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, October 2, 2020 — 10:00 AM EDT
The leaves are turning vibrant colours, catching your eyes and making you ponder the mysterious ways of plants.
This week's seminar is a perfect fit, with Dr. Alizée Malnoë from Umeå University in Sweden presenting a seminar on "Molecular Players of Photoprotection in Plants".
Friday, September 25, 2020 — 9:00 AM to Sunday, September 27, 2020 — 3:00 PM EDT
Welcome to the Amazing Science Race!
Science teams ready, set and GO!
It's on! All alumni, friends and family are invited to join us online for the Amazing Science Race, a virtual race and scavenger hunt. You can participate on your own, or if you prefer, gather some friends or family members to round out your team.
Wednesday, September 16, 2020 — 2:30 PM to Friday, September 18, 2020 — 3:30 PM EDT
We are kicking off the biweekly biology semester series for fall term with the inimitable Dr. Clara Chan from the University of Delaware, with a talk this Friday titled "How microbes rust the Earth: Insights from field studies, culturing and ‘omics"
Wednesday, March 25, 2020 — 5:30 PM EDT
Back by popular demand!
Our professors had such a great time in Toronto last year, they insisted on a second round!
One again we're bringing a little bit of the Faculty of Science to Toronto for some casual academic conversations. Pull up a chair, have a drink and a few munchies on us, and engage in some spirited discussions with various science faculty members.
Friday, March 6, 2020 — 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM EST
Alumnus Fiona Brinkman, PhD (BSc Biochemistry '90) will be awarded a Distinguished Alumni Award this year. Fiona Brinkman is a Distinguished Professor in Bioinformatics and Genomics at Simon Fraser University, most known for R&D of widely used computer software that aids more integrative analyses of microbe and human genomics data.
During her visit to campus, prior to the award ceremony, she will participate in a Meet & Greet and HeForShe event.
Friday, March 6, 2020 — 10:00 AM EST
Presented by Joseph Bondy-Denomy, PhD
Assistant Professor
University of California, San Francisco
Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology
Friday, February 28, 2020 — 2:30 PM EST
Speaker: Dr. Jan Mennigen, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Ottawa
Title: Teleost metabolism and its disruption by environmental contaminants
Location: STC 0020
View Poster (PDF) Dr. Jan Mennigen
Friday, February 14, 2020 — 2:30 PM EST
Speaker: Dr. Ève Gilroy from Aquatic Contaminants Research Division at Environment and Climate Change Canada
Title: One Snail, Two Snails, Little Snail, Big Snail: Ecotoxicological studies with often-overlooked freshwater mollusks
Location: STC 0020
View Poster (PDF) Dr. Eve Gilroy
*** All are Welcome ***
Friday, February 7, 2020 — 2:30 PM EST
Title of Seminar: Communicating Science Online: Experts, Citizens and Trust
Location: STC 0020
View Poster (PDF) Dr. Ashley Mehlenbacher
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Friday, January 31, 2020 — 2:30 PM EST
Title of Seminar: Engineered microorganisms producing plant-derived drugs; lessons from opium poppy
Location: STC 0020
View Poster (pdf) DastMalchi
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Friday, January 24, 2020 — 2:30 PM EST
Title of Seminar: Bringing the evolutionary history of the world's deadliest toxins to light with genomics
Location: STC 0020
View Poster (pdf) Mansfield.pdf
***All Are Welcome***
Friday, January 17, 2020 — 2:30 PM EST
Title of Seminar: Processes of microbial community assembly: Lessons from Antarctic glaciers
Location: STC 0020
View Poster (pdf) Sommers.pdf
***All Are Welcome***