Biology Weekly
February 12, 2015
Invigilators needed for BIOL 201 and BIOL 202 midterms BIOL 202 and 201 will have their midterms on February 19th (6:00‐8:30pm) and February 25th (5:30‐8:00pm), respectively. If you’d like to invigilate please go to http://biology.mcgill.ca/student_ads.html for details. These courses need many invigilators so please apply and spread the word ! Torsten Bernhardt Ask a CIANtist Did you know that... ...the CIAN Robotics facility offers a service for automation and development of custom assays? Together with you, Guillaume Lesage (Robotics coordinator) will design, program and validate methods tailored to your needs. The robot includes a liquid handler (Biomek FX) enclosed in a sterile cleanroom, a plate reader (for regular or time‐
resolved fluorescence, absorbance, luminescence), 4 PCR engines, an incubator, a reagent dispenser and a plate washer. Applications include DNA, RNA or protein prep, genotyping, ELISA assays, library replication/screening, spotting assays and more... Contact Guillaume Lesage ([email protected], x5414, office N5/25) for details Conservation Biology Special Seminars 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 The Joan Marsden Lecture in Organismal Biology Date and Time: March 26, 2015 at 3:00 pm Location: Redpath Museum Auditorium Name: Michael J. Ryan, Department of Integrative Biology, University of Texas Title: Cognitive Aspects of Mate Choice: The Túngara as a Case Study Host: Dr. Jon Sakata Molecular Seminars 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: Shaping and mechanism of a BMP morphogen gradient Host: Dr. Michael Hendricks Biology Weekly – February 12, 2015
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Date and Time: March 9, 2015 at 4:00 pm Location: Stewart Biology, N2/2 Name: Catharine Rankin, Brain Research Center, University of British Columbia Title: High Throughput Detailed Behavioural Analyses of Habituation in C. elegans Reveals Unexpected Levels of Complexity Host: Dr. Michael Hendricks Date and Time: March 23, 2015 at 4:00 pm Location: Stewart Biology, N2/2 Name: Brian Chen, Center for Research in Neuroscience, McGill University Title: Protein Quantification in Single Living Cells Host: Dr. Rodrigo Reyes‐Lamothe Organismal Seminars Date and Time: February 19, 2015 at 3:00 pm Location: Redpath Museum Auditorium Name: Elizabeth Wolkovich, Department of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University Title: The Race for spring: How climate change alters plant communities Host: Dr. Irene Gregory‐Eaves Date and Time: February 26, 2015 at 3:00 pm Location: Redpath Museum Auditorium Name: Nil Basu, Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, McGill University Title: Ecohealth impacts of methylmercury in the Arctic: integrating knowledge from Inuit and wildlife Host: Dr. Irene Gregory‐Eaves Date and Time: March 12, 2015 at 3:00 pm Location: Redpath Museum Auditorium Name: Nick Haddad, Department of Biology, North Carolina State University Title: TBA Host: Dr. Andrew Gonzalez PhD Seminars Date and Time: March 4, 2015 at 12:30 pm Name: Adam Herman (Schoen Lab) Title: TBA Date and time: March 5, 2015 at 12:30 pm Name: Lydiane Gaborieau (Brown Lab) Title: TBA Date and Time: March 18, 2015 at 12:30 pm Name: Josie Iacarella (Ricciardi Lab) Title: Variation in Ecological Impacts of Invasive Alien Species Date and Time: March 25, 2015 at 12:30 pm Name: Katherine Pagnucco (Ricciardi Lab) Title: TBA Biology Weekly – February 12, 2015
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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: February 19, 2015 Name: Conrad Hall (Brouhard Lab) Title: TBA Date: February 26, 2015 Name: Eleyine Zarour (Fagotto Lab) Title: TBA Date: February 26, 2015 Name: Conor Dellar (Moon Lab) Title: TBA Date: March 5, 2015 Name: Lydiane Gaborieau (Brown 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: March 4, 2015 Name: Adam Herman (Schoen Lab) Title: TBA Date and Time: March 18, 2015 Name: Josie Iacarella (Ricciardi Lab) Title: Variation in Ecological Impacts of Invasive Alien Species Date and Time: March 25, 2015 Name: Katherine Pagnucco (Ricciardi Lab) Title: TBA Location: Stewart Biology, W4/12 Location: Stewart Biology, W4/12 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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