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DEPARTMENT OF

BIOLOGY

ANNUAL REPORT

2008/09

MCGILL UNIVERSITY

Department of Biology, 2008/09 Annual Report

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ANNUAL REPORT

DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY MCGILL UNIVERSITY

JUNE 1, 2008- MAY 31, 2009

PAUL F. LASKO CHAIR

(Submitted September 11, 2009)


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................. 6

A. REVIEW OF PROGRESS AND PLANS

A.1. OBJECTIVES AND THEIR ATTAINMENT .....................................7

A.2. HIGHLIGHTS.. ............................................................................ ….….8

A.3. UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE TEACHING..................….8

A.4. RESEARCH ............................................................................................ 8

A.5. COLLABORATION WITHIN McGILL ................................................ 9

A.6. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT ....................................................... 10

A.7 PHYTOTRON SUMMARY 2008/09.................................................. 11

A.8 DEPARTMENTAL SAFETY COMMITTEE………………………..13

B. REQUIRED INFORMATION

B.1. LIST OF STAFF ................................................................................... 15

B.1.a. FULL-TIME ACADEMIC STAFF

AND THEIR RESEARCH INTERESTS ............................................. 15

B.1.b. ASSOCIATE MEMBERS, ADJUNCT PROFESSORS

AND THEIR RESEARCH INTERESTS ............................................. 21

B.1.c. FULL TIME ADMINISTRATIVE AND CLERICAL STAFF ............ 25

B.1.d. TECHNICAL STAFF ........................................................................... 25

B.1.e. FULL-TIME RESEARCH ASSISTANTS ........................................... 26

B.2. COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS 2008/09……………………………27

B.3. POST-DOCTORAL SCHOLARS ........................................................ 29

B.4. PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATES, RESEARCH ASSOCIATES ........ 30

B.5. HONOURS, AWARDS AND POSITIONS IN LEARNED

AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES ................................................... 31

B.6. CONSULTING BY FULL-TIME ACADEMIC STAFF ..................... 36


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C. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

TABLE 1 - COURSES TAUGHT IN 2008/09 ............................................. 38

TABLE 2 - ENROLLMENT IN THREE-CREDIT COURSES IN

2004/05 - 2008/09 ....................................................................... 40

TABLE 3 - UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ENROLLMENT IN

BIOLOGY PROGRAMS 2004/05 - 2008/09 ............................ 40

TABLE 4 - UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE WEIGHTED

STUDENT UNITS (WSU) IN RELATION TO NUMBER

OF FULL TIME FACULTY MEMBERS. . ............................. 41

TABLE 5 - TOTAL NUMBER OF BIOLOGY B.Sc. DEGREES

AWARDED IN EACH ACADEMIC YEAR AND THE

PERCENTAGE OF BIOLOGY AND FACULTY OF SCIENCE

UNDERGRADUATES AWARDED HONOURS AT JUNE

CONVOCATION..........………………………………………. 42

TABLE 6 - UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT AWARDS 2008/09 ............ 43

TABLE 7 - APPLICATIONS FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS

2004/05-2008/09 ........................................................................ 44

TABLE 8 - CITIZENSHIP OF GRADUATE APPLICANTS

2006/07 – 2008/09 ..................................................................... 45

TABLE 9 - GRADUATE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN

BIOLOGY 2003/04 – 2008/09 .................................................. 46

TABLE 10 - GRADUATE STUDENT ENROLLMENT BY AREA

OF SPECIALIZATION FOR 2008/09 ...................................... 47

TABLE 11 - AWARDS TO GRADUATE STUDENTS

(RECEIVED IN 2008/09) .......................................................... 48

TABLE 12 - SUMMARY OF GRADUATE STUDENT AWARDS ............ 53

TABLE 13 - SUMMARY OF GRADUATE STUDENT FUNDING ............ 55

TABLE 14 - TOTAL INCOMES OF GRADUATE STUDENTS

ENROLLED IN BIOLOGY 2004/05– 2008/09 ........................ 56

TABLE 15 - LIST OF POST-GRADUATE STUDENTS

RECEIVING DEGREES ........................................................... 57

TABLE 16 - DEGREES GRANTED TO GRADUATE STUDENTS

IN BIOLOGY 2004/05-2008/09 ................................................ 61

TABLE 17 - CURRENT POSTIONS OF RECENT GRADUATES ............. 62


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TABLE 18 - POSITIONS OF STUDENTS AFTER GRADUATION

2004-2009 .................................................................................. 65

TABLE 19 - NUMBER OF RESEARCH ASSOCIATES AND

POST-DOCTORAL SCHOLARS 2004/05-2008/09 ................ 66

TABLE 20 - RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS PER

PROFESSOR - 2008/09 ............................................................. 67

TABLE 21 - RESEARCH GRANTS AND CONTRACTS 2008/09 ............. 75

TABLE 22 - TOTAL VALUE OF RESEARCH GRANTS RECEIVED BY

THE BIOLOGY DEPARTMENT STAFF DURING THE

PAST FIVE YEARS .................................................................. 76

TABLE 23 - CONSULTATION TABLE 2008/09 ......................................... 77

D. RELATED DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED SEPARATELY

D.1. THESIS TITLES OF CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS ............ 78

D.2. INVITED SEMINAR SPEAKERS 2008/09………………………….87

D.3. PUBLICATIONS IN REFEREED JOURNALS, BOOKS AND

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS IN 2008 .......................................... 96

D.3.1. PUBLICATIONS BY FULL-TIME ACADEMIC STAFF .................. 96

D.3.2. AFFILIATION OF CO-AUTHORS ................................................... 105

D.3.3. REFEREED PUBLICATIONS IN 2008 BY STUDENTS AND

POST-DOCTORAL SCHOLARS SUPERVISED BY FACULTY

MEMBERS WHO WERE NOT CO-AUTHORS .............................. 112

D.4. INVITED LECTURES, PAPERS PRESENTED AT MEETINGS

AND CONFERENCES IN 2008 ........................................................ 113


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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I thank Maria Colonna, Anne Comeau, Anna McNicoll, Mark Romer, Luisa Sabaz, Susan Bocti, Ancil

Gittens, Susan Gabe, and Zabrina Kadkhodayan for their dedicated assistance in compiling and

organizing the information contained in this report.

Paul F. Lasko James McGill Professor Chair, Department of Biology


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A. Review of Progress and Plans

http://biology.mcgill.ca/highlights_2008.html Unit description & highlights

A.1. Objectives and their Attainment The Department of Biology takes responsibility for undergraduate teaching, graduate teaching and research in the life sciences. It is concerned with the fundamental processes common to all living organisms - reproduction, development and evolution - and how these processes influence and are influenced by the physical environment and by other organisms. Unlike life science departments in the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences whose mandate is ultimately applied, members of the Biology Department discover and teach the fundamental principles of the field. Nevertheless, many researchers are involved in practical applications as well. Research and advanced teaching in the Department revolves around several areas, notably, conservation biology, aquatic science, evolutionary ecology, neuroethology, plant biology, molecular evolution, cell biology, developmental genetics, and genomics. Since its foundation, the Department has considered as its mandate to undertake fundamental research of the highest standard, to train graduate students who will continue that tradition of research, and to teach undergraduates to understand the discoveries of modern biology, to appreciate their excitement and the intellectual processes by which those discoveries are made, and to be quantitatively sophisticated and effective communicators in speaking and writing. Our advantages in this pursuit are many. The reputation of McGill and this Department continues to attract, from Quebec and around the world, undergraduate and graduate students that are among the best. We have excellent, committed and productive faculty, many of whom are international leaders in their fields. We also have highly qualified and dedicated administrative and support staff. Teaching loads remain reasonable enough that we can revise our lectures to keep up with our fast moving disciplines and we can engage students in the process of research, especially through smaller upper level lab courses, field courses, seminars, and individual directed research projects. The Department continued to build its network of research collaborations and to attract major funding for its initiatives. Prof. Gonzalez now leads a multi-institutional team that attracted funding ($300,000/yr) from the “régroupement strategique” program of FQRNT for a new Centre of Biodiversity Science. This unprecendented collaboration brings together 64 researchers from seven Québec universities (McGill, Concordia, Laval, Sherbrooke, UQAM, UQAR, Bishop’s) and one from the Canadian Forestry Service, who will address common research questions fundamental to biodiversity. Funds from this grant will mostly be used to augment our graduate program and provide needed administrative support to the research team. The DBRI has taken occupancy of its new space on the second floor of the Bellini Life Sciences Research Building, with six research groups fully settled there. Two recruitment offers (to Rafael Carazo-Salas and Isaac Edery) remain pending. Prof. Lasko spearheaded an application to the CFI Leading Edge Fund in partnership with the McGill Cancer Centre, the Montreal Neurological Institute, and the Institut de la recherche clinique de Montréal (IRCM). This application was successful, and will provide $10.7M for additional cutting-edge imaging, computing, and molecular biology infrastructure for developmental biologists at these four institutions. Biology will deepen its interactions with these institutions through a joint PhD program in Developmental Biology that it will host, and it has appointed several new adjunct and associate members from IRCM, MNI, and MCC to bring this about. While the recruitment packages we can provide are far superior to those of 10 years ago, competition is difficult, especially against research institutes in the US and Europe that can provide substantial ongoing operating funding to their scientists. A peer institution in the US (Baylor College of Medicine) routinely offers start-up packages of $7M in unrestricted funds to mid-career scientists they are attempting to


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recruit. European institutions have also become much more aggressive in their recruiting, and we have lost candidates in recent DBRI searches to ETH Zurich and a new research institute in Barcelona as well as to Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. Also, the increased centralization of the hiring process to the Provost’s office has made us much less timely in our responses when negotiating with candidates. Thanks to our success with CFI we are now highly competitive on a worldwide scale in terms of large-scale scientific infrastructure. However, unless compensation and research support policies are derived that are in consonance with the reality elsewhere, and unless we can aggressively sell them in real time, the risk of unsuccessful job searches is substantial.

A.2. Highlights Many awards were received this year by members of the Biology Department. Prof. Bell was elected President of the Canadian Academy of Science. Prof. Chase was named Professor Emeritus. Prof. Gonzalez was successful in renewing his Canada Research Chair award for another five years. Prof. Hendry won the E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship, Canada’s most prestigious award for junior scientists.

A.3. Undergraduate and Graduate Teaching (Tables 1 - 18) Registrations in 3-credit courses (Table 2) fell by 1.0% from 2007/08 record high, and is now at 6,524. The number of students enrolled in Biology Programs (Table 3) increased by 5.1% over 2006/07, and is now at 430, the highest number in at least the past 5 years. The number of Biology B. Sc. Degrees awarded fell to 68 as opposed to 82 in 2006/07; 7 BA&Sc degrees were also awarded. The number of graduate students eased slightly to 144 from last year’s record high of 151 (Table 9). Consistent with University priorities, we have increased our number of PhD students to a record high of 86, while the number of MSc students dropped from 72 to 58. PhD students now comprise almost 60% (86/144) of our graduate students, while as recently as 2002/03 MSc students were in the majority. The proportion of graduate students who hold competitive fellowship awards in the amount of $5,000 or more rose to 51% (from 46% in 2007/08) (34% for MSc students and 62% for PhD students). A total of $889,058 was awarded to our graduate students from external sources (down 8.8% from 2007/08), out of a total of $1,239.788 in graduate awards (up 2.6% from 2007/08). Most accepted graduate students in 2008/09 are citizens of Canada (42/52); non-Canadian students were accepted from the USA (2), China (2), the Middle East (1), Mexico (3), and elsewhere in Asia (2). In comparison to the late 1980s, there continues to be far fewer overtime graduate students enrolled in the Department, particularly at the M. Sc. level. However, prompt completion of degrees remains a concern. In 2008/09, 15 of 58 M. Sc. students (26%) were registered in M. Sc. 3 and beyond (Table 10), and 30 of 86 Ph. D. students (35%) were registered in Ph.D. 5 and beyond.

A.4. Research (see B.4, B.5, Tables 19 - 22) The Biology Department had an outstanding year in research, reflecting its ability to recruit and retain internationally top-rate professors. Publication number in 2008 reached a record high of 120, as compared with 110 in 2007, and 60 as recently as 2003. When measured by impact, the Department’s publications remained extremely impressive. Profs. Hendry, Lasko, and Moon co-authored articles in Nature in 2008, and Profs. Bussey and Vogel co-authored a paper in Science. In addition, Department members were


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authors in 2008 on seven other research articles in journals with Science Citation Index impact factors greater than 10: Developmental Cell (Zetka), Current Biology (Loreau), Journal of Cell Biology (Lasko); Plant Cell (Bureau, Western); and PNAS (Abouheif, Schoen). Many other articles were in other top-ranked journals such as Development, Ecology, PLoS Genetics, and American Naturalist. The total value of grants from the major funding agencies (NSERC, FQRNT, and CIHR) to the Department increased to $4.07M versus $3.99M in 2007/08 (Table 22). Contract income remained at zero. Total research support fell to $6.84M from $7.18M in 2007/08 reflecting the loss of the contract income and a reduction of CFI funding consequent to a slower pace of hiring. On average, each faculty member held $179,903 in grant and contract support.

A.5. Collaboration within McGill Department members continue to contribute in a major way to the University as a whole. Professor Bell was the Acting Director of the Redpath Museum from July-December 2008. He also served on the Honorary Degrees and Convocations Committee, the Research Misconduct Committee, and the Advisory Committee for the selection of the Dean of Law. Professor Brown was a member of the Tomlinson Fellowships Selection Committee for the Faculty of Science and was the Faculty of Science representative to the Academic Policies Committee. Professor Chapman is a member of the Macdonald Campus Animal Care Committee and is a major contributor to developing the Canadian Field Studies in Africa program. She served on a search committee for the Department of Natural Resource Sciences and carried out several alumni activities for the Faculty of Science. Professor Dhindsa was a pro-Dean for one PhD thesis defense, served on a statutory selection committee for promotion to full professor, and was a member of the committee that ranked fellowship applications in the life sciences. Professor Fagotto chaired a new Green Committee that has been established in the Department. He also serves on the University Animal Care Committee and on the McGill Cancer Centre Committee for Canderel studentship and fellowship awards. Professor Fussmann was the Department’s representative on the Faculty of Science Scholarships Committee. Professor Gonzalez is on the Advisory Committee for the Gault Nature Reserve. Professor Gregory-Eaves is a member of the Faculty of Science’s NSERC ecology and environment scholarship ranking committee. Professor Hekimi serves on the Dean’s Advisory Board on Innovation and Entrepreneurship and on the University Tenure Committee for the Faculty of Medicine. Professor Hendry is the Director of the NEO Graduate Option. Professor Krahe was the Department’s representative on the Faculty of Science Academic Committee, and on the interdepartmental Neuroscience Major Program Committee. He also was a pro-Dean on one PhD defense, and has been very active in public outreach events. Professor Kramer is a member of the University Committee on Student Discipline and a member of one tenure committee and one statutory selection committee. He also served as pro-Dean for a thesis defense. Professor Lasko was elected to the University Senate and is on the Steering Committee for the Life Sciences Research Complex. Professor Lechowicz chairs the Dean’s Advisory Committee on Field Stations and Field Semesters. He is a member of the Faculty of Science Leo Yaffe and Principal’s Prize Committees, and on the Senate Committee on Physical Development. Professor Lefebvre is the Director of the Minor Program in Science for the Faculty of Arts. A mmber of the Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Standing Fellowships Committee, and a member of the B.A.Sc. Program committee. Professor Leung is a member of the Faculty of Science Scholarship Committee. Professor Loreau was a pro-Dean on one PhD thesis defense, and has been instrumental in building a partnership between McGill and the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Prof. Nilson a member of the University Lab Safety Committee and was a pro-Dean on one PhD defense. Professor Pollack was Building Director and a member of the Neuroscience Major Steering Committee. Professor Potvin was the coordinator of the Panama Field Study Semester. Professor Price was a pro-Dean on one PhD defense. Professor Roy chaired the Faculty of Science


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Committee on Student Standing. Prof. Schoeck served twice as a pro-Dean and also served as a judge for the 6th Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Symposium. Prof. Western served once as pro-Dean. Prof. Zheng was the host of 15 high school students in the ‘Let’s Talk Science’ program.

