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
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 — 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
(Please note: This is a closed Defense)
Title of Thesis: "Use of fish cell lines to compare the cytotoxicity of tetrabromobisphenol A with its degradation products and with an alternative brominated flame retardant"
Supervisor: N. Bols
Committee Members: L. Lee (Wildfred Laurier University); K. Oakes; J. Sherry
Thursday, June 16, 2011 — 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Speaker: Dr. Daniel G. Brown
(Associate Professor, David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo)
Title of Seminar: "Fast quartet phylogeny algorithms: theory and implications"
[Host: Dr. B. McConkey]
All are welcome!
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 — 2:30 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 — 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Reception to follow in B1-266 (Dean's Conference Room) following the presentations.
2011 Marilyn Griffith Award for outstanding performance in a senior honours project:
Sarah Hagedorn
Gary Tran
2011 J.R. Mathews Award for outstanding performance in an undergraduate biology program:
Sabrina Stanley
2011 Jack Carlson Teaching Excellence Award:
Dr. David Barton
Dr. David Barton
2011 Outstanding Graduate Student Seminar:
Jerry White
Joel Harrison
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 — 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM EDT
IBMB Seminar Series
Guest Speaker: Professor Anne Dell CBE FRS FMedSci.
(Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London)
Title of Seminar: "Mass Spectrometry: A Powerful Tool for the Biosciences"
All are welcome!
Professor Dell will be receiving an Honorary Degree from the University of Waterloo on Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Tuesday, June 14, 2011 — 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Title of Thesis: "Salt Mass Balance Study in an Enhanced Phytoremediation Process Using Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria"
Supervisor: B. Greenberg
Committee Members: K. Ma; S. Chuong
Chair: M. Marsden
Monday, June 13, 2011 — 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Title of Defence: "Early-rearing Environment and Mate Choice in Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) Aquaculture: Effects on the Immune System"
Supervisor(s): Dr. Daniel D. Heath; Dr. Brian Dixon
Friday, June 10, 2011 — 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM EDT
This meeting if for faculty only.
Wednesday, June 8, 2011 — 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
Title of Proposal: "Population Differentiation of Ontario Lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) using the Major Histocompatibility Complex ∏ Case beta gene"
Supervisor: B. Dixon
Committee Members: J. Witt; C. Wilson
Thursday, June 2, 2011 — 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Title of Thesis: "Characterizing the Immune Function of the Brown Bullhead Catfish (Ameiurus nebulosus) from Clean and Contaminated Locations Along the Detroit River"
Supervisor: B. Dixon
Committee Members: N. Bols; D. Heath
Chair: J. Witt
Tuesday, May 31, 2011 — 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Title of Proposal: "Evaluating the Effects of Oil Sands Process Material on Fathead Minnows (Pimephales promelas) Using a Multiple Contaminant Approach"
Supervisor: D.G. Dixon
Committee Members: R. Hall; M. Servos; A. Farwell
Monday, May 30, 2011 — 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Title of Proposal: "An Immunogenetic Assessment of Variation in Arctic Charr (Salvelinus alpinus)"
Supervisor: B. Dixon
Committee Members: M. Power; J. Witt; J. Reist
Friday, May 20, 2011 — 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Title of Proposal: "Proteomic Analysis of Chinese Hamster Ovary Cells Producing Single-Type Glycoform Monoclonal Antibodies"
Supervisor: B. McConkey
Committee Members: B. Glick; M. Aucoin (Chemical Engineering)
Wednesday, May 18, 2011 — 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM EDT
This meeting if for faculty only.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011 — 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Guest Speaker: Dr. Michael Chippendale
Title of Lecture: "Adapting to the Revolution in Biotechnology"
All are welcome!
Light refreshments will be available
Brief Biography: Dr. Chippendale owns Chippendale Consulting, LLC, based in Columbia, Missouri. His company advises the planning and design of interdisciplinary life sciences facilities.
Monday, May 16, 2011 — 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
IBMB Seminar Series
Guest Speaker: Dr. Youla S. Tsantrizos
(Professor, Department of Chemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec)
Title of Seminar: "Novel Active Site Inhibitors of Prenyl Synthase Enzymes as Potential Therapeutics"
All are welcome!
Friday, May 13, 2011 — 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Final guest seminar until the Fall term!
Speaker: Dr. Jérôme Marty
(Research Scientist, St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences, Cornwall, ON)
Title of Seminar: "The importance of autochthonous production in regulated and natural boreal aquatic ecosystems"
[Host: Dr. M. Power]
All are welcome!
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 — 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM EDT
Final discussion group until the fall term!
Guest Speaker: Dr. Joanne Nash
(Assistant Professor, Department of Cell and Systems Biology, University of Toronto at Scarborough)
Title of Presentation: "Understanding cellular and molecular changes in synaptic dynamics in the parkinsonian striatum"
Coffee/Refreshments will be available
All are welcome!
Wednesday, May 11, 2011 — 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Title of Thesis: "Characterization of Active Cellulolytic Consortia from Arctic Tundra"
Supervisor: J. Neufeld
Committee Members: T. Charles; B. Butler
Chair: B. Moffatt
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 — 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT
Speaker: Dr. Hamid R. Habibi, PhD
(Director, Institute of Environmental Toxicology, Interim Executive Director, Advancing Canadian Wastewater Assets, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta)
Title of Seminar: "Environmental Contaminants in Southern Alberta Rivers and Physiological Consequences Disrupting Reproduction and Metabolism in Fish"
[Host: Dr. M. Vijayan]
All are welcome!
Monday, May 9, 2011 — 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM EDT
Title of Proposal: "Molecular Mechanism of Starch Digestion by Family 31 Glycoside Hydrolases: Structural Characterization and Inhibition Studies of C-Terminal Maltase-Glucoamylase (MGAM) and Sucrase-Isomaltase (SI)"
Supervisor: D. Rose
Committee Members: B.R. Glick; B. McConkey; J. Honek (Chemistry)
Monday, May 9, 2011 — 10:30 AM to 1:00 PM EDT
Title of Proposal: "Functional Metagenomics of the Human Gut Microbiome"
Supervisor: T. Charles
Committee Members: D. Rose; J. Neufeld; G. Moreno-Hagelsieb (Wilfred Laurier University)
Monday, May 9, 2011 — 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM EDT
Title of Proposal: "Investigating the role of PINCH during Xenopus embryogenesis"
Supervisor: M. Marsden
Committee Members: J. Heikkila; H. Engelhardt
Wednesday, May 4, 2011 — 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM EDT
Title of Proposal: "Identifiying novel neuroprotective pathways against Abeta neurotoxicity"
Supervisor: M. Beazely (School of Pharmacy)
Committee Members: R. Slavcev (School of Pharmacy); Z. Leonenko
Tuesday, May 3, 2011 — 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM EDT
IBMB Seminar Series
Guest Speaker: Dr. Cécile Fradin
(Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario)
Title of Seminar: "Punching Holes into Membranes: How pro-apoptotic proteins cooperate to form channels in lipid bilayers"
All are welcome!