Department of Biology
ESC 350
200 University Ave. W
Waterloo, Ontario,
Canada N2L 3G1
Phone: (519) 888-4567 ext. 32569
Fax: (519) 746-0614
Mr. Huming Guo will defend his M.Sc. thesis on Friday, August 13, 2021 at 11:30a
Title: Analysis of Immune System and Stress Parameters of Oncorhynchus mykiss in Response to Juvenile Thermal Preconditioning or Thermal-Based Parental Selection
Supervisor: Dr. Brian Dixon
Mr. Richard Do will defend his M.Sc. thesis on Friday, August 13, 2021 at 10:00a
Title: α-parvin Mediates Integrin Receptor Signaling During Xenopus laevis Gastrulation
Supervisor: Dr. Mungo Marsden
Mr. Dongchang Yang will defend his M.Sc. thesis on Tuesday, August 10, 2021 at 2:00p
Title: Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy for Environmental Analysis: Metal Sensing and Solvent Effect
Supervisors: Dr. Mark Servos & Dr. Xu Zhang
Ms. Elaine Novik will defend her M.Sc. thesis on Tuesday, August 10, 2021 at 8:30a
Title: Characterization and Analysis of the Microbiomes of Bangia atropurpurea and other Freshwater and Marine Algae in North America
Supervisor: Dr. Kirsten Müller
Mr. Alex Umbach will defend his M.Sc. thesis on Wednesday, August 4, 2021 at 10:00a.
Title: Profiling skin-associated archaea and bacteria with 16S rRNA and cpn60 gene markers
Supervisor: Dr. Josh Neufeld