Student Research Day 2021

The Faculty of Science was well represented at UFV’s Annual Student Research Day. The 2021 virtual event opened on April 8 where over 50+ posters, including 27 from the Faculty of Science, were entered for the chance to win scholarships and cash prizes. The award results will be announced April 12-16. Best of luck to … Read more

Chemistry students, Connor Frey and Kenneth Ku present at ITP 2020

Chemistry students, Connor Frey and Kenneth Ku, in collaboration with Dr. Golfam Ghafourifar, Chemistry and Dr. David Chu, Math & Stats presented at the 27th International Symposium on Electrophoretic and Liquid Phase Separation Techniques, ITP. The event was to be held in Nanjing, China, however, in light of the Covid-19 situation, the conference was held … Read more

Undergraduate Research ‘Twitter Takeover’ – Nov. 12

UFV has been challenged by Vancouver Island University to help represent Canada in the #URExchange Twitter Takeover next Thursday, November 12 (9am-2pm PST). Sponsored by the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) based out of Washington D.C., the ‘takeover’ will be a lively celebration of the creativity, ingenuity, and research excellence of undergraduate students across the … Read more

UFV Undergraduate Research Excellence Awards 2020

The University of the Fraser Valley was excited to present 40 of our most curious students with research awards totaling over $24,000. These students were nominated by their faculty supervisors for extraordinary research work, either as part of the UFV work study program, as research assistants, or for an outstanding research project as part of … Read more

LIYSF Candidates to present at the final round MAR 24 @ 2:30 PM B101

Congratulations to Annabelle Czihaly, Chandy Dancey, Connor Frey and Heather Kelly for successfully making it to the final round! Our finalists will now present a research topic of their choice to our Selection Panel. Come out and support our LIYSF Candidates! WHEN: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 TIME: 2:30 – 4:30 pm (Q&A to follow each … Read more

Are you a science student interested in spending 2 weeks in London, UK this summer with all expenses paid? Join us for the LIYSF Info Session JAN 28 @ 2:30 PM B121

UFV will be sending one Science student to London, England all expenses paid, to attend the annual London International Youth Science Forum (LIYSF) July  29 to August 12, 2020. INFORMATION SESSION: Thursday, JAN 28 @ 2:30 PM – Room B121 Guest speaker, Isabelle St-Martin will be sharing her experience from last year’s science forum. I … Read more

Eryn Braley, 2019 BSc graduate and NSERC Indigenous Student Ambassador

Eryn began her studies at UFV in 2014 and graduated with Distinction with a BSc in Biology in 2019. After graduation she received the NSERC Indigenous Student Ambassador Award. As an Ambassador she visits Indigenous communities and schools and shares her experience studying science in order to promote interest and participation of Indigenous youth. She … Read more

What’s next for our rockstar team?

The team of Sarah Choi and Neelah Hassanzadeh continue to shine! After returning from the Canada Wide Science Fair in May, the NSERC Young Innovators were presented with the Association of Professional Biology Award for 2019. This award is presented to the British Columbia student(s) who achieve the highest standing at the Canada-Wide Science Fair … Read more

Volunteer research assistants needed for fall 2019

Dr. Lucy Lee, UFV’s Dean of Science is hiring for the position of volunteer research assistants in her cell culture lab on campus for this fall. This is a volunteer position with flexible hours (approximately 2-3 hours a week). You will be assisting in a research project that is looking at the biological effects of … Read more

Biology students return from the 2019 In Vitro Biology Meeting with awards in hand!

Dr. Lucy Lee, Dean of the Faculty of Science and research students Brenna Hay, Petra Dueck Lee, and Arianne Qanbery attended the In Vitro Biology Conference held in Tampa, Florida this month. This international conference hosted by The Society for In Vitro Biology focused on current trends and cutting edge topics in plant and animal … Read more