department of biology - honours thesis presentations

the department of biology departmental seminar

honours thesis presentations

each student will present for 10 minutes followed by 5 minutes of questions from the audience.

please register with the department of biology for seminar access (biology@lakeheadu.ca).

9:45 am login/waiting room

9:55 am welcoming remarks from the departmental chair dr. azim mallik

10:00 am shayla hartley (dr. mallik):  water absorption and retention of a terricolous lichen, cladonia stellaris.

10:15 am andraya colistro (dr. lee):  plant production in nitrogen-limited mine soil.

10:30 am philip robinson (dr. qin):  optimizing growth conditions for pleurochrysis dentata and determination of phenol degradation ability of six algae species.

10:45 am taij mann (dr. qin):  phylogenetic identification and protein analysis of a forest isolated soil bacteria for evaluation of use in bioremediation.

11:00 am nicole costanzo (dr. khaper):  molecular effects of prostaglandin analogues on glaucoma receptor activation.

11:15 am hanna merner (dr. lees):  effects of a novel combination cancer therapy in a cell culture model.

11:30 am victoria anthes (dr. ulanova):  the role of iga in the opsonophagocytosis of haemophilus influenzae type a.

11:45 am closing remarks.