Biology at Western offers research-intensive, thesis-based graduate training at the Masters' and Doctoral levels. We study life from a variety of perspectives including ecology and evolution, molecular and cellular biology, and physiology and biochemistry. We offer a stimulating and collegial training environment, world class facilities, guaranteed funding to students in good academic standing throughout their normal program duration, and high-profile research opportunities overseen by internationally-recognized faculty.
Theses Defenses
DOCTORAL LECTURES
Maja Milojevic (supervised by Kathleen Hill) will defend her thesis entitled: “Characterization of genomic copy number variation in Mus musculus associated with the germline of inbred and wild mouse populations, normal development, and cancer”
Thursday, April 18, 2019
12:30 p.m.
BGS Building, Room 0153.
ALL ARE WELCOME TO THIS PUBLIC LECTURE
Jing Tian (supervised by Brian Branfireun) will defend his thesis entitled: “Carbon Cycling in Northern Fen Peatlands – Implications for Climate-Driven Changes of Ecosystem Carbon Fluxes”
Tuesday, April 23, 2019
1:30 p.m.
BGS Building, Room 0153.
ALL ARE WELCOME TO THIS PUBLIC LECTURE
MSc OPEN DEFENCE
Kevin Young (supervised by Chris Guglielmo & Tim Regnault) will defend his thesis entitled: "Characteristics and Lipid Metabolism of Migratory Bird Skeletal Muscle Cells in vitro"
Thursday, April 18, 2019
3:00 p.m.
North Campus Building, Room 340.
ALL ARE WELCOME TO THIS PUBLIC LECTURE
