UBC – Faculty of Land and Food Systems Announces  The Oral Examination for the Degree of
Master of Science (FOOD)

Marlen Petersen

“Rapid determination of viable but non-culturable Campylobacter jejuni in agri-food

products by loop-mediated isothermal amplification coupling propidium monoazide treatment”

9:00 AM on Wednesday, August 4^th, 2021

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EXAMINING COMMITTEE

Chair: Dr. V. Measday

Supervisory Committee:
Dr. X. Lu – Supervisor
Dr. C. Scaman – Co-Supervisor
Dr. M. Chiao – Committee member
Dr. S. Hallam – Committee member

Defense Committee Composition
Dr. X. Lu – Supervisor
Dr. S. Hallam – Committee member
Dr. S. Castellarin – External

Seeking Postdoc and Graduate Students to Work on Remote Sensing for Precision Agriculture at Simon Fraser Univesity

My Remote Sensing Lab at SFU is seeking one postdoc and two graduate students to work on remote sensing for precision agriculture that involves crop and soil research. Please see more details in attached job posting. Would you please pass it to those interested? Thanks! In addition, if you know any suitable email lists that I can also send it to (especially related to agriculture), please definitely let me know.

Best regards,

Bing Lu  Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University

8888 University Drive, Burnaby, BC, V5A 1S6, Canada

Email: b_lu@sfu.ca   Office: Robert C. Brown Hall (RCB) 6139

http://www.sfu.ca/people/binglu.html

My name is Adriana and I work for the Climate Hub at the UBC Sustainability Initiative. We are currently hiring 5 Graduate Academic Assistants for our Climate Justice Research Collaborative. I was wondering if you’d be able to share this opportunity amongst your graduate networks. I’ve attached an image for easy sharing.

Thank you,

Adriana Laurent

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We are looking to hire 5 Graduate Academic Assistants for our third year of the Climate Justice Research Collaborative. Apply through Careers Online by August 3, 2021

(If the link doesn’t work for you please log into Careers Online and search for “CJRC” or “UBC Climate Hub” and the job post should appear.)

About the CJRC:

-The CJRC creates new opportunities for undergraduate students to collaborate on research projects focused on climate change and climate justice with the support of graduate students. Addressing this crisis requires collaborative, interdisciplinary action across sectors.

-Ideal candidates will have previous experience with interdisciplinary research, data collection and analysis, and a nuanced understanding of climate justice.

-We strongly encourage graduate students to apply across all faculties and academic disciplines. The Climate Justice Research Collaborative was developed by the Climate Hub with support from the faculties of Arts, Land and Food Systems, Education, Applied Science, Forestry and Sauder School of Business.

 

UBC – Faculty of Land and Food Systems Announces The Oral Examination for the Degree of

Master of Science (Human Nutrition)

Kexin Zhang

“The associations of sleep deficits and consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages in

Adolescents”

1:00 PM on Wednesday, July 28th, 2021

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EXAMINING COMMITTEE

Chair: Dr. A. Devlin

Supervisory Committee:
Dr. A. Conklin – Supervisor
Dr. J. Black – Committee member
Dr. M. Guhn – Committee member

Defense Committee Composition
Dr. J. Black – Interim Supervisor
Dr. M. Guhn – Committee member
Dr. M. Jessri – External

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