Biology Weekly
January 22, 2015
Ask a CIANtist Did you know that... ...the Typhoon scanner does more than just DiGE? While the GE Typhoon trio scanner is located in the CIAN DiGE lab, N5/24, it can do much more than scan those pre‐labeled, multiplexed 2D protein gels. With its three lasers and seven filter cubes we can scan almost any fluorescent stain or label, at pixel sizes from 1000µm down to 10µm edge length. We even have an adaptor to hold glass slides such as the ones used in spotted microarrays. Applications that are currently carried out in the department include fluorescently labeled or stained protein gels and blots, and fluorescent detection of Western blot signals. The results are linear over a range of five orders of magnitude, which allows for quantitative data collection. Analysis software for gel and blot images is available, and support can be arranged. The machine can also serve as a backup for the phosphorimager: for this application, keep in mind that only the exposed screen, but not your radioactive sample can be brought into our lab. Contact Elke Küster‐Schöck (elke.kuster‐[email protected], x5414, office N5/25) for details Conservation Biology Special Seminars Date and Time: February 2, 2015 at 12:00 pm Name: Heather Kharouba, University of California Title: TBA Host: Dr. David Dankort Date and Time: February 9, 2015 at 12:00 pm Name: Joseph Bennett, The University of Queensland Title: TBA Host: Dr. Brian Leung Location: Stewart Biology, W4/12 Location: Stewart Biology, W4/12 Date and Time: February 12, 2015 at 3:00 pm Location: Redpath Museum Auditorium Name: Anna Hargreaves, University of British Columbia Title: From local interactions to geographic distributions: ecology and evolution in a changing world Host: Dr. Andrew Hendry Date and Time: February 19, 2015 at 3:00 pm Location: Redpath Museum Auditorium Name: Elizabeth Wolkovich, Harvard University Title: The Race for spring: How climate change alters plant communities Host: Dr. Irene Gregory‐Eaves Biology Weekly – January 22, 2015
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Molecular Seminars Date and Time: February 2, 2015 at 4:00 pm Location: Stewart Biology, N2/2 Name: Hans Larsson, Redpath Museum, McGill University Title: TBA Host: Dr. Rodrigo‐Reyes Lamothe Date and Time: February 16, 2015 at 4:00 pm Location: Stewart Biology, N2/2 Name: Mary Mullins, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Title: TBA Host: Dr. Michael Hendricks Organismal Seminars Date and Time: January 29, 2015 at 3:00 pm Location: Redpath Museum Auditorium Name: Eric P. Palkovacs, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California Santa Cruz Title: Ecological effects of intraspecific consumer biodiversity for aquatic communities and ecosystems Host: Dr. Andrew Hendry Date and Time: February 5, 2015 at 3:00 pm Location: Redpath Museum Auditorium Name: Spencer Barrett, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto Title: Plant reproductive evolution at range limits Host: Dr. Daniel Schoen Date and Time: February 12, 2015 at 3:00 pm Location: Redpath Museum Auditorium Name: Anna Hargreaves, University of British Columbia Title: From local interactions to geographic distributions: ecology and evolution in a changing world Host: Dr. Andrew Hendry Date and Time: February 19, 2015 at 3:00 pm Location: Redpath Museum Auditorium Name: Elizabeth Wolkovich, Harvard University Title: The Race for spring: How climate change alters plant communities Host: Dr. Irene Gregory‐Eaves PhD Seminars Date and Time: January 29, 2015 at 12:00 pm Name: Callista Yee (Hekimi Lab) Title: TBA Location: Stewart Biology, W4/12 Date and Time: February 11, 2015 at 12:30 pm Name: Adam Herman (Schoen Lab) Title: TBA Location: Stewart Biology, W4/12 Biology Weekly – January 22, 2015
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PhD Thesis Defenses Date and Time: February 5, 2015 at 9:00 am Location: Stewart Biology, W4/12 Name: Daniel Feingold Supervisor(s): Joe Dent & Laura Nilson Title: Characterization of a family of orphan Cys‐loop ligand‐gated ion channel subunits in Drosophila melanogaster: Evidence for a novel role beyond synaptic transmission Molecular and Genetics Works In Progress Seminars (WIPS) These seminars are scheduled every Thursday beginning at 12:00 p.m. in room W4/12, please see list below for dates and names of speakers. Date and Time: January 29, 2015 Name: Callista Yee (Hekimi Lab) Title: The intrinsic apoptosis pathway mediates the pro‐longevity response to mitochondrial ROS in C. elegans Date and Time: February 12, 2015 Name: Mohanalakshmi Narasumani (Harrison Lab) Title: Functional Annotation and Analysis of the Evolution of Disordered Proteins in Eukaryotes Date and Time: February 12, 2015 Name: Amel Chaouch (Lasko Lab): Title: TBA Ecology and Evolution Lunches (EEL) Unless otherwise indicated, all talks are scheduled on Wednesdays from 12:30 ‐ 1:30 pm in Stewart Biology, W4/12. Please contact Emmanuelle Chrétien ([email protected]) for details and scheduling. Date and Time: February 11, 2015 Name: Adam Herman (Schoen Lab) Title: TBA Location: Stewart Biology, W4/12 How to subscribe and unsubscribe from the Biology Weekly E‐mails Please follow the instructions below if you would like to subscribe or unsubscribe from the Biology Weekly e‐mails To subscribe, send an e‐mail (from the e‐mail address where you would like to receive the Biology Weekly e‐mails), with a blank subject line to [email protected] containing the following text command:
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Sonal Patel | Administrative & Student Affairs Coordinator, Department of Biology | McGill University | Stewart Biology Building, 1205 Docteur Penfield, Room W4/1, Montreal, QC H3A 1B1 | Tel.: (514) 398‐5595| Fax: (514) 398‐5069 [email protected] Biology Weekly – January 22, 2015
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