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Together with the Office of Research, the WCMR presents a special panel discussion on:

Unearthing ancient environments with microbes.

The panel will feature WCMR speakers Alexis Dolphin (Anthropology), Kirsten Müller (Biology), and Andrew Doxey (Biology) as well as Peter Keech of the Nuclear Waste Management Organization.

Refreshments provided.

Please register at uwaterloo.ca/research/research-talks

 - Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Plants intimately associate with diverse bacteria. Plant-associated bacteria have ostensibly evolved genes that enable them to adapt to plant environments. However, the identities of such genes are mostly unknown, and their functions are poorly characterized.

On Friday August 17th, WCMR will be hosting a day of Synthetic Biology at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ featuring Stanley Cohen, a .

On June 13th at 1pm Professor Jo Handelsman will present a seminar "Microbiomes: From the White House to the Lab" before receiving her honorary doctorate at convocation at the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓƵ.

STC 0060, June 13, 1 pm

Speaker: Prof. Lindi Wahl, Department of Applied Mathematics, Western University

 is theChief Scientist and Head External R&D at GSK Vaccines, Siena, Italy.ÌýHe was awarded a 2017 Canada Gairdner International Award "For pioneering the genomic approach, known as reverse vaccinology, used to develop a vaccine against meningococcus B which has saved many lives worldwide."