Department of Biology
ESC 350
200 University Ave. W
Waterloo, Ontario,
Canada N2L 3G1
Phone: (519) 888-4567 ext. 32569
Fax: (519) 746-0614
Speaker: Thomas Merritt, Canada Research Chair in Genomics and Bioinformatics, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Laurentian University
"All flies are not created equal (not even fruit flies): the biology of genetic variation"
Speaker: Sue Anne Campell, Department of Applied Math, uWaterloo
"Population density methods, the mean field approach and application to hippocampal microcircuity"
Speaker: Marten Koops, Great Lakes Laboratory for Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences Fishers and Oceans Canada, Government of Canada
"Examining Determinants of Population Viability and Implications for the Management of Threats to Freshwater Fish"
Speaker: Troy Day, Departments of Mathematics and Biology, Queen's University
"Modeling the evolutionary biology of drug resistance"
Speaker: Turlough Finan, Department of Biology, McMaster University
"Functional and evolutionary insights gained by reducing a complex bacterial genome by half"
Speaker: Jane Heffernan, Centre for Disease Modelling Mathematics and Statistics, York University
"The effects of pre-existing immunity"
Speaker: Christiana Semeniuk, Department of Biology, University of Windsor
"Predictive ecology of multiple stressors: How animals respond to human-induced rapid ecological change."
Speaker: Igor Jurisica, Department of Computer Science and Princess Margaret Cancer Center, University of Toronto
"High-performance computing in integrative cancer informatics: Challenges and opportunities in intelligent molecular medicine"
"Effect of isothiocyanates on heat shock protein gene expression in Xenopus laevis A6 kidney epithelial cells."
"Variations in Northern Dolly Varden (Salvelinus malma malma) total mercury concentrations from the northwestern Canadian Arctic."
"Environmental variability and ecological diversity of Arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus (L.)): implications for managing a highly diverse species in the context of climate change"
Speaker: John Brumell, University of Toronto Institute of Medical Science, Department of Molecular Genetics
Mechanisms of cell-to-cell spread by Listeria monocytogenes
"Defining Lymnaea stagnalis Voltage Gated Sodium Channel LNav1: Characteristics of Novel Beta Subunit"
Speaker: Ben Bolker, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McMaster University
"Generalized linear mixed models"

The Faculties of Science, Engineering and Applied Health Sciences invite the public to attend an evening lecture and discussion to explore the science behind the Ebola virus. Please register for a ticket to attend this free event.
"The Structural and Biochemical Characterization of the suspected Immunoglobulin A subtype 1 protease gram Streptococcus suis"
Speaker: Ian Orchard, UW, VP Academic and Provost
"The kiss of death: Rhodnius prolixus, the transmission of Chagas disease, and what does this have to do with neuroscience?"
Microbial ecology of ammonia oxidation in the Grand River
B1-266
All are welcome!
Evidence for the Arabidopsis HOTHEAD protein participating in stress responses and cuticle formation
EIT 1014
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The Statistical Derivation of Environmental Quality Guidelines
B1-266
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DEVELOPMENT OF LINKAGES OF TOXICITY PATHWAY ENDPOINTS USING MOLECULAR RESPONSES IN FISH EXPOSED TO COMPLEX MIXTURES
B1 266
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EIT 1014
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Exploring the Ventral Hippocampal Formation
B1-266
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Bacterial metabolism of climate-active trace gases
Check out the Poster!!
B2-350
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Please join the Faculty of Science and the Water Institute for a Public Lecture by Killam Memorial Professor of Ecology David Schindler of the University of Alberta.