Theses defended

Congratulations to the following graduate students who successfully defended their theses:

Amanda Voros (M.Sc., April 23) - The altered secretome of Mycoplasma capricolum induced by an acid pH (Supervised by Dr. Mazen Saleh)

Sarah Bogart (M.Sc., April 23) - A technique for the elucidation of corm microstructures of cotton-sedge, Eriophorum vaginatum, using X-ray µCT imaging (Co-supervised by Drs. Graeme Spiers and Ewa Cholewa)

Seminars presented

Biology Seminar Series

March 5 - Tristan Long (Post doc, EEB, University of Toronto) - Sexual conflict and its evolutionary consequences (Invited by Dr. A. Schulte-Hostedde)

March 12 - Mark Fitzpatrick (University of Toronto at Scarborough) - Epistasis, pleiotropy and the evolutionary genetics of a foraging behaviour polymorphism (Invited by Dr. T. Merritt)

March 19 - Randy Dirszowsky (Department of Geography, Laurentian University) - Environmental reconstruction using lake sediments and other geobotanical and geomorphological indicators: examples from British Columbia and Ontario (Invited by Dr. C. Ramcharan)

March 26 - Leslie Sutherland (Regional Cancer Centre, Sudbury Hospital) - (Invited by Dr Peter Ryser)

4th-year (BIOL 4035 E/F and ENES 4105) Research Thesis Defences

On March 31, 2010, 4th-year students from Biology (BIOL 4035E/F) and Environmental Earth Science (ENES 4105) presented their research theses and fielded questions from the public following their presentations.

A schedule listing the speakers and the titles of their theses are available here (pdf). Congratulations go out to all of the presenters and all the best in their future endeavours!

BIOL 5056 Student Research Seminars, April 1, 2009

On April 1, 2010, eighteen graduate (M.Sc.) students of BIOL 5056 presented informative seminars on their research projects and some data that they have already collected. A wide variety of topics were covered under themes of parasitic organisms, restoration ecology, populations dynamics, genetics, damaged ecosystems, electromagnetic environments, and cancer biology.

A list of the talks and the presenters can be found in this pdf file. Well done, everyone!

Other news

Left to right:
Back row: Dr. Leslie Sutherland, Dr. Hoyun Lee
Front row: Dr. Robert Lafrenie, Dr. A. Parissenti
(photo taken from http://www.northernlife.ca/news/localNews/2010/04/research150410.aspx)

Four of our cross-appointees from the  Regional Cancer Program (RCP) of the Sudbury Regional Hospital were highlighted in an online Northern Life article on 15 April, entitled, "World class research happening in Sudbury." The cancer research work of Drs. Robert Lafrenie, Hoyun Lee, Amadeo Parissenti, and Leslie Sutherland was briefly profiled in the article that can be viewed online here, or in the pdf file attached.

Soutenances des thèses

Félicitations aux étudiantes aux études graduées suivantes qui ont avec succès défendu ses thèses :

Amanda Voros (M.Sc., April 23) - The altered secretome of Mycoplasma capricolum induced by an acid pH (Supervisée par M. Mazen Saleh)

Sarah Bogart (M.Sc., April 23) - A technique for the elucidation of corm microstructures of cotton-sedge, Eriophorum vaginatum, using X-ray µCT imaging (Cosupervisée par M. Graeme Spiers et Mme. Ewa Cholewa)

Séminaires

Séminaires du Département de biologie

March 5 - Tristan Long (Post doc, EEB, University of Toronto) - Sexual conflict and its evolutionary consequences (Invitée par M. A. Schulte-Hostedde)

March 12 - Mark Fitzpatrick (University of Toronto at Scarborough) - Epistasis, pleiotropy and the evolutionary genetics of a foraging behaviour polymorphism (Invité par M. T. Merritt)

March 19 - Randy Dirszowsky (Department of Geography, Laurentian University) - Environmental reconstruction using lake sediments and other geobotanical and geomorphological indicators: examples from British Columbia and Ontario (Invité par M. C. Ramcharan)

March 26 - Leslie Sutherland (Regional Cancer Centre, Sudbury Hospital) - (Invitée par M. Peter Ryser)

Soutenances des thèses de recherche de 4ième année (BIOL 4035 E/F et ENES 4105) - le 1 avril

On March 31, 2010, 4th-year students from Biology (BIOL 4035E/F) and Environmental Earth Science (ENES 4105) presented their research theses and fielded questions from the public following their presentations.

A schedule listing the speakers and the titles of their theses are available here (pdf). Congratulations go out to all of the presenters and all the best in their future endeavours!

BIOL 5056 Student Research Seminars, April 1, 2009

On April 1, 2010, eighteen graduate (M.Sc.) students of BIOL 5056 presented informative seminars on their research projects and some data that they have already collected. A wide variety of topics were covered under themes of parasitic organisms, restoration ecology, populations dynamics, genetics, damaged ecosystems, electromagnetic environments, and cancer biology.

A list of the talks and the presenters can be found in this pdf file. Well done, everyone!

Autres nouvelles

Left to right:
Back row: Dr. Leslie Sutherland, Dr. Hoyun Lee
Front row: Dr. Robert Lafrenie, Dr. A. Parissenti
(photo taken from http://www.northernlife.ca/news/localNews/2010/04/research150410.aspx)

Four of our cross-appointees from the  Regional Cancer Program (RCP) of the Sudbury Regional Hospital were highlighted in an online Northern Life article on 15 April, entitled, "World class research happening in Sudbury." The cancer research work of Drs. Robert Lafrenie, Hoyun Lee, Amadeo Parissenti, and Leslie Sutherland was briefly profiled in the article that can be viewed online here, or in the pdf file attached.