2016-17 Term 1

Friday, September 30, 2016 – 3 PM
Brodie Building, Room 4-47

Roles of COX-2 in Breast Cancer: Novel Therapeutic Targets and microRNA Biomarkers

Dr. Mousumi Majumder, Department of Biology, Brandon University

 

Friday, October 7, 2016 – 3 PM
Brodie Building, Room 4-47

Roles of community-based organization in the aftermath of disaster: Longitudinal study of community recovery in the case of Mikura, Kobe, Japan

Dr. Etsuko Yasui, Department of Applied Disaster & Emergency Studies, Brandon University

 

Friday, October 14, 2016 – 3 PM
Brodie Building, Room 4-47

On the Synneusis of Zircon

Dr. Paul Alexandre, Department of Geology, Brandon University

 

Friday, October 21, 2016 – 2 PM
Brodie Building, Room 4-47

Recovering an Endangered Species: Lessons from the Prairie Skink

Dr. Pamela Rutherford, Department of Biology, Brandon University

 

Friday, October 28, 2016 – 4 PM
Brodie Building, Room 4-47

Temperature (and other controls) affecting reported sinkholes in Hillsborough County, Florida

Dr. Mary Thornbush, Department of Geography, Brandon University

 

Friday, November 4, 2016 – 3 PM
Brodie Building, Room 4-47

Connor Ubell, MELS student
Vitaly Golubev, MELS student
Olakunle Francis Omidiora, MELS student

 

Friday, November 18, 2016 – 3 PM
Brodie Building, Room 4-47

Conservation of Amphibians in a Fragmented Habitat
Alyssa Eagle, MELS student

Comprehensive survey of foliar diseases in Manitoba soybean using Next Generation Sequencing approaches
Gustavo Diaz Cruz, MELS student

Glioma Migration: Protease Involvement
Alisha Poole, MELS student

The Effects of Land Use Change on the Eastern Tiger Salamander
Shawna Philpott, MELS student

 

Friday, November 25, 2016 – 3 PM
Brodie Building, Room 4-47

Variation in plant community composition and climate at the Early Eocene McAbee fossil beds, British Columbia
Alex Lowe, MELS student

A Comparison of Magmatic Hydrothermal Systems: K2 IOCG and Carmax Porphyry
Mark Klapheke, MELS student

A study of protein-protein interaction  pathways involved in Cx43 degradation
Emmanuel Ojefua, MELS student

 

Friday, December 2, 2016 – 3 PM
Brodie Building, Room 4-47

Geology, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry of the Shelby Lake Palladium Property, Northwestern Ontario
Justin Beernaert, MELS student

Environmental implication of oil and gas development in Southwestern Manitoba
Omoshalewa Victoria Omozuwa, MELS student

Water Balance and Water Chemistry of South Lake, Riding Mountain National Park
Brandice Hollier, MELS student

 

Wednesday, December 7, 2016 – 3 PM
Brodie Building, Room 3-47

The mycota of soils associated with snake hibernacula
Jillian Perreaux, MELS student

Microbial biomass carbon as an indicator of soil health
Kaylin Liddle, MELS student

Impact of browsing after burning  on aspen encroachment and litter breakdown
Kathryn Barr, MELS student