Thesis defence

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

Ms. Jennifer Aguiar will defend her Ph.D. thesis on Monday, December 6, 2021 at 1:00p.

Title: Bioinformatic Insights into the Impacts of External Stimuli on the Human Airway

Supervisors: Dr. Andrew Doxey & Dr. Jeremy Hirota

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. 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. Evan Balzer will defend his M.Sc. thesis on Wednesday, July 21, 2021 at 9:20a

Title:  Roost Selection and Mass Variation Patterns of Temperate Bats in Eastern Canada

Supervisor: Dr. Hugh Broders

Ms. Ghadeeer Aljoudi will defend her M.Sc. thesis on Tuesday, July 15, 2021 at 1:00p

Title:  Bacterial Communities in the Glenmore Reservoir with an Emphasis on the Cyanobacteria

Supervisor: Dr. Kirsten Müller

Ms. Sarah Kim will defend her M.Sc. thesis on Tuesday, July 27, 2021 at 2:00p

Title:  Solvent production by the hyperthermophilic archaeon Hyperthermus butylicus

Supervisor: Dr. Kesen Ma

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

Ms. Ellen Cameron will defend her Ph.D. thesis on Thursday, June 24, 2021 at 9:30a.

Title: Spatiotemporal Shifts in Cyanobacterial Communities in a Northern Temperate Watershed – Applications of Next-Generation Sequencing and Implications for Monitoring and Climate Change Adaptation

Supervisors: Dr. Kirsten Müller & Dr. Monica Emelko (Civil & Env Engr)