A.6. Community Involvement (See B.5, B.6, Table 23) Department members continued their extensive consulting efforts this year, providing over 184 days of consulting, most of it unpaid, to a wide range of granting agencies, companies, journals and scientific societies. This is an underestimate because many faculty members do not include peer review of grant proposals and manuscripts in their estimation of consulting time. Professor Bell is the President of the Canadian Academy of Science (RSC). Prof. Chapman does extensive work with Makerere University in Uganda, and initiated the Kibale Health Center in that country. Prof. Chase is a member of the CIHR Japan-Canada Joint Health Research Program standing committee. Prof. Fussmann was a session organizer at the American Society for Limnology and Oceanography Conference held in Nice, France. Prof. Gonzalez is the Director of the FQRNT-funded Centre for Biodiversity Science. Prof. Gregory-Eaves is Vice-President and President-Elect of the Canadian Quaternary Association. Prof. Hekimi is a member of the editorial board of four scientific journals (Mechanisms of Aging and Development, Aging Research Reviews, Molecular Genetics and Genomics, and Developmental Dynamics). Prof. Hendry is a member of the scientific committee of the international DIVERSITAS core project “bioGENESIS” and a council member of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution. Prof. Lasko is Chair of the Council of Scientists of HFSPO, President of the Genetics Society of Canada, and a member of three editorial boards (HFSP Journal, Fly, and Journal of Cellular Communication and Signaling). He also co-chaired the Model Organisms grant review panel for the National Cancer Institute of Canada (NCIC) and is a member of the Faculty of 1000. Prof. Lechowicz is a member of the editorial board of five scientific journals (American Naturalist, Ecology and Ecological Monographs, BMC Ecology, Plant Species Biology, and Eurasian Journal of Forest Research). Prof Lefebvre was a member of the jury for the National Magazine Awards in the Science, Technology and Environment category. Prof. Loreau is a member of the editorial board of two scientific journals (Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, and PLoS Biology), the head of the Community Ecology and Biodiversity section of the Faculty of 1000, and associate editor of The Princeton Guide to Ecology. He is a member of many other scientific committees in the area of biodiversity research. Prof. Nilson served as a member of the CIHR Developmental Biology panel. Prof. Pollack is a member of NSERC GSC 1011. Prof. Potvin is the national delegate for Panama to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Prof. Price serves on the editorial board of the European Journal of Phycology. Prof. Roy serves on the CIHR Developmental Biology panel. Prof. Schoen is an associate editor of Evolution. Prof. Vogel was co-director of the Yeast Genetics and Genomics course at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories, a member of the CIHR Cell Physiology panel, and Scientific Officer for the NCIC Model Systems review panel. Prof. Western served on NSERC GSC 03. Prof. Zetka was the Scientific Officer on the CIHR Genomics panel. Prof. Zheng was a member of the local organizing committee for the 19th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research and for the 2010 Plant Biology meeting. Members of the Department are active in judging science fairs and in hosting students for a program called McGill Explorations designed to introduce science to gifted secondary school students. Our Undergraduate Advisor acts as Liaison to the CEGEPs.


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A.8. Phytotron Summary 2008/2009 [1] Highlights:

The McGill University Phytotron, a research centre for plant and organismal studies in controlled environments, continues to be heavily utilized by a diverse group of biologists. Over the past year, 50 projects were conducted by 155 researchers, students and assistants. Facility utilization averaged 96% of capacity for the Growth Chamber Zone and 95% of capacity for the Greenhouse. (see statistics below). Our user base continues to diversify as a wide range of aquatic and terrestrial organisms were accommodated in addition to the plant researchers which form our primary user base. Phytotron Project Summary

Biology Department ............. Research ................................................................ 41 Courses (BIO 111, 112, 206) .................................. 4 Other McGill Departments ..................................................................................... 3 External Universities ............................................................................................... 2 Government/Industry .............................................................................................. 0

Total number of Projects ..................................................................................... 50

Professors – Biology Department ......................................................................... 19 Professors – External Departments & Universities, Gov. & Industry .................... 2 Professors – Visiting Scientists ............................................................................... 1 Post Doctoral Fellows ........................................................................................... 19 Ph.D. Students ...................................................................................................... 28 MSc Students ........................................................................................................ 17 Honours & Independent Studies ........................................................................... 13 Technical Staff & Research Assistants ................................................................. 56

Total number of Users ...................................................................................... 155

Growth Chamber Utilization # Units % Use Model E7, E72, EF7, ATC10 @ 7 ft2 ( 15 units ) ...................... 95% Model E15 @ 15 ft2 ............................ ( 4 units ) .................... 100% Model TC30 @ 36 ft2 .......................... ( 2 units ) ................... 100% Model PGW36 STD @ 36 ft2 ............. ( 5 units ) .................... 100% Model PGW36 M10 @ 36 ft2 ........... ( 11 units ) ...................... 92%

Average use .......................................................................................................96%

Research Greenhouse Utilization # Units % Use Compartments @ 175 ft2 .................... ( 10 units) ............................................95%


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PHYTOTRON SUMMARY (cont’d) This past year we succeeded in upgrading two major mechanical components essential for maintaining the controlled environmental conditions required within the facility. During the summer, the greenhouse heating system was upgraded to assure a more accurate control

of flow temperature at the steam valve in the Stewart basement. In September, University services replaced our rooftop air conditioning unit and installed a new

Regulvar control system which supervises the 3 stage heating and cooling process for the 4th floor. The Phytotron staff continued their involvement with two controlled environment groups (AERGC Association of Education and Research Greenhouse Curators & USDA-NCERA-101 Committee on Controlled Environment Technology and Use) and they participated in annual meetings in Park City, Utah and Lubbock, Texas.

[2] Challenges and Objectives: Since our facility is now 22 years old, one of our primary challenges is the monitoring, evaluation and renewal of the Phytotron infrastructure. A number of items are being addressed at this time.

Phytotron Equipment Issues: Greenhouse control system: The DGT computers which control the greenhouse zones are of 1988

vintage and are in need of replacement. We have secured the necessary quotes from ARGUS controls ($200,000) and have prepared a proposal which was included in the Call 6 – PaPAAS CFI effort led by Graham Bell. This item continues to be our highest priority.

Growth chamber controllers: Approximately 60% of our growth chambers are operating using the Conviron cmp3000 microprocessor developed in the late 1970’s. The availability of spare parts for these systems is diminishing. We have secured a reasonable supply of essential spare parts and are presently investigating the cost of upgrading to newer controllers. As part of this process, we have begun beta testing a new generation of PID controller developed by Conviron (cmp6000) and we will soon be retrofitting one of our chambers with this new technology.

University Equipment Issues: Plans are underway to install a sprinkler system at the 4th and 5th floor levels. Growth Chamber cooling pipelines: The existing metal pipeline used for circulating cooling water

between the cooling tower and individual growth chambers is deteriorated and will eventually need to be replaced. In 2006, we obtained an estimate for the installation of a new PVC line from Facilities Management ($100,000).


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A.8. Departmental Safety Committee Members of the Biology Safety Committee -Prof. Laura Nilson (Chair) -Ms. Maria Colonna (Administrative Officer) -Ms. Anna McNicoll (Safety Officer/Deputy Building Director) -M. Corey Chivers (Student Representative) Achievements for this year 1. Laboratories Self-inspections The Department Safety Officer inspected the teaching and research laboratories in Biology during the summer of 2008 and sent a report to each principal investigator who was asked to correct problems that were encountered. Wayne Wood, Manager of the Environmental Health and Safety Office, Gerald Pollack, Building Director, Paul Lasko, Chair, and all the Committee members received a copy of the summary report. 2. Safety Training During the past year, the Department Safety Officer organized and gave three Biology Department Safety Sessions for the newcomers in our department; these sessions do not include WHMIS: a total of 76 people attended. These sessions were given on the following dates: -October 15, 2008 -Speaker: Anna McNicoll -6 participants (2 graduates, 3 undergraduates, 1 principal investigator) -February 04, 2009 -Speaker: Anna McNicoll -36 participants (16 graduates, 14 undergraduates, 2 post-doctoral fellows, 2 research assistants, 1 teaching assistant and 1 principal investigator) -May 13, 2009 -Speaker: Anna McNicoll -34 participants (4 graduates, 26 undergraduates, 2 research assistant, 1 lab assistant and 1 volunteer) 3. Department Safety Committee Meetings The Biology Department Safety Committee met twice during the past year, on the following dates: -November 19, 2008 -April 13, 2009 The minutes of the Committee meetings are available through our Department Safety Officer. At these meetings, the Committee reviewed the latest incident/accident reports; discussed about the most recent EHS lab inspections report and the latest Biology Safety Training Sessions. The Committee also discussed about our past achievements and future objectives and evaluated concerns/enquiries from our department members.


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DEPARTMENTAL SAFETY COMMITTEE (cont’d) 4. The Biology Safety Committee amended the previously implemented Biology training sign-off sheet that newcomers to the Department sign regarding their safety training. In the old version of the sign-off form, new employees had to sign a statement that they would attend the next available safety session. However, the Committee recognized the fact that, depending on the start date, the next safety session might be weeks or months away. Our previous protocol was to direct the newcomers to the safety information on the Biology web site, so that they will have some formal safety information in the meantime. The new version of the form is amended so that this latter part is now in writing. The newcomers must sign a statement that they will attend the next safety session AND, if one is not imminent, they will read the safety information on the web site. 5. The Biology Safety Committee participated with great enthusiasm to an assessment study of autoclaves that was initiated by Environmental Health and Safety Office. With the collaboration of several users, the Committee tested autoclaves in our department to check their functionality. The results of the study indicated that longer sterilization times are required to achieve complete sterilization of typical biological waste loads. The Committee will write a memo to inform the potential users and will recommend safer procedures in replacement of previous conditions. 6. The Biology Safety Committee arranged to have an ongoing ventilation problem resolved Renovations took place a few years ago in the surrounding areas of room W4/15; the works appeared to have affected the ventilation system in that room which became a dead office space due to the unpleasant and potentially unhealthy work environment. Anna McNicoll, our Department Safety Officer and Deputy Building Director, brought up these concerns to our Administrative Officer, Maria Colonna, when time came to assign that office space permanently to one of our staff members. Steps were therefore initiated to resolve the problem that was slightly more complex than it had originally appeared; Facilities had external contractors install mixing boxes for that area. The ventilation system in W4/15 is currently operational and the space is now occupied by one of our administrative staff members 7. Others In addition to the usual email communication system, safety related information got transmitted to the Biology department members via the department safety officer who wrote safety lines every week in the Biology Weekly, who revised the information on the “Department Health and Safety” web page and who updated safety training information on the safety bulletin board.


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B. Required Information

B.1. LIST OF STAFF B.1.a. Full Time Academic Staff and their Research Interests PROFESSORS EMERITUS

Bussey, Howard, BSc PhD Bristol Yeast genomics. Molecular biology of protein secretion and cell surface assembly in yeast. Chase, Ronald, AB Stanford, PhD MIT Neurobiology, behaviour and reproduction studied in hermaphroditic snails. Neural mechanisms that govern sexual motivation and the movement of gametes. Strategies associated with use of the 'love' dart, and mechanisms responsible for its consequences. Carroll, Robert L., BSc Michigan State, MA PhD Harvard Vertebrate palaeontology. Origin and early evolution of reptiles and amphibians; anatomy and natural history of Paleozoic tetrapods. Long-term evolutionary processes. Kalff, Jacob, MSA Toronto, PhD Indiana Limnology; nutrient and toxin dynamics, macrophyte, microbial, and sediment ecology; predictive limnology; littoral zone-open water, land-water interactions. Lewis, John B., BSc MSc PhD McGill Ecology of corals and coral reefs. Mukherjee, Barid B., BSc MSc Calcutta, MS Brigham Young, PhD Utah Molecular biology of osteopontin, an extracellular matrix cell adhesion protein. Its roles in bone development and oncogenic cell transformation. PROFESSORS Bell, Graham A.C., BA Phil Oxford Experimental studies of adaptation using yeast, Chlamydomonas and bacteria as model systems. The rate and effect of mutations and the dynamics of selection. Genetic variation and species diversity in environments that vary in space and time, and the evolution of specialists and generalists. Field experiments using genetically well known model organisms. Brown, Gregory G., BSc Notre Dame, PhD City University of New York Organization and expression of plant mitochondrial DNA; cytoplasmic male sterility in plants.


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PROFESSORS (cont’d) Chapman, Lauren J., BSc University of Alberta, PhD McGill University Aquatic ecology and conservation, evolutionary and ecological consequences of respiratory strategies in fishes, ecophysiology, ecomorphology, adaptive divergence, tropical inland waters, Africa. Recent work focuses on divergent selection across oxygen gradients in fishes, the interaction of hypoxia with other environmental stressors (e.g., introduced species). and value of tropical wetlands in the maintenance of fish faunal structure and diversity. Dhindsa, Rajinder S., BSc MSc Punjab, PhD Washington Molecular stress biology of plants. Low temperature signal transduction, protein phosphorylation, calcium channels, cold-regulated gene expression and freezing tolerance. Hekimi, Siegfried, BA PhD Geneva, Switzerland Molecular genetics of aging. To understand the mechanisms that govern the life span of animals, we use the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans as well as mice and human cells in culture to identify and characterize genes that affect physiological rates, including the rate of aging. Kramer, Donald L., BSc Boston, PhD UBC Behavioural ecology in general, including spatial distribution and habitat selection of fishes, foraging and anti-predator behaviour of chipmunks, conservation applications of behavioural ecology. Lasko, Paul, AB Harvard, PhD MIT (Chair) The vasa and Bicaudal-C genes and their functions in establishing polarity in the Drosophila oocyte. The role of RNA helicases in gene regulation. Translation initiation in Drosophila melanogaster. Lechowicz, Martin J., BSc Michigan State, MSc PhD Wisconsin Comparative ecology of temperate and boreal trees, functional ecology of tree growth. Roles of dispersal and adaptation in the assembly of forest understory communities. Impacts of glaze ice on the dynamics of forest tree and herb communities. Physiological ecology of plant fitness, interactions among traits determining plant growth and reproductive success in forest trees, ferns and sedges. Community outreach and forest conservation in settled landscapes. Lefebvre, Louis, BSc MA PhD Montreal Animal behaviour, feeding strategies of flock-feeding birds, social learning. Loreau, Michel, MA, PhD, Free University of Brussels Theory and modelling linking community ecology, evolutionary ecology and ecosystem ecology, in interaction with experimental work on diversified systems. Main research topics include the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning, metacommunity dynamics, and evolution of ecosystems Pollack, Gerald, BSc SUNY, MA PhD Princeton Neurophysiological, developmental and anatomical studies of the neural basis for behaviour. Acoustic communication.


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PROFESSORS (cont’d) Potvin, Catherine, BSc MSc Montreal, PhD Duke Physiological ecology; global change; photosynthesis and productivity; experimental design and biostatistics; conservation biology; tropical ecology. Schoen, Daniel J., BSc MSc Michigan, PhD California Evolution, ecology, and population genetics of plants. Conservation genetics. Application of theory and molecular genetic data to studies in plant evolution. POST-RETIREMENT PROFESSORS Pasztor, Valerie B.Sc. Birmingham University, Ph.D. McMaster University Neurobiology. Mechanoreceptors in crustacea. Neuropeptides and bioamines. Neuromodulation of sensory receptors. Mechano-sensitive ion channels. ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS Bureau, Thomas, BSc California (Irvine), PhD Texas Molecular evolution of genes and genomes, with an emphasis on the involvement of mobile elements in the evolution of developmentally important genes. Determination of the transposition mechanisms of novel mobile elements, including MITEs (miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements). Development of genomics-based approaches to study genome evolution. Examination of the role of retroelement-mediated cellular gene transduction in the evolution of retroviruses. Dent, Joseph, BSc University of Michigan, PhD University of Colorado Molecular genetics of behaviour in C. elegans. Understanding the structure and function of ligand-gated chloride channels, how they are integrated into the synapse, and how they contribute to behavioural circuits. Evolution of channel subunit diversity. Developing new tools for the analysis of nervous systems. Fagotto, François, PhD Institute of Zoology, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland Interested in two related subjects. Firstly, the mechanisms regulating signal transduction by ß–catenin, focusing in particular on the role of subcellular localization and trafficking of the various components. Secondly, the integration of cell signaling and regulation of cell adhesion/cytoskeleton during morphogenetic movements, using gastrulating Xenopus embryos as a model system. One of our candidate “integrators” is ß–catenin, which has a dual function in signaling and cell-cell adhesion. Fussmann, Gregor, PhD Max-Planck-Institute for Limnology, Plön, Germany and University of Kiel, Germany Community ecology. Population and community dynamics; stability and complexity of food webs; the interplay of ecological and evolutionary dynamics; clonal structure of populations. Approach: both theoretical and empirical (laboratory and field experiments with aquatic organisms).


