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Article written by: Darren McDonald, UFV Today UFV’s new Centre for High Pressure Research (CHPR) will open this fall thanks to $530,725 in targeted funding. The only one of its kind in Canada, the centre will be led by Dr. Jacob Spooner, a UFV assistant professor in chemistry, who recently received a $208,557 John R. Evans … Read more
The Ghafourifar Lab has had quite the busy year between working in the lab, classes, travelling and presenting at conferences. Maor Arad won the annual Undergraduate Research Excellence Award at UFV held in May this year. Manjot Benning won the first-ever UFV Alumni Association’s Outstanding Leader award and went on to represent UFV at the … Read more
Our Chemistry elves have been at it again! Charlie Brown and his crew of familiar faces are back! Be sure to stop by their winter display located across from Room A388. Don’t miss the flasks crocheted by the talented lab technician, Riley Brown, while gathering around with Snoopy, Charlie Brown … Lucy and Linus … … Read more
The Faculty of Science would like to welcome our new full time hires! Although some of their faces are familiar, they bring with them many years of expertise! Department of Agriculture Technology Dr. Lauren Erland Director Berry Horticulture Research Lauren joins us as Director, Berry Horticulture Research. Lauren’s research has brought her to many parts … Read more
Ken Ku, 4th-year science student featured in a recent article in UFV Today. Ken Ku’s journey: from photography to formaldehyde Ken Ku is set to graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree (biology honours, chemistry minor) but that’s not where university started for him. While Ken had a strong focus on science in high school, … Read more
Worker Bee Honey, the largest beekeeping operation in BC, is setting up an analytical lab to analyze honey samples collected around North America. Currently, a Bruker 400 MHz NMR Food Screener is on site with plans for also setting up quantitative PCR pollen analysis. In addition, collaborations with groups using Raman spectrometry and mass spectrometry … Read more
The 102nd Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition (CCCE 2019) was held in Quebec City June 3-7, 2019. This annual gathering continues to be Canada’s premier conference for chemistry and the chemical sciences. Nine UFV Chemistry students accompanied by two of their supervisors, Professors Linus Chiang and Golfam Ghafourifar, joined 32 other participating countries in poster … Read more
The Faculty of Science is pleased to welcome Dr. James Inkster, Research Fellow, Department of Radiology from Boston’s Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School as part of our Dean’s Seminar Series. “Looking inside the body without a knife: Developing novel probes for medical imaging – the case for 18F-labelled Rhodamines” WHEN: Thursday, June 6th TIME: 10:30 – 11:30 AM WHERE: D215, … Read more
On April 25th students from South Poplar Elementary School had the opportunity to hang out at UFV for the afternoon. They enjoyed pizza lunch in the cafeteria and then headed to the Chemistry lab for demonstrations with Dr. Cory Beshara, Chemistry Department Head, with some help from Pedro Montoya-Pelaez and Aileen Ablog.
April 23rd turned out to be quite an exciting day for some students from MEI. They threw on their lab coats and took part in some chemistry experiments with Chemistry Lab Instructor, Grant Fritzke, and Lab Technician, Aileen Ablog.