March 26, 1999
Submit talks to Tamie Heisler-Schaefer by 9 a.m. one week prior to publication.
Fax (780)492-2997 or e-mail at public.affairs@ualberta.ca.
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
March 29, 10 amValerie Weaver, Research Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, "Cell Adhesion, the Microenvironment and Epigenetic Regulation of Gene Expression: Relevance for Breast Cancer Pathogenesis and Treatment Efficacy." Presented by Cell Biology. 5-10 Medical Sciences Building.
Biological Sciences
Department of Biological SciencesMarch 26, 3:45 pm (refreshments available at 3:15)
James Tumlinson, "Chemical Signaling in Tritrophic Plant-Insect Interactions." 3-27 Earth Sciences Building.
Ecology Seminar Series (part of the Biology 631 seminar series)
April 9, noon
Arturo Sanchez, "Countryside Biogeography: Monitoring Tropical Deforestation and Habitat Fragmentation at the National and Regional Level, A Case Study in Costa Rica." G-116 Biological Sciences Centre.
Entomology Seminar Series (part of the Entomology 602 seminar series)
March 25, 4 pm (coffee and cookies available at 3:45 pm)
Julie Dunlop, "Fire and Harvest Impacts on Host-Parasitoid Interactions in the Boreal Mixedwood Forest." TBW-1 Tory Breezeway.
April 1, 4 pm (coffee and cookies available at 3:45 pm)
Kamal Gandhi, "Beetles and Fire-skips in Mountain Forests in the Rockies: A Crash Course in Conservation." TBW-1 Tory Breezeway.
April 8, 4 pm (coffee and cookies available at 3:45 pm)
Enrique Montes de Oca, "Gradients, Landscapes and Indicators: Can They be Matched to Assess Diversity Regulation?" TBW-1 Tory Breezeway.
Molecular Biology and Genetics Research Group (part of the Genetics 605 series)
April 16, 3:30 pm
Ken Irvine, "Making Developmental Boundaries: Modulation of Notch Signaling by the Fringe Gene." G-116 Biological Sciences Centre
Physiology and Cell Developmental Biology Seminar Series (part of the Biology 642 series)
March 31, noon
Mark Sheridan, "Structure-Function Relationships of the Signaling System for the Somatostatin Peptide Hormone Family." G-116 Biological Sciences Centre.
April 7, noon
John Greer, "Development of Phrenic Motoneu-rons and Diaphragm Musculature During the Perinatal Period." G-116 Biological Sciences Centre.
Business
Accounting and Management Information SystemsMarch 26, 2 pm
Sally Widener, University of Colorado, "The Strategic Use of Human Capital and the Design of the Management Control System." Copies of the paper can be picked up from the Department of Accounting and Management Information System office, 3-20L Business Building. B-05 Business Building.
Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies
March 29, 3:30 pmAnatoliy Kruglashov, Department of History and Political Science, Chernivtsi State University and Visiting Ramsay Tompkins Professor, University of Alberta, "The Political Ethics of Mykhailo Drahomanov in Light of the Views of His Contemporaries." 352 Athabasca Hall.
Centre for Constitutional Studies
March 30, 7:30 pmAlan C Cairns, John T Saywell Visiting Professor, York University, "Searching for Multinational Canada: The Rhetoric of Confusion." RSVP: 492-5681. McLennan Ross Hall (231/237 Law Centre).
Chemical and Materials Engineering
March 29, 1 pmDaniel Y Kwok, Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, "Surface Characterization: Wetting, Ellipsometry and FT-IR Studies". 342 Chemical & Materials Engineering Building. Website: http://www.ualberta.ca/chemeng (NEWS & EVENTS)
April 1, 3:30 pm
Sachin Kansal, "Optimal Control of Product Quality for Batch Nylon 6,6 Autoclaves". 345 Chemical & Materials Engineering Building. Website: http://www.ualberta.ca/chemeng (NEWS & EVENTS).
April 8, 3:30 pm
Mei Chen, "Characteristics of the Vortex Structure in the Outlet of a Stairmand Cyclone: Regular Frequencies and Reverse Flow". 345 Chemical & Materials Engineering Building. Website: http://www.ualberta.ca/chemeng (NEWS & EVENTS).
April 8, 4 pm
Fuhe Yin, "Liquid Maldistribution and Its Effect on the Distillation Efficiency in Randomly Packed Columns". 345 Chemical & Materials Engineering Building. Website: http://www.ualberta.ca/chemeng (NEWS & EVENTS).
Chemistry
April 12, 11 am1999 Bio-Mga/Boehringer Ingelheim Lecture. Paul A Bartlett, Department of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley, "Using Organiz Synthesis to Answer Bioorganic Questions." V-107 Physics Wing.
Entomology
March 26, 3:30 pmThe Strickland Lecture-James Tumlinson, USDA, Gainesville, Florida, "Chemical Signaling in Tritrophic Plant-Insect Interactions." 3-27 Earth Sciences Building.
