Biology Seminar Series 2018/19
Sept. 15, 2017
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Schedule of Events
The department of Biology offers a bi-weekly seminar series where all undergraduate, graduate, post-doctoral fellows, and instructors are welcome. All seminars reflect the integrative nature of the biological research undertaken in the department. The seminars follow a lunch where graduate students interact with the speakers.
- When: Fridays from 2:30 – 3:20 p.m.
- Where: BA202, Bricker Academic Building
Fall 2018
Sept. 21: Presentation by BI601 Students
- Join us for an engaging discussion on what Integrative Biology is, as seen by our graduate students.
Oct. 5: Megan Larsen, Wilfrid Laurier University
- It's not easy being (blue)-green: Understanding the precursors of harmful algal bloom formation
Reading Week (Oct. 9-12)
Oct. 19: Tim Gray, Executive Director, Environmental Defence
- Making change in changing times: Science, policy and power in contemporary Canada
Nov. 2: BI499 Thesis Proposals
- Note time change: 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Nov. 9: John Allingham, Queens Univeristy
- The roles of kinesin motors in spindle dynamics and genome plasticity of Candida albicans
- Note time change: 3:30 p.m.
Nov. 16: Laura Hug, University of Waterloo
- Man's trash is a microbe's treasure: Microbial communities from municipal landfills
Nov. 30: Graduate Student Presentations
Winter 2019
Jan. 11: Keith Hobson, Western University
- Tracking animal migration using stable isotopes
Jan. 25: Patty Gillis, Environment and Climate Change Canada
- Ecotoxicology of Freshwater Mussels: Using Lab and Field-based Studies to Assess the Effect of Water Quality on an Imperiled Group
Feb. 8: Frederique Guinel, Wilfrid Laurier University
- Three P's in a biologist pod: Pleasures, Pitfalls, and Peregrinations
Mar. 8: Chris Whitfield, University of Guelph
- Structure and assembly of cell surface glycolipids in Gram-negative bacteria
Mar. 29: Science Annual Poster Day
April 8 and 9: Biology Colloquium
Unknown Spif - $key