department of biology honours thesis presentations

event date: 
tuesday, april 7, 2015 - 12:15pm to 3:30pm edt
event location: 
centennial building cb3013
event contact name: 
susanne walford
event contact phone: 
8593
event contact e-mail: 

 

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