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We are pleased to share the BioProducts Institute’s Annual Report for FY 2023 to 2025, covering the period from April 2023 to March 2025. This special two-year edition highlights the final two years of BPI’s first five-year term as a UBC GREx institute and sets the stage for the next phase of our…
Congratulations to Dr. Nadine Borduas-Dedekind on winning the 2026 Rising Star Award from American Chemical Society ACS! This annual award recognizes...
The Stanley Park is being reshaped after a hemlock looper moth outbreak impacted about 25% of its trees. According to a recent CBC News article,
Get ready for an unforgettable evening at BPI Community Day 2026—a celebration of collaboration, connection, and community!
The complex and dense reticulated spatial chemical structure, irregular molecular aggregation, and uncertain molecular conformations of lignin constitute major
Nanocellulose, including nanocrystals and nanofibers, has been widely identified as a sustainability enabler across many sectors. While the literature on the be
UBC Vancouver is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil- Waututh) Nations.
UBC Okanagan is situated on traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation. The land has always been a place of learning for the Coast Salish and Syilx peoples, who for millennia have passed on their culture, history, and traditions from one generation to the next.