The Master of Science (Environmental & Life Sciences) invites you to hear second-year students presenting talks based on ongoing research.

MELS Second Year Student Talks

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Brodie Building, Room 3-47

Zoom Link: https://brandonu-ca.zoom.us/j/94680806073

Meeting ID: 946 8080 6073           Passcode: MELS2023

Chemistry

1:30 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.

• Courtney Geer (Supervisor: Mike Charette)
• SAM Supplementation Partially Rescues a Yeast Model of the Bowen-Conradi Syndrome Ribosomopathy

Biology

1:50 p. m. – 2:10 p.m.

• Brady Nault (Supervisor: Mousumi Majumder)
• More than the mitochondria: Investigating ATP-synthase as a breast cancer biomarker

2:10 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

• Reid Opperman (Supervisor: Mousumi Majumder)
• The Roles of microRNAs in Breast Cancer Cellular Senescence

BREAK – 10 min | 2:30 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.

Biology

2:40 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

• Nidhi Patel (Supervisor: David Greenwood)
• Spore and pollen record of terrestrial vegetation’s response to end Cretaceous mass extinction

Geography and Environment

3:00 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.

• Carter Hildebrand (Supervisors: Pete Whittington & Scott Ketcheson)
• Bog islands in patterned fens: insights into allogenic and autogenic factors on bog formation

3:20 p.m. – 3:40 p.m.

• Michael Falufosi (Supervisor: Pete Whittington)
• Effects of the post-glacial hydrogeomorphic settings on peatlands distribution in south-eastern Manitoba, Canada

We hope to see you there!