ➡️ academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30204
#OceanScience #CERC #UBC #AcademicJobs
July 31, 2025 at 6:13 PM
🌊 Big opportunity for ocean scientists!
UBC seeks a CERC in Ocean Ecological Modelling (Assoc/Full Prof, tenure).
🌎 Lead global-impact ocean research.
Apply by Sept 12, 2025 ➡️ academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30204
#OceanScience #CERC #UBC #AcademicJobs
UBC seeks a CERC in Ocean Ecological Modelling (Assoc/Full Prof, tenure).
🌎 Lead global-impact ocean research.
Apply by Sept 12, 2025 ➡️ academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30204
#OceanScience #CERC #UBC #AcademicJobs
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SEEKING: Canada Excellence Research Chair in #Ocean #Ecological #Modelling. #Professor or #Associateprofessor level with #tenure.
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Canada Excellence Research Chair in Ocean Ecological Modelling
Academic Job Category Faculty Bargaining Job Title Canada Excellence Research Chair in Ocean Ecological Modelling Department Faculty | Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences | Faculty of Science (Erik...
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July 11, 2025 at 11:38 PM
SEEKING: Canada Excellence Research Chair in #Ocean #Ecological #Modelling. #Professor or #Associateprofessor level with #tenure.
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Thrilled to share that Dr. Susan Allen has been named a Fellow of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society for her exceptional work in marine science & service to the field.
A huge congrats on this well-earned honour! 🌊🌦️
A huge congrats on this well-earned honour! 🌊🌦️
July 24, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Thrilled to share that Dr. Susan Allen has been named a Fellow of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society for her exceptional work in marine science & service to the field.
A huge congrats on this well-earned honour! 🌊🌦️
A huge congrats on this well-earned honour! 🌊🌦️
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POSTING: @ubcoceans.bsky.social and @eoas.ubc.ca are recruiting for a Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Ocean Ecological Modelling. Associate #Professor or Professor, with tenure.
Deadline: September 12, 2025
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Deadline: September 12, 2025
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July 7, 2025 at 6:29 PM
POSTING: @ubcoceans.bsky.social and @eoas.ubc.ca are recruiting for a Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Ocean Ecological Modelling. Associate #Professor or Professor, with tenure.
Deadline: September 12, 2025
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Deadline: September 12, 2025
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Dominique Weis @geochem-dweis.bsky.social sits down for a Q&A with the European Association of Geochemistry during #Goldschmidt2025 in Prague! Read here! bit.ly/3Ts7ME1
Catch Dominique and others from PCIGR — TODAY — in Goldschmidt Session 02l: Chemical Heterogeneities in the Earth's Mantle!
Catch Dominique and others from PCIGR — TODAY — in Goldschmidt Session 02l: Chemical Heterogeneities in the Earth's Mantle!
What do we know about the composition of the mantle (Part 1)? An Interview with Dominique Weis - EAG Blog
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July 8, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Dominique Weis @geochem-dweis.bsky.social sits down for a Q&A with the European Association of Geochemistry during #Goldschmidt2025 in Prague! Read here! bit.ly/3Ts7ME1
Catch Dominique and others from PCIGR — TODAY — in Goldschmidt Session 02l: Chemical Heterogeneities in the Earth's Mantle!
Catch Dominique and others from PCIGR — TODAY — in Goldschmidt Session 02l: Chemical Heterogeneities in the Earth's Mantle!
UBC EOAS has secured $434K to launch PROTÉGÉ—a Canada-Chile grad student exchange on ocean hazards, climate resilience & marine research.
Funded by QES & UBC, it’s a key step toward national-scale Pacific Ocean research. 🌊🌍
#UBC #QES #OceanScience #ClimateAction
Funded by QES & UBC, it’s a key step toward national-scale Pacific Ocean research. 🌊🌍
#UBC #QES #OceanScience #ClimateAction
July 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
UBC EOAS has secured $434K to launch PROTÉGÉ—a Canada-Chile grad student exchange on ocean hazards, climate resilience & marine research.