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ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS (cont’d) Gonzalez, A., BSc, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK, PhD Imperial College, University of London, UK Community ecology through a blend of experiment (both in the lab and in the field) and theory. Two major themes: 1) The causes and consequences of extinction in fragmented landscapes, and 2) Diversity and persistence in variable environments. Guichard, Frédéric, BA Université de Montréal, PhD Université Laval Theoretical ecology and complex system theory applied to intertidal ecosystems and to marine reserve design. Emergence of large scale patterns and dynamics from local interactions among individuals. Multidisciplinary approach involving mathematical modeling, field experiments and remote sensing. Hendry, Andrew P., BSc University of Victoria, PhD University of Washington The evolution of biological diversity: adaptive radiation, ecological speciation, "rapid" evolution, natural selection, and gene flow. Empirical systems include salmon, sticklebacks, and guppies. Methods include surveys of biological diversity, field and laboratory experiments, molecular genetics, quantitative genetics, and theoretical modeling. Levine, Robert, BA Brooklyn, MSc PhD Yale Regeneration in the visual system of lower vertebrates, with special emphasis on glial cells. Axonal pathway choice and target specificity of growing axons. Nilson, Laura, BA Colgate University, N.Y. PhD Yale Developmental genetics in Drosophila melanogaster. Identification and analysis of genes required in the somatic follicle cells of the ovary for patterning of the future embryo. Genetic and molecular analysis of organization and morphogenesis of the ovarian follicular epithelium. Price, Neil, BSc New Brunswick, PhD British Columbia Biological oceanography. Physiological ecology of nutrient acquisition in marine phytoplankton and bacteria. Trace element essentiality, toxicity and biogeochemical cycling. Resource limitation of plankton growth in natural waters. Roy, Richard, BSc Bishop’s University, PhD Laval The normal development of an organism depends on the precise orchestration of cell division, differentiation and morphogenesis. Although much is understood about how developmental regulatory genes affect cell differentiation, little is understood about how they control cell proliferation throughout development. Using genetic analysis and molecular approaches in C. elegans, the Roy laboratory is engaged in the identification and characterization of both novel and previously known genes which affect cell division throughout the course of postembryonic development in C. elegans. Vogel, Jacalyn M, BS Eastern Illinois University, PhD University of Kansas Research in the Vogel lab focuses on 1) regulation of microtubule organization and assembly, and 2) kinetochore function and cell cycle control/maintenance.


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ASSOCIATE PROFESSORS (cont’d) Zetka, Monique, BSc PhD British Columbia Proper chromosome morphogenesis is required for the faithful segregation of chromosomes during meiosis and can be readily studied in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. The research goals of my laboratory are to investigate the function and regulation of meiotic chromosome organization using a combination of genetics, molecular biology, and high-resolution cytogenetics. ASSISTANT PROFESSORS Abouheif, Ehab, BSc Concordia University, PhD Duke University, NC, USA Evolutionary developmental biology: comparative and functional gene expression studies in ants and other insects are used to study the evolution of developmental regulatory genes and gene networks; the importance of ecological influences on development and evolution; and the relationship between molecular and morphological evolution. Brouhard, Gary J., Ph.D., M.S.E., B.S.E., B.A., University ofMichigan, Ann Arbor Cells adopt a range of shapes and can build an amazing variety of structures from proteins. We are interested in the biophysical mechanisms by which cells engineer these large-scale structures--in other words, the molecular basis of morphology. The subject of our current research is the microtubule cytoskeleton. We investigate the proteins that control the microtubule cytoskeleton, namely microtubule polymerases, motor proteins, and other microtubule-associated proteins. The lab uses the techniques of single-molecule biophysics, which shed light on the fundamental workings of these important enzymes.

Dankort, David, Ph.D., B.Sc., McMaster University Cancer represents a failure of built-in protection mechanisms to quell rogue cells that have sustained oncogenic mutations. Paradoxically, many of the same mutated oncogenes that cause cancer also elicit a permanent growth arrest (senescence) or induce apoptotic cell death of primary cells: two such oncogenes are RAS and BRAF. One research goal of my laboratory is to determine mechanistically how a tumour cell subverts these growth restraints leading to unbridled proliferation and ultimately malignancy. We will use the power of mammalian genetics in ‘state-of-the-art’ genetically engineered mouse model and cell culture systems to define causative roles for RAS and BRAF-cooperating genes involved in lung cancer and melanoma developments and progression. Gregory-Eaves, Irene, BSc University of Victoria, PhD Queen’s University Aquatic ecology and paleoecology. Understanding the responses of aquatic communities to natural and anthropogenic sources of environmental change. Recent and ongoing work is focused on Pacific salmon, examining how these fish respond to environmental variability and how changes in their abundance impact freshwater ecosystems.


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ASSISTANT PROFESSORS (cont’d) Harrison, Paul M., BSc National University of Ireland, PhD University of London Bioinformatics and computational biology. Genome evolution and annotation; analysis and annotation of pseudogenes and their implications; protein folding, amyloidgenesis and the prion phenomenon; methods for protein structure prediction. Krahe, Rüdiger, PhD Humboldt-University, Berlin, Germany Neuroethology. Information transmission in sensory systems. Behavioural, electrophysiological, computational, and neuroanatomical studies of electrosensory processing in weakly electric fish. Leung, Brian, BSc University of British Columbia, PhD Carleton University Biological invasions, ecology of diseases, anthropogenic stressors. Addressing environmental issues through the synthesis of models (mathematical, computational, and statistical) with empirical data (literature, field or lab studies). Creating models for ecological forecasting, given uncertainty and sparse data. Developing decision theory, using risk analysis. Moon, Nam-Sung, Ph.D., B.Sc., McGill University Molecular genetics of cancer genes in Drosophila melanogaster. Multiple genetic changes are responsible for the development of human cancer. Often, genes that are altered in cancers are evolutionarily conserved and their functions can be studied in a model organism such as the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster). My research is focused on studying cancer related genes using Drosophila as a model organism. In particular, I am interested in understanding the in vivo function of RBF1, the Drosophila homologue of the RB (Retinoblastoma) gene, which is functionally inactivated in most types of cancer. Schöck, F. PhD Max Planck Institute in Göttingen, Germany Drosophila cell biology, in particular the proteins required for cell shape changes and cell migration during embryogenesis. Transmembrane integrins, for example, are the most important mediators of cell-matrix interactions. We investigate which signals integrins receive and how integrins regulate proteins that execute the cytoskeletal changes needed for migration. Currently we are identifying these proteins using live imaging, cell culture and genetics. Western, T., BSc Dalhousie University, PhD University of British Columbia Cell differentiation in Arabidopsis. Fertilization triggers a complex series events in the differentiation of the mucilage secretory cells of the Arabidopsis seed coat. Using a combination of cell biology and molecular genetics, our lab is dissecting the genes and proteins involved in a sequence of biosynthesis, secretion and intracellular cytoplasmic remodelling. Zheng, Hugo, MSc University of Helsinki, PhD Oxford Brookes University The overall goal of my research is to understand how plant intracellular membrane trafficking is regulated as cell morphology changes during plant development and in response to environmental stresses. We are using a GFP-based living cell imaging technology combined with genetic approaches to study how plant genes control these important processes. Another research we are interested is to use reverse genetic and chemical genomic approaches to study the molecular regulation and function of very-long-chain fatty acid (VLCFA) biosynthesis and secretion in the production of waxes, seed oils, and sphingolipids.


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B.1.b. Associate Members, Adjunct Professors and their Research Interests Bermingham, Eldridge, BSc Cornell, PhD Georgia (Staff Research Scientist, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute) Evolutionary biology and molecular population genetics; historical biogeography, molecular systematics and conservation of Neotropical fish and Caribbean Island birds; molecular clocks. Carbonetto, Salvatore, AB Fordham, MSc Massachusetts, PhD North Carolina (Professor, Neurology and Neurosurgery, MGH Research Institute) Molecular and cellular studies of synapse formation and muscular dystrophy. Structure/function studies of dystrophin-associated proteins using biochemical and recombinant DNA methods as well as transgenic mice. Chapman, Colin, BSc University of Alberta, PhD University of Alberta (Professor, Department of Anthropology and MSE) Experimental and observational approaches to determine how plant communities influence animals (primate population regulation, determinants of primate group size) and how animals influence their environment (herbivory, seed dispersal, community restoration). This research has often been developed to permit direct application to conservation. Clarke, Hugh, BSc MSc PhD Toronto (Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Royal Victoria Hospital) Mammalian oogenesis and early embryogenesis. Changes in chromatin composition during oogenesis and early embryogenesis and following nuclear transplantation, with the aim of understanding how they influence gene expression. Expression and activity of factors that control these chromatin modifications. Signalling mechanisms that regulate oocyte growth. Collin, Rachel, Sc.B. Brown University, PhD University of Chicago (Staff Scientist, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama) Evolution of marine invertebrate life histories, larval ecology, phylogeography, morphological integration through metamorphosis, invertebrate systematics. de Mazancourt, Claire, MSc., PhD Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris Developing ecological theory of species interactions such as herbivory, competition and mutualism, and their effects on ecosystem functioning and evolution in ecosystems. Drapeau, Pierre, BSc PhD McGill (Professor, Clinical Neurology, Montreal General Hospital) Development of the locomotor network of the zebrafish. Electrophysiological studies of neural circuit formation during normal development and in mutants with selective locomotor defects.


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ASSOCIATE MEMBERS & ADJUNCTS(cont’d) Dufort, Daniel, BSc Concordia University, PhD McGill University (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, RVH McGill University) Interested in understanding the molecular mechanisms involved in the process of embryo implantation. We have demonstrated that the embryo secertes Wnt proteins which activate Wnt signaling in the uterus. We further demonstrated that inhibition of Wnt signaling impairs the implantation process illustrating the importance of this pathway in embryo implantation (in press, PNAS). This project will be aimed at characterizing the function of Wnt signaling in the uterus during the implantation process. Dunn, Robert, BSc PhD British Columbia (Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurosurgery, Montreal General Hospital Research Institute) Molecular and cellular analysis of brain function with an emphasis on the neural systems for sensation and perception. In collaboration with neurophysiologists, we are working to unravel the molecular biology of ion channels and other neuronal signalling systems. We use molecular cloning in combination with cell biology, electrophysiology and viral expression vectors to understand how neurons encode the maps and sensory codes in the brain.

Green, David M., BSc UBC, MSc PhD Guelph (Associate Professor and Curator of Herpetology, Redpath Museum) Evolution, biosystematics and conservation biology. Geographic variation, population biology, cytogenetics, and molecular genetics of amphibians. Guzman, Hector Ph.D. Newcastle University, UK; M.Sc., B.Sc. University of Costa Rica Ecology and population dynamic of coral reefs; sclerochronology; conservation biology; human impacts on marine ecosystems, coastal management and marine pollution. Hastings, Kenneth, BSc PhD McGill (Associate Professor, Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Institute) Muscle gene regulation, evolution of muscle gene families and muscle cell subtypes, evolution and function of SL trans-splicing in the chordates. Herre, Edward Allen, BA, PhD University of Chicago (Staff scientist, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute) Figs and their associated organisms, Sex Ratio evolution, Effects of Population Structure, Mycorrhizae, Mutualism, Parasitism, Plant-Insect Interactions. Kaplan, Feige PhD McGill University Respiratory illnesses of both early and late onset often find their origins in very early events, pre-natally, in the neonatal intensive care unit or in early childhood, even when there is no manifestation of disease until later in life. Moreover, aberrant expression of developmentally important genes may have different effects in neonatal vs adult lung. The overall goal of our research is to improve our understanding of the cellular and molecular mechanisms whereby steroid-responsive genes regulate aspects of mammalian lung development and influence both neonatal and later-onset lung disease with a special emphasis on asthma.


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ASSOCIATE MEMBERS & ADJUNCTS(cont’d) Kilfoil, Maria Ph.D., M.Sc., Memorial Univ. of Newfoundland; B.Sc. University of New Brunswick The biophysics projects in my research group all involve advanced microscopy methods to study dynamics as a direct probe of mechanical aspects of the cell. We tackle mitosis by studying how communication between the molecules regulates and coordinates the spindle in budding yeast; how lipid-protein interactions can oversee mechanical gating of a mechanosensitive channel via experiments on prokaryotic spheroplasts; and mechanics of the cytoskeleton via microrheology of in vitro reconstituted actin-microtubule networks. Larsson, Hans, C.E. BSc McGill University, PhD University of Chicago (Assistant Professor, Redpath Museum, McGill University) Vertebrate palaeontology and developmental evolution. Palaeontological work focuses on terrestrial Mesozoic vertebrates in the Canadian arctic and explores signatures of ancient climate shifts in palaeo-faunas. Developmental evolution work addresses what developmental mechanisms (morphological and molecular) are responsible for changes in the evolution of vertebrate morphology. Lessios, Harilaos, M. Phil. Yale University, B.A. Harvard University (Director of Marine Research & Staff Biologist, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute) Speciation, evolution of reproductive isolation, rate of protein and mitochondrial DNA evolution, the effects of gene flow in the evolution of marine populations, phylogenetic reconstruction, molecular biogeography, ecology of tropical marine invertebrates, impact of mass mortality on coral reef biota. Mandato, Craig A, BSc University of Waterloo, PhD University of Waterloo (Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, McGill) The in vivo relationship of cytoskeletal systems characterizing the molecular basis of interactions during cell division and cellular wound healing. This work is expected to advance research on the molecular pathology of diseases such as muscular dystrophy, as well as neuronal regeneration following injury. Mendes, Judith, BSc, M. Phil., PhD, University of West Indies, Jamaica (-Director, Bellairs Research Institute of McGill Univ., Barbados -Lecturer, Department of Life Sciences, U.W.I., Jamaica) Coral Reef Ecology Millien, Virginie, Doctorate, D.E.A. University Montpellier II, Magistère Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, Maîtrise: University Paris VI Focuses on island mammals. Islands provide an extreme condition of habitat reduction and isolation. Island species offer an excellent opportunity to study the evolutionary consequences of environmental change, because isolation entails significant changes in climate, resources and community context. To date, mostly worked on rodent species, although more recent research now includes a broader range of terrestrial mammals.


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ASSOCIATE MEMBERS & ADJUNCTS(cont’d) Rao, Yong, BSc, Sichuan University, PhD University of Toronto (CRN Investigator, Montreal General Hospital) The molecular mechanism of axonal guidance and target recognition in the fly visual system and the molecular mechanism of neuronal migration. Ricciardi, Anthony, BSc MSc PhD McGill (Assistant Professor, Redpath Museum, McGill School of Environment) Ecology of invasive species. Predicting impacts of introduced fishes and invertebrates using empirical modelling, meta-analysis, and field experiments. Developing risk assessment models for aquatic invasions. Quantifying biodiversity loss in freshwater ecosystems. Rosenblatt, David, BSc MDCM McGill (Chair, Department of Human Genetics; Professor, Pediatrics; Director of Division of Medicine and Genetics, Royal Victoria Hospital and Montreal) Inborn errors of cobalamin (Vitamin B12) and folate metabolism. Phenotype/genotype correlation in methylmalonic aciduria, methylene-tetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) deficiency, methionine synthase deficiency (cblG), methionine synthase reductase deficiency (cblE) and glutamate forminotransferase deficiency. Cloning of genes involved in cobalamin metabolism. Rozen, Rima, BSc PhD McGill (Professor, Pediatrics, Human Genetics; Scientific Director, Montreal Children's Hospital) Molecular genetics of inherited diseases; genetic risk factors for cardiovascular disease and neural tube defects; folic acid metabolism in cancer. Taketo, Teruko, BSc MSc PhD Kyoto (Associate Professor, Urology Research Laboratory, Royal Victoria Hospital) Genetic mechanism of gonadal sex determination and differentiation in mouse models for sex reversal. Cause of infertility in the XY sex-reversed female mouse. Analysis of meiotic chromosomes. Torchin, Mark, B.A. & PhD University of California Santa Barbara, M.S. University of Oregon. (Staff Scientist, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Republic of Panama) Marine population and community ecology, host-parasite interactions, invasion ecology, conservation biology Van Meyel, Don, BSc, University of Western Ontario, PhD University of Western Ontario (Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Centre for Research in Neuroscience, McGill University Health Centre) Genetic analysis of neuronal diversity and axon guidance.


