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Biology Guest Seminar Series for Winter 2009

Winter 2009 Guest Seminars

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

Guest Seminar Series for the Winter 2009 term on Fridays in B2-350 from

2:30 - 3:30 p.m. (except other date, time & location noted)**

 


Friday, January 23, 2009 

[Host:  Dr. M. Marsden]

Dr. Juliet M. Daniel

Associate Professor, Department of Biology, McMaster University,

Hamilton, ON

"Convergence of the POZ-ZF transcription factor Kaiso on Wnt signaling

in cancer and development"

 


Friday, February 6, 2009

[Host:  Dr. J.D. Neufeld]

Dr. Gabriel Moreno-Hagelsieb

Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Wilfrid Laurier University,

Waterloo, ON

"Genomes, metagenomes, the genomic profile, and the future of functional inference from genomic context"

View Seminar Notice  [PDF]

 


Friday, February 13, 2009

[Host:  Dr. R.I. Hall]

Dr. Jon N. Sweetman

Parks Canada, Western and Northern Services Centre, Winnipeg, MB

"Water, Water Everywhere: Classification of Freshwater Ecosystems in Northern National Parks"

View Seminar Notice  [PDF]

 


Friday, February 27, 2009

[Host:  Dr. K.M. Müller]

Dr. Véronique P. Hiriart-Baer

Research Scientist, Aquatic Ecosystem Management Research Division,

National Water Research Institute, Burlington, ON

"The evolution of water quality research and monitoring"

View Seminar Notice  [PDF]

 


Friday, March 6, 2009

[Host:  Dr. B. Butler]

Dr. Carol A. Peterson

Distinguished Professor Emerita and Full Adjunct Professor,

Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON

"How Plant Roots Defend Against Invasion by the Infamous Pathogen, Phytophthora"

View Seminar Notice  [PDF]

 


Thursday, March 12, 2009  (SPECIAL ADDITION!)

[Host:  Dr. T.C. Charles]

Dr. David W. Emerich

Professor & Associate Director, Dept. of Biochemistry, University

of Missouri, Columbia, MO, U.S.A.

"Applying Proteomics to the Soybean - Bradyrhizobium japonicum Symbiosis"

Note Location:  B1-266  (Dean's Conference Room)

View Seminar Notice  [PDF]

 


Friday, March 13, 2009

[Host:  Dr. C.A. Peterson]

Dr. Sheila M. Macfie

Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Western

Ontario, London, ON

"The marvel of plants:  coping with toxic metals"

View Seminar Notice  [PDF]

 


Friday, March 20, 2009

[Host:  Dr. B. Butler]

Dr. Josh D. Neufeld

Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Waterloo,

Waterloo, ON

"Mining microbial communities for novel diversity and function"

View Seminar Notice  [PDF]

 


Friday, March 27, 2009

[Host:  Dr. S.D.X. Chuong]

Dr. Douglas Muench

Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary,

Calgary, AB

"Puf-like RNA-binding proteins in plants:  the green arc in the Pumilio

homology domain rainbow"

View Seminar Notice  [PDF]

 


**Thursday, April 30, 2009

[Host:  Dr. J.E. Thompson]

Dr. Qing-Bin Lu

Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, University of Waterloo

"Application of Time-Resolved Femtosecond Laser Spectroscopy for

Studies of Molecular Reactions of Biological, Environmental and

Medical Significance"

**Time:  1:30 p.m.

**Location:  PHY 150

View Seminar Notice  [PDF]

 


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

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