Fetal Programming from Low Dose Radiation: Glucose Metabolism in the Liver and Brown Adipose Tissue.

Committee members:

Dr. Simon Lees (Supervisor), Dr. Neelam Khaper (Supervisor), Dr. David Law

All welcome to attend.

Walleye Movement and Resource use in Black Bay, Lake Superior

Department of Biology

Seminar Series

Guest Speaker Dr. David Kinniburgh

Alberta Centre for Toxicology,

University of Calgary

The Alberta Microcystin Monitoring Program

All welcome to attend

The Impact of Golf Courses on Nutrient Loss and Overall Pollutant Export to Inland Water Bodies: A Simulated Field Study

Everyone Welcome!

Committee members: Dr. N. Kanavillil (Supervisor), Dr. C. Murray (Co-supervisor), Dr. P Lee. Dr. S. Kurissery

Celebrating Undergraduate Research at Lakehead University

Biology Honours Thesis students will present their research during this Special Departmental Seminar.

Schedule

12:25 Opening remarks

12:30 Brian Hicks (Dr. Leung):  Comparing the distribution of Escherichia coli virulence genes between sediment and sewage samples.

12:45 Devon Prontack (Dr. Leung): Isolation and identification of As, Sb and Mo detoxifying bacteria from a gold mine in northwestern Ontario.

1:00 Ashley Salamon (Dr. Matheson):  A paleoproteomic approach to understanding megafauna.

1:15 Cameron Robb-Mackay (Dr. Matheson):  Assessing telomere length and biological aging in twin studies.

1:30 Braden Peters (Dr. Matheson):  Stability and degradation analysis of pharmaceutical compounds used in emergency medicine.

1:45 Martina Agostino (Dr. Suntres): The anticancer effects of Umbilicaria muhlenbergii lichen extracts on MCF-7 breast cancer cells.

2:00 Break (light snacks and refreshments)

2:30 Mehran Masoom (Dr. Albert): Minimum concentration detection of xenon biosensors at 3T MRI.

2:45 Peter Smylie (Dr. Albert): Investigation of the properties of novel MRI contrast agent cucurbit[6]uril.

3:00 Jenasia (Rose) Jeyaseelan (Dr. Qin): Optimization of laccase production and characterization of fermentation products in medium with black liquor as carbon source.

3:15 Corwin Andrews (Dr. Lee): Bioaccumulation of zinc and copper in leeches downstream of Winston lake mine.

3:30 Brandon Vennell (Dr. Rennie): A comparative study of metabolic rates for wild versus domesticated rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss).

Lab groups, family, and friends are all welcome to attend!

The department of Biology hosts a talk by Dr. Andrew Simons from Carleton University.

All are welcome

Dr. Simons and his lab focus on how organisms adapt to changing environments.  See his webpage for details. 

http://http-server.carleton.ca/~asimons/

This annual research information seminar will showcase current and upcoming research of the Lakehead Biology faculty.

This is an excellent opportunity for students to meet with Biology Professors and discuss potential research opportunities, including research internships (BIOL3990, BIOL3991) and Honours (BIOL4101YA) thesis research.

Schedule of events:

1:00 Opening remarks

1:05 Dr. Morris

1:20 Dr. Carney

1:35 Dr. Qin

1:50 Dr. Rennie

2:10 Dr. Ulanova

Thanks to the Lakehead Association of Biology Students (L.A.B.S.) for organizing this annual event!!

As part of the Biology Seminar Series, you are invited to UC 0050 on Thursday, March 30th 2017 to hear a talk by Dr. Constance O’Connor on “Freshwater Conservation in Ontario’s Northern Boreal”

LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY

Special Departmental Seminar

M.Sc. Thesis Defense by Jazmin Romaniuk

"Phytochemical Analysis of Boreal Forest Flora of Northwestern Ontario, Canada"

Everyone welcome

Supervisory Committee: Dr. C. Matheson (Supervisor), Dr. S. Hamilton, Dr. P. Lee.

Gaining ecological insight through bioenergetics and individual-based modelling: Examples from the sturgeon world.

Presented by: Dr. David Deslauriers,

Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg

Host: Dr. Michael Rennie

All welcome to attend.

Videoconference to Orillia