PhD candidate seeks nationwide funding for post-docs with disabilities - Ella Bowles is used to finding solutions.(more)

University moves up in world rankings - Among the improvements: Biological Sciences from 151-200 to 101-150 (more)

Grad student uses baker's yeast to find new ways to fight cancer - Ola Czyz, a Masters student in biological sciences assistant professor Vanina Zaremberg's lab. (more)

Researchers test bandages treated with metal-based antibiotics - Dr. Turner's lab explores the mechanisms by which bacteria is resistant to toxic metals and metalloids, with the aim of developing new antimicrobial agents. (more)

Mickiewicz, B., Vogel, H.J., Wong, H., Winston, B. (2013) "Metabolomics as a novel approach for early diagnosis of pediatric septic shock and its mortality" Am. J. Resp. Crit. Care Med. 187: 967-976. (with an associated editorial 187: 906-907; Metabolism, Metabolome, and Metabolomics in Intensive Care: Is It Time to Move beyond Monitoring of Glucose and Lactate?)

Arias, M., Zaat, S.A.J. and Vogel, H.J. (2013) "Structure-function relationships of antimicrobial chemokines" In: "Antimicrobial Peptides and Innate Immunity". Eds. P. Hiemstra and S.A.J. Zaat, Springer, 183-218.

Haney, E.F., Petersen, A.P., Lau, C.K., Jing, W., Storey, D.G. and Vogel, H.J. (2013) "Mechanism of action of puroindoline derived tryptophan-rich antimicrobial peptides" Biochim. Biophys. Acta – Biomembranes 1828: 1802-1813.

Huang, H. and Vogel, H.J. (2013) "Purification and stable istope-labeling of calcium- and integrin binding protein 1 for structural and functional NMR studies" Meth. Mol. Biol. 963: 99-113.

Schicho, R., Vogel, H.J., Storr, M. (2013). "Metabolomics: is it useful for inflammatory bowel diseases?" Curr. Opin. Gastroenterol. (in press)

Palmnäs, M.S.A. and Vogel, H.J. (2013) "The future of NMR metabolomics in cancer therapy: towards personalizing treatment and developing targeted drugs?" Metabolites (in press)

Robert W. Wheatley, Summie Lo, Larisa J. Jancewicz, Megan L. Dugdale, and Reuben E. Huber 2013. Structural Explanation for Allolactose (lac Operon Inducer) Synthesis by lacZ β-Galactosidase and the Evolutionary Relationship between Allolactose Synthesis and the lac Repressor, J. Biol. Chem. 288: 12993-13005.

Caleb Brown, David Evans, Michael Ryan and Anthony Russell. 2013. New data on the diversity and abundance of small-bodies ornithopods (Dinosauria, Ornithischia) from the belly river group (Campanian) of Alberta. J. Vert. Paleo. 33(3):495-520

Jesse E. H. Patterson and Kathreen E. Ruckstuhl. 2013. Parasite infection and host group size: a meta-analytical review. Parasitology 140: 803-813. doi:10.1017/S0031182012002259.

Klug, B. J. and R. M. R. Barclay. 2013. Thermoregulation during reproduction in the solitary, foliage-roosting hoary bat (Lasiurus cinereus). Journal of Mammalogy, 94:477–487.

Isabelle H. Barrette-Ng, Sau-Ching Wu, Wai-Mui Tjia, Sui-Lam Wong and Kenneth K. S. Ng. 2013 The structure of the SBP-Tag:streptavidin complex reveals a novel helical scaffold bridging binding pockets on separate subunits. Acta Crystallographica (2013) D69:879-887

• Our newsletter      • Back issues     • Undergraduate Course Outlines • Emergency Wardens • First Year Student Degree Guide • Equity Issues Committee • New Courses • Employment opportunities • BioSci IT page • Biological Sciences Handbook Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre   Biogeoscience Institute   ABLE • Annual Darwin Dinner Purchase Requisition Form • Annual Stampede Breakfast (pictures)

Biological Sciences Cluster Seminars

BCEM seminar - Friday at 16h00 in BI 211
Seminars return in the Fall 2013

CDP seminars - Fridays at 15h00 in BI 211
Seminars return in the Fall 2013

EEB seminars - Fridays at Noon in BI 211 (archive schedule)
Seminars return in the Fall 2013

Biology 601 Seminars

BCEM 601 seminars - Mondays at 16h00 in BI 211
Seminars return in the Fall 2013

CDP 601 seminars - Friday at 15h00 in BI 211
Seminars return in the Fall 2013

EEB 601 seminars - Mondays at 12h00 in BI 211
Seminars return in the Fall 2013

Micro 601 seminars - Wednesdays at 12h00 in BI 211
Seminars return in the Fall 2013

Graduate Defense Exams & Seminars (defense seminars are held one hour before the stated defense time in BI 211 unless noted otherwise)

Mohamed Hassanin (Supervisor: E. Prenner), will be holding his M.Sc. Thesis Oral Examination, in the area of "Biochemistry", on May 22, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. in BioSciences room 389. (Neutral Chair: R.A. Edwards).

Cecilia Chung (Supervisor: L.J. Jackson), will be holding her M.Sc. Thesis Oral Examination, in the area of "Ecology", on June 3, 2013 at 1:00 p.m. in BioSciences room 389. (Neutral Chair: E. Johnson).

Mina Moussavi (Supervisor: H.R. Habibi), will be holding her Ph.D. Thesis Oral Examination, in the area of "Cell Development & Physiology", on June 4, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. in BioSciences room 389. (Neutral Chair: G. Moorhead).

Glen Uhrig (Supervisor: G. Moorhead), will be holding his Ph.D. Thesis Oral Examination, in the area of "Biochemistry", on June 18, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. in BioSciences room 499. (Neutral Chair: E. Lohmeier-Vogel).

Zineb El-Kadiri (Supervisor: S. Huang), will be holding her M.Sc. Thesis Oral Examination, in the area of "Biochemistry", on June 18, 2013 at 12:00 p.m. in BioSciences room 312. (Neutral Chair: K. Ruckstuhl).

Yang "Vince" Qu (Supervisor: D.K. Ro), will be holding his Ph.D. Thesis Oral Examination, in the area of "Biochemistry", on August 28, 2013 at 10:30 a.m. in BioSciences room 389. (Neutral Chair: V. Zaremberg).