Events - 2011

Professor, Department of Biology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick
Title of seminar: "Metalloproteinases: Effectors of developmental, physiological and pathological matrix remodelling"
[Host: Dr. M. Marsden]
All are welcome!

Website: IBMB seminar series
Guest speaker: Dr. Rafael Najmanovich
(Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec)
Title of seminar: "Integrated High throughput Screening Tools"
All are welcome!

Title of proposal:  "Using Folsomia candida to Test the Toxicity of Petroleum Contaminated Sites During Phytoremediation"
Supervisor:  B. Greenberg
Committee members:  D.G. Dixon;  G. Stephenson

Website: Metagenomic Methods and Data Analysis workshop

The Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI), The University of Waterloo and The Centre for Applied Genomics are co-hosting a two-day symposium entitled “Metagenomic Methods and Data Analysis workshop” at the University of Waterloo on November 2 and 3, 2011. The first day will be an overview of Metagenomic Research with a focus on the tools researchers are using to analyze their data. The second day will be a “hands-on” workshop for 60-80 people.

Title of proposal:  "Characterizing present and past hydroecological conditions of shallow ponds in Wapusk National Park (Manitoba, Canada)"
Supervisor(s):  R.I. Hall;  B. Wolfe (WLU)
Committee members:  W.D. Taylor;  M. Macrea;  J. Sweetman

All are welcome to our halloween themed coffee hour!

Speaker profile: Dr. Adrian Bird
(2011 Canada Gairdner International Laureate, The Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK)

Since 2001, the Gairdner Foundation has seen world-renowned scientists fan out across the country to give a series of inspirational lectures to students. The lectures aim to encourage you to consider entering science programs and eventually undertake careers in either science or medicine.

Title of proposal:  "Water isotope tracers, periphyton, and paleolimnology: An interdisciplinary approach to aquatic monitoring in lakes of Old Crow Flats, Yukon Territory"
Supervisor(s):  R. Hall;  B. Wolfe (WLU)
Committee members:  W.D. Taylor;  T. Edwards;  J. Sweetman

Research Scientist, Aquatic Ecosystem Protection Research Division, Environment Canada, Burlington, ON
Title of seminar:  "The Development of an Effects Addition Model for the Assessment and Prediction of the Ecotoxicity of Metal Mixtures in Contaminated Environments"

[Host: Dr. D.G. Dixon]
All are welcome!

Speaker's profile:  Dr. G. Wayne Brodland
(Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Waterloo)
Title of seminar:   "What modeling tells us about the forces that drive cell and tissue
movements"
[Host:  Dr. D. Spafford]

Title of proposal:  "The Statistical Derivation of Environmental Quality Guidelines"
Supervisor:  D.G. Dixon
Committee members:  M. Servos;  B. Hale;  A. Takar