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December 2021

Final Oral Examination - MSC.MCB - Myles St. Denis

Myles St. Denis, M.Sc. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend his thesis on Wednesday, December 1, 2021 at 2:00pm. His advisor is Dr. Melissa Perrault. Thesis Title: Sex-specific Cannabidiol- and Iloperidone-induced neuronal activity changes in an in vitro MAM model system of Schizophrenia

Final Oral Examination - MSC.MCB - Tanisha Teelucksingh

Tanisha Teelucksingh, M.Sc. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend her thesis on Monday, December 6, 2021 at 1:30pm. Her advisor is Dr. Georgina Cox. Thesis Title: Investigating the Escherichia coli drug efflux system: generation of an efflux defiecient genetic background

A Coffee a Day: Tactics and Tools from Networking Experts

Join the Guelph S2BN one week from today on Thursday, December 9th for this free virtual networking event. In this workshop, you will identify helpful tools and tips to enhance your skills for professional networking and informational interviews. The event is open to all students.

Final Oral Examination - MSC.MCB - Jenna Kerry

Jenna Kerry, M.Sc. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend her thesis on Friday, December 10, 2021 at 9:30am. Her advisor is Dr. Jim Uniacke.. Thesis Title: Investigating the hypoxia-induced alternative splicing event of eukaryotic ribosomal protein S24 All interested members of the university community are welcome to attend the online defense. Guidelines and further details can be found here: https://www.uoguelph.ca/mcb/graduate-studies/graduate-defences

Final Oral Examination - MSC.MCB - Justin Gutierrez

Justin Gutierrez, M.Sc. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend his thesis on Monday, December 13, 2021 at 1:30 pm. His co-advisors are Dr. Rod Merrill and Dr. Steffen Graether.  Thesis Title: Flavonoids as antimicrobials against Streptomyces scabies: a causative agent of common scab in potatoes

Final Oral Examination - Doctor of Philosophy - Gaelan Melanson

Gaelan Melanson, Ph.D. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend his thesis on Wednesday, December 15, 2021 at 1:30 p.m.   His advisor is Dr. Jim Uniacke.  Thesis Title:  Interferon-stimulated gene 15 - mediated restructuring of the hypoxic mRNA translation initiation machinery is implicated in the ribonucleoprotein dynamics by gene ontology enrichment analysis

Final Oral Examination - MSC.MCB - Sarah Vancuren

Sarah Vancuren, M.Sc. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend her thesis on Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 1:30 pm. Her advisor is Dr. Emma Allen-Vercoe. Thesis Title: Modeling the non-industrial gut microbiota: effect of diet on structure and function All interested members of the university community are welcome to attend the online defense. Guidelines and further details can be found here: https://www.uoguelph.ca/mcb/graduate-studies.

Final Oral Examination - MSC.MCB - Rojina Samifanni

Rojina Samifanni, M.Sc. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend her thesis on Friday, December 17, 2021 at 9:30 am. Her advisor are Dr. Andrew Bendall and Dr. Steffen Graether.  Thesis Title: Locating transcription activation activity in Dlx5 and Dlx6 proteins All interested members of the university community are welcome to attend the online defense. Guidelines and further details can be found here: https://www.uoguelph.ca/mcb/graduate-studies/graduate-defences

Final Oral Examination - MSC.MCB - Genya Gorshtein

Genya Gorshtien, M.Sc. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend her thesis on Friday, December 17, 2021 at 9:30 am. Her advisor is Dr. Marc Coppolino.  Thesis Title: Analysis of the beta 3 integrin function during invadopodia based tumour cell invasion All interested members of the university community are welcome to attend the online defense. Guidelines and further details can be found here: https://www.uoguelph.ca/mcb/graduate-studies/graduate-defences

Final Oral Examination - MSC.MCB - Owen Hebb

Owen Hebb, M.Sc. candidate in the department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend his thesis on Monday, December 20, 2021 at 9:30am. His advisor is Dr. Joseph Colasanti. Thesis Title: Effects of phoshatidylethanolamine binding protein floral repressors and their interactors on the plant architecture