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ASSOCIATE MEMBERS & ADJUNCTS(cont’d) Whiteway, Malcolm, BSc Dalhousie, PhD Alberta (Research Officer, NRC Biotechnology Research Institute, Montreal) Molecular biology of the yeast mating response pathway. Investigation of G protein mediated signal transduction.

B.1.c. Full-Time Administrative and Clerical Staff Bocti, Susan Graduate Studies Coordinator Colonna, Maria Administrative Officer and Manager Comeau, Anne Undergraduate Advisor Gabe, Susan Undergraduate Coordinator Gittens, Ancil Graduate Admissions Coordinator Iantomasi, Joseph Assistant Storekeeper Kadkhodayan, Zabrina Administrative Coordinator McNicoll, Anna Deputy Building Director and Safety Officer Morai, Linda Administrative Assistant Romer, Mark Phytotron Manager Sabaz, Luisa Administrative Coordinator Scigliano, Lucy Information Clerk Smith, Carole Web and Communications Officer Vigeant, Claire Storekeeper

B.1.d. Technical Staff Benedek, Helga Laboratory Assistant Bujold, Sonia Laboratory Course Technician Cooney, Claire Assistant Managing Technician Dang-Nguyen, Thi Laboratory Assistant Dolan, Becky Laboratory Course Coordinator Hewitt, Kathy Course Administrator Hu, Beili Laboratory Technician Kara, Ron Computer Technician Kernaghan, Sean Laboratory Assistant L’Heureux, Anne-Marie Laboratory Course Coordinator L’Heureux, Guy Photography Technician Lamarche, Robert Systems Manager Li, Yan Ru (Ngan) Laboratory Assistant Levine, Sylvia Laboratory Technician Luk, Dorothy Laboratory Coordinator Orr, Glenn Phytotron Assistant Pandur, Judit Laboratory Assistant


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TECHNICAL STAFF (cont’d) Rubin, Evelyn Laboratory Course Technician Scopelleti, Frank Phytotron Technical Assistant Sdicu, Anne-Marie Laboratory Course Coordinator Tallon, Kathy Research Technician Tan, Xiao Technical Assistant Wang, Zhang Ming Chief Research Technician

B.1.e. Full-time Research Assistants Bigras, Eve (supervisor: Hekimi)

Bouchard Kerr, Phoenix (supervisor: Nilson)

Darbyson, Emily (supervisor: Chase)

Gabriel, Geraldine (supervisor: Hekimi)

Harbi, Djamel (supervisor: Harrison)

He, Wei (supervisor: Moon)

Lacoste, Judith (supervisor: Lasko)

Li, Shaolin (supervisor: Roy)

Long, Amy (supervisor: Loreau)

Mitrofanov, Igor (supervisor: Chapman)

Simpson, Kyle (supervisor: Gregory-Eaves)


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B. 2. Committee Memberships 2008/09 FACULTY OF SCIENCE ACADEMIC COMMITTEE

Biology Representative: R. Krahe (replacing R. Levine – on sabbatical Sept 08-Sept 09) AGSEM

Graduate Student: R. Feldman ANIMAL CARE COMMITTEE

Staff: F. Fagotto (replacing R. Levine – on sabbatical)

SAFETY COMMITTEE

Staff: L. Nilson Non-Academic Staff: A. McNicoll, M. Colonna Graduate Student: Corey Chivers CURRICULUM COMMITTEE

Staff: R. Krahe, M. Zetka, G. Brown, G. Fussmann (replacing Guichard & Levine – on sabbatical) Non-academic Staff: A. Comeau, S. Gabe, M. Colonna Undergraduate Students: N. Coyle, C. Brisson, T. Ingalls Graduate Student: S. Overington FACULTY COMMITTEE

Biology Representative: G. Fussmann (replacing R. Levine) GENERAL ASSEMBLY REPRESENTATIVES

Graduate Students: E. Reardon, G. O’Farrill, R. Feldman, J. Whiteley, R. Rajakumar, A. Jacob, R. Kipp, S. Overington, S. Binning, N. Boogert, C. Chivers Non-academic Staff: S. Bocti, A. Comeau, B. Dolan, R. Lamarche, M. Romer Undergraduate Students: N. Coyle, C. Brisson, T. Ingalls, L. Habib, L. Levasseur GRADUATE TRAINING COMMITTEE

Staff: E. Abouheif, T. Bureau, A. Gonzalez, L. Nilson, R. Roy Graduate Student: Neeltje Boogert GREEN COMMITTEE

Staff: T. Bureau, F. Fagotto, M. Lechowicz Graduate Student: R. Kipp Non-academic Staff: Z. Kadkhodayan, C. Vigeant Undergraduate Students: A. Aldredge GROUP COORDINATORS

Ecology, Evolution, Behaviour, and Marine Biology: G. Bell Molecular Genetics & Development: G. Brown Neurobiology: G. Pollack


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COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS (cont’d) LIBRARY COMMITTEE (BIOLOGY REPRESENTATIVES)

E. Abouheif, F. Schöck, G. Brown, I. Gregory-Eaves, P. Lasko

POST-GRADUATE STUDENTS SOCIETY

J. Whiteley, A. Jacob, S. Binning REAPPOINTMENT, PROMOTION, AND TENURE COMMITTEE

Staff: G. Brown, L. Chapman, P. Lasko, R. Roy, J. Dent, M. Loreau

SCHOLARSHIPS COMMITTEE

Biology Representative: G. Fussmann (replacing R. Levine on sabbatical) SEMINAR COMMITTEE

Staff: G. Fussmann, I. Gregory-Eaves, F. Schöck, H. Zheng Graduate Students: R. Rajakumar-Molecular, N. Boogert-Aquatic/Organismal Non-Academic Staff: M. Colonna, R. Lamarche, M. Romer TECHNICAL SERVICES COMMITTEE

Staff: F. Schöck, D. Schoen

UNDERGRADUATE COMMITTEE

Staff: D. Kramer, B. Leung, T. Western Undergraduate Students: N. Coyle, C. Brisson, T. Ingalls Non-academic Staff: A. Comeau, M. Colonna


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B.3. Post-doctoral Scholars

Name With Professor: Supported by funds from:

Abdeen, Ashraf

Bastian Hernandez, Yadira

Blechert, Oliver

Western

Fagotto

Whiteway

NSERC- $45,000

Conacyt /NSERC - $28,000

CIHR/UOM - $40,000

Chen, Guangjie Gregory-Eaves Cfas GR -$40,000

Chen, Jun Zheng Start-Up -$32,000

Cherif, Medi Loreau ANR/CNRS - $37,500

Derry, Alison

Dorothée, Domenger

Fussmann

Chang

NSERC Fellowship - $40,000

CIHR/MUHC $35,000

Flinn, Kathryn Lechowicz NSF- U.S fellowship - $62,500

Forczek, Ewa

Fregoso, Lomas

Bureau

Nilson

W. Dawson/NSERC - $32,000

NCIC $38,500

Gravel, Dominique Guichard NSERC Fellowship - $40,000

Joly, Simon

Kaitna, Susanne

Khachane, Amit Neelkanth

Schoen

Vogel

Harrison

Tomlinson - $30,000

CIHR - $40,000

NSERC/Start-up - $40,000

Kumar, Manish Harrison NSERC/PrioNet - $40,000

Lapointe, Jerome

Lindo, Zoë

Hekimi

Gonzalez

Chronogen - $34,000

NSERC Fellowship - $40,000

Long, Zachary Loreau ANR/CNRS - $39,500

Mallick, Jaideep Whiteway CIHR - $39,000

Mangos, Maria

Mantovani, Julie

Whiteway

Roy

CIHR - $37,650

CIHR - $36,750

Morin, Xavier

Nguyen, Quang Tri

Lechowicz

Guichard

Marie-Curie- $25,128 EU

James McD. Fdn. - $38,000

Qin, Xike Brown FQRNT - $38,000

Saulnier-Talbot, Émilie G-Eaves/ Chapman FQRNT - $30,000

Sun, Chengjun Loreau NSF - $37,500

Tettweiler, Gritta Lasko NIH - $39,000

Van Der Sluijs, Inke Chapman NSERC -$30,000

Van Raamsdonk, Jeremy Hekimi CIHR/Heredity Disease. - $ 55,000

Wang, Dantong Hekimi NSERC/Chronogen - $40,000

Yan, Zhun Bell NSERC - $43,000


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B.4. Professional Associates and Research Associates

Name With Professor: Supported by funds from:

Professional Associates

Bunnell, Scott Vogel CFI/IOF

Küster-Schöck, Elke Vogel CFI/IOF

Lesage, Guillaume Vogel CFI/IOF

Research Associates

Couteau, Florence Zetka NCIC

Dryanova, Ani Price NSERC

Gamberi, Chiara Lasko NCIC

Han, Hong Lasko NIH

Hernandez, Greco Lasko CIHR

Kaitna, Susanne Vogel NSERC/CIHR

Khila, Abderrahman Abouheif NSERC

Liu, Niankum Lasko NIH


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B. 5. Honours, Awards and Positions in Learned and Professional Societies

BELL, G. Elected President, Canadian Academy of Science (RSC), 2008 --Past-President, Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution --President-Elect, Canadian Academy of Science (RSC) BUREAU, T. McGill University, William Dawson Scholar chair, 2007-2012 (renewed in 2007). --Currently involved in three ongoing international consortiums. Canadian representative and contributor to the International Rice Genome Sequencing Project (IRGSP), the Rice Annotation Project (RAP), and the International Rice Functional Genomics Consortium (IRFGC). --An article titled “Braving the genetic no-man’s land” in the McGill Reporter on May 28, 2008 highlighted the project funded by Genome Canada. BUSSEY, H. National Cancer Institute of Canada- Member Model Systems Panel 2008-2009 --Participant in a Research Assessment Exercise for the Royal Institute of Technology – KTH in Stockholm Sweden, Panel 10- Biotechnology. June 23-27th 2008. CHAPMAN, L. Conference Organization: Served as a Local Host for the Joint Meeting of Ichthyology and Herpetology, Montreal, August, 2008. --Workshop Participation: Invited to participate in the “Workshop for the Establishment of a Network of Conservation Professionals in Canada” Ottawa – April 6-7, 2009 --Advisory Boards – Conservation and Outreach: ChimpnSea Wildlife Conservation Fund --International Research and Training An approach to science and scholarship which has a strong element of international research. The field research program over the past year has continued to focus on aquatic systems in Uganda, where work is done with numerous international and national collaborators, field assistants, and graduate students from both North America and Uganda. Research has been fostered by a long-term field base at the Makerere University Biological Field Station, one of the key tropical institutions for training and research in tropical biology and conservation in Africa. A continuous significant role is played in ensuring the development and future of this facility by promoting research and training activities at the station. Work is also done closely with the National Fisheries Resources Research Institute of Uganda and the Ugandan Wildlife Authority on collaborative projects targeting conservation science in the region.

International research and training endeavors have also benefited from a long-term association with the Wildlife Conservation Society, serving as an Associate Scientist. An affiliation with WCS since 1995 has provided many opportunities for interaction with conservation scientists around the world and involvement in a broad range of activities intended to better train the next generation of conservation scientists.

There is a strong commitment to international training through supervision of graduate students, field courses, and faculty exchange programs. Serving as honorary lecturer in the Department of Zoology at Makerere University, the national university of Uganda. This provides numerous opportunities for development of collaborative programs and linkages with ongoing initiatives. In addition, continued assistance with graduate student training in the Masters of Science in Fisheries Program, a graduate program run by Makerere University and the National Fisheries Resources Research Institute of Uganda.


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HONOURS, AWARDS & POSITIONS…(cont’d) --Kibale Health and Conservation Center Over the 2 years the Kibale Health and Conservation Project that is based in Kibale National Park is developed – the location of long-term research efforts. The project’s central aim is to work with stakeholders to build and run a community health centre that will improve access to health resources and provide health education for neighboring communities. The idea is being evaluated that provision of health care from within and in collaboration with a national park will assist in promotion of people/parks relations. The Ugandan Wildlife Authority has been enthusiastic and supportive in this collaboration. Since the conception of this project, much work has gone into its development. With the hard work and motivation of many people in Canada, the United States, and Uganda, and a dedicated effort at public fund raising, the health centre was officially opened in February 2009. CHASE, R. Professor Emeritus awarded by McGill University, 25 May 2009. --CIHR Japan-Canada Joint Heath Research Program, standing committee member. DENT, J.A. External Grant Reviewer, National Science Foundation. DHINDSA, R.S. Editorial Assistance to student’s research journal in Dawson College. FAGOTTO, F. Referee, NSERC discovery grants. FUSSMANN, G.F. Organizer (G.F. Fussmann, E. McCauley & W. Nelson) of the Topical Session “Predator-prey interactions - linking mechanism to community dynamics” at the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography conference, Nice, France. Jan. 2009. --External examiner. Ville Fridman, Ph.D., University of Helsinki, Finland. Jan. 2009. GONZALEZ, A. Canada Research Chair CRC II award , $100,000/year, 2009-2014. GREGORY-EAVES, I. Vice-President (and President-Elect) of the Canadian Quaternary Association (CANQUA), an association with over 200 members dedicated to paleoenvironmental research. HARRISON, P. Reviewed grant applications for: Cancer Research UK; NSERC and the Netherlands Genomics Initiative. HENDRY, A. E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship (NSERC). --Member of the scientific committee of the new DIVERSITAS core project “bioGENESIS”. DIVERSITAS is an international scientific programme dedicated to the science of biodiversity, under the auspices of ICSU, IUBS, SCOPE and UNESCO. --Council member of the Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution (January 2008 – present) --Member of Ph.D. committee for Dylan Weese in the Dept. of Biological Sciences at the University of Maine (Winter 2005 – present) --Member, Society for the Study of Evolution --Member, American Society of Naturalists --Member, Ecological Society of America


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HONOURS, AWARDS & POSITIONS…(cont’d) --Member, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists --Council member, Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution KRAHE, R. Organization of conference: “Weakly Electric Fish: From Behaviour to Sensory Processing”, held 5-8 May, 2009, at the Gault Nature Reserve at Mont St. Hilaire, QC. Co-organized with Dr. Maurice Chacron (Dept. Physiology, McGill). A total of 35 attendants came from McGill University, University of Ottawa, Washington University St. Louis, MO, and Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. LASKO, P. CFI Leading Edge Infrastructure Grant: “MIRGED: McGill/IRCM research group on embryology and disease.” Value: C$10,769,273 (total project cost; CFI and MELS contributions $4,307,709 each). Awarded as project leader. --2007-2010: Chair, Council of Scientists, Human Frontiers of Science Program Organization. This is a prestigious organization based in Strasbourg, France that funds international collaborations that take interdisciplinary approaches to problems in life sciences. More information is available on www.hfsp.org. --2007-2009: President, Genetics Society of Canada. --2005-present: Contributor, Faculty of 1000. --2002-present: Member of the Priority and Planning Committee on Developmental Genetics --Member, Model Systems Review Panel, National Cancer Institute of Canada, 2006-2009. --Invitee, DEV1 Initial Review Group, Center for Scientific Review, NIH, 2009. --Panel Evaluator, European Research Council, 2007-present. --Member, Grant Review Panel, Human Frontiers of Science Program Organization, February 2001-present. LECHOWICZ, M.J. Certified Senior Ecologist -- Ecological Society of America, 2006-2011. -- Board member, Mont St. Hilaire Nature Conservation Centre. [Six meetings a year, various email consultations] --Member, Environment Committee, Town of Hudson: [Six meetings a year, various email consultations] --Member, Environment Committee, Town of St-Lazare: [Six meetings a year, frequent email consultations] --Organized three evening lectures for the public (in French, by Qc academics) at the Gault Nature Reserve --Interview with Mike Finnerty on CBC morning show, 10 June 2008 --Field trip to Gault Nature Reserve as part of the 5th World Environmental Education Congress, May 2009, Palais de Congres, Montreal --Working with the town of St-Lazare, I played a key role in securing a $300,000 grant from Fondation Hydro-Quebec to build a boardwalk through a bog that the town had designated a Nature Park. In previous years I had worked with the town to convince a developer to flip the property to the town and to ensure its protection by the Quebec MDDEP. Our effort won wide recognition for the university in the local community. This is the site where I am now working with the Faculty of Education to develop novel curriculum material for the three nearby schools.


