Our department organizes a number of events throughout the year to present the research efforts of our faculty and students and connect with scholars from other universities. They include the annual Joan Marsden and Alma Howard lecture series, the Biology Department Day, the Undergraduate Honours Symposium, as well as weekly seminars covering current topics in Biology.
Please use the menu on the left to learn more about the seminars and events we host and to view schedules for upcoming events or records of past events.
PhD Defenses - 2024
Date: Friday, August 23rd at 1:00 pm | Stewart Biology, Room N7/1
Student: Angelly Vasquez Correa
Supervisors: Ehab Abouheif and Owen McMillian
Thesis Title: The developmental basics of the head in ants: a hotspot for the evolution of ant castes.
Date: Tuesday, September 10th at 9:00 am | Stewart Biology, Room N7/1
Student: Dominique Caron
Supervisor: Laura Pollock
Thesis Title: Sky's the limit: Trait-based modelling of food webs and migratory bird movement
Date: Thursday, September 12th at 2:00 pm | Stewart Biology, Room N7/1
Student: Huan Zheng
Supervisor: Rodrigo Reyes
Thesis Title: Probing cell cycle regulation at the single-molecule level.
Date: Friday September 13th at 10:00 am; Stewart Biology, Room N7/1
Student: Weina Wang
Supervisor: Hugo Zheng
Thesis title: Molecular factors involved in the formation of the tubular ER network
PhD Exit Seminars - 2024
(TBA)