Volume 16, Number 9
Seminars
Friday, March 13, 2009, 11:00 a.m., M-137, Biological Sciences Building
Shannon Leblanc, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta
“MULTIPLE FACTORS INFLUENCE VIBRIO CHOLERAE TRANSMISSION”
Microbiology 606-607 & 406
Friday, March 13, 2009, 12:00 p.m., M-149, Biological Sciences Building
D. W. Schindler, Department of Biological Sciences, University of
“THE GREENING OF
Genetics 605
Monday, March 16, 2009, 10:00 a.m., M-137 Biological Sciences Building
Dr. Brendan Wren, Head of the Pathogen Molecular Biology Unit, Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis, Director of the Wolfson Centre for Intestinal and Respiratory Infections, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
“Genes, Germs and Genomes “
Career Talk for Micrb 514
Monday, March 16, 2009, 10:00 a.m., M-137 Biological Sciences Building
Dr.
“genes, germs and genomes”
Special
Monday, March 16, 2009, 11:00 a.m., Room E3-25,
Dr
“Campylobacter jejuni - a hyperglycemic bug”
AHFMR
Monday, March 16, 2009, 1:00 p.m., CW313 Biological Sciences Building
Jennifer A. Graydon, Department of Biological Sciences, University of
“Influence of terrestrial vegetation on mercury deposition to the boreal
PhD Thesis
Monday, March 16, 2009, 3:00 p.m., B-105,
Aaron LeBlanc, Department of Biological Sciences, University of
“the ediacaran fauna: modest beginnings or a dead end?”
Biology 506/507
Tuesday, March 17, 2009, 3:30 p.m., M-145,
Dr. Nathalie Isabel, Natural Resources
“Combining modelling and population genomic approaches to monitor introgression from exotic poplars to their wild relatives: an alternative method to assess the risks posed by trees with novel traits”
Special – Plant Biology and Sys & Evol RIGs
Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 11:00 a.m., M-137, Biological Sciences Building
Carol Gebhart, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta
“Two proteins involved in the general secretory pathway of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and their affect on virulence”
Microbiology 606-607 & 406
Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 12:00 p.m., M-141, Biological Sciences Building
Steven Hitchen, Belosevic Lab, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta “Characterization of goldfish myelopoietic factors”
Biology 642
Wednesday, March 18, 2009, 5:00 PM, CW-313,
Dr
"Tales from a Wildlife Veterinarian"
UACTWS Seminar Series
Thursday, March 19, 2009, 12:00 p.m., Rooms 231/237, Law Centre,
Matthew C. Nisbet,
“Science Communication at a Crossroads: New Directions and Dead Ends”
Picard Lecture in Health Law
Thursday, March 19, 2009, 4:00 p.m., TBW1, Tory Breezeway
Cameron Currie, Associate Professor, Dept. Bacteriology, Univ. Wisconsin-Madison
“Evolution of ancient agriculture in ants"
Entomology 401/501
Friday, March 20, 2009, 11:00 a.m, M-137,
Parisa Shahrabadi, Department of Biological Sciences,
“Characterization of Bacterial Type VI Secretion Systems: A Novel Mechanism for Protein Secretion”
Microbiology 606-607 & 406
Friday, March 20, 2009, 12:00 p.m, M-149,
Dr.
“Plant Communities and Diversity in Boreal Wooded Fens: An Ecoregional Perspective”
Biology 642
* Dr. David Locky is presenting a seminar in the Ecology seminar series as part of his application for adjunct status in the Department. If any of you would like to comment on the seminar or the general suitability of Dr. Locky as an adjunct, please forward your comments to Heather Proctor by March 27, 2009.
Friday, March 20, 2009, 4:00 p.m, ESB 3-27, Earth Sciences Building
Cameron Currie, Department of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin, Madison
“Drugs from bugs of bugs: Symbioses between insects and actinobacteria”
Strickland Memorial Lecture
Friday, March 27, 2009, 1:00 p.m., M-145,
Biological
Sciences
Building
Dr. Billie Swalla, Department of Biology,
“How Genomes and Development Create Novel Body Plans: Investigation into Chordate Origins”
Departmental – Systematics & Evolution RIG