Past Events

Dear Colleagues, Please join us as we welcome Dr. Gerry Wright as part of MCB's Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series on Wednesday, January 30th, 2019. Seminar time: 10:30am Room: SSC 2315 All are welcome to attend. Please see poster for further details. Sincerely,

All welcome to attend.  See more information at this link:   https://www.uoguelph.ca/mcb/seminar-series-defences/msc-and-phd-research-topics-mcb-brown-bag-seminars 

All welcome to attend.  See more information at this link:   https://www.uoguelph.ca/mcb/seminar-series-defences/msc-and-phd-research-topics-mcb-brown-bag-seminars 

Dear Colleagues, Please join us as we welcome Dr. Elizabeth Edwards as part of MCB's Distinguished Speaker Seminar Series on Wednesday, January 16th, 2019. Seminar time: 10:30am Room: SSC 2315 All are welcome to attend. Please see poster for further details.

Steven Huszczynski, Ph.D. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend his thesis on Tuesday, December 18, 2018 at 1:30 p.m. in SSC 2315.  His co-advisors are Dr. Cezar Khursigara and Dr. Joe Lam. Thesis Title: "Genetic and biochemical characterization of the proteins that determine O-specific antigen chain length in Pseudomonas aeruginosa". All interested members of the university community are welcome to attend. Full Announcement (to follow)

Prof. Karen Maxwell, Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto will present a seminar entitled, "Naturally occurring off switches for CRISPR-Cas9". Dr. Maxwell's will also be serving as External Examiner for Ph.D. candidate, Steven Huszczynski in the afternoon. Full Anouncement  

Kaitlyn Oliphant, Ph.D. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend her thesis on Monday, December 17, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. in SSC 2315.  Her advisor is Dr. Emma Allen-Vercoe. Thesis Title: Exploring the application of ecological theory to the human gut microbiota using complex defined microbial communities as models All interested members of the university community are welcome to attend. Full Announcement (to follow)    

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Chantal Wood, M.Sc. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend her thesis on Thursday, December 13, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. in SSC 2315.    Her advisor is Dr. Rod Merrill. Thesis Title:  "Isolation and identification of natural product inhibitors of Plx2A, a toxin from Paenibacillus larvae". All interested members of the university community are welcome to attend.

Jennifer Drolet, M.Sc. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend her thesis on Monday, December 10, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. in SSC 2315.    Her advisor is Dr. Scott Ryan. Thesis Title:  "Investigating the omega-3 fatty acid DHA in acting as an exogenous regulator of the antioxidant response pathway in Parkinson’s disease". All interested members of the university community are welcome to attend.