Join us as Master of Science (Environmental & Life Sciences) second year students present their Student Progress reports. We would ask that you plan to arrive and depart prior to the start or end of each block of 2-3 presentations to minimize distractions. All presentations will be approximately 20 minutes in duration with a 10 minute period for questions and answers. Light refreshments will be available during the morning intermission.

9:30 a.m.

• Student name: Omoshalewa Victoria Omozuwa
• Supervisor name: Dr. B. Spence
• Talk title: Environmental Implication of Oil and Gas Development in South‐western Manitoba

10:00 a.m.

• Student name: Alexander Lowe
• Supervisor name: Dr. D. Greenwood
• Talk title: Early Eocene plant community ecology on a volcanic landscape: McAbee Fossil Beds, British Columbia

BREAK / INTERMISSION

11:00 a.m.

• Student name: Gustavo Diaz Cruz
• Supervisor name: Dr. B. Cassone
• Talk title: Comprehensive survey of foliar diseases in Manitoba soybean using NGS

11:30 a.m.

• Student name: Brandice Hollier
• Supervisor name: Dr. P. Whittington
• Talk title: Water Balance and Water Chemistry of the Octopus‐ South Lake System in Riding Mountain National Park

LUNCH BREAK

1:00 p.m.

• Student name: Jillian Perreaux
• Supervisor name: Dr. W. Untereiner
• Talk title: The mycota of soils associated with snake hibernacula

1:30 p.m.

• Student name: Vitaly Golubev
• Supervisor name: Dr. P. Whittington
• Talk title: Unsaturated hydraulic properties of moss

2:30 p.m.

• Student name: Alisha Poole
• Supervisor name: Dr. V. Chen
• Talk title: Characterization and Therapeutic Potential of the Glioma Secretome