Past Events

The 2017 CBS undergraduate summer student poster symposium will be held on Wednesday, August 9th in the Science Complex Atrium.  As in previous years, this is open to all summer students (USRA, URA, coop, etc). There will be two poster sessions followed by a prize draw and pizza lunch for participants.  Interested students are encouraged to register for this event by contacting ugposterday@gmail.com with their name and advisor by Friday, August 4th.  

Ziad Marroushi, M.Sc. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend his thesis on Tuesday, August 1, 2017 at 1:00 pm in SSC 2315.  His advisor is Dr. Lucy Mutharia. Thesis Title:  Functional analysis of nucleoside diphosphate kinase from Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis All interested members of the university community are welcome to attend. Full Announcement

Bronwyn Lyons, M.Sc. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend her thesis on Wednesday, July 26, 2017 at 1:00 pm in SSC 2315.  Her advisor is Dr. Rod Merrill. Thesis Title:  A kinetic and structure-guided characterization of Scabin, a novel mono-ADP-ribosyltransferase produced by Streptomyces scabies All interested members of the university community are welcome to attend. Full Announcement

Jenna Penney, Ph.D. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend her thesis on Thursday July 13, 2017 at 1:00 pm in SSC 2315.  Her advisor is Dr. Ray Lu. Thesis Title:  Characterization of the potential role of Luman as a novel regulator of animal stress responses. Examination Committee:

Nicole Kelly, M.Sc. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend her thesis on Tuesday, July 11, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. in SSC 2315 . Her advisor is Dr. Jim Uniacke. Thesis Title:  "Hypoxia activates cadherin-22 synthesis via eIF4E2 to drive the migration, invasion and adhesion of breast cancer and glioma cells" Examination Committee:

As part of our Canada 150 celebrations, we’re inviting the entire Guelph community to join us for a party on Johnston Green on Sunday, June 25. We’ll have live music, food trucks, a beer garden and lots of fun stuff to do. Admission is free. Check out uofgsummerfest.ca for details. We hope to see you there!

The University of Guelph will install Martha Billes as its next chancellor June 8 during a ceremony in War Memorial Hall. The event will be held at 4:30 p.m.; doors open at 4 p.m. The ceremony is free and open to the U of G community and general public.

The CBS Graduate Student Symposium is a full day event that includes a plenary session, student-based talks, and poster presentations to showcase graduate student research taking place across the college. The sessions will provide the opportunity for students to present their research to a diverse audience of fellow CBS members from the departments of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, Molecular and Cellular Biology, and Integrative Biology. Lunch will be provided in the atrium for all registrants.