“Pathogenic Escherichia coli 0157:H7:  its establishment in lake water”

Everyone welcome

Committee members:  Dr. K. Leung (Supervisor), Dr. H. Schraft, Dr. W. Qin, Dr. E. Pszczolko

BIOLOGY THESIS PROPOSAL PRESENTATION

by Lindsey Jaanusson, Graduate Student

Dynamics of macrophytes in wetlands around Lake Simcoe

Videoconference to Thunder Bay campus AT 5035

Everyone welcome

Committee members:  Dr. N. Kanavillil (Supervisor), Dr. S. Kurissery, Dr. P. Lee

Department of Biology

M.Sc. Thesis Defense presented by Allison Bannister

Critical decisions:  risk allocation in a model arthropod (Folsomia candida)

Everyone welcome

Supervisory Committee:  Dr. D. Morris (Supervisor), Dr. S. Hecnar, Dr. R. Rempel

The Lakehead Association for Biology Students welcomes Biology Faculty and Staff to their annual meet and greet!  New biology students welcome to attend.

For more information on this group, visit their web site!

PIZZA WILL BE SERVED

 Dr. Marc Cadott
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Toronto, Scarborough

From plant traits to vegetation structure: Chance and selection in the assembly of plant communities

Host:  Dr. Azim Mallik

EVERYONE WELCOME TO THESE FREE SEMINARS

All biology students or those involved/interested in research are welcome to attend the Kingfisher Research Retreat hosted by the Master of Science Biology Students!

Enjoy a great weekend of nature walks, campfire discussions with graduate students and professors, and learn about current research projects at Lakehead University.

Meals are provided and car pooling will be arranged.

Registration via email is required.

A follow up meeting for those interested in Operation Wallacea research projects.

WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING NEXT SUMMER?

Seeking Adventure?    Interested in Conservation?


On Friday, October 3rd at 2:30pm in ATAC 1003, Dr. Justin Hines of the field research organization Operation Wallacea will be giving a presentation about opportunities available for students next summer. Choice of location includes the cloud forests and coral reefs of Honduras, the lush tropical rainforest and immense coral reefs of Indonesia, the rivers and estuaries of the Peruvian Amazon, the bush of northeastern South Africa, and the coral reefs of Cuba.

Opportunities include:

• Learning to dive on an uninhabited tropical island among world class coral reefs
• Jungle trekking in pristine unsurveyed rainforests seeking out species new to science
• Working on sustainable community development projects with the locals (Indonesia, Honduras)
• Surveying river dolphins, manatees, uakari and spider monkeys and macaws along the Peruvian Amazon
• Performing big game surveys and assessing bush habitat (South Africa)

There are over 40 projects available for research assistants and over 150 individual research projects.  So come to the presentation and hear more about what this exciting program has to offer!

For further details please visit our website www.opwall.com and if you have further questions please contact
the office either via e-mail at canada@opwall.com or by phone on (905) 231-2095.

Special Departmental Seminar

DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY

M.Sc. Thesis Defense presented by Dimka Georgieva

"Using SIFT-MS for Detection of Beer Spoilage Bacteria and Compounds Causing Off-flavour in Beer"

Friday, September 19, 2014
10:00 a.m.
ATAC 2005

Everyone welcome

Supervisory Committee: Dr. L. Malek (Supervisor), Dr. B. Ross (Co-Supervisor), Dr. K. Leung

Dr. Peter Grant and Dr. Rosemary Grant
Professor Emeritus
Princeton University

Small islands, large evolution, and the value of long-term field studies

Host:  Dr. Douglas Morris

EVERYONE WELCOME TO THESE FREE SEMINARS