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HONOURS, AWARDS & POSITIONS…(cont’d) LEFEBVRE, L. Member of the jury, National Magazine Awards, Science, Technology and Environment category --External evaluator on cyclical review committee, Department of Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca NY, September 2008. LOREAU, M. 2008: Ranked in the Top 10 list of the world’s most highly cited researchers in the field of Ecology/Environment, ISI Web of Knowledge. --2008: Past Chair of the Scientific Committee of DIVERSITAS, the international programme of biodiversity science. --2008: Member of the Terrestrial Ecology Jury of the International Ecology Institute (ECI, Germany). --Since 2000: Member of the Scientific Committee of the Ecotron of the Centre of Functional and Evolutionary Ecology (CEFE), in Montpellier (France). --Since 2003: Member of the International Scientific Advisory Board of the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics of the University of Amsterdam (Netherlands). --Since 2004: Member of the National French Global Change Committee of the Academy of Sciences (France). --Since 2006: Member of the Scientific Board of the Scientific Interest Group Ile-de-France Research Network on Sustainable Development (France). --Since 2007: Member of the International Scientific Committee of the European Interdisciplinary Graduate School Frontiers in Life Sciences (France). --2007–2008: Expert evaluation of Canada Research Chair projects. --2008: Invited participation in the coordination meeting between the International Mechanism of Scientific Expertise on Biodiversity and the Millenium Ecosystem Assessment, in Paris (France). --2008: Invited participation in the Ad Hoc Intergovernmental and Multistakeholder Meeting on an Intergovernmental SciencePolicy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, in Putrajaya (Malaysia). NILSON, L. Grant application review: 1)CIHR DEV Panel member, meetings in Dec 08 and May 09 *involves a large workload; 2)Wellcome Trust operating grant review, external reviewer, May 2008; 3)NSERC Discovery Grant program, external reviewer, January 2009 --Tenure dossier review: Medical college of Georgia, Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy --Invited poster judge: 50th International Drosophila Research Conference, RNA Biology session, Gametogenesis and Organogenesis session, March 2009, Chicago IL POLLACK, G. Member of NSERC GSC 1011, Integrative Animal Biology. Reviewed 53 Discovery Grant applications (22 as first or second reader) and 35 RTI grant applications. This required approximately 80 hours in preparation for the competition, in addition to five full days attending the committee meetings. POTVIN, C. Outstanding Recognition Award, National Authority for the environment, Panama April 2008 --Special Scientific Advisor, National Authority for the Environment, Panama March 2006- --Scientific Coordinator, Sardinilla Project, June 1999-


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HONOURS, AWARDS & POSITIONS…(cont’d) --Associate Research Scientist, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Dec. 1999- PRICE, N. Editorial Boards: European Journal of Phycology 1992-present ROY, R. CIHR Panel Member (2009) DEV --CBC/RadioCanada: Quirks and Quarks-Saturday, December 6th, 2008 with Paul McDonald. --Interview- Le Devoir, Tuesday December 9th, 2008. --Interview- with Benoit Dutrizac 98.5 FM --Feature Lead Story- CBC/Radio Canada-les Grands titres- Obésité. Le métabolisme du gras mieux compris SCHÖCK, F. 2005 CIHR New Investigator Award: 55,000$ per annum for five years starting July 1st, 2005 --Reviewing Chapter 3 of the 9th edition of “Life” by Sadava et al. (Sinauer Freeman; textbook for Biol 112)

SCHOEN, D. J. Scientific evaluator for Academy Professorships for the Research Council for Biosciences and Environment (RCBE) of the Academy of Finland. VOGEL, J. CIHR panel member (CP), fall competition. 1st: 6 grants, 2nd:4 grants, reader : 3 --NCIC Scientific Officer. For the 08-09 competition, was 1st reviewer on 1 application and 2nd reviewer on 2 applications and acted as SO for ~15 applications. WESTERN, T.L. Membership on Federal Grant Evaluation Committees Member NSERC Grant Selection Committee 03 (Plant Biology and Food Sciences), Fall 2007-present. Duties included selection of external reviewers (October), reviewing of 21 Discovery Grants (DG) as Primary/Secondary reviewer, 25 DG as Reader and 31 Research Tools and Instrument Grants (Dec-Jan), plus attendance at 5 days of meetings in Ottawa in February and full day training session (December) for a total of ~200 hours. --Scholarly Meetings – Session Chair: 1) Co-Chair, Development Session and Member of Student Presentation Judging Committee, 6th Canadian Plant Genomics Workshop, Toronto, Canada, June 23-26, 2008. 2) Chair, Session II, 2nd Montreal Plant Meeting, Montreal, November 15, 2008. --External referee for research grants National Science Foundation, USA (1 grant) ZETKA, M. FRSQ, Bourse de chercheur-boursier “senior”, July 1 2007 – June 30 2011 --CIHR Genomics Panel, Scientific Officer 05/07 - present ZHENG, H. Member, the local organizing committee for the joint 2010 Plant Biology meeting, American Society of Plant Biologists and Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists (scheduling the meeting) --Member, the organizing committee of the 19th International conference on Arabidopsis Research, July 2008 (fund-raising, travel award selection, volunteer management)


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B.6. Consulting by Full-Time Academic Staff BELL, G.A.C. - Past President, member of Council, Canadian Society for

Ecology & Evolution - President-Elect of Academy of Science, Royal Society of

Canada Total time spent on consulting: 25 days BROWN, G. - Grant review, National Science Foundation. - Grant review, Canadian Foundation for Innovation Total time spent on consulting: 3 days DHINDSA, R. - Manuscript review, American Soc of Plant Biologists

- Grant application review, NSERC - Undergrad research journal, McGill Biology Dept.

Total time spent on consulting: 10 days FUSSMANN, G. - Subject Editor, Blackwell Publishing Total time spent on consulting: 5 days HEKIMI, S. - Grant evaluation, CIHR & FRSQ - Comments on scientific news, various media

organizations. Total time spent on consulting: 7 days

KRAMER, D. - External examiner, Simon Fraser Univ.

- Promotion/tenure review, Univ. of Montreal, UBC, Okanagan

- Promotion full professor review, UCLA - MSc thesis external review, UQAM - Manuscript review, Various Professional Journals - Reviewing writing text considered for possible expansion

to biological sciences, Oxford University Press Total time spent on consulting: 8.5 days

LASKO, P. - Grant reviewing, Canadian Cancer Society - Grant reviewing, Council of Scientists meetings, policy

advising, Human Frontiers of Science Program Organization

Total time spent on consulting: 13 days LECHOWICZ, M. J. - Journal editor, Ecological Society of America, Society of

American Naturalists. - Governing Board Member, Mont St. Hilaire Nature

Centre - Member, Hudson Environment Committee - Member, St-Lazare Environment Committee Total time spent on consulting: 20 days


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CONSULTING BY FULL-TIME ACADEMIC STAFF (cont’d) NILSON, L. - Grant application review, NSERC

- Grant application review, CIHR - Grant application review, The Wellcome Trust - Manuscript review, The Company of Biologists, Ltd. - Manuscript review, The Genetics Society of America - Manuscript review, Landes Bioscience - Manuscript review, Cell Press Total time spent on consulting: 16 days

POLLACK, G. - Grant selection committee member, NSERC

Total time spent on consulting: 21 days POTVIN, C. - Assesment of countries readiness documents for Reducing emissions from deforestation.

Total time spent on consulting: 8 days ROY, R. - Grant panel member, CIHR Total time spent on consulting: 10 days WESTERN, T. - Article review, Developmental Biology, Plant Physiology,

American J Botany, Plant Cell - Plant Biology/Food Science, Grant Selection Committee

NSERC - NSF Grant Review, National Science Foundation, USA

Total time spent on consulting: 31days ZETKA, M. - Grant review panel, CIHR Total time spent on consulting: 4 days ZHENG, H. - English-Chinese translation, Internet Marketing on Life

Sciences Sigma-Alderich, Maggie Guo - Strategy for establishment of a research institute for

Agricultural and Life Sciences, Chongqing University, China

- in vivo imaging and BIFC techniques in plant cells, Biology, Concordia

Total time spent on consulting: 3 days


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C. Supplementary Information TABLE 1

Courses Taught 2008-2009 COURSE # COURSE TITLE INSTRUCTORS ENROLLMENT 101 Organismal Biology Laboratory D. Kramer/G. Bell/R. Dhindsa/ I. Gregory-Eaves/C. de Mazancourt 0 102 Cell and Molecular Biology Methods J. Dent/F. Schoeck 1 111 Organismal Biology D. Kramer/G. Bell/R. Dhindsa/

I. Gregory-Eaves/C. de Mazancourt 604 112 Cell and Molecular Biology J. Dent/F. Schoeck 669 115 Essential Biology G. Brown 207 200-001 Molecular Biology T. Bureau/R. Roy 589 200-002 Molecular Biology F. Fagotto/P. Lasko 427 201 Cell Biology and Metabolism G. Brown/K. Hastings/R. Roy/M. Zetka 547 202 Winter Basic Genetics D. Schoen/T. Western/ M. Chevrette 611 202 Summer Basic Genetics D. Dankourt/R. Dunn (summer) 141 205 Biology of Organisms R. Dhindsa/D. Kramer 193 206 Methods in Biology of Organisms A. Gonzalez/E. Abouheif /M. Cherif

L. Chapman/ M. Lechowicz/ E. Maclean 146 210 Perspectives of Science L. Lefebvre 65 215 Intro to Ecology and Evolution E. Abouheif/C. Potvin 214 240 Monteregian Flora M. Lechowicz/I. Aubin 16 300 Molecular Biology of the Gene F. Schoeck/L. Nilson/M. Zetka 147 301Fall Cell and Molecular Laboratory T. Western/H. Zheng/P. Harrison 126 301Winter Cell and Molecular Laboratory T. Western/H. Zheng/P. Harrison 166 303 Developmental Biology L. Nilson /D. Dufort/Y. Rao 179 304 Evolution G. Bell 142 305 Animal Diversity G. Bell/D. Green/H. Larsson/ V. Millien/A. Ricciardi 83 306 Neurobiology and Behaviour G. Pollack/J. Dent/R. Krahe 166 307 Behavioural Ecology/Sociobiology D. Kramer 52 308 Ecological Dynamics G. Fussmann/C. de Mazancourt 58 309 Mathematical Models in Biology L. Glass 50 313 Structure and Function of Cells M. Zetka/F. Fagotto 90 314 Molecular Biology of Oncogenes L. Majewska/N. Jabado/M. Saleh/

T. Duchaine 93 328 Biological Diversity in Africa D. Green 17 329 East African Ecology L. Chapman 14 331 Ecology/Behaviour Field Course M. Lehowicz/E. Abouheif/L. Chapman/ K. Flinn 16 334D1/D2 Applied Tropical Ecology T. Bureau/J. Mendes/B. Leung 19 335 Marine Mammals Huntsman Marine Science Centre 20 350 Insect Biology and Control G. Dunphy 45 370 Human Genetics Applied R. Palmour/L. Cartier-Borys/K. Dewer/ D. Cournoyer/J. Engert/J. Majewski/ A. Ryan 44


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TABLE 1 – COURSES TAUGHT IN 2008/09 (cont’d) 373 Biometry B. Leung 73 377 Independent Studies in Biology Staff 7 385 Plant Growth and Development R. Dhindsa 8 389 Laboratory in Neurobiology G. Pollack/R. Krahe/J. Dent 20 396 Undergraduate Research Project Staff 3 413 Reading Project Staff 11 416 Genetics of Mammalian Devel. T. Taketo & Staff 11 432 Limnology I. Gregory-Eaves/G. Fussmann/A. Derry E. Saulnier-Talbot 30 434 Theoretical Ecology M. Loreau/C. de Mazancourt 9 435 Natural Selection G. Bell 16 465 Conservation Biology* L. Chapman/A. Gonzalez 67 466 Independent Research Project 1 Staff 26 467 Independent Research Project 2 Staff 7 468 Independent Research Project 3 Staff 13 468D1/D2 Independent Research Project 3 Staff 16 469D1/D2 Independent Studies in Biology Staff 2 479D1/D2 Honours: Independent Studies Staff 4 480D1/D2 Honours: Independent Studies Staff 7 499D1/D2 Honours Seminar in Biology G. Fussmann 11 507 Animal Communication R. Krahe/K. Onishi 17 510 Advances in Community Ecology A. Gonzalez 14 515 Advances in Aquatic Ecology I. Gregory-Eaves 7 520 Gene Activity in Development R. Roy 16 524 Topics in Molecular Biology F. Schoeck/S. Hekimi 13 530 Neural Basis of Behaviour G. Pollack/R. Krahe 13 531 Neurobiology Learning & Memory K. Nader 17 532 Developmental Neurobiology Seminar D. Van Meyel/J. Cloutier/A. Fournier/ A. Kana/E. Ruthazer 14 540 Ecology of Species Invasions A. Ricciardi 19 553 Neotropical Environments C. Potvin 25 568 Topics of the Human Genome C. Haston /J. Engert /J. Majewski/ T. Pastinen/ R. Slim 19 569 Developmental Evolution H. Larsson/E. Abouheir 13 570 Advanced Seminar in Evolution D. Schoen 1 573 Vertebrate Palaeontology Field Course H. Larsson 6 575 Human Biochemical Genetics D. Rosenblatt/C. Scriver/J. Genest/ L. Beitel/P. Roughley/E. Shoubridge/ S. Melancon 13 588 Advances in Mol./Cell. Neurobiol. S.Carbonetto/K. Hastings 17 590 Linking Community & Ecosys. Ecol. M. Loreau 10 592 Integrated Bioinformatics P. Harrison 9 NOTE: Numbers are in reference to courses taught from June 1 through May 31 (i.e., a fiscal year) *44 students at the downtown campus and 23 at the Mac Campus (via videoconference)


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TABLE 2

Enrollment in Three-Credit Courses in 2004/05 - 2008/09

Course 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 CEGEP level 1136 1166 1283 1150 1274 Required for Major 3120 2956 3228 3128 3004 Complementary 2412 2479 2418 2274 2246 TOTAL 6668 6601 6929 6552 6524

TABLE 3

Undergraduate Student Enrollment in Biology Programs 2004/05 - 2008/09

_________________________________________________________________________ Year 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 _________________________________________________________________________ U1 139 125 125 141 144 U2 140 122 120 137 142 U3 124+18* 146+16* 123+18* 132+10* 133+11* _________________________________________________________________________ TOTAL 421 417 386 410 430 _________________________________________________________________________ * Indicates the number of Honours students in the U3 year. Students may only enter the Honours program at the U3 year.


