Alisdair Boraston
Solution to beef GHGs
Fighting COVID with plants
Victoria-raised student heads to Oxford
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UVic Biochemist Wins National Award
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New discoveries in gut microbiota—tiny microorganisms living in our digestive tracts—could lead to seaweed-based cattle feed that reduces methane emissions from cows.
To meet the global demand for COVID-19 spike protein needed for antibody test kits, UVic plant biologist Peter Constabel has turned to an unexpected source: a relative of the
tobacco plant.
Victoria-raised biochemistry student Rory Hills grew up on the West Coast, surrounded by the smell of pine and ocean spray. This extraordinary environment formed his love for
science early in life, driving his steady desire to use science to help solve society's toughest problems including the opioid crisis and climate change.
Finding molecular ways to thwart microbial infections and generate biofuels will be uppermost in the mind of University of Victoria biochemist Dr. Alisdair Boraston for the next
two years.