Funded by QES & UBC, it’s a key step toward national-scale Pacific Ocean research. 🌊🌍
#UBC #QES #OceanScience #ClimateAction
Funded by QES & UBC, it’s a key step toward national-scale Pacific Ocean research. 🌊🌍
#UBC #QES #OceanScience #ClimateAction
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RESEARCH: Basin-scale zooplankton composition in the Eastern Subarctic Pacific in the winter-spring. First author: Joanne Breckenridge, with Evgeny Pakhomov and Brian Hunt @UBCzoops @ubcpelagic.bsky.social @eoas.ubc.ca www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... via Progress in Oceanography
Basin-scale zooplankton composition in the Eastern Subarctic Pacific in the winter-spring
Knowledge of zooplankton distributions in the Eastern Subarctic Pacific (ESP) is limited and hinders our ability to assess ecosystem level change. To …
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June 30, 2025 at 10:10 PM
RESEARCH: Basin-scale zooplankton composition in the Eastern Subarctic Pacific in the winter-spring. First author: Joanne Breckenridge, with Evgeny Pakhomov and Brian Hunt @UBCzoops @ubcpelagic.bsky.social @eoas.ubc.ca www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... via Progress in Oceanography
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PCIGR is excited to showcase our facility and share with you what we do, ahead of #Goldschmidt2025! Watch the video below to learn about the cool research we do.
Our doors are open to assist you on your project. Get in touch with us!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAQn...
Our doors are open to assist you on your project. Get in touch with us!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAQn...
Pacific Centre for Isotopic and Geochemical Research (PCIGR) at the University of British Columbia
YouTube video by Goldschmidt Conference
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July 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
PCIGR is excited to showcase our facility and share with you what we do, ahead of #Goldschmidt2025! Watch the video below to learn about the cool research we do.
Our doors are open to assist you on your project. Get in touch with us!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAQn...
Our doors are open to assist you on your project. Get in touch with us!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAQn...
EOSC 328 wrapped up a successful field season in the southern Okanagan this May.
Three weeks of mapping, hiking, and hands-on structural geology in (surprisingly cool) spring weather.
Thanks to our instructors, TAs, and the Field Station team for supporting this work in the field.
Three weeks of mapping, hiking, and hands-on structural geology in (surprisingly cool) spring weather.
Thanks to our instructors, TAs, and the Field Station team for supporting this work in the field.
June 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
EOSC 328 wrapped up a successful field season in the southern Okanagan this May.
Three weeks of mapping, hiking, and hands-on structural geology in (surprisingly cool) spring weather.
Thanks to our instructors, TAs, and the Field Station team for supporting this work in the field.
Three weeks of mapping, hiking, and hands-on structural geology in (surprisingly cool) spring weather.
Thanks to our instructors, TAs, and the Field Station team for supporting this work in the field.
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RESEARCH: A review of benthic cnidarians as underappreciated predators in the gelatinous ocean. Co-authored by @fluskow.bsky.social and Dr. Evgeny Pakhomov. link.springer.com/article/10.1... via @springernature.com #MarineBiology @eoas.ubc.ca
A review of benthic cnidarians as underappreciated predators in the gelatinous ocean - Marine Biology
Elucidating predatory interactions between benthic cnidarians (represented by scleractinian corals and sea anemones) and gelatinous zooplankton (GZ) is fundamental for understanding energy transfer pa...
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April 23, 2025 at 9:49 PM
RESEARCH: A review of benthic cnidarians as underappreciated predators in the gelatinous ocean. Co-authored by @fluskow.bsky.social and Dr. Evgeny Pakhomov. link.springer.com/article/10.1... via @springernature.com #MarineBiology @eoas.ubc.ca
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The Treatise of Geochemistry III is out in print. Happy to have been part of this undertaking with A. Anbar and an amazing team of section editors.
May 3, 2025 at 12:56 AM
The Treatise of Geochemistry III is out in print. Happy to have been part of this undertaking with A. Anbar and an amazing team of section editors.