outland youth employment program (oyep) stops by the department of biology for water quality assessment activities

on the morning of august 2nd, indigenous youth participating in the mink lake/sandbar outland program stopped by the department of biology to learn some common techniques for assessing water quality. lead by the department's newest technician, kristi dysievick, youth measured water clarity and temperature before collecting water and benthic samples from lake tamblyn and the mcintyre river.

youth brought their samples back to the lab where they identified invertebrates found in the sediment, some of which were determined to be invasive to our river system. for water quality, 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 used probes and colourimetric kits to measure ph, colour, nitrate, and dissolved oxygen.

biology technicians daniel brazeau and susanne walford provided additional assistance. special thanks to aquatic ecologist/benthic taxonomist nancy serediak (streamline consulting) for volunteering her expertise and assistance with this activity.

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department of biology and aboriginal mentorship program team up for experiential learning

the department of biology and aboriginal mentorship program hosted mrs. dampier's class from westmount public school for an afternoon laboratory activity. first 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 learned the biology of northern wild rice (zizania palustris l.) from m.sc. biology candidate kristi dysievick (supervisor dr. peter lee). kristi also discussed her research addressing the threats to native wild rice stands by invasive cattail species (typha angustifolia and hybrid t. glauca (t. latifolia x t. angustifolia). biology technicians susanne walford and christina richard guided 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 through the micropropagation techniques of wild rice, which entails working aseptically, scarifying the seeds to expose the embryos, and planting seeds in a nutrient agar medium. original methodology was developed in luel, a member of lucas. elder gerry martin and mark kmill assisted with this activity, as coordinated by lisa harris.

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department of biology hosts canadian medical hall of fame discovery day

dr. heidi schraft (associate professor and applied life sciences program coordinator) along with support from the biology technicians welcomed high school 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 from thunder bay and ignace for discovery days in health sciences. 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 worked as epidemiologists to discover the cause of a foodborne disease outbreak. working in groups, they meticulously followed the same steps the public health agency of canada takes when an outbreak occurs. 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 reviewed interview information from patients, statistically analyzed those data, hypothesized potential food sources from a restaurant, identified potential pathogens isolated from patient and food samples as cultured on different media, and confirmed the pathogen by preparing and running a dna gel (dna bacterial fingerprinting). 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 discovered that solving an outbreak is like putting together the pieces of a puzzle and epidemiology would be a very interesting health sciences career.

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