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TABLE 4

Undergraduate and Graduate Weighted Student Units (WSU) in Relation to Number of Full Time Faculty Members1

2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09

Undergraduate WSU 673.5 660.62 698.87 659.23 668.62

WSU Contributed to MSE 16.6 N/A 7.07 9.3 8.7

Graduate WSU 210.1 228.3 251.8 269.82 245.62

Total WSU 900.2 888.92 957.74

938.35 922.94

Total Full Time Faculty 36 39 37

38 38

WSU/Full Time Faculty 25 22.79 25.88 24.69 24.29

1 Data from McGill Electronic Fact Book


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TABLE 5 Total Number of Biology B.Sc. Degrees Awarded in Each Academic Year

And The Percentage of Biology and Faculty of Science Undergraduates Awarded Honours at June Convocation

Total Number of

Graduates1 Distinction2 Great Distinction3 Dean's Honour List4 YEAR Biology Biology Science Biology Science Biology Science __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2008/09 689 19. 110 16.3 47.111 51.6 5.9 13.8 2007/08 825 19.56 13.3 45.17 46.3 14.68 11.7 2006/07 105 8.6 14.9 34.3 47.5 7.6 11.1 2005/06 965 15.16 14.0 50.5 44.9 12.9 11.5 2004/05 83 21.7 24.2 33.7 40.5 8.4 8.9 2003/04 133 7.5 10.8 48.1 40.5 12.0 9.4 2002/03 97 13.4 10.1 59.8 37.2 12.4 9.3 2001/02 73 15.1 9.5 38.4 34.8 2.7 6.6 2000/01 116 18.1 12.2 28.5 39.8 4.3 10.3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 1 Includes February 2009 and June 2009 Graduates 2 CGPA > 3.30, February and June Graduation 3 CGPA > 3.50, February and June Graduation 4 Top 10% (previously "University Scholar") 5 6 students graduated with a BA&Sc 6 1 student graduated with a BA&Sc and Distinction 7 3 student graduated with a BA&Sc and Great Distinction 8 2 student graduated with a BA&Sc and Dean’s Honour List 9 7 students graduated with a BA &Sc 10 1 students graduated with a BA&Sc and Distinction 11 3 students graduated with a BA&Sc and Great Distinction


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TABLE 6

UNDERGADUATE STUDENT AWARDS 2008/09

AWARD

NAME DEPT SUPERVISOR AMOUNT $

NSERC Daniel Hoops Biology C. Potvin 5625 Carolyn Poutiainen Environment A. Gonzalez 5625 Katherine Velghe Biology I. Gregory-Eaves 5625 Lora Tsaneva Anat. & Cell Biol. L. Chapman 5625 Joy Ding Cognitive Science M. Lechowicz 6000 Alice Roy-Bolduc Environment M. Lechowicz 6000 Julian Gitelman Biology J. Dent 5625 Tony Kovach Environment M. Lechowicz 6000 David Obert Biology T. Bureau 5625 Rosalie McDonough U. New Brunswick P. Lasko 5625 Issac Hebert Wildlife Biology A. Ricciardi 5625 Leah Northfield Biology A. Gonzalez 5625 Niloufar Bayani Biology A. Ricciarid 5625 Hyun Hee Kim Biology R. Krahe 5625 Myriam Lacharité Biology A. Ricciardi 5625 Alana Parisi Biology L. Chapman 5625 Valerie Nearing Biology B. Leung 5625 Matthew Burgess U. Toronto M. Loreau 5625 USRA Elizabeth Lee Engineering/Special F. Schoeck 5600 Yuanhang Cao Biology K. Hastings 5600 Sydnee Burgess Biology D. Kramer 5600 Kristen Wiens Biology C. Potvin 5600 Stefan Czerniecki Biology F. Schoeck 5600 Nathalie Sela Biochemistry F. Fagotto 5600 Milena Popova Biology N. Moon 5600 Rui Li Anat. & Cell Biology F. Fagotto 5600 GRADUATING STUDENT AWARDS Muriel Roscoe Prize Susan Bragg Biology 400 Penhallow Prize Kiyoko Gotanda Biology 600 Frank Rigler Prize Katherine Velghe Biology 750 Fantham Memorial Prize Joshua Gurberg Biology 900 CONTINUING STUDENT AWARDS

Penhallow Scholarship in Biology Nigel Douglas Burke Biology 1000 Logan Scholarship Julian Gitelman Biology 1000 Logan Scholarship Trina Du Biology 1000 Logan Scholarship Kirsten Wiens Biology 1000 Major Hiram Mills Scholarship Kaidi Zhou Biology 200 Richard Adams Award in Marine Biology Katrine Turgeon Biology Graduate Student D. Kramer 900 DEAN’S MULTIDISCIPLINARY UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH LIST Ilya Hekimi

SIGMA XI EXCELLENCE IN UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AWARD Katherine Velghe


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TABLE 7

Applications for Graduate Studies 2004/05-2008/09 Number of Applicants

2004/05

2005/06

2006/07

2007/08

2008/09

M. Sc. 95 86 87 90 88 Ph D 41 53 52 54 51 Special/ Qualifying 1 1 3 3 1 TOTAL 137 140 142 147 140 ACCEPTED 41 38 62 54 52 TOTAL ENROLLMENT

127 124

140

151

144

Total enrollment includes all full-time resident, non-resident and additional session students. It does not include part-time, half-time, qualifying or special students.


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TABLE 8 Web Applications

Citizenship of Graduate Applicants 2006/07-2008/09

2006/07 2007/08 2008/09

Country:

Applied Accepted Applied Accepted Applied Accepted

Canada 70 43 61% 79 30 38% 75 42 56%

U.S.A. 14 2 14% 11 0 0% 8 2 25%

P. R. China 18 6 33% 19 2 10% 12 2 16%

Europe 9 3 33% 5 0 0% 5 0 0%

Far East 7 1 14% 14 1 .07% 20 2 10%

Middle East 14 5 36% 8 1 12% 9 1 11%

Central/South America &

Mexico 5 2 40% 8 1 12% 11 3 27%

Africa/Caribbean 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0%

TOTAL 139 62 45% 144 35 25% 140 52 37% These numbers do not include applications for Qualifying or Special Students.


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TABLE 9

Graduate Students Enrolled in Biology 2004/05-2008/09

2004/05

2005/06

2006/07

2007/08

2008/09

M.Sc.1

28

18

31

35

15 M.Sc.2

24

25

17

22

28

M.Sc.3 and up

8

12

16

15

15

M.Sc. Totals

60

55

64

72

58

Fellowship Holders*

20 (33%)

23 (42%)

27 (42%)

27 (38%)

20 (34%) Ph.D.1-2

20

22

21

11

25

Ph.D.3

13

15

17

22

8

Ph.D.4

8

11

15

20

23

Ph.D.5 and up

26

21

23

26

30

Ph.D. Totals

67

69

76

79

86

Fellowship Holders*

33 (49%)

39 (57%)

40 (53%)

42 (53%)

53 (62%) Total Number of Fellowship Holders*

53 (42%)

62 (50%)

67 (48%)

69(46%)

73(51%) * The number of fellowships reflects only those students holding a competitive fellowship of $5000 or more.


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TABLE 10

Graduate Student Enrollment by Area of Specialization for 2008/2009

Bioinformatics

Ecology, Biodiversity & Conserv.

Evolution

Plant Biology

Molecular Biology & Genetics

Cell & Developmental Biology

Neurobiology

M.Sc.1

0

6.5

1.5

0

1

5

1

M.Sc.2

0.5

10

3.5

1

3.5

5.5

4

M.Sc.3 and up

2.5

4

1.5

.5

2

3.5

1

Ph.D.1-2

1

10

5

1

1

5.5

1.5

Ph.D.3

0

2

1.5

0.5

0.5

3.5

0

Ph.D.4

2

10.5

4

1.5

1.5

3.5

0

Ph.D.5 and up

1

12

6.5

0

3

5.5

2

Totals 7 55 23.5 4.5 12.5 32 9.5 Total number of students enrolled in 2008/09 was 144. (This includes all full-time, resident and additional session students. It does not include part-time, half-time, qualifying or special students, or students in ad-hoc programmes.)


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TABLE 11

Awards to Graduate Students (Received in 2008/09)

Arias, C. Ph.D.4F Max E. Binz Fellowship $ 10,000

Askew, C. M.Sc.2F NSERC CGSM Scholarship 17,500

Lorne Trottier Science Acc. Fellowship 5,000

Bamforth, E. Ph.D. 2F NSERC CGSD3 Scholarship 26,250

Provost’s Graduate Fellowship 5,000

Biology Top-up Award 5,000

Boenke, M. M.Sc.2F NSERC PGSM Scholarship 12,975



Boisclair Lachance, JF. Ph.D. 6A Alma Mater Travel Grant 750

Biology Travel Award 250

Boogert, N. Ph.D.4F Dr. & Mrs. Milton Leong Fellowship 25,000

Brazeau, C. Ph.D.4A NSERC CGSM Scholarship 4,375

Chivers, C. M.Sc.1F Principal’s Graduate Fellowship 2,500


Church, K. M.Sc.2A Arts & Science Class of ’66 Award 4,000

Correa-Guzman, C. Ph.D.4F CONICyT Scholarship 16,057

Crispo, E. Ph.D.4F NSERC CGSD3 Scholarship 35,000

Cuddy, M. M.Sc. 1F Principal’s Graduate Fellowship 2,500


Dargent, F. Ph.D. 1F McGill Tomlinson Fellowship 11,250


De Boef, M. Ph.D.5A FQRNT Scholarship 13,333

De Leon Reyna, L. Ph.D.5A IFARHU/SENACyT Scholarship 17,000

Dececchi, T.A. Ph.D.3F FQRNT Scholarship 20,000

Delaire, L. M.Sc.1F Provost’s Graduate Fellowship 1,500

Principal’s Graduate Fellowship 2,500


Delaney, D. Ph.D.4F Alma Mater Travel Grant 750


Desjardins, D. M.Sc.1F NSERC PGSM Scholarship 12,975



Dibattista, J. Ph.D.5A NSERC PGSD3 Scholarship 5,250


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Table 11 – Awards To Grad. Students (Received In 2008/09) (Cont’d)

Domingo, A. Ph.D.2F STRI-McGill NEO Fellowship 7,500

Edwards, P. M.Sc.1F Provost’s Graduate Fellowship 1,500

Epp, E. Ph.D.3F Alma Mater Travel Grant 750

Estrada Villegas, S. M.Sc.2F Principal’s Graduate Fellowship 5,000

STRI-McGill-NEO Fellowship 10,000

Favé, M-J. Ph.D.4F NSERC PGSD3 Scholarship 21,000

Feingold, D. Ph.D.2F FQRNT Scholarship 18,333



Alma Mater Travel Grant 750


Feldman, R. Ph.D.4F NSERC PGSD3 Scholarship 21,000

Friesen, C. M.Sc.1F Principal’s Graduate Fellowship 5,000


James Lougheed Award (Alberta) 15,000

NSERC CGSM Scholarship 1,458

Fugère, Vincent M.Sc.2A NSERC CGSM Scholarship 4,375


FQRNT Scholarship 11,250

Gendoo, D. Ph.D. 2F Max Stern Recruitment Fellowship 10,000


Gouhier, T. Ph.D.5A McGill Major Award 12,000

Gregg, T. M.Sc.1F Provost’s Graduate Fellowship 1,500

Gusev, E. M.Sc.1F Provost’s Graduate Fellowship 1,500

Hammond, T. Ph.D.2F Provost’s Graduate Fellowship 5,000

Harrison, L. Ph.D.2F NSERC CGSD3 Scholarship 26,250

NSERC Andre Hamer Prize 10,000



Hatton, I. Ph.D.2F Provost’s Graduate Fellowship 5,000

Heppleston, A. Ph.D.5A FQRNT Scholarship 20,000

Herman, A. Ph.D.1F Principal’s Graduate Fellowship 2,500


Hoen, D. Ph.D.4F NSERC PGSD3 Scholarship 21,000


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Holmes Cheyre, I. Ph.D.2F Provost’s Graduate Fellowship 5,000


CONICyT Scholarship 19,150

Hsieh, T-C. M.Sc.1F Principal’s Graduate Fellowship 2,500


Ibarraran Viniegra, S. Ph.D.2F CONACyT Scholarship 13,000

Jacob, A. Ph.D.2F NSERC PGSM Scholarship 21,000


Jensen, H. Ph.D.4F NSERC CGSD3 Scholarship 35,000

Jones, L. Ph.D.4F Dept. of Fisheries & Oceans Award 21,000

Kerr, K. Ph.D.4F NSERC PGSD2 Scholarship 5,250

STRI Short Term Fellowship 4,000

Kipp, R. M.Sc.2F NSERC CGSM Scholarship 17,500

Kovach-Orr, C. Ph.D.1F Provost’s Graduate Fellowship 5,000

Kugler, J-M. Ph.D.5A Biology Travel Award 1,250

Kylafis, G. Ph.D.4F Biology Gareau Award 4,613

Labella, S. Ph.D.4F Biology Travel Award 250

Lacoursiere-Roussel,A. Ph.D.2F Provost’s Graduate Fellowship 5,000

Largaespada, C. M.Sc.2A Biology Travel Award 250

Larocque, A. M.Sc.1F Provost’s Graduate Fellowship 1,500


LaZerte, S. M.Sc.2A NSERC CGSM Scholarship 16,042

Leighton, P. Ph.D.6A NSERC PGSD3 Scholarship 5,250

Leroux, S. Ph.D.4F NSERC PGSD2 Scholarship 5,250


FQRNT Scholarship 6,667

Long, J. M.Sc.1F Provost’s Graduate Fellowship 1,500


Low-Decarie, E. M.Sc.2A NSERC CGSM Scholarship 16,042


Lu, Y. Ph.D.3F Alma Mater Travel Grant 750

Maghzal, N. Ph.D.2F Bourses de doct. Hydro-Quebec 11,250


Mahrous, E. M.Sc.2F Saudi Arabia Govt. Scholarship 23,628


Messier, J. M.Sc.3A FQRNT Scholarship 8,750


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Nazarova, E. Ph.D.1F Principal’s Graduate Fellowship 2,500


Nocka, A. Ph.D.2F Biology Travel Award 250

O’Farrill, E. Ph.D.5A CONACyT Scholarship 15,600

Overington, S. Ph.D.5F NSERC PGSD2 Scholarship 21,000

Pedruski, M. Ph.D.2F NSERC PGSD2 Scholarship 8,750




Pelletier, J. Ph.D.3F FQRNT Scholarship 20,000

Ploss, J. M.Sc.2A FQRNT Scholarship 15,000

Quan, T-Y. M.Sc.2A Biology Travel Award 250

Radovski, M. M.Sc.1F Provost’s Graduate Fellowship 1,500


Rohani Larijani, N. M.Sc.2F Canderel Studentship 4,167


Roy, J-S. M.Sc.3A FQRNT Scholarship 5,000

Ruiz Jaen, M. Ph.D.5A IFARHU/SENACyT Scholarship 19,429

Sharpe, D. Ph.D.2F NSERC CGSM Scholarship 10,208

NSERC PGSD2 Scholarship 8,750


Willey Biology Scholarship 2,500


Shbailat, S. Ph.D.6A Hashemite University Scholarship 8,750

Alma Mater Gravel Grant 750

Shireen, F. Ph.D.2F Provost’s Graduate Fellowship 5,000

St-Francois, C. M.Sc.1F Provost’s Graduate Fellowship 5,000

Tahara, R. M.Sc.3A JASA Scholarship 5,000

JSSO Scholarship 6,162


Taranu, Z. Ph.D.2F FQRNT Scholarship 8,333



Thibert-Plante, X. Ph.D.5A NSERC PGSD3 Scholarship 5,250


Toscano Marquez, B. Ph.D.2F CONACyT Scholarship 13,000


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Trumpickas, J. M.Sc.1F NSERC CGSM Scholarship 13,125

Carpenter Biology Scholarship 2,000



Turgeon, K. Ph.D.6A NSERC PGSD2 Scholarship 21,000

Vavrek, M. Ph.D.5A FQRNT Scholarship 15,000

NSERC CGSD2 Scholarship 8,750

Vermaire, J. Ph.D.5A Alma Mater Travel Grant 750

Wang, Y. Ph.D.2F Provost’s Graduate Fellowship 5,000

Ward, J. Ph.D.4F NSERC CGSD2 Scholarship 32,083


Wendland, E-M. M.Sc.1F NSERC CGSM Scholarship 1,458



Wever, C. M.Sc.2A Biology Travel Award 250

White, P. Ph.D.4F NSERC PGSD2 Scholarship 21,000

Whiteley, J. Ph.D.4F NSERC PGSD3 Scholarship 21,000

Xie, M. Ph.D.2F Provost’s Graduate Fellowship 5,000

Xue, Z. Ph.D.1F CIHR Studentship 8,750


Carpenter Biology Scholarship 2,000


Total Number of Students 95

Total Number of Awards 162 $1,239,788


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TABLE 12

SUMMARY OF GRADUATE STUDENT AWARDS

A. External Fellowships Number of

Awards

Total Value

NSERC 34 513,116

FQRNT 12 161,666

James Lougheed Award (Alta.) 1 15,000

Saudi Arabia Govt Scholarship 1 23,628

STRI-McGill-NEO Fellowship 2 17,500

IFARHU/SENACyT (Panama) 2 36,429

CONICyT (Chile) 2 35,207

CONACyT (Mexico) 3 41,600

Hashemite University (Jordan) 1 8,750

STRI Short Term Fellowship 1 4,000

JSSO Scholarship (Japan) 1 6,162

JASA Scholarship (Japan) 1 5,000

Department of Fisheries & Oceans 1 21,000

TOTAL 62

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Table 12 – Summary of Grad. Student Awards (Cont’d)

B. McGill Awards Number of

Awards

Total Value

Arts & Science Class of 66 Award 1 4,000

Dr & Mrs. M. Leong Scholarship 1 25,000

Max E. Binz Fellowship 1 10,000

Max Stern Recruitment Award 1 10,000

Canderel Studentship 1 4,167

CIHR Studentship 1 8,750

Tomlinson Fellowship 1 11,250

Lorne Trottier Sci. Acc. Fellowship 4 20,000

Alma Mater Travel Grant 9 6,750

Provost’s Graduate Fellowship 36 131,000

Principal’s Graduate Fellowship 17 50,000

Bourses de doct. Hydro Quebec 1 11,250

McGill Major Award

1 12,000

TOTAL 35

$ 304,167

C. Biology Department Awards Number of

Awards

Total Value

Biology Travel Award 15 5,450

Carpenter Biology Scholarship 2 4,000

Willey Biology Scholarship 1 2,500

Gareau Fellowship 1 4,613

Biology Top-Up Award 6 30,000

TOTAL 25 $ 46,563 TOTAL OF GRADUATE AWARDS 162 $1,239,788


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TABLE 13

Summary of Graduate Student Funding

Source of Funding Number of Awards Total Value Teaching Services

67

$ 297,086

Graduate Stipends

116

$ 1,445,761

McGill Awards

35

$ 304,167

Biology Department Awards

23

$ 46,563

External Fellowships

66

$ 889,058

TOTAL

$ 2,982,635

AVERAGE STUDENT INCOME*

$ 20,713

*Number of graduate students enrolled in Masters and Doctoral programs: 144


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TABLE 14

Total Incomes of Graduate Students Enrolled in Biology 2004/05-2008/09 Source

2004/05

2005/06

2006/07

2007/08

2008/09

Scholarships

814,974

935,391

1,069,523

1,207,933

1,239,788

Teaching Assistantships

260,404

308,556

371,403

359,126

297,086

Other*

1,279,369

1,253,251

1,355,605

1,318,695

1,445,761

Total

$2,354,747

$2,497,198

$2,796,531

$2,885,754

$2,982,635

# Students

127

124

140

151

144

Avg. Income

$18,541

$20,139

$19,975

$19,111

$20,713

* Income paid from research grants awarded to research supervisors.


