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