Media Articles

The MPB epidemic in BC and Alberta has been of significant interest of recent articles is listed by date. Scientific Publications are listed separately.

02-01-2010 - Forest industry pitches new bio-products (CBC News) 

11-17-2009 - Ravenous pine beetle reaches central Albera (Edmonton Journal)

11-13-2009 - Managing the beetle (NSERC)

11-11-2009 - SEAL THE DEAL: invasive species pose huge threat to ecosystems, UN says (UN News Service) 

09-29-2009 - Sequencing a tree-killing fundus by 454 and Illumina (MycorWeb Fungal Genomics)

09-25-2009 - Une nouvelle manière de séquencer les génomes plus vite et à moindre coût (Bulletin-electroniques)

09-18-2009 - Fungus genome boosts fight to save North American forests (Nature News)

09-15-2009 - New Sequencing Technique Could Boost Pine Beetle Fight, Improve Cancer Research (Science Daily)

06-30-2009 - North America faces beetle plague (BBC News)

In June 2009, there was extensive national and regional media coverage of the public announcement of Genome Canada / Genome BC / Genome Alberta $7.8M funding for the mountain pine beetle genomics project under Genome Canada’s ABC competition. A selection of articles is listed below:

07-01-2009 - Genomic Research For Tackling Mountain Pine Beetle

06-30-2009 - Genome projects devote millions to study forests (Globe & Mail)

06-30-2009 - Scientists use genetic research to tackle mountain pine beetle (Vancouver Sun)

06-30-2009 - Pine beetle studies to influence Canadian feedstock supply research (Biomass Magazine)

06-30-2009 - Genomic research will forecast the potential of a forestry biofuels industry (Pulp and Paper Canada)

04-08-2009 - Prostate Cancer Foundation Funds ’Omics Research (ebionews.com)

03-30-2009 - Pine beetle target of DNA research (Globe & Mail)

12-01-2008 - Inside the Genes of the Mountain Pine Beetle (Natural Elements)

08-01-2008 - Genome Alberta using 21st Century biology to tackle the Mountain Pine Beetle (Reuters)

06-01-2008 - Pests on the Prowl - Targeting BC`s pine beetle epidemic (Frontier UBC Journal)

04-28-2009 - Pine beetle outbreak adds to greenhouse gas woes (CBC News)

01-28-2008 - The science of stopping the pine beetle (Macleans)

01-15-2008 - Gene Research To Unlock Pine Beetle Mystery (Innovation Anthology)