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, December 18, 2012 — 2:00 PM EST
MSc Proposal Defense
Student: Jessica Leung
Title of Proposal: Implications of acute metal toxicity (copper and nickel) in the Hyalella azteca species complex
Supervisor(s): J. Witt, G. Dixon
Committee Members: M. Servos, W. Norwood
Time: 2:00 pm
Place: EIT 2014
***All Are Welcome***
Friday, December 7, 2012 — 1:00 PM EST
MSc Thesis Defense
Student: Monique Boutsivongsakd
Title of Thesis: Examining the Growth and Stable Isotopes of Phytoplankton and Periphyton Communities Exposed to Oil Sands Reclamation Strategies
Supervisor(s): G. Dixon
Committee Members: B. Butler, A. Farwell
Chair: Brendan McConkey
Date of Defense: December 7, 2012
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Place: B1-273 (Gleave Library)
***All Are Welcome***
Friday, December 7, 2012 — 9:30 AM EST
MSc Proposal Defense
Student: Imran Khamis
Title of Proposal: Effect of combined sodium arsenite and cadmium chloride treatment on hsp gene expression in Xenopus laevis A6 cells
Supervisor(s): J. Heikkila
Committee Members: B. Dixon, B. Duncker
Time: 9:30 am
Place: B1-273 (Gleave Library)
***All Are Welcome***
Thursday, December 6, 2012 — 1:00 PM EST
PhD Proposal Defense
Student: Laura Sauder
Title of Proposal: Ecology and metabolism of ammonia-oxidizing archaea in engineered freshwater biofiltration systems
Supervisor(s): J. Neufeld
Committee Members: T. Charles; B. Butler
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Place: EIT-1014
***All Are Welcome***
Tuesday, December 4, 2012 — 9:30 AM EST
Biology Department Retreat (for Faculty only)
8:30 am - 3:00 pm
Stone Crock, St. Jacobs
Monday, December 3, 2012 — 1:00 PM EST
MSc Thesis Defense
Student: Anthony Bauer
Title of thesis: The Identification of Oil Sands Naphthenic Acid Structures and Their Associated Toxicities to Pimephales promelas and Oryzias latipes.
Supervisor(s): G. Dixon
Committee Members: R. Hall, M. Servos, A. Farwell
Chair: B. Dixon
Time: 1:00 pm
Place: EIT-1014
***All Are Welcome***
Friday, November 30, 2012 — 11:08 AM EST
Biology Annual Holiday Party!
Cocktails: 6:30 pm
Dinner: 7:15 pm
Golf Steakhouse, 598 Lancaster Avenue, Kitchener
Tickets:
$25.00 - faculty & staff
$15.00 - students
Tickets can be purchased from Jenniffer Fleet until Nov. 26
Friday, November 23, 2012 — 8:30 PM EST
Biology Guest Seminar Series
Speaker: Dr. Marc Champigny (McMaster University)
Title of Seminar: Next generation prospecting in the Yukon: mining a native Canadian extremophile for essential stress tolerance traits
Time: 3:30 – 4:30 pm
Location: PHY 150
View Poster: Champigny.pdf
Tuesday, November 20, 2012 — 10:00 AM EST
Student: Adrienne Smith
Title of Proposal: Effects of the 2000 Rule Curves on Upper Rainy River Food Web and Spawning and Nursery Critical Habitats
Supervisor(s): M. Power
Committee Members: K. Oakes, J. Marty, K. Smokorowski
Date: November 20, 2012
Time: 10:00 am
Place: B1-266 (Dean's Conference Room)
***All Are Welcome***
Friday, November 16, 2012 — 3:30 PM EST
Biology Guest Seminar Series
Speaker: Dr. Denina Simmons (Environment Canada, and Post doctoral Fellow, Biology Department, University of Waterloo)
Title of Seminar: Shotgun proteomics and protein profiling; applications to aquatic ecotoxicology
Time: 3:30 – 4:30 pm
Location: PHY 150
View poster (pdf) Simmons 2012
Abstract:
Friday, November 2, 2012 — 3:30 PM EDT
Biology Guest Seminar Series
Speaker: Dr. Stephen Michnick
(Dept. of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal)
Title of Seminar: The hidden impulses of incredible shrinking cells
Time: 3:30 – 4:30 pm
Location: PHY 150
View Poster (PDF) Michnick 2012.pdf
Friday, October 26, 2012 — 3:30 PM EDT
Biology Guest Seminar Series
Speaker: Dr. Adriano Senatore
(Recent PhD Graduate, Biology Department, University of Waterloo)
Title of Seminar: Functional and evolutionary insights gained from the cloning and expression of two ion channels from the snail: a homologue of voltage-gated T-type calcium channels, and a sodium leak channel homologue termed NALCN
Abstract:
Thursday, October 25, 2012 — 1:00 PM EDT
MSc Proposal Defense
Student: Adam Masson
Title of Proposal: Hepatic Proteome Analysis of Rainbow Trout Exposed to Environmentally Relevant Concentrations of Bisphenol-A
Supervisor (s): B. McConkey, M. Vijayan
Committee Members: M. Servos, M. Marsden
Date: October 25, 2012
Time: 1:00 pm
Place: B1-273 (Gleave Library)
***All Are Welcome***
Thursday, October 25, 2012 — 10:00 AM EDT
BGSA Apple Cider Fundraiser
Date: Thursday, October 25
Time: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Location: under the link between B1 and ESC
“We will be selling hot apple cider and apple fritters and also Biology T-shirts at the event!”
