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 30, 2018 — 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM EST
This Friday, Dr. Marcel Pinheiro will give a talk entitled: "Write, review, revise: A model for getting our students writing".
Tuesday, November 27, 2018 — 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM EST
Supported learning groups (SLG) are free weekly study sessions intended to give students a chance to study with their classmates. Science Peer Success Coaches create and facilitate fun and engaging activities to help students review challenging course content from BIOL 130.
Monday, November 26, 2018 — 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM EST
Supported learning groups (SLG) are free weekly study sessions intended to give students a chance to study with their classmates. Science Peer Success Coaches create and facilitate fun and engaging activities to help students review challenging course content from BIOL 130.
Friday, November 23, 2018 — 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM EST
Angela Scott, McMaster University.
Thursday, November 22, 2018 — 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM EST
Thinking of applying to graduate school this year or next? Attend our information session for tips and tricks on how to ace your grad applications. Prof. Shawn Wettig, the Faculty of Science Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, will give the talk.
Wednesday, November 21, 2018 — 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM EST
On the State of Freshwater Fish and Fisheries: Finding a Future for the Forgotten
Freshwater fish provide diverse ecosystem services. Yet, freshwater fish and fisheries are not often a national or regional governance priority and as a result, freshwater fisheries are undervalued and largely overlooked. Due to lack of reliable data, freshwater fisheries have never been part of any high profile global fisheries assessment and are notably absent from the Sustainable Development Goals.
Wednesday, November 21, 2018 — 12:30 PM to 3:30 PM EST
Through interactive exercises and discussions, the Men’s Circle will explore some of the ways in which men can become leaders in creating a safer campus for everyone.
Tuesday, November 20, 2018 — 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM EST
Supported learning groups (SLG) are free weekly study sessions intended to give students a chance to study with their classmates. Science Peer Success Coaches create and facilitate fun and engaging activities to help students review challenging course content from BIOL 130.
Monday, November 19, 2018 — 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM EST
Supported learning groups (SLG) are free weekly study sessions intended to give students a chance to study with their classmates. Science Peer Success Coaches create and facilitate fun and engaging activities to help students review challenging course content from BIOL 130.
Friday, November 16, 2018 — 2:30 PM to 3:30 PM EST
Jim Staples, Western University.
Wednesday, October 31, 2018 — 2:30 PM EDT
It's that time of year again when pumpkins let out their alter ego.
Create a team and sign up for the Biology Graduate Student Association's annual pumpkin carving contest.
If you're not participating, feel free to stop in to see the action and cheer on your favourite carving.
Pumpkins will be provided.
Monday, October 29, 2018 — 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM EDT
Register now for the GRADflix training session!
The training session will cover best practices, scripting, technology tools, software options, other resources and communicating for a non-specialist audience. Facilitators assume you have no prior knowledge about creating videos.
Monday, September 24, 2018 — 5:00 PM EDT
The Future of Water: Innovation, Resource Recovery, and the Blue Economy
Mark van Loosdrecht, 2018 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate, Professor, Biotechnology, TU Delft, The Netherlands
*Note: this lecture is part of the Water Institute's Water Research Conference.
Monday, September 24, 2018 — 8:30 AM to 7:30 PM EDT
Join the Water Institute on Wednesday, September 24 for a full day of interdisciplinary dialogue around water research at the University of Waterloo.
Thursday, September 20, 2018 — 2:30 PM EDT
Biological redox transformation of insoluble Fe-bearing minerals in soil and sedimentary environments
Dr. Eric Roden, Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Monday, June 18, 2018 — 4:00 PM EDT
Modelling River Basins as Coupled Human and Natural Systems
Ximing Cai, Lovell Endowed Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Sunday, June 17, 2018 (all day) to Wednesday, June 20, 2018 (all day)
Water Security is emerging as a primary sustainability challenge across the globe in the 21st century. It is a determinant for security in various societal and environmental aspects including food, energy, economy, environment and public health, and thus has a complex, political momentum that goes far beyond the traditional water sector.
Wednesday, June 13, 2018 — 2:00 PM EDT
Decoding the secrets of carbon preservation in peatlands along a boreal to tropical gradient from Minnesota to Peru
Curtis Richardson, Professor of Resource Ecology and Director of the Duke University Wetland Center
Wednesday, June 13, 2018 — 1:00 PM EDT
Please join the Department of Biology and Waterloo Centre for Microbial Research (WCMR) for a seminar by Prof. Jo Handelsman on "Microbiomes: from the White House to the lab".
Tuesday, May 29, 2018 — 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM EDT
Please join the Biology Department in celebrating Professor Ralph Smith's retirement after 31 years in academia.
Light refreshments served. All welcome.
Please RSVP with Margaret Berton (mberton@uwaterloo.ca).
Thursday, April 26, 2018 (all day)
Come check out Biology's annual Graduate Symposium!
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Biology Graduate Symposium – Thursday April 26, 2018 |
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9:00 |
Opening & Welcome: Dr. Mungo Marsden & Mitchell Kay |
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9:15 |
Session 1 - DC 1302 - Chair: Heather Ikert |
Friday, April 13, 2018 — 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM EDT
Dr. Drew Wooley, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto
Friday, April 6, 2018 — 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM EDT
Dr. Dawn Bowdish, Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University
Tuesday, April 3, 2018 — 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM EDT
Join us on April 3, 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. in RCH 306 for food, drinks and information about AquaHacking 2018. Meet last year's winners, learn about the competition and this year's format, and meet like-minded individuals.
Friday, March 23, 2018 — 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM EDT
Dr. Carol Bucking, Assistant Professor of Physiology and Neuroscience, Department of Biology, York University