Events by month

Title of Thesis:  "Toxicity Assessment of oil sands process-affected waters using fish cell lines"

Supervisor(s):  L. Lee (WLU);  D.G. Dixon
Committee Members:  B. Dixon;  A. Farwell
Chair:  K. Ma

Title of Thesis:  "Characterization of p53 in rainbow trout cell lines "Supervisor:  B. Duncker
Committee Members:  B. Dixon;  N. Bols;  B. McConkey
Chair:  J. Semple

Title of Thesis:  "The Effect of Nutrient and Peat Amendments for Oil Sands Reclamation Wetlands:  A Microcosm Study"

Supervisor:  D.G. Dixon
Committee Members:  R. Hall;  B. Warner (Earth Sciences);  A. Farwell
Chair:  M. Marsden

To be rescheduled at a later date.....

Title of Proposal:  "Development, assessment and application of benthic algal bioassessment protocols for Canadian waters"

Supervisor:  R.I. Hall
Committee Members:  W.D. Taylor;  A. Paterson;  G. Scrimgeour

Title of Proposal:  "Characterizing current and past hydroecological conditions in shall tundra lakes of the Hudson Bay Lowlands using biological proxy indicators"

Supervisor(s):  R. Hall;  B. Wolfe (WLU)
Committee Members:  W.D. Taylor;  J. Sweetman;  M. Macrae

Title of Proposal:  "Antigen presentation pathways in Rainbow trout (Oncorhychus mykiss):  characterization of new molecules and their potential protein-protein interaction"

Supervisor:  B. Dixon
Committee Members:  J. Heikkila;  B. Reed

Title of Proposal:  "Salt Mass Balance Study in an Enhanced Phytoremediation Process Using Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria"

Supervisor:  B. Greenberg
Committee Members:  K. Ma;  S. Chuong

This meeting if for faculty only.

Speaker:  Dr. Thorsten Dieckmann
(Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Waterloo)
Title of Seminar:  "Catalysis in an RNA World"

Host:  Dr. J.D. Spafford
All are welcome!

Title of Thesis:  "Ultrasound Targeted Microbubble Destruction:  A novel potential treatment of type 1 diabetics"

Supervisor:  J. Joseph  (School of Pharmacy)
Committee Members:  B. Duncker;  D. Spafford;  R. Tupling (Kinesiology)
Chair:  S. Chuong

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Title of Proposal:  "Serotonin-Induced Activation of Platelet-Derived Growth Factor Receptor Type â Requires the Serotonin Transporter"

Supervisor:  M. Beazely (School of Pharmacy)
Committee Members:  J. Joseph (School of Pharmacy);  J. Heikkila

Title of Proposal:  "Targeting novel glycosyl hydrolases from soils using stable isotope probing (SIP) and metagenomics"

Supervisor:  J. Neufeld
Committee Members:  D. Rose;  T. Charles

You are invited to join the BGSA at a picnic to welcome our new graduate students to the department and also to enjoy the company of current graduate students, faculty, and staff. 

This event is free for all members of the biology department and please feel free to bring significant others and family members. 

We will be serving burgers, hot dogs, and veggie burgers! If you would like to contribute a dessert or other item, please feel free to bring it. 

See you there!

The BGSA Team