Life 'off the grid' isn't so hard for University of Calgary professor - During a recent stop in Alberta, Vannini met with 18 off-gridders, including west Bragg Creek resident Ralph Cartar. (more)

Zoologger: Gecko's amputated tail has life of its own - Timothy Higham and Anthony Russell showed in 2009 that the geckos' detached tails can pull off two different manoeuvres. (more)

Researchers develop new method of cleaning toxins from the oilsands - Susanne Golby is part of the University of Calgary research group that has isolated biofilms that are indigenous to the oilsands environment (more)

Researchers' discovery saves time and money - Edwards and Turner, biological sciences professors, thought they might be on to something that could potentially help others. (more)

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Ken C. Usher and Isabelle H. Barrette-Ng. (2012) Web-Based Applet is a Learning Tool that Simulates Ion-Exchange Chromatography Purification of Overexpressed Proteins from Escherichia coli Cell Lysate. Journal of Chemical Education DOI: 10.1021/ed200379f

McEwen, J., Vamosi, J., and Rogers, S.M. (2011) Rapid isolation and cross-amplification of microsatellite markers in Plectritis congesta (Valerianaceae) with 454 sequencing. American Journal of Botany 98: e369-e371

Renaut, S., Maillet N, Normandeau E, Sauvage C, Derome N, Rogers SM, and L. Bernatchez (2012) The genetics of species boundaries: the lake whitefish case study. Philisophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 367: 354-363

Ed W.J. van Niel, Christer U. Larsson, Elke M. Lohmeier-Vogel, Peter Rådström 2012 The potential of biodetoxification activity as a probiotic property of Lactobacillus reuteri. International Journal of Food Microbiology Volume 152, Issue 3, 16 January 2012, Pages 206–210

Caleb Brown and Anthony Russell 2012. Homology and Architecture of the Caudal Basket of Pachycephalosauria (Dinosauria: Ornithischia): The First Occurrence of Myorhabdoi in Tetrapoda PLoS one 7(1) e30212 12 pp.

Forde, Taya; Kutz, Susan; De Buck, Jeroen; Warren, Amy; Ruckstuhl, Kathreen; Pybus, Margo; Orsel, Karin: (2012) Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 48(1), 2012, pp. 1–11.

Christian S. Willisch, Iris Biebach, Ursina Koller, Thomas Bucher, Nelson Marreros, Marie-Pierre Ryser-Degiorgis, Lukas F. Keller and Peter Neuhaus (2012): Male reproductive pattern in a polygynous ungulate with a slow life-history: the role of age, social status and alternative mating tactics. Evolutionary Ecology 26: 187-206 DOI: 10.1007/s10682-011-9486-6

Larisa J. Jancewicz, Robert W. Wheatley, Gopinath Sutendra, Michael Lee, Marie E. Fraser, Reuben E. Huber 2012 Ser-796 of ß-galactosidase (Escherichia coli) plays a key role in maintaining a balance between the opened and closed conformations of the catalytically important active site loop. Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics 517 111–122

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Golby, S., Ceri, H., Gieg, L.M., Chatterjee, I., Turner, R.J. (2012) Successful culturing of microbial communities directly from an Alberta oil sands tailings pond using an in vitro biofilm approach. FEMS Micro Ecol 79;240-250.

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Biological Sciences Cluster Seminars

2012 Annual Darwin Dinner- Feb 10, 2012 (more)

EEB seminars - Fridays at 11 AM in BI 211

Biology 601 Seminars

BCEM seminars - Mondays at 16h00 in BI 211 (more)
January 30 - Jason Burt - Evaluation of Integral Membrane Protein Interaction Approaches Using Multidrug Transporter EmrE

CDP seminars - Wednesdays at 17h30 in BI 211 (more)
February 1 - Justin Wood - TBA

EEB seminars - Mondays at 12h00 in BI 211 (more)
Jan 30 - Alex Farmer - Effects of clearcut logging on bumblebees.

Micro seminars - Wednesdays at 11h00 in BI 211 (more)
February 1 - Joey Lockhart - Bovine polymorphonuclear neutrophil response to anaerobic biofilms

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

Jacson Laliberte (Supervisor: J. Post), will be defending his M.Sc. Thesis, in the area of “Fish Ecology”, on February 1, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. in BioSciences room 499. (Neutral Chair: R. Turner).

Lorraine Adderley (Supervisor: J. Vamosi), will be defending her M.Sc. Thesis, in the area of “Plant Reproductive Ecology” on February 29, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in BioSciences room 499. (Neutral Chair: TBA).