BGSA
Friday, October 19, 2012 — 3:30 PM EDT
Biology Guest Seminar Series
Speaker: Dr. Brian Dixon
(Professor, Biology Department, University of Waterloo)
Title of Seminar: Evolution of teleost immune systems: The Road Not Taken
Time: 3:30 – 4:30 pm
Location: PHY 150
View Poster (PDF): Dixon seminar_Oct19.pdf
***All Are Welcome***
Friday, October 12, 2012 — 3:30 PM EDT
Biology Guest Seminar Series
Speaker: Owen Woody (PhD Candidate, Biology Department, University of Waterloo)
Title of Seminar: Platypus Warfare: Float Like a Duck, Sting Like a Bee
Abstract:
Friday, September 28, 2012 — 3:30 PM EDT
Biology Guest Seminar Series
Speaker: Dr. David Rose
(Professor and Chair, Biology Department, University of Waterloo)
Title of Seminar: Food for thought and thought for food: How do we get nutrition from starch?
Time: 3:30 – 4:30 pm
Location: PHY 150
Host: Dr. Susan Lolle
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 — 1:00 PM EDT
MSc Thesis Proposal
Student: Amy Morrison
Title of Thesis: Assessing the use of δ180-P04 analysis for tracing source inputs and cycling of P: Applications to the Grand River
Time: 1:00 pm
Location: B1-266 (Dean’s Conference Room)
Supervisor: W.D. Taylor, S. Schiff
Committee Members: R. Smith, V. Hiriart-Baer
***All Are Welcome***
Friday, September 21, 2012 — 3:30 PM EDT
Biology Guest Seminar Series
Speaker: Dr. Robin Duncan
(Assistant Professor, Kinesiology Department, University of Waterloo)
Title of Seminar: Novel lipases and new beginnings
Time: 3:30 – 4:30 pm
Location: PHY 150
Host: Dr. Susan Lolle
All are welcome!
Duncan poster Sept. 21, 2012.pdf
Friday, September 21, 2012 — 1:00 PM EDT
MSc Thesis Defense
Student: Jana Tondu
Title of Thesis: An interdisciplinary approach to monitoring the hydroecology of thermokarst lakes in Old Crow Flats, Yukon Territory, Canada
Time: 1:00 pm
Place: B1-266 (Dean’s Conference Room)
Supervisors: R. Hall, B. Wolfe
Committee Members: Bill Taylor, J. Sweetman, T. Edwards
Chair: M. van der Meer
***All Are Welcome***
Monday, September 17, 2012 — 2:30 PM EDT
MSc Thesis Defense
Student: Neha Sethi
Title of Thesis: The interaction of chemicals isolated from municipal wastewater effluent with rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) thyroid hormone receptors
Time: 2:30 pm
Location: B1-266 (Dean’s Conference Room)
Supervisor: M. Servos
Committee Members: M. Vijayan
G. Van Der Kraak
Chair: B. Butler
***All Are Welcome***
Wednesday, September 12, 2012 — 10:00 AM EDT
PhD Oral Defense
Candidate: Seyed M, ERAM
Title of Defense: "Investigation of Enzymes Catalyzing the Production of Acetaldehyde from Pyruvate in Hyperthermophiles"
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Location: B1-266
Supervisor(s): Dr. Kesan Ma
***All Are Welcome***
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 — 12:30 PM EDT
MSc Thesis Defense
Candidate: Nasim Ramezani
Title of Defense: "Hydrogen Production by Desulfurococcus fermentans"
Time: 12:30 p.m.
Location: B1-273
Supervisor(s): Dr. Kesan Ma
Committee Members: B. Glick, B. Butler
Chair: M. Marsden
***All Are Welcome***
Thursday, August 9, 2012 — 1:00 PM EDT
MSc Thesis Defense
Student: Gustavo Cordova Title of Defense: "Magnetic Force Microscopy Characterization of Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles (SPIONs)"
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: B1-266
Supervisor(s): Z. Leonenko, S. Tang
***All Are Welcome***
Thursday, August 9, 2012 — 1:00 PM EDT
PhD Oral Defense
Candidate: Adriano SENATORE
Title of Defense: "Alternative Splicing of Lymnaea Cav3 and NALCN Ion Channel Genes Serves to Alter Biophysical Properties, Membrane Expression, and Ion Selectivity"
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: Chemistry 2 Building (C2), Room 278
Supervisor(s): J. David Spafford
***All Are Welcome***