Yearly Archives: 2019

November 2019

The BeeHIVE Research Excellence Cluster, headed by PI Dominique Weis, has launched a YouTube channel that showcases the cluster’s research activities and members.

August 2019

A group from PCIGR attended the 2019 Goldschmidt Conference, held in Barcelona, Spain from August 18-23.

June 14, 2019

PCIGR had the pleasure of hosting the Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Canadian Minister of Science, Sports and Persons with Disabilities, accompanied by Dr. Gail Murphy, UBC Vice-President Research and Innovation.

March 12, 2019

In a study published today in Nature Sustainability, researchers from PCIGR analyzed honey from urban beehives in six Metro Vancouver neighbourhoods. 

Since honey bees typically forage for pollen and nectar within a two- to three-kilometre radius of their hives, honey can provide a localized geochemical “snapshot” of the local environment.