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TABLE 15

List of Post-Graduate Students Receiving Degrees

Spring 2008 Convocation:

Lee, Soojin. M.Sc. (Supervisor: F. Schöck)

Thesis: Lasp is required for anchoring of the male stem cell niche and spermatid individualization

in Drosophila

Morgan, Siân. Ph.D. (Supervisor: A. Vincent/D. Kramer)

Thesis: The ontogenetic ecology and conservation of exploited tropical seahorses

Sabourin, Patrick. M.Sc. (Supervisor: G. Pollack)

Thesis: Frequency-dependent temporal processing in the peripheral auditory system of Teleogryllus

oceanicus

Schafhauser, James. M.Sc. (Supervisor: T. Western)

Thesis: Reverse genetics of mucilage synthesis in the Arabidopsis thaliana seed coat

Taranu, Zofia. M.Sc. (Supervisor: I. Gregory-Eaves)

Thesis: Tracking changes in water quality due to catchment land-use and lake morphometry across

spatial and temporal scales

Thomson, Travis. Ph.D. (Supervisor: P. Lasko)

Thesis: The role of TUDOR in Drosophila polar granule assembly and germ cell formation

Henri Vallès Rodriguez. Ph.D. (Supervisor: D. Kramer/W. Hunte)

Thesis: Spatial and temporal patterns of recruitment of coral reef fishes to the west coast of

Barbados (West Indies): an approach using a novel standard unit of settlement habitat

Fall 2007 Convocation:

Cuschieri, Lara. Ph.D. (Supervisor: J. Vogel)

Thesis: Investigating the role of gamma-tubulin in coordinating microtubule plus end behaviour

with regulation at the spindle pole

Elina, Helen. Ph.D. (Supervisor: G. Brown)

Thesis: Expression of a Brassica napus mitochondrial gene region associated with cytoplasmic

male sterility: transcript initiation, editing, splicing and nuclease processing


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List of Post-Graduate Students Receiving Degrees (cont’d)

Fröbisch, Nadia. Ph.D. (Supervisor: R. Carroll/H. Larsson)

Thesis: Ontogeny and phylogeny of small dissorophoid amphibians

Gardezi, Tariq. Ph.D. (Supervisor: A. Gonzalez/A. Hendry)

Thesis: Spatial scale and the ecological determinants of the distribution and diversity of fishes in

Ontario lakes

Harrison, Luke. M.Sc. (Supervisor: H. Larsson)

Thesis: New methodology for the phylogenetic analysis of developmental sequences and its

application to the evolution of vertebrate ossification

Knockleby, James. Ph.D. (Supervisor: J. Vogel)

Thesis: A role for the Saccharomyces cerevisiae kinetochore protein Ame1 in cell cycle control

and MT-kinetochore attachment

Laplante, Caroline. Ph.D. (Supervisor: L. Nilson)

Thesis: Tension at the leading edge: differential expression of the cell adhesion molecule Echinoid

controls epithelial morphogenesis in Drosophila

Maxwell, Erin. Ph.D. (Supervisor: H. Larsson)

Thesis: Evolution of avian ossification sequences

McKellar, Ann. M.Sc. (Supervisor: A. Hendry)

Thesis: Environmental factors influencing adult sex ratio in guppies

Mokin, Sergey. M.Sc. (Supervisor: P. Harrison)

Thesis: Measuring deviation from a deeply conserved consensus in protein multiple sequence

alignments

Narbonne, Rémi. M.Sc. (Supervisor: G. Pollack)

Thesis: Auditory sensitivity in crickets: effects on specific interneurons of a hormonal treatment

and of a circadian rhythm

Sijercic, Ada. M.Sc. (Supervisor: N. Price)

Thesis: Kinetics of siderophore production by marine bacterium, Pseudoalteromonas haloplanktis

Snaith, Tamaini. Ph.D. (Supervisor: C. Chapman)

Thesis: Group size and food competition in red colobus monkeys: addressing the folivore paradox


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Winter 2008 Granting of Degrees:

Binning, Sandra. M.Sc. (Supervisor: L. Chapman)

Thesis: Specialized morphology for a generalist diet: spatial and seasonal surveys reveal Liem's

Paradox in an African cichlid fish

Colella, Eileen. M.Sc. (Supervisor: R. Roy)

Thesis: Investigating the genetic basis of germline quiescence in C. elegans dauers

Hebeisen, Michael. Ph.D. (Supervisor: R. Roy)

Thesis: From cells to organs: the developmental challenge of multicellular organisms

Jani, Klodiana. Ph.D. (Supervisor: F. Schöck)

Thesis: The role of Integrin-dependent cell matrix adhesion in muscle development

Juretic, Nikoleta. Ph.D. (Supervisor: T. Bureau)

Thesis: The role of transposons in shaping plant genomes

Kilburn, Vanessa. M.Sc. (Supervisor: D. Green)

Thesis: Persistence and prevalence of the enzootic chytrid fungus, Batrachochytrium

dendrobatidis, in relation to amphibian population decline in Panama

McFarlane, Heather. M.Sc. (Supervisor: T. Western)

Thesis: Isolation and characterization of SOS5 in a novel screen for plasma membrane to cell wall

adhesion genes in Arabidopsis thaliana

Moore, Jocelyn. Ph.D. (Supervisor: P. Lasko)

Thesis: Post-transcriptional control of Drosophila pole plasm component, germ cell-less

Narbonne, Patrick. Ph.D. (Supervisor: R. Roy)

Thesis: Roles of LKB1/AMPK signalling in the C.elegans dauer larva

Nowacka, Lidia. M.Sc. (Supervisor: K. Hastings)

Thesis: Muscle gene transfer studies of a 27-bp segment of the troponin I fast gene IRE enhancer

Ong, Yen May. M.Sc. (Supervisor: S. Carbonetto/Y. Rao)

Thesis: The role of Beta1-integrins in centrosomal stability

Paterson, Jaclyn. M.Sc. (Supervisor: L. Chapman)

Thesis: Response of an introduced aquatic predator, the Nile perch, to environmental change


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Roche, Dominique. M.Sc. (Supervisor: B. Leung/M. Torchin)

Thesis: Discovery, distribution, and eradication potential of the introduced mud crab,

Rhithropanopeus harrisii, in the Panama Canal

Vincent-Héroux, Jonathan. M.Sc. (Supervisor: S. Carbonetto)

Thesis: Extracellular matrix receptors in astrogliosis

Woo, Edward. M.Sc. (Supervisor: N. Price)

Thesis: Nucleotide sequence and phylogeny of a plastocyanin gene in the marine diatom,

Thalassiosira oceanica


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TABLE 16

Degrees Granted to Graduate Students in Biology 2004/05-2008/09*

2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 M.Sc.

24

17

18

16

19

Ph.D.

11

11

8

10

16

Totals

35

28

26

26

35

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TABLE 17

Current Positions of Recent Graduates

M.Sc. Graduates Binning, Sandra. M.Sc. (Supervisor: L. Chapman) – not yet known Colella, Eileen. M.Sc. (Supervisor: R. Roy) – Research Assistant, Department of Biology, McGill

University Harrison, Luke. M.Sc. (Supervisor: H. Larsson) – Ph.D. student, Department of Biology, McGill

University Kilburn, Vanessa. M.Sc. (Supervisor: D. Green) – Western Painted Turtle Recovery Specialist, British

Columbia Ministry of Environment, Vancouver, BC Lee, Soojin. M.Sc. (Supervisor: F. Schöck) – Ph.D. student, Department of Medicine, Division of

Experimental Medicine, McGill University McFarlane, Heather. M.Sc. (Supervisor: T. Western) – Ph.D. student, Department of Botany, University of

British Columbia, Vancouver, BC McKellar, Ann. M.Sc. (Supervisor: A. Hendry) - Ph.D. student, Department of Biology, Queen's

University, Kingston, ON Mokin, Sergey. M.Sc. (Supervisor: P. Harrison) – Programmer, Samuel Lunenfeld Institute, University of

Toronto, Toronto, ON Narbonne, Rémi. M.Sc. (Supervisor: G. Pollack) – CEGEP teacher, Montreal Nowacka, Lidia. M.Sc. (Supervisor: K. Hastings) – Forensic Search Technologist, Evidence Recovery

Unit, Forensic Science & Identification Services, Royal Canadian Mounted Police Ong, Yen May. M.Sc. (Supervisor: S. Carbonetto/Y. Rao) – Ph.D. student, Dept. of Neurology &

Neurosurgery, McGill University Paterson, Jaclyn. M.Sc. (Supervisor: L. Chapman) – Research Assistant, Health Geography and

Epidemiology, Department of Geography, McGill University Roche, Dominique. M.Sc. (Supervisor: B. Leung/M. Torchin) – not yet known


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Current Positions of Recent Graduates (continued) Sabourin, Patrick. M.Sc. (Supervisor: G. Pollack) – Ph.D. student, Urbanisation, culture et société, Institut

national de la recherche scientifique, Université du Québec Schafhauser, James. M.Sc. (Supervisor: T. Western) – Researcher, Qiagen Sciences Inc, Germantown,

Maryland, USA Sijercic, Ada. M.Sc. (Supervisor: N. Price) – Chef de projets, Saputo, St-Hyacinthe, QC Taranu, Zofia. M.Sc. (Supervisor: I. Gregory-Eaves) – Ph.D. student, Department of Biology, McGill

University Vincent-Héroux, Jonathan. M.Sc. (Supervisor: S. Carbonetto) – Director, Écolo-Bio, Varennes, QC Woo, Edward. M.Sc. (Supervisor: N. Price) – Medical school, University of Calgary, Calgary AB Ph.D. Graduates Cuschieri, Lara. Ph.D. (Supervisor: J. Vogel) – PDF, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, University of

Toronto, Toronto, ON Elina, Helen. Ph.D. (Supervisor: G. Brown) – Research Assistant, Department of Biology, McGill

University Nadia Fröbisch. Ph.D. (Supervisor: R. Carroll/H. Larsson) – PDF, Department of Organismal Biology and

Anatomy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA Gardezi, Tariq. Ph.D. (Supervisor: A. Gonzalez/A. Hendry) – not yet known Hebeisen, Michael. Ph.D. (Supervisor: R. Roy) – PDF, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (LICR),

Lausanne, Switzerland Jani, Klodiana. Ph.D. (Supervisor: F. Schöck) – PDF, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL),

Heidelberg, Germany Juretic, Nikoleta. Ph.D. (Supervisor: T. Bureau) – Project Manager, McGill University and Genome

Quebec Innovation Centre, Montreal Knockleby, James. Ph.D. (Supervisor: J. Vogel) – PDF, Tumor Biology, NEORCC, Univerrsity of Ottawa,

Ottawa, ON


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Current Positions of Recent Graduates (continued) Laplante, Caroline. Ph.D. (Supervisor: L. Nilson) – PDF, Department of Molecular, Cell, Developmental

Biology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA Maxwell, Erin. Ph.D. (Supervisor: H. Larsson) – PDF, Biology Department, University of Alberta,

Edmonton, AB Moore, Jocelyn. Ph.D. (Supervisor: P. Lasko) – PDF, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON Morgan, Siân. Ph.D. (Supervisor: A. Vincent/D. Kramer) – Researcher, World Wildlife Fund, Vancouver,

BC Narbonne, Patrick. Ph.D. (Supervisor: R. Roy) – PDF, Department of Biology, McGill University Snaith, Tamaini. Ph.D. (Supervisor: C. Chapman) – Science Policy Advisor, Parks Canada, Ottawa, ON Thomson, Travis. Ph.D. (Supervisor: P. Lasko) – Postdoctoral Associate, Yale Stem Cell Center, Yale

University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA Henri Vallès Rodriguez. Ph.D. (Supervisor: D. Kramer/W. Hunte) – Technical coordinator of fisheries

project, Spanish Agency for International Cooperation, Jacmel, Haiti


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TABLE 18 Positions of Students After Graduation 2004-2009 Ph.D. Graduates

2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09

Number Graduated

11

11

8

10

16

Post-Doctoral Fellowships

7 (64%)

9 (82%)

4 (50%)

7 (70%)

10 (63%)

Employed

3 (27%)

2 (18%)

2 (25%)

2 (20%)

5 (31%)

Other/Unknown

1 (9%)

0

2 (25%)

1 (10%)

1 (6%)

M.Sc. Graduates

2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/09 2008/09

Number Graduated

24

17

18

16

19

Graduate/Medical School

9 (38%)

8 (47%)

6 (33%)

2 (13%)

8 (42%)

Employed

14 (58%)

4 (24%)

11 (61%)

10 (62%)

9 (47%)

Other/Unknown

1 (4%)

5 (29%)

1 (6%)

4 (25%)

2 (11%)


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TABLE 19

Number of Research Associates and Post-doctoral Scholars

2004/05-2008/09

04/05 05/06 06/07 07/08 08/09 Post-doctoral Scholars 21 21 23 33 32 U.R.F.'s 0 0 0 0 0 Research Associates & Visiting Scientists

10 18 17 12 11

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TABLE 21

Research Grants and Contracts 2008/09 NSERC Operating $ 1,563,590

NSERC Equip. $ 302,577

NSERC Other $ 757,500

FCAR Team $ 291,350

FCAR Centre $ 60,000

CIHR $ 1,099,664

CFI $ 1,001,113

Other $ 1,760,510

Alpha Natural Resources/CNRS

Cancer Research Society Inc.

Department of Biology

Genome Quebec

James McGill Award

Gordon & Betty Moore Foundation

Hereditary Disease Foundation

National Cancer Institute

National Inst. of Child Health & Human Development

National Science Foundation/Princeton

Strathcona Chair of Zoology

US Dept of Commerce

William Dawson Award

TOTAL $ 6,836,304

AVERAGE PER CAPITA $ 179,903


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TABLE 22

Total Value of Research Grants Received by the Biology

Department Staff during the Past Five Years

2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09

NSERC Oper. 1,330,348

1,429,328 1,485,828 1,477,463 1,6227.75 1,563,590

NSERC Equip.

