department of biology honours thesis presentations
the department of biology special seminar series
honours thesis presentations
12:20 introduction
12:30 sara mackie: bioaccumulation of methylmercury in sulphate enriched pit lakes and watershed contamination in northwestern ontario. (dr. lee)
12:45 michael st. james: returning steeprock: a soil restoration assessment. (dr. lee)
1:00 gregory vahaaho: the development of a bioassay for wild rice (zizania palustris). (dr. lee)
1:15 stephen slongo: adult and juvenile lake sturgeon (acipenser fulvescens) habitat preferences in north america. (dr. mclaren)
1:30 larissa hutton: farm habitat structure and the biodiversity of small mammals. (dr. mclaren)
1:45 katrina shwedack: testing the assumptions behind cuckoo eggs: is small size really related to brood parasitism? (dr. hughes)
2:00 pm break
2:15 lindsey maendel: assessment of soil ectomycorrhizal fungal communities. (dr. mallik)
2:30 jocelyn bel: molecular detection of diarrheagenic and uropathogenic escherichia coli. (dr. leung)
2:45 niharika shahi: characterization of bacillus species isolated from western honey bee (apis mellifera l.) and optimization for exopolygalacturonase production. (dr. qin)
3:00 boris potoyants-iline: the effects of natural products on antibiotic activity. (dr. suntres)
3:15 elyssia adamo: technical optimization of ha-tagged hpv16 e6 protein detection using western blot. (dr. zehbe)
3:30 conclusion