University of Alberta
BIOFEEDBACK, Week Ending: February 5, 2009,
Volume 16, Number 5

Seminars

Friday, February 6, 2009, 12:00 p.m., M-149, Biological Sciences Building
Dr. David Locky, Director, Athabasca River Basin Research Institutez
“Plant Communities and Diversity in Boreal Wooded Fens: An Ecoregional Perspective”
Biology 631
*Please note that this seminar has been postponed until later in the semester.

Friday, February 6, 2009, 3:30 p.m., M-149, Biological Sciences Building
Dr. Adriana Dawes, Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, University of Alberta “Theoretical and experimental investigation of protein segregation in the early C. elegans embryo”
Genetics 605

Monday, February 9, 2009, 3:00 p.m., B-105, Biological Sciences Building
Brad Scott, Biological Sciences, University of Alberta
 “Extinction, not a big deal?: Understanding Mass Extinctions as more than just extinction”
Biology 506/507

Monday, February 9, 2009, 3:00 p.m., 2-07 HMRC
Dr. Luis Miguel Martins, MRC Toxicology Unite, Leicester, UK
"HTRA2/PINK1 AND PARKINSON'S DISEASE"  
Dept of Pediatrics and Biochemistry

Tuesday, February 10, 2009, 9:30 am, 10-120 Clinical Sciences Building
Dr. David Reckhow, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Massachussets Amherst
“The Role of Proteins, Amino Acids, and Other Natural Biomolecules in DBP Formation"
Division of Analytical and Environmental Toxicology

Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 8:00 a.m., CW313 Biological Sciences Building
Mark Edwards, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta
“Spatial ecology of grizzly bears (Ursus Arctos) in the Mackenzie Delta oil and gas development area”
PhD Thesis

 

Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 11:00 a.m., M-137, Biological Sciences Building
Carmen Li, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta
 “Microbial methane production in oil sands tailings and its effects on tailings densification”
Microbiology 606-607 & 406

 

Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 12:00 p.m., M-141, Biological Sciences Building
Dr. Sally Leys, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta
“Physiology of sponges the ‘first’ animals: Are these ‘proto’ systems or the real thing?”
Biology 642 

 

Thursday, February 12, 2009, 11:30 a.m. M-141, Biological Sciences Building
Laura Reaume, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta
 “A non-canonical role for telomerase reverse transcriptase in zebrafish hematopoiesis”
Genetics 601

 

Thursday, February 12, 2009, 2:00 p.m., M-145, Biological Sciences Building
Denis Lamoureux
"darwin's religious evolution"
Dawna Gilchrist
"darwin - a genecticist at heart"

Philip Currie
"Darwin and the dinosaurs"

rich palmer
"darwin distractions; barnacles, earthworms, and an obsession for natural history"

Darwin Day Celebrations

 

Thursday, February 12, 2009, 4:00 p.m., TBW1, Tory Breezeway
Jim Tansy, PhD student, Dept. AFNS, University of Alberta
"Trichromatic vision in Ceutorhynchus obstrictus"
Entomology 401/501