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The Tox 990 seminar series has begun. This is the most current schedule at this time, please check back for updates. |
2009-2010 Seminar Schedule
Toxicology Program (990 Series)
Seminars will be held at 12:30 p.m., Mondays,
Rm. 2105, WCVM
E-mail abstracts to fiona.price@usask.ca
or call 966-7441 (Fiona Price) for further information
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DATE
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SPEAKER
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TOPIC
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| September 7 | Labour Day | University Closed |
| September 14 | Dr. Barry Blakley Toxicology Centre |
Introduction for new students |
| September 21 | Dr. Mark Berry Toxicology Centre |
Vertebrate trace amines: From drug abuse and schizophrenia, to thyroid hormones, to species specific olfaction and pheromones, and back again |
| September 28 | Dr. Lalita Bharadwaj College of Nursing |
Risk Assessment Approach to Brownfields Redevelopment: Saskatoon's River Landing Phase II Riverfront |
| October 5 | Dr. Gosia Korbas Dept of Geological Sciences |
Where does mercury go? Tracing the mercury whereabouts in zebrafish larvae using synchrotron X-ray fluorescence imaging |
| October 12 | Thanksgiving | University Closed |
| October 19 | Dr. Mark Hanson University of Manitoba |
Tales from the microcosms: Frightening yarns of mistakes and blunders |
| October 26 | Lisa Ramilo | Using a field-based Multi-trophic Artificial Stream Bioassay to assess the effects of complex mining mixtures |
| November 2 | James Phibbs | Evaluating dietary selenium uptake and speciation using in-situ feeding cages downstream of a uranium processing mill |
| November 9 | Melissa Driessnack | The use of mesocosms to assess uranium mill effluent exposure pathways to fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) |
| November 16 | Dr. Wei Xiao Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology |
An eukaryotic SOS response: from molecular mechanism to toxicity test |
| November 23 | SETAC | no presentation |
| November 30 | Dr. David J. Marcogliese Environment Canada, Montreal |
What can parasites tell us about pollution, food webs and biodiversity: a case study in the St. Lawrence River |
| January 4 | no presentation | - |
| January 11 | Tracy MacDonald | Uptake and Accumulation of Inorganic Mercury in Zebrafish |
| January 18 | Raymond Kwong | The mechanisms of dietary cadmium and lead absorptions, and their toxic implications in fish |
| January 25 | Jith Thomas | Consequences of Dietary and In Ovo Selenium Exposure to Zebrafish |
| February 1 | Dr. Denis C. Lehotay College of Medicine |
Methadone dosing in drug addicts: Can optimal dosing be predicted using scientific principles? |
| February 8 | no presentation | - |
| February 15 | Family Day | University Closed |
| February 22 | Bryn Shurmer Canadian Food Inspection Agency |
Melamine Cyanurate - A Toxic Fraud Uncovered |
| March 1 | Meghan Goertzen | Swim performance and bioenergetic effects of uranium milling effluent exposure in spottail shiner (Notropis hudsonius) |
| March 8 | Kyle James | Characterization of the composition of airborne particulate matter in Iqaluit, Nunavut |
| March 15 | Dr. Chris Somers University of Regina |
Environmental exposures and mutations in germ cells: lessons learned from sentinel animals |
| March 22 | Alison Squires | - |
| March 29 | Dr. Britt Hall University of Regina |
Are prairie environments important sources of neurotoxic methylmercury? |
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