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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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)
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Friday, March 13, 2009
[Host: Dr. C.A. Peterson]
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]
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]
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]
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.