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Arya Horon's MSc Defence

The Department of Integrative Biology wishes to announce the upcoming thesis defence of: Arya Horon - MSc Integrative Biology Wednesday, December 11th, 2024 at 1:00 PM (EST) virtually via the Microsoft Teams link below. Arya will present her thesis "Do Caribou Surf? An Empirical Test of the Green Wave Hypothesis for Woodland Caribou in Ontario, Canada". The examination committee includes: Chair - Dr. Nicholas Bernier Co-advisor - Dr. John Fryxell Co-advisor - Dr. Quinn Webber Departmental Examiner - Dr. Robert McLaughlin

Emma Mably's MSc Defence

The Department of Integrative Biology wishes to announce the upcoming thesis defence of: Emma Mably - MSc Integrative Biology Tuesday, December 10th, 2024 at 9:30 AM (EST) in-person in SSC 2315 and hybrid via the Teams link below. Emma will present her thesis, "Squirrels and the City: Exploring the development of the gut-brain axis via maternal effects in response to urbanization in wild eastern grey squirrels (Sciurus carolinensis)".

Maysa Niazy's PhD Bioinformatics Defence

The Bioinformatics Program wishes to announce the upcoming thesis defence of: Maysa Niazy - PhD Bioinformatics Monday, December 9th, 2024 at 11:00 AM (EST) in the Summerlee Science Complex room 2315, and hybrid via the Teams link below. Maysa will present her thesis, "Statistical Methods for High-Dimensional Complex Data with Application for Microbiome Studies".

Kendra Gardner's MSc Defence

The Department of Integrative Biology wishes to announce the upcoming thesis defence of: Kendra Gardner - MSc Integrative Biology Friday, December 6th, 2024 at 9:00 AM (EST) in SSC 2315 and hybrid via the Teams link below. Kendra will present her thesis "Assessing Lumpfish (Cyclopterus lumpus) Diets in Canadian Sea Cages Using Morphological and DNA Metabarcoding Analyses". 

Juni Rechter's MSc Defence

The Department of Integrative Biology wishes to announce the upcoming thesis defence of: Juni Rechter - MSc Integrative Biology Wednesday, December 4th, 2024 at 1:00 PM (EST) in SSC 1504 and hybrid via the Teams link below. Juni will present their thesis "Improving the domain generalisation of camera trap image classifiers using inserted animal cutouts". 

Teya Mathews' MSc Defence

The Department of Integrative Biology wishes to announce the upcoming thesis defence of: Teya Mathews - MSc Integrative Biology Wednesday, December 4th, 2024 at 9:30 AM (EST) in SSC 2315 and hybrid via the Microsoft Teams link below. Teya will present her thesis "The effect of intrinsic and extrinsic factors on ectoparasitism in big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus) maternity colonies."

Hayley Spina's PhD Defence

The Department of Integrative Biology wishes to announce the upcoming thesis defence of: Hayley Spina - PhD Integrative Biology Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024 at 9:30 AM (EST) via the Microsoft Teams link below. Hayley will present her thesis "Causes and Consequences of Double-Brooding in 
Savannah Sparrows (Passerculus Sandwichensis)". 

Laura Dutheil's MSc Defence

The Department of Integrative Biology wishes to announce the upcoming thesis defence of: Laura Dutheil - MSc Integrative Biology Thursday, November 28th, 2024 at 9:00 AM (EST) in SSC 1504 and hybrid via the Teams link below. Laura will present her thesis "Taxonomic resolution and the implementation of molecular methods for benthic invertebrate identifications in bioassessment". 

Christopher Bender's Qualifying Exam

Christopher Bender's PhD Qualifying Examination will be held on Tuesday, November 26th at 1:00pm(EST) in SSC 4440.  The examination committee includes: Chair - Dr. Brian Husband Advisor - Dr. Elizabeth Boulding Advisory Committee Examiner - Dr. Cortland Griswold Additional Examiner - Dr. Mehrdad Hajibabaei Additional Examiner - Dr. Neil Rooney Graduate Faculty are welcome to attend. 

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