Thesis defence

Laura Rivera's Thesis Proposal will be on Tuesday March 1st,  2022 at 2:00 pm

Title: PACAP analogs with potential application in aquaculture taking in to account the segments of the structure related with their immunostimulatory and bactericidal activities.

Supervisors: Dr. Brian Dixon

Ms. Vanessa Poletto Borges will defend her Ph.D. thesis on Friday, March 18, 2022 at 1:00pm

Title: A genomic study of the invasive red alga Bangia atropurpurea (Mertens exRoth) C. Agardh

Supervisors: Dr. Kirsten Muller & Dr. Andrew Doxey

Xiaoqing Dang Thesis Proposal will be on Thursday December 9th,  2021 at 12:30 pm

Title: Non-invasive diagnostic strategy for freshwater fish diseases

Supervisors: Dr. Brian Dixon

Ms. Erika Burton will defend her M.Sc. thesis on Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 9:00a

Title: Assessment of remote Patagonian riverine fish using environmental DNA

Supervisors: Dr. Mark Servos & Dr. Barb Katzenback

Ms Hannah Thibault's Thesis Proposal will be on Friday December 17th,  2021 at 9:30a

Title: Reconstructing natural variation in water balances of perched lakes in upstream watersheds to identify causes of recent lake drying at the Peace-Athabasca Delta

Supervisors: Dr. Roland Hall & Dr. Brent Wolfe

Mr. Bradley D'Souza will defend his M.Sc. thesis on Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at 9:30a

Title: Characterization of Mrc1 during Replication Initiation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Supervisors: Dr. Bernard Duncker 

Ms Rohini Prakash Thesis Proposal will be on Thursday, November 18, 2021 at 8:00a

Title: Construction and optimization of a ssDNA vector production system for gene therapy platform

Supervisors: Dr. Roderick Slavcev

Mr. Drew Thompson's Thesis Proposal will be on Tuesday, November 16, 2021 at 2:00p

Title: Evaluating the effects of microplastics on North American wood frog (Rana sylvatica) innate immunity

Supervisors: Dr. Barb Katzenback

Ms. Madison Brook will defend her M.Sc. thesis on Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at 10:00a

Title: Impacts of temperature on Asian Carp life history and population growth

Supervisors: Dr. Kim Cuddington

Ms. Lauren Koiter will defend her M.Sc. thesis on Thursday, December 9, 2021 at 11:00a

Title:  The effect of glyphosate on bacteria and archaea community composition in freshwater biofilms

Supervisor: Dr. Rebecca Rooney