Spring 2019 Series

Dr. Melissa Anderson

Department of Earth Sciences
University of Toronto

Recent advances in deep-sea exploration for hydrothermal vents: Where tectonics, volcanism, and biology meet

Dr. Paul Campagnola

Department of Biomedical Engineering
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Imaging collagen structure in ovarian cancer and prostate development by Second Harmonic Generation microscopy

Dr. Jane Willenbring

Scripps Institution of Oceanography
University of California San Diego

Measuring the Dynamic Interaction of Landscapes and Life with Cosmogenic Nuclides and Remote Sensing Techniques

Dr. Kari Dalnoki-Veress

Department of Physics & Astronomy
McMaster University

Soft Materials at surfaces and interfaces: Elastocapillarity

Dr. Michael Organ

Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences
University of Ottawa

Academic / Industrial Research: A Perfect Marriage or Intellectual Prostitution…….You be the Judge

Dr. Ruby Sullan

Department of Physical & Environmental Sciences
University of Toronto Scarborough

Tackling microbial biofilms one molecule and one cell at a time…

Dr. Dan Shugar

Department of Geoscience
University of Calgary

Where (and how big) are the world’s glacier lakes?

Dr. Natalie Goto

Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences
University of Ottawa

How do bacteria find the middle?  Understanding bacterial cell division regulation by the Min protein system.

Dr. Lawrence Mysak

Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
McGill University

Terrestrial rock weathering and the carbon cycle in the UVic Earth System Climate Model

Dr. Fraser Hof

Department of Chemistry
University of Victoria

Small things amuse small minds: the many roles of methyl groups in cancer, craft brewing, and illicit drugs.

Dr. Elizabeth Edwards

Department of Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry
University of Toronto

Anaerobic Bioremediation for Groundwater Cleanup