April 1, 4 pm
Kamal Gandhi, "Beetles and Fire-Skips of Montane Forests in the Rockies: A Crash-Course in Conservation." TBW-1 Tory Breezeway.
April 8, 4 pm
Enriquez Montes de Orca, "Gradients, Landscapes and Indicators: Can They Be Matched to Assess Diversity Regulation?" TBW-1 Tory Breezeway.
Environmental Research and Studies Centre
April 8, 7:30 pmA panel discussion focused on "Special Places 2000: Science, Economics and Politics." Timms Centre for the Arts.
Friends of the University of Alberta Museums
March 28, 2 pmCurator & Artist Talk. Please join Jim Corrigan, Curator of the University of Alberta Art and Artifact Collection, and Edmonton artist Robert Sinclair, for a tour and discussion of the exhibit "no quiet within: recent gifts to the University of Alberta Art and Artifact Collection." Co-sponsor: Museums and Collections Services. This program is open to the public and is free of charge. For further information or to RSVP (spaces are limited) please call 492-5834. McMullen Gallery, Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre.
History
April 8, 3:30 pmMarkus Reisenleitner, "Social Control and Cultural Hegemony in the Popular Theatre of Vienna, 1780-1848." 2-58 Tory Building.
Human Ecology
April 1, noonSusan Foster, "Labour Market Success of School Leavers: Does it Matter Why They Dropped Out?" 3-05 Human Ecology Building.
April 8, noon
Betty Crown, "Measuring Clothing Comfort and Protection: Two Contradictions in One." 3-05 Human Ecology Building.
Interdisciplinarity and Cultural Studies
March 31, noonHeather Young Leslie, "Inventing Culture." 4-29 Humanities Centre.
International Institute for Qualitative Methodology
March 26, 2:30 pmArthur Frank, University of Calgary, "The Narrative Turn: Knowledge for Whom, About What?" 2-117 Clinical Sciences Building.
Perinatal Clinical Research Seminar
April 6, noonKathleen Hegadoren, "Women, Stress and Depression." B762 Women's Centre, Royal Alexandra Hospital. Light lunch provided.
Philosophy
March 26, 3:30 pmRobert Batterman, Department of Philosophy, Ohio State University, "Multiple Realizability and Universality." 4-29 Humanities Centre.
March 29, 3 pm
John Woods, Department of Philosophy, University of Lethbridge, "Unnecessary Vexation About Quantum Logic." L-2 Humanities Centre.
Ludwig Nagel, Institüt ifur Philosophie der Universitat Wien, "The Insistence on Futurity: Pragmatism's Temporal Structure" Co-sponsor: Canadian Centre for Austrian and Central European Studies. L-2 Humanities Centre
Herta Nagl-Docekal, Institut fr Philosophie der Universi Wien, "Philosophy of History as a Theory of Gender Difference." Co-sponsor: Canadian Centre for Austrian and Central European Studies. L-2 Humanities Centre
April 9, 11 am
ManWoman, artist, "Mysticism and Art." 2-12 Humanities Centre.
April 9, 3:30 pm
Stephen Menn, Department of Philosophy, McGill University, "Aristotle and the Sophists." 4-29 Humanities Centre.
Physical Education and Recreation
March 28, 7 pmKenneth Fox, Bristol University, "Influence of Physical Activity on Mental Health." Sponsors: Graduate Students' Association and the Centre for Well-Being. E-121 Van Vlient Centre.
Physiology
March 26, 3:30 pmDa-Neng Wang, Skirball Institute of Biomolec-ular Medicine, New York University Medical Center, "Over-Expression, Purification and Crystallization of Membrance Transporters." 207 Heritage Medical Research Centre.
Political Science
March 29, 3 pmAlan Cairns, Adjunct Professor, University of Waterloo and John T Saywell Visiting Professorship, Faculty of Arts, York University, "The Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples: Wise Policy or Flawed Vision?" 10-4 Tory Building.
Psychoquium Lecture Series
March 26, 3:30 pmBarrie J Frost, Departments of Psychology, Biology, and Physiology, Queen's University, "The Neuroethology of Motion Perception: How Motion is Used for Detecting Objects, Recognizing Conspecifics, and Finding One's Way". Sponsor: GSA. Website: http://web.psych.ualberta.ca. Everyone welcome. CW-410 Biological Sciences Centre.
Renewable Resources
April 1, 12:30 pmBrian Free, Senior Policy Analyst, Alberta Environment Protection, "Conservation Easements: A New Tool for Conservation." 2-36 Earth Sciences Building.
April 8, 12:30 pm
R Kelman Wieder, Visiting Scientist, "Carbon Balance in Boreal Peat-What Does the Future Hold?" 2-36 Earth Sciences Building.
Sigma Xi Society
March 31, 6 pm (drinks), 6:30 pm (dinner)Annual General Meeting. After dinner speaker, D Lorne Tyrrell, "Hepatitis B: Development of Anti-viral Therapy: A Partnership Between University and Industry." Papaschase Room, Faculty Club.
