Congratulations
Biology Biomedical student chosen to participate in international seminar in Nepal
Amber-Lee Carrière, a 4th-year Biology biomedical student, has been selected by the National Selection Committee of the World University Service of Canada (WUSC) as one of 20 Canadian students who will participate in the WUSC International Seminar in Nepal, from May 24 to July 2, 2010. This year the seminar’s theme is Sustainable Forests and Livelihoods in Nepal.
For more information on this seminar, please go to http://www.wusc.ca/en/volunteer/seminar.
Theses defended
Congratulations to the following graduate student who successfully defended his thesis:
Dan-Yi Yang (Ph.D., February 9) - The antagonistic effects of selenium on mercury accumulation by biota in aquatic systems (Co-supervised by Drs. N. Belzile and Y. Chen)
Seminars
January 22 - Kaela Beauclerc (Post doc, Department of Biology, Laurentian and Trent Universities) - Phylogeography and conservation genetics of two endagered amphibians, Blanchard's cricket frog (Acris crepitans Blanchard) and the Puerto Rican crested toad (Peltophryne lemur) (Hosted by Dr. A. Schulte-Hostedde)
February 5 - Brad Steinberg (Fish and Wildlife Population Specialist, Algonquin Park) - From science to management: making the link between research and resource management in Algonquin Park (Invited by Dr. D. Lesbarrères)
February 12 - Joe Shorthouse (Department of Biology, Laurentian University) - Adventures of a gall hunter from Alaska to Cape Cod (Invited by Dr. J. Litzgus)
February 26 - Amadeo Parissenti (Northeastern Ontario Regional Cancer Centre, Sudbury Hospital) - Tumour RNA integrity as a biomarker of response to chemotherapy in breast cancer patients (Invited by Dr. E. Gauthier)
Graduate Student Symposium, February 24 & 25
The following Biology students presented seminars at the annual Graduate Student Symposium held February 24 and 25, 2010. They are listed in order of presentation.
Bradley, Jaimee - The effects of past industrial damage and current urbanization on phytoplankton comunities in freshwater
Chewchuk, Simon - The Role of Aldoketoreductases and Estrogen Signalling Pathways in Cell Growth and Survival in Anthracycline-Resistant Breast Tumour Cells
D'Aoust-Messier, Andrée-Michelle - What are population units: implications in amphibian population genetics
Gooderham, Krista - The Parasites and Progeny: The Influences of Macroparasites on the Condition and Fitness of the North American Red Squirrel (Tamias ciurus hudsonicus)
Harniman, Robert - Phenotypic Plasticity or Genetic differentiation: Adaptive strategies of the African cyprinid Barbus neumayeri to living in hypoxic environments
Laverty, Jolene - Impacts of Water-based Recreation on Turtles in an Ontario Provincial Park.
Martin, Michelle - Post-release Acclimatization of Elk (Cervus elaphus) Introduced to Ontario
Paterson, James - Blanding’s Turtle hatchling survivorship and spatial ecology: Incorporating all life stages in management plans
Yagi, Katharine - The Effect of Flooding on the spatial ecology and thermoregulation of Spotted Turtles (Clemmys guttata) in a Southern Ontario population
Keevil, Matt - Dispersal of Snapping and Painted Turtles: Investigating a cryptic life history trait.
Bernard, Kristine - Enzyme interactions and chronic oxidative stress: superoxide dismutase and NADPH in Drosophila melanogaster
Crocker, Cindy - And…..HOW am supposed to deal with this? A tale of an African cichlid living in different oxygen regimes
Edwards, Darryl - Changes in body composition during the breeding season relates to reproductive strategies in three species of arctic breeding seabirds.
Laurence, Sophie - Effects of landscape on microgeographic genetic structure of muskrat, Ondatra zibethicus
Luek, Andreas - The Weakest Link: Do Benthic Invertebrate Communities Slow Recovery of Lake Food Webs?