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Biology Guest Seminar Series for Winter 2007

Winter 2007 Guest Seminars

The Department of Biology at the University of Waterloo will be offering a

Guest Seminar Series from 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. on Fridays in B1-271

(unless date, time or room location change otherwise noted)**

 

Friday, January 5, 2007  

[Hosts:  Drs. Bernie Duncker & Brian Ingalls, Applied Mathematics]

Dr. Lui Yang

Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Johns Hopkins

University, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.

"Modeling gradient sensing in Dictyostelium discoideum"

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Friday, January 26, 2007

[Hosts:  Drs. Niels Bols & Barbara Moffatt]

Dr. Masoud Jelokhani-Niaraki

Department of Chemistry, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON

"Cyclic cationic antimicrobial peptides:  biological activity and

interaction with lipid membranes"

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Friday, February 2, 2007

[Host:  Dr. Michael Power]

Dr. Lynn S. McCarty

LS McCarty Scientific Research & Consulting, Markham, ON

"Validating Toxicity Test Protocol Assumptions:  Why your QSAR,

Risk Assessement, or Regulation May be Wrong"

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**Wednesday, February 7, 2007 - CANCELLED

[Host:  Dr. Bruce Reed]

Dr. Roger Leopold

Senior Research Scientist, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Fargo, ND, U.S.A.

**Location:  C2-361

"Life in the cold: -196°C "

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Friday, February 16, 2007

[Host:  Dr. Bruce Reed]

Dr. Elaine Collins

Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, U.S.A.

"Molecular Aspects of Vitamin D Hormone Action"

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Friday, March 2, 2007 - CANCELLED DUE TO UW CLOSURE

[Host:  Dr. David Spafford]

Dr. Tyler Dunn

Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB

"Ryanodine Receptor Mediated Transmitter Release Site Coupling:

The Role of Intracellular Calcium Stores in Information Modification at

the Chemical Synapse"

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Friday, March 23, 2007

[Host:  Maria Trainer (Ziegler), Biology Graduate Student]

Dr. Mark O'Brian

Department of Biochemistry, State University of New York at Buffalo,

Buffalo, NY, U.S.A.

**New Time:  1:30 - 2:30 p.m.

"Regulation of Heme and Iron Homeostasis In Bradyrhizobium"

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Friday, March 30, 2007

[Host:  Dr. George Dixon]

Dr. James McGeer

Department of Biology, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON

"Development of mechanistically based physiological models for

predicting the impact of metals in aquatic systems"

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Coordinator:  Dr. Barb Butler (Biology Guest Seminar Series)

Please contact ‘The Host’ if you would like to meet with the speaker.