Faculty of Science
Seminars: For the Week of February 2nd

Seminars: For the Week of February 2nd

Seminars This Week

FEBRUARY 2 - Marine Affairs Program Seminar: Land and Marine Spatial Planning in the Caribbean

Presented by Camilo Mateo Botero Saltarén, Visiting Researcher, Marine Affairs Program. This presentation will discuss recent efforts in Colombia and Cuba to use integrated planning to better manage the coastal zone, by connecting land use planning, coastal management and the management of marine use and space.

FEBRUARY 2 - Oceanography Seminar

A Video-Plankton and Microstructure Profiler for the Explration of In Situ Connections between Zooplankton and Turbulence. Presented by Dr. Tetjana Ross, Oceanography Department, Dalhousie University.

FEBRUARY 4 - Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Seminar

For Better or Worse: Beta-Glucosidase 2, Target of Beneficial Drugs but Mutated in Neurological Disease Presented by Dr. Aarnoud van der Spoel, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics and Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University.

FEBRUARY 5 - Economics Seminar

Selling dreams: Entrepreneur optimism and collateral use in financial contracting. Presented by Luc Bridet, Toulouse School of Economics.

FEBRUARY 5 - Joint Seminar from the Department of Physics & ATM Science and the Faculty of Computer Science

Nanosciences in the Convergence of Technologies: From Reductionism to the Use of Big Data. Presented by Professor Osvaldo N. Oliveira Jr., São Carlos Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo, Brazil.

FEBRUARY 5 - Biology Seminar

Symbiont-Mediated Social Immunity. Presented by: Rebeca Rosengaus, Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences, Department of Biology, Northeastern University, Boston.

Upcoming Seminars

FEBRUARY 9 - Marine Affairs Program Seminar

Ecosystem modelling for ecosystem-based management of aquaculture sites. Presented by Dr. Ramon Filgueira, candidate for an assistant professor position.

FEBRUARY 11 - Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Seminar

Structure-Guided Design of Synthetic Antibodies. Presented by Dr. Bryce Nelson, Director, Antibodies and Phage Display, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

FEBRUARY 12 - The Halifax Planetarium: "Love is in the stars"

"Love is in the stars" by Tony Schellinck. The first soap opera was not aired on radio or TV, but was displayed in the night sky. The Greeks and Romans created a drama of the gods, the main characters are visible each clear night and the show has had a run of over two thousand years!

Interested in adding a seminar to the Faculty of Science, Seminars e-newsletter? Contact Joanne Wells at joanne.wells@dal.ca.

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