NDP leadership candidate David Eby has dropped his housing platform. It’s huge, and represents one of the most sweeping shifts in BC housing policy I’ve seen. Among the highlights...

Colwood all candidates tomorrow! 7:00 pm. Be there, or be a slightly less informed voter. fb.me/e/1PPnogJMp

Currently moderating an all candidates meeting for the City of Colwood . #yyjpoli Join up if you like democracy. fb.me/e/1PPnogJMp

Are you interested in goldenrod and its specialized metabolites? A funded PhD position is available in my new research group at the wonderful Universität Würzburg #UniWürzburg in the Department of Pharmaceutical Biology. Looking forward to your application.

Find yourself needing a Friday (Dec 9th) afternoon activity? Let me tell you about the biochemical pathways in one plant family :) Dec 9, Biology Seminar - Harley Gordon. Center for Forest Biology, PhD Candidate Exit Seminar events.uvic.ca/biology/event/…

Just saw avatar 2, I did not realize it was the sequel to blackfish

This is now a UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems fanboy account

Getting a new analytical lab in working order. Thank goodness they've left me the box of broken syringes

This could be the most fun and *least* cost effective improvement for science world or the new royal BC museum. I'm in full support

You wouldn't think it, but this is what peak analytical performance looks like.

So long ion-trap, you're headed to a storage closet permanently *just in case*

This tall blue boy is a (new to me) UPLC for the analytical facility. IF anyone at University of British Columbia wants to donate me a mass spec to attach, or space on their CFI, I'll run your samples dirt cheap, promise.

Here at the University of British Columbia analytical facility if you don't dilute your samples enough, you'll have to listen to me explain, slowly, why the magic glass tube doesn't let your ions fly good anymore. . UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems Agilent Technologies #lcms Photonis

Quick note to all academics. Just because it's published doesn't mean it's good, truthful, or important. These figures from a paper in frontiers are completely fake. It's okay to focus on quality over quantity. frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

This is a very-much needed change for young scientists. Government research funding has lagged far behind inflation and costs. Canadian science gets biggest boost to PhD and postdoc pay in 20 years nature.com/articles/d4158…

Have you ever asked "can I trap algae in a little basket and make them work a tiny motor?" Me neither. But I'm glad someone did