Mailing address: University of Waterloo: Biology 1 – 377B, 200 University Ave. W. Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 3G1
Email: wcmr.manager@uwaterloo.ca
Phone: 519.573.3349
Office: Biology 1, room 377B, University of Waterloo
Monday, December 10, 2018 — 12:00 PM EST
We will meet to discuss the recent Hillmann et al. paper "Evaluating the Information Content of Shallow Shotgun Metagenomics" today, in STC from 12-1 pm. The paper can be read here.
Monday, October 29, 2018 — 12:00 PM EDT
Lisa Johnson has selected our article for group discussion - "Cryptic CH4 cycling in the sulfate–methane transition of marine sediments apparently mediated by ANME-1 archaea" by Beulig et al in ISME this year. The article can be found here.
Thursday, October 18, 2018 — 3:00 PM EDT
microTALK panel - topic: Microbes @ Work
Wednesday, October 10, 2018 — 10:00 AM EDT
On Wednesday Oct 10th at 10am come to QNC 1506 to hear Ontario Genomics give information on their upcoming Ontario regional Priorities Partnership Program (RP3).
Thursday, September 20, 2018 — 3:00 PM EDT
Especially for undergraduate and graduate students, the newly formed WatSAM (Waterloo Students and Microbiology) club will be hosting a panel of speakers from multiple disciplines who can tell you how microbiology impacts their field of work, answer your questions, and possibly spark a love for microbial research.
Panelists include:
Monday, August 27, 2018 — 10:00 AM EDT
Asaf Levy - Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Plants intimately associate with diverse bacteria. Plant-associated bacteria have ostensibly evolved genes that enable them to adapt to plant environments. However, the identities of such genes are mostly unknown, and their functions are poorly characterized.
Friday, August 17, 2018 — 2:05 PM EDT
On Friday August 17th, WCMR will be hosting a day of Synthetic Biology at the University of Waterloo featuring Stanley Cohen, a pioneer in the field of genetic engineering.
Wednesday, June 13, 2018 — 1:00 PM EDT
On June 13th at 1pm Professor Jo Handelsman will present a seminar "Microbiomes: From the White House to the Lab" before receiving her honorary doctorate at convocation at the University of Waterloo.
STC 0060, June 13, 1 pm
Monday, June 4, 2018 — 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Event Rescheduled! - Monday June 4th, 11:00-12:00, QNC 1506
Patenting Life is a tricky situation. Graham McKinnon, co-founder of Carbon Patent Group, discusses stories of CRISPR IP and patenting life as well as 101 rejections for USPTO.
Mr. McKinnon’s specialty is drafting and prosecuting patents in the fields of chemistry, therapeutics, drug delivery, genomics, proteomics, protein chemistry and medical devices. He is currently involved in the patenting of CRISPR in Canada.
Monday, April 23, 2018 — 2:00 PM to 2:30 PM EDT
Monday, April 23, 2018 — 12:30 PM EDT
Presenter: Aneisha Collins-Fairclough will lead our discussion on "A virus or more in (nearly) every cell: ubiquitous networks of virus–host interactions in extreme environments", published in the ISMEJ this year.
Join host Prof Laura Hug for the Environmental Microbiology Journal club to discuss a recent paper of interest in microbial ecology, environmental microbiology, metagenomics, and emerging microbiology trends.
Monday, April 9, 2018 — 12:30 PM EDT
Presenter: Lee Bergstrand: "Metagenomes reveal global distribution of bacterial steroid catabolism in natural, engineered, and host environments"
Join host Prof Laura Hug for the Environmental Microbiology Journal club to discuss a recent paper of interest in microbial ecology, environmental microbiology, metagenomics, and emerging microbiology trends.
Monday, March 26, 2018 — 12:30 PM EDT
Presenter: Saeed Amin. "Retrieval of a million high-quality, full-length microbial 16S and 18S rRNA gene sequences without primer bias"
Join host Prof Laura Hug for the Environmental Microbiology Journal club to discuss a recent paper of interest in microbial ecology, environmental microbiology, metagenomics, and emerging microbiology trends.
Monday, March 12, 2018 — 12:30 PM EDT
Presenter: Alexandra Sauk Paper: Kowarsky et al. 2017
Join host Prof Laura Hug for the Environmental Microbiology Journal club to discuss a recent paper of interest in microbial ecology, environmental microbiology, metagenomics, and emerging microbiology trends.
Monday, February 26, 2018 — 12:30 PM EST
Presenter: Emilie Spasov. Paper: Callahan et al. ISME 2017
Join host Prof Laura Hug for the Environmental Microbiology Journal club to discuss a recent paper of interest in microbial ecology, environmental microbiology, metagenomics, and emerging microbiology trends.
Monday, February 12, 2018 — 12:30 PM EST
Presenter: Steffen Klaere
Paper: Exact sequence variants should replace operational taxonomic units in marker-gene data analysis
The Environmental Microbiology Journal club discusses a recent paper of interest pertaining to microbial ecology, environmental microbiology, metagenomics, and emerging microbiology on a biweekly basis. One person selects the article of interest and provides a brief overview of the main findings and implications of the work. A group discussion follows.
This week's paper from the ISME Journal: Multidisciplinary Journal of Microbial Ecology talks about next generation sequencing and metagenomics. Join host Prof Laura Hug to learn more!
Monday, January 29, 2018 — 12:30 PM EST
Presenter: Zinda Lu. A global atlas of the dominant bacteria found in soil.
Join host Prof Laura Hug for the Environmental Microbiology Journal club to discuss a recent paper of interest in microbial ecology, environmental microbiology, metagenomics, and emerging microbiology trends.
Wednesday, January 17, 2018 — 6:45 PM to 9:45 PM EST