What's On This Month - January 2012

Pathobiology Seminar Series; Fridays at 11:00 a.m.

Room 1810 New Pathobiology/AHL Building

 

Feb. 3rd, Mehdi Emam, Pathobiology visiting PhD Student, “A comparison of immune response of two commercial broiler strains with three Iranian indigenous ecotypes”.

Feb. 10th, Jennifer Cottell, Post Doc Pathobiology, “Factors influencing the successful persistence and spread of antibiotic resistance plasmids”.

Feb. 17th, Graduate Students Seminars, 3 minutes seminars.

Thurs. Feb. 23rd, Dr. Richard Witter, Avian Disease and Oncology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, “A journey through the land of chicken tumors”, 2:00 pm, room 1800.

 

Thesis Defenses and Proposals

Thurs. Feb. 9th, Helena Grgic, Final PhD Defense, “Sequence analysis, pathogenicity and cytokine gene expression patterns associated with fowl adenovirus infection”, 1:30 pm, Room 1810.

Feb. 22nd, Janet Sunohara-Neilson, DVSc Oral Qualifying Exam, 2:00 pm, Room 4837.

Thurs. Mar. 1st, Jasmina Kircanski, MSc Final Exam, “Clostridium perfringens and the beta2 (CPB2) toxin: Development of a diagnostic ELISA for neonatal piglet enteritis, and distribution of the gene in isolates from selected animal species”, 9:00 am, Room 1810.

 

Events

Jan. 30-Feb. 3, Global Vets Silent Auction, outside the OVC cafeteria, 1715, everyday 12:30-1:30.

Wed. Feb. 1st, MCB Distinguished Speaker Series, Prof. Ross Cagan, Department of Developmental and Regenerative Biology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, will discuss "A Fly Approach to Cancer and Diabetes Therapeutics", 12:30 pm, Animal Science and Nutrition, Room 156.

Feb. 2nd, Connect to Innovate Discussion, Dr. Kevin Hall, Vice-President (research), gives the keynote presentation at an Ontario Economic Summit (OES) workshop being held at the Delta Guelph hotel. The event is designed to bring university, community and business leaders together to discuss how to develop a culture of innovation in Ontario, 8 am, Delta Hotel.

Feb. 6th, Deadline for Abstracts, Global Development Symposium held on May 6-9. Symposium themes are; Theme 1: Global Public Health; Theme 2: Food Security and Health; Theme 3: Empowering communities for change. Full details regarding abstract submission can be found at: http://www.ovc150.ca/en/celebrate/Global_Dev_Sym_2012.asp.

Wed. Feb. 22nd, OVC Winter Convocation, 4:00 pm, War Memorial Hall. If you are interested in volunteering for OVC contact Elizabeth Lowenger ext. 54430. For a schedule of the Winter Convocations please see http://www.uoguelph.ca/convocation/timing.