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Canada has an excellent record in invention, but struggles with innovation. In particular, scientific inventions of a radical, generic nature, with high potential economic and social value, can languish in the lab because of prolonged uncertainty and high commercialization costs. Drawing on her research in the advanced materials, nanotech, biotech, and clean tech sectors, Professor Maine will offer commercialization strategies for scientist-entrepreneurs. More info http://ecoscope.ubc.ca/events/turning-invention-into-innovation-strategies-for-scientist-entrepreneurs/

With the support of ECOSCOPE, the first ever UBC BIOMOD Student Team was awarded a Silver project award and a First Place Audience Choice award for their submission to the BIOMOD competition. Read more: http://ecoscope.ubc.ca/news/1239-2/

ECOSCOPE Trainees Win 2nd and 3rd Place at LSI Start-Up Competition. Read More: http://ow.ly/YxuYC

Good experimental design is essential for developing strong scientific arguments. Learn the key concepts of good design and what pitfalls to avoid. There are no pre-requisites to this workshop. Basic knowledge of R and RStudio recommended but not required. Read more http://ecoscope.ubc.ca/events/experimental-design/

This workshop introduces ggplot2, a powerful R package based on the grammar of graphics framework. Learn the critical concepts underlying the grammar and how they are implemented in ggplot2. Through a series of working examples, we cover many aspects of creating and customizing gglot graphics. Ideal for those who have basic familiarity with R, RStudio and graphics & data manipulation. Read more: http://ecoscope.ubc.ca/events/r-graphics-with-ggplot2-part-i-ii/