Undergraduate science students:
the Winter 2019 edition of Soup and Science will take place:
- January 14-18, 2019
- 11:30 AM each day
- in the Redpath Museum
Soup and Science is held for one week at the start of each fall and winter term. Each day at lunch, undergraduate science students are invited to see and hear some of our coolest professors give short presentations about their research. Then as you mingle over lunch, you will be able to find out more about their research and how you can participate. Come and discover some of the opportunities that exist both within and outside your own departments.
Presenters
The preliminary list of presenters is as follows plus others may be added. Follow the links below to visit participating researchers' websites.
As well, one student per day will present his or her undergraduate research experience.
Monday, January 14, 2019
- Prof. Timothy Merlis (Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences)
Atmospheric and Climate Dynamics - Prof. Uri David Akavia (Biochemistry)
Using computers and CRISPR to understand metabolism in cancer - Prof. Alanna Watt (Biology)
Cellular changes that harm and cellular changes that heal in cerebellar dysfunction - Prof. Kartiek Agarwal (Physics)
Theoretical condensed matter, non-equilibrium quantum phenomena, and low-dimensional quantum systems
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
- Prof. Mélanie Guigueno (Biology)
Using field and laboratory approaches to examine natural behaviour in natural settings; links between behaviour, cognition, and the brain - Prof. Natalya Gomez (Earth & Planetary Sciences)
Ice sheets and sea level in a changing climate - Prof. Reza Sharif-Naeini (Physiology)
Molecular bases of pain sensation - Prof. Ziv Gan-Or (Neurology & Neurosurgery, Human Genetics)
Genetics of neurological disorders
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
- Prof. Maureen McKeague (Chemistry)
Genomic chemistry, green chemistry, chemotherapy, nucleic acid tools - Prof. Audrey Moores (Chemistry)
How to turn crustacean or insect shells into new plastics - Prof. Jérôme Vétois (Mathematics & Statistics)
Stability issues in partial differential equations. Nonlinear analysis on manifolds - Prof. Jonathan Spicer (Surgery)
Lung cancer, metastasis, neutrophil, inflammation, immunotherapy, clinical trials, thoracic surgery
Thursday, January 17, 2019
- Prof. William Hamilton (Computer Science)
Machine learning, network science, and natural language processing - Prof. Nicolas Cowan (Earth & Planetary Sciences; Physics)
Extrasolar planets, space telescopes, planetary climate - Prof. Adrian Liu (Physics)
Using radio telescopes to understand first-generation stars and galaxies - Prof. Chris Barrington-Leigh (School of Environment; Institute for Health and Social Policy; Department of Economics)
The future of human well-being
Friday, January 18, 2019
- Prof. Colin Crist (Human Genetics)
Molecular mechanisms regulating skeletal muscle development and regeneration - Prof. Caroline Palmer (Psychology)
Nonlinear dynamics of music-making and predicting temporal synchrony - Prof. Edward Ruthazer (Montreal Neurological Institute)
How neural activity and early experience influence brain development - Prof. Jean-François Trempe (Pharmacology & Therapeutics)
Structure and function of proteins implicated in Parkinson’s disease
Classroom announcements to download
PPT announcement slide, Soup and Science, January 2019
PDF announcement slide, Soup and Science, January 2019
Questions
Contact the Office for Undergraduate Research in Science.