Excited to welcome Dr. Yong Ding from ETH Zurich & Empa for a two-month research exchange at #BPI! 🌱🔬 A leader in #SmartBuildings and #CarbonStorage, she explores #wood as a high-performance #SustainableMaterial. During her stay, she’s collaborating with Dr. Orlando Rojas

🎉 Huge congrats to Anderson Veiga, PhD student in Dr. Emily Cranston's group(Emily D. Cranston - Research Group), on receiving the 2025 TAPPI Nano Division Student #Award! 🌿 His research in #nanocellulose and #sustainablematerials continues to raise the bar for #innovation in the field. We're proud

We were pleased to welcome MP Wade Grant, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, for a lab tour yesterday. The visit highlighted how #UBC and #BPI are partnering with #government to drive #ClimateAction, #innovation, and #EconomicGrowth through

🎉Big congrats to Dr. Patrick Kirchen on his new role as Director of the Clean Energy Research Centre #CERC! ⚡ He’ll be steering a global powerhouse in #CleanEnergy #innovation—where bold ideas are developed, tested, and launched to tackle #ClimateChange and power a more

🌲 @forestry.ubc.ca on Bluesky’s Community Knowledge Extension Office is bringing #ForestryExtension back to BC—reconnecting #communities, researchers & policymakers through hands-on #collaboration and shared knowledge. Launched in 2023, the initiative is expanding local impact and driving

🌲The International #Wood #Adhesives Conference returns Oct 22–24, 2025 at University of British Columbia 🇨🇦 with the theme #AI and #Sustainability. Hosted by Forest Products Society #FPS with local support from #BPI, this event brings together global experts advancing #adhesion science for #wood and

🌿 Packed room, big ideas! 👍 Thank you Dr. Yong Ding from ETH Zurich Empa for the fantastic talk on transforming #wood’s natural porous architecture into smart, #CarbonNegative composites for #EnergyEfficient buildings 🏗️🌍. Kudos to Dr. Orlando Rojas for hosting and to all

🎉Big congratulations to Tydra Laboratories for winning the $100K #WomenInTech Investment #Prize at Startupfest 2025, one of fifteen prestigious awards given to standout #startups this year. 👏 Kudos to Thanos Kritharis, Jaiya Varshney, and Vikramaditya Yadav for their

🎉 Congratulations to Sustainable Bioproduct Sustainable Bioproduct Innovations for securing @Canadian Food Innovation Network(Canadian Food Innovation Network) Innovation Booster #funding! 🚀 Led by Prof. Anubhav Pratap-Singh, Anika Singh, and Dave Eto, their clean-label #FatReplacer, #ZroFat™, helps reduce saturated fat and

🌿 Had an inspiring seminar with Dr. Jorge Avendano from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) and LMMP/PUC-Rio on how #microfluidics can drive innovation in #biobased materials 💧 👏Huge thanks to Dr. Avendano for the fascinating talk, Yeedo Chun for

Our #WoodLeather soccer ball ⚽ was showcased at #Expo2025 in Osaka 🇯🇵 in June as part of Premier David Eby’s trade mission, highlighting British Columbia’s leadership in #SustainableMaterials. Dr. Gail Murphy and Ayako Takagi presented the prototype - a #sustainable #leather

🏗️From deep foundation projects to our groundwater systems, #microplastics pose a hidden but serious threat to the environment and human health. 💧 Featured in Piling Canada Canada, Dr. Sumi Siddiqua is pioneering advanced #filtration technologies to remove microplastics and

🧬New research reveals that common #food #thickeners once thought to pass through our bodies untouched can actually be digested by #gut #bacteria when paired with natural plant fibres. Led by Dr. Deepesh Panwar and Dr. Harry Brumer at the Michael Smith Laboratories, the study

🍃Turning organic waste into #CleanEnergy! ⚡ Dr. Ryan Ziels and his team are partnering with FortisBC to supercharge #RenewableNaturalGas using #microbial communities. By applying renewable electricity to anaerobic digesters, they’re boosting #RNG yields and transforming

Join us to explore the inspiring stories behind #biobased #innovation 🌱. At the next #EDII #Workshop, #postdocs will share their research, challenges, and #career journeys 💡 - sparking conversations that connect, open new perspectives, and help us grow together as a #research

🎙 Great to see Dr. Orlando Rojas (Orlando Rojas) reconnecting and sharing insights at the #Sustainable #Materials Research Summit #SMART2025 at Yale University University! 🇺🇸 This biennial #conference brought together global leaders in #EngineeredWood and #RenewableMaterials shaping

Want to help build a more inclusive, equitable, and diverse #community at #BPI? 🌍 The #EDII Committee is seeking new members — faculty, staff, postdocs, and students — to join the movement for lasting change ✨ Bring your passion, lived experience, and ideas to the table! 🙌