Past Events

Dr. Christoph Benning, Professor and Director of MSU-DOE Plant Research Lab at Michigan State University, will present on Chloroplast Lipids as Stress Mitigators and Sensors. The event is free. All are welcome. Refreshments will be served. 

This event has been cancelled.

Fall 2024, we are Exploring - Future-Proofing Your Career: The Strategic Advantage of Transferable Skills Throughout the conference, we'll explore the importance of transferable skills and delve into diverse topics, including:

Join us for the annual HK5K. A 5km fun race run hosted by the Human Kinetics Student Association to raise money for a relevant charity. This year, the money raised will be donated to United Way. In order to register, please send an e-transfer of $15 to hksa@uoguelph.ca with your name. The first 20 participants will receive a protein shaker and all participants will be entered in a draw to win a door prize. 

Are you interested in a career in medicine? Want to know all the ins and outs of med school? Curious about what residency is like? Attend this session to hear from alumna, Sydney Brannen (BSc, Biomedical Science, UofG, 2019; MSc, Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, UofG, 2020; MB, BCh, BAO, Medicine, University College Cork, 2024) who has recently started her residency in pediatrics at Westchester Medical Centre in New York. Sydney's presentation will be followed by a question and answer period. This session will be moderated by Julia Leary, Career Advisor.

The Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences welcomes Dr. Nate Bartman, postdoctoral fellow in the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences at Brock University, who will present on Environmental Extremes, Performance and Health as part of the HHNS Seminar Series. All are welcome. No registration required.

Dr. David McCarthy, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Waterborne Pathogens: Surveillance, Prediction, and Mitigation, leads a multidisciplinary team of researchers from the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences (CEPS), the Ontario Agricultural College (OAC) and the Ontario Veterinary College (OVC).  The team aims to understand how pathogens from human and animal waste move through urban water cycles, how they interact with humans and how to reduce the health risks they pose. 

Dr. Tim Audas, associate professor in the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at Simon Fraser University, will present Functional Amyloids: A Non-Toxic Cellular Response to Stress. 

COESP Bee is back! The CBS Office of Educational Scholarship and Practice Biology Education Exchange (BEE) is offering timely topics throughout Fall 2024. No registration required. 

COESP invites you to attend an event for all Graduate Students in CBS!  Whether a new graduate student TAing for the first time, or an experienced TA looking for new inspiration, we look forward to welcoming you!  Join us as we examine the TA role, discuss how to be efficient and compassionate as a TA, and network with Graduate Student peers to learn their tips for TAing  We look forward to welcoming you, even if not able to attend the entire day. Do you have a new grad student in the lab? Please let them know about this opportunity!