Department of Biology
ESC 350
200 University Ave. W
Waterloo, Ontario,
Canada N2L 3G1
Phone: (519) 888-4567 ext. 32569
Fax: (519) 746-0614
Affiliations
Friday, November 19, 2010 — 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM EST
Speaker: Dr. Rick Bourbonnière
(Research Scientist, Environment Canada, Biogeochemistry Research, Burlington, ON)
Title of Seminar: "Dissolved Greenhouse Gases and Hypoxia in Lake Erie"
[Host: Dr. R.E.H. Smith]
All are welcome!
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 — 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM EST
Guest Speaker: Dr. Xinhua Ji
(Chief, Biomolecular Structure Section, Macromolecular Crystallography Laboratory, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.)
Title of Presentation: "Structure and functional cycle of essential GTPase Era: Implications for ribosome biogenesis and antibiotic discovery"
[Host: Dr. Qing-Bin Lu, Physics Dept.]
Refreshments will be available!
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 — 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM EST
Title of Seminar: "Laymen are from Mars, Scientists are from Venus, or Why no one cares about your research!"
All are welcome!
Monday, November 15, 2010 — 9:45 AM to 12:15 PM EST
Title of Proposal: "Utilization of cellulosic materials by Thermotoga petrophila"
Supervisor: K. Ma
Committee Members: B. Greenberg; O. Ward
Friday, November 12, 2010 — 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM EST
Title of Thesis: "Nutrient sources for excessive growth of benthic algae in Lake Ontario as inferred by the distribution of SRP"
Supervisor: W.D. Taylor
Committee Members: R. Smith; D. Barton
Chair: M. Marsden
Friday, November 12, 2010 — 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM EST
Speaker: Dr. Shirley Tang
(Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemistry & Waterloo Institute of Nanotechnogy, University of Waterloo)
Title of Seminar: "Nanomaterial Synthesis, Applications and Toxicity"
[Host: Dr. N. Bols]
All are welcome!
Thursday, November 11, 2010 — 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM EST
(Sponsored by the Biology Undergraduate Society)
Location: Waterloo Bowling Lanes & The Huether Hotel
Please RSVP your attendance at: uwbugs@gmail.com
Thursday, November 4, 2010 — 3:00 PM to 5:30 PM EDT
Title of Proposal: "A Survey of Intersex in wild fish of the Grand River Watershed"
Supervisor: M. Servos
Committee Members: M. Vijayan; M. McMaster
Thursday, November 4, 2010 — 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Speaker: Dr. Paul D. Adams
(Adjunct Professor, Department of Bioengineering, Senior Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory & Head, Berkeley Center for Structural Biology, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.)
Title of Seminar: "Developing advanced lignocellulosic biofuels at the Joint BioEnergy Institute"
[Host: Dr. D.R. Rose]
All are welcome!
Thursday, November 4, 2010 — 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Title of Proposal: "Using Stable Isotopes to Assess Impacts of Municipal Wastewater Effluent on the Riffle Food Web in the Speed River"
Supervisor: M. Servos
Committee Members: D. Barton; M. McMaster
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 — 12:30 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
Title of Seminar: "Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)-sponsored Summer in Japan"
All are welcome!
Wednesday, November 3, 2010 — 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EDT
The Biology Coffee hour has been rescheduled to Wednesday, November 3rd from 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. in the Biology Lounge.
Even though it will occur after Halloween, the bake-off theme is still Halloween Cupcakes. If you have a flair for baking, please feel free to bring in some cupcakes! You can also contribute store-bought goods, but these will not qualify for the bake-off. We are in need of a judge, so if you would like to be the judge for this bake-off, please contact Kyra Jones.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010 — 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Refreshments will be served!
Friday, October 29, 2010 — 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Speaker: Dr. John E. Thompson
(Full Adjunct Professor - Dept. of Biology, Professor Emeritus & Associate Vice President, University Research, University of Waterloo)
Title of Seminar: "Impact of eIF5A on Cell Death and Survival; Implications for Agriculture and Human Health"
[Host: Dr. B. Duncker]
All are welcome!
Thursday, October 28, 2010 — 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
This meeting if for faculty only.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 — 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM EDT
Guest Speaker: Dr. Aaron Fenster
(Director and Scientist, Imaging Research Laboratories, Robarts Research Institute, London, ON)
Title of Presentation: "Use of 3D Ultrasound for diagnosis and treatment of human diseases"
[Host: Dr. Qing-Bin Lu, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy]
Refreshments will be available!
Wednesday, October 27, 2010 — 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM EDT
Title of Proposal: "Tracking hydrological responses of a thermokarst lake in the Old Crow Flats (Yukon Territory, Canada) to recent climate variability using aerial photos and paleolimnological methods"
Supervisor(s): R. Hall; B. Wolfe (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Committee Members: W.D. Taylor; J. Sweetman; M. Macrae (Geography)
Tuesday, October 26, 2010 — 10:30 AM to 2:30 PM EDT
Dr. Peter J. Ratcliffe (University of Oxford)
For more information see the Gairdner Foundation Lecture 2010
Saturday, October 23, 2010 — 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM EDT
Visit the University of Waterloo fall convocation ceremonies - Science webpage.
Friday, October 22, 2010 — 11:45 AM to 2:45 PM EDT
Title of Defence: "Factors Involved in the Regulation of Purine Degradation Genes in Sinorhizobium meliloti"
Supervisor: Dr. Trevor C. Charles
Friday, October 22, 2010 — 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Speaker: Dr. Brian D. Bornhold
(Professor & Project Scientist, NEPTUNE Canada, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC)
Title of Seminar: "NEPTUNE Canada Regional Cabled Seafloor Observatory - A Real-Time, Multidisciplinary Marine Research Platform from Beach to Abyss"
[Host: Dr. R.I. Hall]
All are welcome!
Monday, October 18, 2010 — 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM EDT
Title of Thesis: "Regulation of heat shock protein 70 levels in red blood cells of rainbow trout"
Supervisor: M. Vijayan
Committee Members: D.G. Dixon; J. McGeer
Chair: B. Butler
Monday, October 18, 2010 — 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Title of Defence: "Dreissenid Mussels and Large Lakes: Effects on Littoral Ecology"
Supervisor(s): Dr. David R. Barton; Dr. Robert E. Hecky
Friday, October 15, 2010 — 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Speaker: Dr. Linda Campbell
(Associate Professor & Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Aquatic Ecosystem Health, Dept. of Biology and School of Environmental Studies, Queen's University, Kingston, ON)
Title of Seminar: "Making connections in the Patagonia Andes: Fish, volcanoes and lakes"
[Host: Dr. W.D. Taylor]
All are welcome!
Wednesday, October 13, 2010 — 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
Guest Speaker: Dr. Kostadinka Bizheva
(Associate Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo)
Title of Presentation: "Non-invasive optical imaging of the structure and function of biological tissue with Optical Coherence Tomography"
Refreshments will be available!