BIOFEEDBACK, Week Ending: February 8, 2007,
Volume 14, Number 5
Friday, February 9, 2007, 3:30 p.m., M 145 Biological Sciences Building
Volume 14, Number 5
Seminars
Thursday, February 8, 2007, 11:00 a.m., 1-013 Engineering Teaching Learning Complex
Martin Cody, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UCLA
"ISLAND PLANTS: NEW INSIGHTS FROM OLD THEORY"
Graduate Student Research Days
Thursday, February 8, 2007, 12:30 p.m., 4 3 Mechanical Engineering Centre
Adam Magico, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta
"LEARNING ABOUT TEACHING: POINTERS FROM A MEERKAT"
Genetics 601
Friday, February 9, 2007, 12:00 p.m.m, M 149 Biological Sciences Building
Marianne Douglas, Canadian Circumpolar Institute, University of Alberta
"TRACKING HIGH LATITUDE ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE:
PALEOLIMNOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES FROM THE CANADIAN HIGH ARCTIC"
Biology 631
Friday, February 9, 2007, 3:30 p.m., M 145 Biological Sciences Building
Rolf Vinebrooke, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta
"BIODIVERSITY AND FUNCTION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS IN THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES: A SALUTE"
Graduate Student Research Days
Monday, February 12, 2007, 12:00 p.m., M 149 Biological Sciences Building
Wenchun Zhou, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta
"GENOMIC AND PROTEOMIC STUDIES ON THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN Fusarium graminearum AND WHEAT"
Botany 600
Monday, February 12, 2007, 3:00 p.m., M 145 Biological Sciences Building
Don Brinkman, Royal Tyrrell Museum, Drumheller
"TURTLES OF ALBERTA, AND THEIR RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE LATE CRETACEOUS"
Biology 506/507
Wednesday, February 14, 2007, 8:30 a.m., CW 313 Biological Sciences Building
Robert M. Corrigan, Department of Biological Sciences, Supervisor: Cindy Paszkowski
"THE ROLE OF ARTIFICIAL NEST BOXES IN INFLUENCING POPULATION TRENDS FOR COMMON GOLDEYE (Buchephala clangula) AND BUFFLEHEAD (B. albeola) IN THE BUFFALO LAKE MORAINE"
M.Sc. Thesis
Thursday, February 15, 2007, 4:00 p.m., M 145 Biological Sciences Building
Scott Pitnick, Department of Biology, Syracuse University, New York
"MAN IS BUT A SPERM: MAKING EVOLUTIONARY SENSE OF COMPLEX EJACULATE-FEMALE INTERACTIONS"
Departmental Seminar, hosted by Heather Proctor on behalf of the Systematics and Evolution RIG
Friday, February 16, 2007, 12:00 p.m., M 149 Biological Sciences Building
Michael Proctor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta
"FRAGMENTATION OF GRIZZLY BEAR POPULATIONS: CAUSES, IMPLICATIONS, AND SOLUTIONS"
Biology 631
Monday, February 26, 2007, 3:00 p.m., M 145 Biological Sciences Building
Lindsey Burke, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta
"THE PLATYPUS PARADOX: WHERE DO MONOTREMES BELONG?"
Biology 506/507
Of Interest:
Monday, February 12, 2007, 3:30 p.m., 550 General Services Building
Brent Sohngen, Agricultural, Environmental & Development Economics, Ohio State University
"FORESTRY AND THE CARBON MARKET RESPONSE TO STABILIZE CLIMATE"
Rural Economy Seminar
Tuesday, February 13, 2007 , 12:00 p.m., 207 Heritage Medical Research Centre
Nora Groce, Division of Global Health, Yale School of Public Health
Nora Groce, Division of Global Health, Yale School of Public Health
"ETHICS & DISABILITY"
University of Alberta Distinguished Visitor Presentation
University of Alberta Distinguished Visitor Presentation
Wednesday, February 14, 2007, 3:30 p.m., 550 General Services Building
Roger Sedjo, Forest Economics and Policy Program, Resources for the Future, Washington, D.C.
"FORESTS, PULPMILLS, ENERGY AND BIOREFINERIES"
Rural Economy Seminar
Thursday, February 15, 2007, 12:30 p.m., 2-36 Earth Sciences Building
Ted Hogg, Canadian Forest Service
"IMPACTS OF THE RECENT DROUGHT ON PRODUCTIVITY AND DIEBACK OF WESTERN CANADIAN ASPEN FORESTS: EARLY SIGNS OF CLIMATE CHANGE?"
Renewable Resources Seminar Series
Links to biosci-related seminars on campus:
Anthropology - http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/anthropology/index.html
Cell Biology - http://www.ualberta.ca/CELLBIOLOGY/newsandevents.html
Circumpolar Students Association -
Chemistry - http://www.chem.ualberta.ca/news_seminars.html
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences -
Mathematical Biology - http://www.math.ualberta.ca/~mathbio/events.html
Medicine (all groups) -
Renewable Resources -
UofA Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society www.rr2.ualberta.ca/wildlifesociety