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Although more people then usual die during a heat wave, if there is a 1C temperature increase all year round this is offset by a decrease in winter mortality. Overall a 1C increase would lead to a reduction of about 7000 deaths a year in the UK.

 

What do you get from a pampered cow?
Spoiled milk.




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CMGSS Executive Committee Members:

Dave Kroeger - Chair
Department: Microbiology
Program: MSc.
Thesis: Unknown
E-mail: Drk206@mail.usask.ca

Nina Lane - Vice Chair
Department: Physiology
Program: MSc.
Thesis: Unknown
E-mail: Njs436@mail.usask.ca

 

Emma Turner - Treasurer
Department: Cell Biology & Anatomy
Program: PhD
Thesis: The Role of the Anaphase-Promoting Complex (APC) in
Chromatin Formation and Acetylation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
E-mail: elt394@mail.usask.ca



Erin Smith-Windsor - Secretary
Department: Biochemistry
Program: PhD
Thesis: Unknown
E-mail: Erin.smith-windsor@scf.sk.ca

 

Nicole Cox - Communications Officer and GSA Course Councilor
Department: Cell Biology & Anatomy
Program: MSc
Thesis: The Anti-Inflammatory Potential of Quercetin and OTC in Scar Tissue
E-mail: nickyjcox@sasktel.net

Departmental Representatives

 

Monique Haakensen
Department: Pathology
Program: PhD
Thesis: Unknown
E-mail: monique.haakensen@usask.ca

 

Kunal Baxi
Department: Microbiology and Immunology
Program: M.Sc.
Thesis: Creation and verification of an Ends-In Recombination Assay to
determine genetic requirements for recombination coupled replication restart in
E. coli
E-mail: kunal.baxi@usask.ca