Biology Weekly
February 19, 2015
Ask a CIANtist Did you know that... ...dual camera detection can speed up your spinning disk confocal imaging? The spinning disk confocal microscopes at CIAN allow for gentle and fast confocal imaging on live samples. But what if your two structures of interest are moving so fast that sequential imaging of the colors leaves you unsure if they are ever at the same place at the same time? You could try working with the dual camera option on our SD3 microscope, which allows for true simultaneous imaging for example of green and red fluorophores with exposure times below 100 msec. Contact Elke Küster‐Schöck (elke.kuster‐[email protected], x5414, office N5/25) for details 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: 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 Date and Time: March 30, 2015 at 4:00 pm Location: Stewart Biology, N2/2 Name: Catherine Paradis‐Bleau, Département de microbiologie, infectiologie et immunologie Université de Montréal Title: Protein Quantification in Single Living Cells Host: Dr. Rodrigo Reyes‐Lamothe Biology Weekly – February 19, 2015
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Organismal Seminars 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: How decades of habitat loss affects species to ecosystems Host: Dr. Andrew Gonzalez Date and Time: March 19, 2015 at 3:00 pm Location: Redpath Museum Auditorium Name: Juergen Liebig, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University Title: Phenotypic plasticity and transitions in the organization of insect societies: behavior, physiology, and olfaction Host: Dr. Ehab Abouheif Neurobiology & Behaviour Seminars Date and Time: February 27, 2015 at 12:00 pm Location: Bellini, Room 230 Name: Danielle Toccalino Title: Modeling the control of sequencing and timing in birdsong Date and Time: March 20, 2015 at 12:00 pm Location: Bellini, Room 230 Name: Sarah Woolley Title: TBA Date and Time: March 27, 2015 at 12:00 pm Location: Bellini, Room 230 Name: Nancy Chen Title: TBA Honours Biology seminars Date/Time/Location: Friday, March 13th at 3:30 pm, Stewart W4/12 Speaker: Christopher Cameron, Department de sciences biologiques, Universite de Montreal Title: An Ambulation through Ambulacrarian and Chordate Evolution: Gills and Tubes are Evolutionary Novelties of Acorn Worms Host: Biology Honours program students Date/Time/Location: Wednesday, March 18th at 4:00 pm, Stewart W4/12 Speaker: Dylan Fraser, Department of Biology, Concordia University Title: Adaptation or extirpation: will small vertebrate populations persist in the face of environmental change? Host: Biology Honours program students Biology Weekly – February 19, 2015
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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 Location: Stewart Biology, W4/12 Location: Stewart Biology, W4/12 Location: Stewart Biology, W4/12 Location: Stewart Biology, W4/12 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 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 Date: March 12, 2015 Name: Kendall Dutchak (Dankort 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 Biology Weekly – February 19, 2015
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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 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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