Teaching Excellence Awards - The University of Calgary Students' Union honoured 21 faculty members and instructors for their commitment to student success at its annual Teaching Excellence Awards banquet this Tuesday evening. (more)

Biological Sciences Student Symposium - "It showcases the excellent research being conducted by the next generation of biological scientists," says Anthony Russell (more)

Solving the mystery of blood clotting - Hans Vogel, a professor in the biological sciences department in the Faculty of Science, has published research in the prestigious Journal of the American Chemical Society (more)

University of Calgary researchers win national accolades - Glen Armstrong and Kenneth Ng, who will share the Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering with colleagues from the University of Alberta for their ground-breaking work in glycobiology (more)

Wang, C., Wilson-Berry, L., Schedl, T., and Hansen, D. (2012) TEG-1 CD2BP2 regulates stem cell proliferation and sex determination in the C. elegans germ line and physically interacts with the UAF-1 U2AF65 splicing factor. Developmental Dynamics 241:505-521.

Arur, S., Ohmachi, M., Berkseth, M., Nayak, S., Hansen, D., Zarkower, D., Schedl, T. (2011) MPK-1 ERK controls membrane organization in C. elegans via a sex-determination module. Developmental Cell 20:677-688.

Racher, H., and Hansen, D. (2010) Translational control in the C. elegans hermaphrodite germ line. Genome 53:83-102.

Harder, L.D., N. Hobbhahn and S.A. Richards. 2012. How depressed? Estimates of inbreeding effects during seed development depend on reproductive conditions. Evolution 66:1375–1386.

H. Ding, C. B. Yip, B. A. Geddes, I. J. Oresnik & M. F. Hynes (2012)
Glycerol utilization by Rhizobium leguminosarum requires an ABC transporter and affects competition for nodulation
Microbiology;158:1369 - 1378

Liu, Z. and Vogel, H.J. (2012) "Molecular basis for the regulation of the N-terminal domain of the L-type voltage-gated calcium channel by calmodulin" Frontiers Molec. Neuroscience 5: 38 doi:10:3389/fnmol2012.00038

H. Ding, C. B. Yip, B. A. Geddes, I. J. Oresnik & M. F. Hynes (2012)
Glycerol utilization by Rhizobium leguminosarum requires an ABC transporter and affects competition for nodulation
Microbiology;158:1369 - 1378

Watson SN, Wright N, Hermann PM, and Wildering WC. 2012. Phospholipase A(2): The key to reversing long-term memory impairment in a gastropod model of aging. Neurobiol Aging. Available online Mar 27. [Epub ahead of print].

Robert W. Wheatley, John C. Kappelhoff, Jennifer N. Hahn, Megan L. Dugdale, Mark J. Dutkoski, Stephanie D. Tamman, Marie E. Fraser, Reuben E. Huber. 2012 Substitution for Asn460 Cripples ß-galactosidase (Escherichia coli) by increasing substrate affinity and decreasing transition state stability. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 521 (2012) 51–61

Katelyn B. Shortt and Steven M. Vamosi. 2012. A review of the biology of the weedy Siberian peashrub, Caragana arborescens, with an emphasis on its potential effects in North America. Botanical Studies 53: 1-8.

Carly A. Silver, Steven M. Vamosi, Suzanne E. Bayley. 2012. Temporary and permanent wetland macroinvertebrate communities: phylogenetic structure through time. Acta Oecologica 39: 1-10.

Schade DJ and Vamosi SM. 2012. Larval competition reduces body condition in the female seed beetle, Callosobruchus maculatus. Journal of Insect Science 12:35 available online: insectscience.org/12.35

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Biological Sciences Cluster Seminars

Seminars return in the Fall!

Biology 601 Seminars

BCEM seminars - Mondays at 16h00 in BI 211 (more)
Seminars return in the Fall!

CDP seminars - Wednesdays at 17h30 in BI 211 (more)
Seminars return in the Fall!

EEB seminars - Mondays at 12h00 in BI 211 (more)
Seminars return in the Fall!

Micro seminars - Wednesdays at 11h00 in BI 211 (more)
Seminars return in the Fall!

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

Michelle Stan (Supervisor: R.J. Turner), will be defending her M.Sc. thesis, in the area of “Molecular Microbiology”, on May 28, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in BioSciences room 312. (Neutral Chair: D. Muench).

Mark Stanton (Supervisor: A. Buret & H. Ceri), will be defending his M.Sc. Thesis, in the area of “Inflammation & Immunology”, on May 30, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. in BioSciences room 499. (Neutral Chair: TBA).

Bryan Pyle (Supervisor: D.-K. Ro), will be defending his M.Sc. Thesis, in the area of “Plant Bio- chemistry”, on June 15, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in BioSciences room 499. (Neutral Chair: S. Nos- kov).

Akpevwe Onoyovwi (Supervisor: P. Facchini), will be defending her M.Sc. Thesis, in the area of “Plant Cell Biology”, on June 21, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. in BioSciences room 246. (Neutral Chair: G. Chua).

Champa Wijekoon (Supervisor: P. Facchini), will be defending her Ph.D. Thesis in the area of “Plant Molecular Biology”, on June 28, 2012 at TBD. (Neutral Chair: TBA)

Alexander Hume (Supervisor: D. Syme), will be defending his M.Sc. Thesis, in the area of “Muscle Physiology”, on August 22, 2012 at TBD. (Neutral Chair: TBA).