PATHOBIOLOGIST HONOURED The Canadian Society of Microbiologists (CSM) has named interim Ontario Veterinary College dean Carlton Gyles the 2005 winner of its highest honour, the Roche Diagnostics/CSM Award. This broadly based career award recognizes the lifetime achievement of an eminent and highly accomplished microbiologist. Gyles, who earned his DVM, M.Sc. and PhD from OVC, joined the faculty of U of G in 1969. During his career, he has made major contributions to the understanding of E. coli pathogenesis and plasmids in virulence. He will receive the award at the annual CSM meeting in Halifax in June.
ENGINEER IS MEMBER OF TORONTO ROUND TABLEProf. Lambert Otten, director of the School of Engineering, was invited by Toronto Mayor David Miller to sit on the city's new Round Table on the Environment, a 14-member advisory body made up of experts in environmental practice and policy. Otten is the only member of the group who doesn't live in the greater Toronto area. In 2004, he was an expert member and adviser with Toronto's New and Emerging Technologies, Policies and Practices Advisory Group.
CONTRIBUTIONS RECOGNIZEDOwen Roberts, director of research communications in the Office of Research, has been named an honorary life member of the Ontario Institute of Agrologists in recognition of his contributions to Ontario agriculture. The award will be presented at the OIA annual conference next month in Hamilton.
PROF IS KEYNOTE SPEAKERProf. Marion Joppe, director of the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, was a keynote speaker at a recent networking event held in Toronto by the Women's Foodservice Forum and its partners, Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning and Unilever Foodsolutions.
