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Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Biology Seminar Series: Dr. Korryn Bodner, February 10th at 1pm

Talk Title: How biases related to contact and testing behaviours can produce observed negative vaccine effectiveness Abstract: Since the emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, observational studies measuring the protective effect of vaccines (against infection and against symptomatic infection) have reported negative vaccine effectiveness... More

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Biology Seminar Series: Dr Anna Hargeaves, Friday February 3rd at 2:30pm

Title: Where do species' interactions matter? Abstract: Species interactions are the glue that binds ecosystems together.  Biologists have long predicted that interactions are more ecologically and evolutionarily important in the species-rich ecosystems of low latitudes and elevations, but testing these predictions at the relevant global scale is... More

Monday, January 23, 2023

Biology Seminar Series: Jacky Deng, Friday January 27th at 2:30pm

Title: “I am working 24/7, but I can't translate that to you”: The barriers, strategies, and needed supports reported by chemistry trainees from English-as-an-additional language backgrounds Authors: Jacky M. Deng, Alison B. Flynn Abstract: Having a shared language such as English facilitates globalization of science but it may also limit... More

Friday, January 20, 2023

Dr. Jenny Bruin Among Winners of our End Diabetes Awards Research Competition

Dr. Jenny Bruin's project was one of 35 to receive funding from Diabetes Canada. Dr. Bruin is investigating whether cisplatin, a medication commonly used to treat different cancers, has unintended side effects on pancreatic beta cells, leading to increased diabetes risk in cancer survivors. Dr. Bruin has three goals: 1. Investigate how cisplatin... More

Monday, January 9, 2023

Biology Seminar Series: Dr. Joey Sheff, Friday January 13th at 2:30pm

Talk title: Painting Proteins: Exploring Dynamic Protein Behavior with HDX-MS Abstract: Hydrogen Deuterium Exchange mass spectrometry (HDX-MS) is a powerful and flexible method for probing protein interactions. In this seminar I will describe the dynamic epitope mapping and conformational characterization by HDX-MS of three distinct therapeutic... More

Wednesday, December 21, 2022

Dr. Joe Bennett & Dr. Catherine Cullingham Recipients of the 2022 Research Excellence Awards

Dr. Joe Bennett and Dr. Catherine Cullingham were recipients of the 2022 Research Excellence Awards.   Dr. Bennett's research areas include conservation prioritization, threatened species, invasion ecology, environmental policy and spatial statistics. I have a particular interest in practical questions regarding invasive species control and... More

Friday, December 16, 2022

Keith Seifert Talks About The Hidden World Inside Our Homes

Keith Seifert a recently retired Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada mycologist and adjunct research professor at Carleton University in the Departmant of Biology wrote a new book popular science book, The Hidden Kingdom of Fungi.  Keith talks to Dan Rubinstein about his book and shares that we knowingly and unknowingly interact with fungi, from... More

Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Biology Seminar Series: Dr. Rhiannon Peery December 9th 2022 at 2:30pm

Title: Explaining differential virulence in strains of Cronartium harknessii through comparative genomics   Abstract: Cronartium harknessii (E. Meinecke), the fugal pathogen that causes western gall rust, has variable rates of susceptibility and infection among Pinus spp. Recently we used the population structure of C. harknessii and... More

Monday, November 28, 2022

Biology Seminar Series: Dr. Tom Kazmirchuk December 2nd 2022 at 2:30pm

Name and position: Dr. Thomas Kazmirchuk MITACs Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Biology, Carleton University. Title: Indirect-ubiquitylation promotes vacuolar nutrient transporter degradation by the Intralumenal Fragment pathway. Abstract: The lysosomal vacuole is a key regulator of cellular metabolism, proteostasis, and nutrient recycling. To... More

Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Biology Seminar Series: Dr. Martha Mullally November 25th 2022 at 2:30pm

Join Dr. Mullally as she discusses Graduate level teaching training: Why it's timely & necessary. Dr. Mullally an instructor in the Department of Biology, was named the 2021 Carleton University Chair in Teaching Innovation for her dedication to encouraging new teaching practices within the STEM disciplines.”... More

Friday, November 18, 2022

PhD Student Noa Gang Gets CIRTN Mentorship Award

Noa Gang, a PhD Candidate in the Bruin lab, received a mentorship award with The Canada Islet Research and Training Network (CIRTN). The CIRTN is a relatively new network of islet biologists from across Canada with >50 PIs and >200 associated trainees/research staff. Noa has invested a huge amount of time and energy over... More

Monday, November 14, 2022

Biology Seminar Series: Dr. Julia Baum November 18th 2022 at 1pm

Dr. Julia Baum Professor and President's Chair, Ocean Ecology and Global Change PEW Fellow in Marine Conservation Title: Ocean Climate Change: From Impacts to Solutions Bio: Julia Baum holds the Faculty of Science President’s Chair at the University of Victoria where she is also Professor of Ocean Ecology and Global Change and a Provost’s... More

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