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News & Program Updates

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ECOSCOPE faculty, Dr. Yadav describes an innovative approach that marries engineering and medicine for the manufacture of miniaturized organs for drug screening. This biomanufacturing platform will open new frontiers in the fight against Alzheimer's disease.

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Turning Invention into Innovation: Strategies for Scientist-Entrepreneurs A seminar by Dr. Elicia Maine

Monday, March 22 @ubc

Canada has an excellent record in invention, but struggles with innovation. In particular, scientific inventions of a radical, generic nature, with high potential economic and social value, can languish in the lab because of prolonged uncertainty and high commercialization costs. Drawing on her research in the advanced materials, nanotech, biotech, and clean tech sectors, Professor Maine will offer commercialization strategies for scientist-entrepreneurs. More info http://ecoscope.ubc.ca/events/turning-invention-into-innovation-strategies-for-scientist-entrepreneurs/

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ECOSCOPE Trainee Raphael Roccor Featured in #BCTECH Student Profiles

If you ask UBC student Raphael Roccor, the solution to society’s unsustainable reliance on fossil fuels may not be found in the engineering realms of solar, wind or hydroelectric alternatives but in the life science field of microbiology. The second-year Microbiology and Immunology PhD student envisions a green economy founded on bioengineered bacteria capable of breaking down biomass waste products into fuels and chemicals.

Raphael is among the first group of students training in UBC’s newly formed Ecosystem Services, Commercialization Platforms and Entrepreneurship (ECOSCOPE) program. ECOSCOPE aims to equip students like Raphael with the skills to translate environmental sequence information derived from studying microbial communities into commercial and entrepreneurial activities. Read more:http://ecoscope.ubc.ca/news/ecoscope-trainee-raphael-roccor-featured-in-bctech-student-profiles/

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With the support of ECOSCOPE, the first ever UBC BIOMOD Student Team was awarded a Silver project award and a First Place Audience Choice award for their submission to the BIOMOD competition. Read more: http://ecoscope.ubc.ca/news/1239-2/

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ECOSCOPE Trainees Win 2nd and 3rd Place at LSI Start-Up Competition. Read More: http://ow.ly/YxuYC

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Experimental Design Workshop

Good experimental design is essential for developing strong scientific arguments. Learn the key concepts of good design and what pitfalls to avoid. There are no pre-requisites to this workshop. Basic knowledge of R and RStudio recommended but not required. Read more http://ecoscope.ubc.ca/events/experimental-design/

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R graphics with ggplot2 – Part I & II Workshops

This workshop introduces ggplot2, a powerful R package based on the grammar of graphics framework. Learn the critical concepts underlying the grammar and how they are implemented in ggplot2. Through a series of working examples, we cover many aspects of creating and customizing gglot graphics. Ideal for those who have basic familiarity with R, RStudio and graphics & data manipulation. Read more: http://ecoscope.ubc.ca/events/r-graphics-with-ggplot2-part-i-ii/

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Intro to R workshop Series - sold out!

This comprehensive introduction to R workshop series is ideal for beginners. You can register to the workshop series ($20 plus fees) or to each workshop individually ($5 plus fees). Read more: http://ecoscope.ubc.ca/events/introduction-to-r-workshop-series/

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Programming in Python, The Unix Shell, Version Control with Git

ECOSCOPE is partnering with Compute Canada to host a two-day Software Carpentry workshop at the University of British Columbia. This hands-on workshop will cover basic concepts and tools, including program design, version control, data management, and task automation. Read more: http://ecoscope.ubc.ca/events/programming-in-python-the-unix-shell-version-control-with-git/?platform=hootsuite

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Visual Design Principles for Scientific Data by @MKrzywinski 

March7 @ #UBC http://owl.li/YbzA5  This talk distills core concepts of information design into practical guidelines for creating scientific figures. We will explain how to generate visual vocabularies with graphical elements, combine them into phrases, and package them into a complete figure, the visual equivalent of a paragraph. We show how effective designs for this composition are underpinned by conclusions from studies in visual perception and awareness.

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ECOSCOPE  faculty member, Dr Vikramaditya G Yadav in 100 most influential people in drug development and manufacturing 

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Richard, ECOSCOPE faculty member, discusses the TAIGA (Tree Aggressors Identification using Genomic Approaches) project which aims to increase Canada’s capacity in forest disease diagnostics and pathogen detection and monitoring by developing and translating genomics resources into applications.

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ECOSCOPE Program Director, Steven Hallam, explains that we can harness the collective problem solving power of microbial communities to build better biological systems to reverse centuries of environmental damage and shift our global future onto a more sustainable path.

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UBC 2015 iGEM Wins Gold Medal

“iGEM made me take a hard look at the worlds’ future" undergrad student, Rohan Chandrasekhar, talks about what it means for his team to win a gold medal and a nomination for best environmental project. He emphasizes the importance of supporting these competitions. Read more: http://ecoscope.ubc.ca/news/ubc-2015-igem-wins-gold-medal/