Matt Guest, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Chemistry, will defend his thesis titled “Development and Investigation of the Fluorescence of Cyclopropenium Ions” on Thursday, January 9, 2020 at 9 am in WH 147.
The examination committee includes Cheryl McCormick, Chair; Travis Dudding, Supervisor; G. Ekin Atilla Gokcumen, External Examiner (University of Buffalo); and Melanie Pilkington and Tony Yan, Committee Members.
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Holt Nickolas Messner, a Master of Science candidate in the Centre for Biotechnology, will defend his thesis titled “An in vivo, ex vivo, and in vitro exploration of the use of chronic hypoxia/physioxia and ROS/RNS-mediated alteration of physiological function in mitochondrial disease” on Friday, Dec. 20, 2019 at 10 a.m. in MC H313.
The examination committee includes Tony Yan, Chair; Jeffrey Stuart, Supervisor; Rebecca Macpherson, External Examiner (Brock University, Dept. Health Sciences); and Cheryl McCormick and Val Andrew Fajardo, Committee Members.
PhD thesis defence
Zineb Ras Ali, Doctor of Philosophy candidate in the Department of Chemistry, will defend her thesis titled “Magnetically Interesting Coordination Complexes Based on Macrocyclic Ligands” on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2019 at 12 p.m. in GSB305.
The examination committee includes Wendy Ward, Chair; Melanie Pilkington, Supervisor; Louise Dawe, External Examiner (Wilfred Laurier University); David Crandles, Internal External Examiner; and Georgii Nikonov and Travis Dudding, committee members.
Master of Science thesis defence
Paria Azadi Namin, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Chemistry, will defend her thesis titled “Synthesizing Self-Healing and Recyclable Silicones Using the Diels-Alder Reaction as a Cross-Linker: Investigation of Various Dienes and Dienophile Systems ” on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019 at 11 a.m. in WH 147.
The examination committee includes Miriam Richards, Chair; Paul Zelisko, Supervisor; Melissa A. Grunlan, External Examiner (Texas A&M University); and Travis Dudding and Melanie Pilkington, Committee Members.
PhD thesis defence
Ringaile Lapinskaite, a Doctor of Philosophy candidate in the Department of Chemistry, will defend her thesis titled “Synthesis and Derivatization of Amaryllidaceae Constituents – Narciclasine and Pancratistatin” on Friday, Dec. 13, 2019 at 1 p.m. in Sankey Chamber.
The examination committee includes Wendy Ward, Chair; Heather Gordon, Supervisor; Louis Barriault, External Examiner (University of Ottawa); Vincenzo De Luca, Internal External Examiner, and Costa Metallinos and Paul Zelisko, Committee Members.
Master of Science thesis defence
Justin Thomas Pentesco, a Master of Science candidate in the Department of Earth Sciences, will defend his thesis titled “Assessing environmental controls for candidate microbial ichnofossils in hydrothermally altered basaltic tuffs of Upsal Hogback, NV” on Monday, Dec. 16, 2019 at 11:30 a.m. in MC H313.
The examination committee includes Edward Sternin, Chair; Mariek Schmidt, Supervisor; Lindsay J. McHenry, External Examiner (University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee); and Francine McCarthy and Frank Fueten, Committee Members.
The first-ever Exploring Careers in Biology event will take place Wednesday, March 6 in Pond Inlet from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Students will engage with industry professionals at this round table networking event to gain insight and advice from people who are currently working in the field.
Registration for the event is now open and has been limited to 50 spots. Additional registrants will be placed on a waiting list and notified should a spot open up for them.
Food will be available. Door prizes to be presented.
Biological Sciences student Moustafa Zeidan will defend his Master of Science thesis, “Testosterone’s regulation of the HPA axis differs for adolescent and adult male rats” by via conference Thursday, August 2 at 11 a.m. in MC H313.
The examination committee includes Kirill Samokhin, chair; Ashley Monks, external examiner (University of Toronto); Cheryl McCormick, supervisor; Gaynor Spencer and Glenn Tattersall.
Department of Chemistry – Seminar Series
Henning Jacob Jessen
Chair of Bioorganic Chemistry
Institute of Organic Chemistry
Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg Germany
DATE: Thursday, July 12
TIME: noon
LOCATION: MC H313
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Department of Chemistry – Seminar Series
Marcus A. Tius
Associate Member
Cancer Biology Program
University of Hawaii Cancer Centre
DATE: Monday, July 30
TIME: noon
LOCATION: H313
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The 7th edition of the Women in Physics Canada conference (WIPC2018) will feature interactive workshops to help you further your career, an entire afternoon dedicated to diversity issues in physics, discussion panels and scientific talks from an array of physics disciplines!
$5000 in travel funding available – Present your funding demand before May 20, 2018.
DATE: July 17-20, 2018
LOCATION: Universite de Sherbrooke, Quebec
For more information: Women in Physics Conference
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Department of Chemistry – Seminar Series
Guy Bertrand
UCSD-CNRS Joint Research Chemistry Laboratory
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of California San Diego, La Jolla
DATE: Friday, April 27
TIME: noon
LOCATION: H313
Stable carbenes and related species as powerful tools in organic, organometallic and inorganic chemistry
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Department of Chemistry – Seminar Series
David Liscombe
Vineland Research and Innovation Centre
DATE: Friday, April 20
TIME: noon
LOCATION: H313
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