44,152 52,603 18,065 18,065 36,626 302,577

NSERC Other 413,838 686,749 1,244,749 1,100,850 1,100,650 757,500

FCAR Team 148,603 274,359 228,940 209,140 278,175 291,350

FCAR Other 62,735 4,500 23,000 16,424 60,000 60,000

CIHR 747,391 666,245 731,245 1,200,360 895,664 1,099,664

Contracts 551,030 1,102,945 1,000,000 1.000,000 0 0

CFI 3,086,736 23,299,556 3,962,611 1,917,512 1,438,776 1,001,113

Others 1,680,522 1,519,679 1,467,140 1,888,887 1,743,355 1,760,510

Total 8,065,355 29,035,964 10,161,578 8,828,701 7,176,021 6,836,304

Avg. Per Capita

237,216

806,556 267,410 232,334 193,947 179,903


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TABLE 23

Consultation table 2008/09 Number of Days

Private Sector Public Sector Other Total Name of Faculty Member Consulting Consulting

ABOUHEIF, E. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 BELL, G. 0.00 25.00 0.00 25.00 BROWN, G. 0.00 3.00 0.00 3.00 BROUHARD, G. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 BUREAU, T. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 CHAPMAN, L. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 CHASE, R. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 DANKORT, D. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 DENT, J. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 DHINDSA, R. 0.00 10.00 0.00 10.00 FAGOTTO, F. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 FUSSMANN, G. 5.00 0.00 0.00 5.00 GONZALEZ, A. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 GREGORY-EAVES, I. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 GUICHARD, F. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 HARRISON, P. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 HEKIMI, S. 2.00 5.00 0.00 7.00 HENDRY, A. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 KRAHE, R. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 KRAMER, D. 1.00 7.50 0.00 8.50 LASKO, P. 13.00 0.00 0.00 13.00 LECHOWICZ, M. J. 0.00 20.00 0.00 20.00 LEFEBVRE, L. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 LEUNG, B. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 LEVINE, R. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 LOREAU, M. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 MOON, N.-S. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 NILSON, L. 4.00 12.00 0.00 16.00 POLLACK, G. 0.00 21.00 0.00 21.00 POTVIN, C. 0.00 8.00 0.00 8.00 PRICE, N. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 ROY, R. 0.00 10.00 0.00 10.00 SCHÖCK, F. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 SCHOEN, D. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 VOGEL, J. 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 WESTERN, T. 0.00 31.00 0.00 31.00 ZETKA, M. 0.00 4.00 0.00 4.00 ZHENG, H. 1.00 2.00 0.00 3.00 TOTAL 184.50 PER CAPITA

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D.2. Invited Seminar Speakers 2008/09

Molecular Genetics & Development Seminar FALL 2008 Dr. Alexa Bely, University of Maryland. “Evolution of post-embryonic development: regeneration and fission in annelids”. Dr. Maria Kilfoil, Department of Physics, McGill University. “Single-cell high resolution dynamics of the cell division architecture during the cell cycle”. Dr. Kilfoil is a candidate for Associate Member Status in the Department of Biology. Dr. Marisa Otegui, Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin. “The function of ESCRT proteins in endosomal trafficking and plant development”. Dr. Jason Fridley, Syracuse University. “Diversity and function of a species-rich grassland: More than the sum of its parts?” Dr. Gabrielle Boulianne, Hospital for Sick Children. “The role of phosphoinositides in delta trafficking and notch signaling”. The Alma Howard Memorial Lecture Dr. Jennifer Lippincott-Schwartz, Section Head, Organelle Biology, Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland. “New fluorescent imaging techniques for analysis of protein transport pathways and the near molecular resolution of proteins”. Dr. Gerardo Ferbeyre, Universite de Montreal. “Cell aging and cytokine signaling”. Dr. Janice Fischer, University of Texas at Austin. “A puzzling role for Endocytosis in notch signaling”. Dr. Nir Barzilai, Institute for Aging Research, Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, New York City. “New insight on the genetics of human longevity”. Dr. Pejmum Haghighi, Department of Physiology, McGill University. “Regulation of synaptic growth and function: transcriptional and translational mechanisms.”

Dr. Jason Young, Department of Biochemistry, McGill University. “Molecular Chaperones in the Cytosol”. Dr. Kristin White, Harvard University. “The regulation and execution of apoptosis in Drosophila”. Dr. Xiao Qiu, University of Saskatchewan. “Metabolic Engineering of Plants to Produce nutraceutical and industrial fatty acids”.


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INVITED SEMINAR SPEAKERS (cont’d) Molecular Genetics & Development Seminar WINTER 2009 Dr. Don Moerman, UBC. “An integrated approach to study muscle development and myofilament assembly in Caenorhabditis elegans”. Dr. Velia Fowler, Scripps Institute, UBC. “Myofibril Assembly and Striated Muscle Development”. Dr. Chris Rocheleau, McGill University. “Endocytic trafficking and receptor tyrosine kinase signaling in C. elegans”. Dr. Amy Kiger, UCSD. “Deciphering the code: roles and regulation of distinct phosphoinositide pools in Drosophila”. Dr. Tom Meedel, Rhode Island College. “Muscle gene regulation in the ascidian embryo: recent experimental results and an appreciation of the contributions of JR (Dick) Whittaker to developmental biology”.

Dr. David Calderwood, Yale University. “Integrin-cytoskeleton links in integrin activation and cell migration”. The Alma Howard Memorial Lecture Dr. James Nelson, Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Stanford University School of Medicine. “Epithelial Cell-Cell Adhesion and Polarity”.

Dr. Markus Pauly, DOE-MSU. “Plant Cell Walls as a Resource for Biofuels: Insights through Wall Mutants”. Dr. Christian Landry, Universite de Montreal. “Structure and Evolution of Protein Interaction Networks”. Dr. Robert Mullen, University of Guelph. “Plant peroxisome biogenesis and the role of peroxisomes during tombusvirus infection”. Dr. Velia Fowler, Scripps Institute. “Actin Cytoskeletal Architecture in Cell and Tissue Morphogenesis”. Dr. Zhenbiao Yang, Center for Plant Cell Biology, Department of Botany and Plant Sciences, University of California. “A New Auxin Signaling Pathway Links Developmental Signals to Cross-Cell Coordination of Cell Polarity and Morphogenesis”. Dr. John Schiefelbein, University of Michigan. “Molecular genetics of cell patterning in plants: How the Arabidopsis root gets its stripes”.


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INVITED SEMINAR SPEAKERS (cont’d) Organismal Seminar FALL 2008 Dr. Catherine Potvin, Department of Biology, McGill University. “Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD): International negotiations and methodological issues”. Dr. Hector Guzman, STRI. Science, policy and conservation in coastal areas of Panama. Dr. Guzman is a candidate for Adjunct Professor Status in the Department of Biology. Dr. Kevin Foster, Harvard University. “Social evolution in microbes”. Dr. Bart Haegeman, INRIA, France. “Limitations of entropy maximization in ecology”. Dr. Johannes Shul, University of Missouri, Columbia University. Co-evolution of sender and receiver in an acoustic communication system”. Dr. Daniel Sol, Autonomous University of Barcelona. “Brains, behavioural flexibility and response to environmental changes”. Special Seminar Dr. Manfred Milinski, Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology. “MHC and sexual selection in sticklebacks”. Special Seminar Dr. Stuart West, Edinburgh University, UK. “Social evolution in bacteria”.

Dr. John Fryxell, University of Guelph. “Spatial predator-prey dynamics in Serengeti”. Dr. Frietson Galis, Leiden University, The Netherlands. “Evolutionary novelties: the making and breaking of pleiotropic constraints”. Dr. Bill Nelson, Queen’s University. “Stage-structured predator-prey dynamics”. Dr. Fanie Pelletier University of Sherbrooke. “Eco-evolutionary dynamics of large vertebrate populations”. Organismal Seminar WINTER 2009 Dr. Nelson Hairston, Cornell University. “Eco-Evolutionary Predator-Prey Dynamics in Laboratory Microcosms”. Dr. Jasmine Saros, University of Maine. “Ecological change in alpine lakes of the Rocky Mountains as a consequence of sustained nitrogen deposition”.


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INVITED SEMINAR SPEAKERS (cont’d) Dr. Nick Mandrak, DFO Great Lakes Lab. “How many freshwater fishes are really at risk in Canada? Dr. Alan Hastings, UC Davis. “The Essential Role of Time and Space in Ecological Understanding”. Dr. Marco Festa-Bian, University of Sherbrooke. “Natural and artificial selection on life histories of large herbivores”. Dr. Nate Lovejoy, University of Toronto. “Eating and gliding: The evolution of beloniform fishes and their spectacular morphological adaptations”. Dr. Patrick Walsh, Centre for Advanced Research in Environmental Genomics (CAREG), University of Ottawa. “Excretion of Nitrogen and Carbon by Fish: Implications from “Nano” to “Meta” Scales”. Dr. Kevin Laland, School of Biology, University of St. Andrews. “The niche construction perspective in evolutionary biology”. EEL Seminar WINTER 2008 Emily Bamforth, Redpath Museum, McGill University (Larsson Lab). “Thinking Outside the Rocks; the Lost World of the Ediacarans. Reconstructing 565Ma fossils from the Precambrian of Newfoundland”. Henrik Hjarvard De Fine Licht, PhD student at the Centre for Social Evolution, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. “Evolution of enzyme activity in the attine ant microbe symbiosis". Dr. Alison Derry, Fussmann Lab, Department of Biology, McGill University. “Adaptive diversity across multiple scales”. Joseph Dibattista, Department of Biology, McGill University. “Characterization of the mating system and evolutionary potential of the lemon shark”. Dr. Vincent Calcagno, Department of Biology, McGill University. "Ecological specialization and speciation: experiments with the European corn borer and a mathematical model" Dr. Inke van der Sluijs, , Department of Biology, McGill University. "Speciation and mate choice in sibling species of cichlid fish".


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INVITED SEMINAR SPEAKERS (cont’d) EEL Seminar WINTER 2009 Dr. Zoë Lindo, Department of Biology, McGill University. "Patterns of diversity in an arboreal oribatid mite community". Dr. Héctor Barrios, (STRI) Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. “Insect Diversity in tropical rain forest”.

Christina Davy, PhD Candidate at the Department of Natural History at the Royal Ontario Museum & Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the University of Toronto. “Z is for Zosterops: wildlife conservation in the Mascarene Islands”.

Jessica Ward, Department of Biology, McGill University. “Community-level Effects of Non-indigenous Ecosystem Engineers”.

PhD Thesis Defense/ PhD Seminar

FALL 2008

PhD Thesis Defense Michaël Hebeisen, Department of Biology, McGill University. “From cells to organs: the developmental challenge of multicellular organisms”.

PhD Thesis Defense Jocelyn Moore, Department of Biology, McGill University. “Post-transcriptional control of Drosophila pole plasm component, germ cell-less”. PhD Thesis Defense Patrick Narbonne, Department of Biology, McGill University. “Roles of LKB1/AMPK signaling in the C. elegans dauer larva.”

PhD Thesis Defense Klodiana Jani, Department of Biology, McGill University. “The role of integrin-dependent cell matrix adhesion in muscle development.” PhD Thesis Defense Nikoleta Juretic, Department of Biology, McGill University. “The role of transposons in shaping plant genomes”.

PhD Seminar Joseph Dibattista, Department of Biology, McGill University. “Characterization of the mating system and evolutionary potential of the lemon shark”.


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INVITED SEMINAR SPEAKERS (cont’d) PhD Seminar Jan-Michael Kugler, Department of Biology, McGill University. “Regulation of Vasa by Gustavus and Wallenstein”. PhD Seminar Patrick A. Guerra, Department of Biology, McGill University. “Life history trade-offs in field crickets: flight-capability vs. reproduction”.

PhD Thesis Defense/ PhD Seminar

WINTER 2009

PhD Seminar David Delaney, Department of Biology, McGill University. “Monitoring and modeling the spread of marine introduced species”.

PhD Seminar Paul Cote, Department of Biology, McGill University. “Candida mating: New insights on signal transduction and beyond”.

PhD Thesis Defense David O’Brien, Department of Biology, McGill University. “The effect of harvesting on size structured predatory and competitive interactions between rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and northern pikeminnow (Ptychocheilus)”. PhD Thesis Defense Joseph DiBattista, Department of Biology, McGill University. “Evolutionary potential of a large marine vertebrate, the lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris)”. PhD Thesis Defense Oscar Puebla, Department of Biology, McGill University. “Molecular ecology and evolution in Hypoplectrus coral reef fishes”. PhD Thesis Defense Hugo Lavoie, Department of Biology, McGill University. “Evolution of the transcriptional regulatory networks of ascomycetes”. PhD Seminar Erin Reardon, Department of Biology, McGill University. “Fish in extreme environments: Reproduction and energetics under hypoxia”. PhD Seminar Audrey Heppleston, Department of Biology, McGill University. “Patterns and processes involved in the evolution of digit number”.


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INVITED SEMINAR SPEAKERS (cont’d) PhD Seminar Maria de Boef, Department of Biology, McGill University. “Quantifying bone microstructure in modern and extinct species”. PhD Seminar Amy Schwartz, Department of Biology, McGill University. “The interaction between natural and sexual selection during population divergence”. PhD Seminar Nadia Melian, Department of Biology, McGill University. “A genetic study of dystroglycan in the drosophila eye”. Ph.D. Thesis Jan-Michael Kugler, Department of Biology, McGill University. “Post-transcriptional mechanisms of gene regulation involved in the maternal determination of embryonic cell fates in Drosophila melanogaster oogenesis”.

Special Seminar

FALL 2008

Dr. Carrie Wu - Department of Biology, Duke University. “Mechanisms of adaptation to novel environments: from montane to model plants”. Dr. Wu is a candidate for the Tenure Track Position in Biodiversity Science. Dr. Craig MacLean - Department of Zoology, University of Oxford. “The evolution of microbial diversity: adaptation, cooperation, and specialization". Dr. MacLean is a candidate for the Tenure Track Position in Biodiversity Science. Dr. Jason T. Weir - Department of Ecology & Evolution, University of Chicago. “The origin of the latitudinal diversity gradient”. Dr. Weir is a candidate for the Tenure Track Position in Biodiversity Science. Dr. Marie-Josée Fortin - Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto. “Conservation of Biodiversity: Too few or too much data? It is all a question of scale!” Dr. Fortin is a candidate for the Tenure Track Position in Biodiversity Science. Special Seminar

WINTER 2009

Dr. Jonathan Davies - National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, University of California, Santa Barbara. “An entangled bank: the evolution and maintenance of biodiversity gradients”. Dr. Davies is a candidate for the Tenure Track Position in Biodiversity Science.


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INVITED SEMINAR SPEAKERS (cont’d) Dr. Rob J. Kulathinal, Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Harvard University. “The genomics of speciation: Decoding patterns and processes of divergence in closely related species of Drosophila”. Dr. Kulathinal is a candidate for the Tenure Track Position in Biodiversity Science. Dr. Björn Brembs, Inst. of Biology - Neurobiology, Freie Universität Berlin. “Learning the consequences: the neurobiology of state-dependent decision-making in Drosophila”. Dr. Brembs is a candidate for the Tenure Track Position in Neurobiology. Dr. Luke Remage-Healey, Department of Physiological Science, Brain Research Inst., UCLA, Los Angeles. “Dynamics of neurosteroid production and action during social behavior.” Dr. Remage-Healey is a candidate for the Tenure Track Position in Neurobiology.

Dr. Sreekanth Chalasani, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Behavior, The Rockefeller University. “Dissecting neural circuits controlling behavior in C. elegans” Dr. Chalasani is a candidate for the Tenure Track Position in Neurobiology. Dr. Alexandre Widmer, Research Institute of Molecular Pathology (I.M.P.), Vienna. “From sensory cues to behavior: How pheromones control Drosophila mating”. Dr. Widmer is a candidate for the Tenure Track Position in Neurobiology. Dr. Stefan Schuster, Friedrich-Alexander University, Germany. “Small Networks for Large Tasks: High-Speed Decision Making” . Dr. Schuster is a candidate for the Tenure Track Position in Neurobiology. Dr. Cheryl Van Buskirk, California Inst. of Technology, Division of Biology. “Insomniac worms reveal deeply conserved elements of sleep regulation” Dr. Van Buskirk is a candidate for the Tenure Track Position in Neurobiology. Dr. Isaac Edery, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Rutgers University Center for Advanced Biotechnology and Medicine. “What fruit flies can teach us About circadian clocks and sleep; from design principles and neural networks to implications for ecology, evolution and health.” Dr. Edery is a candidate for the Tenure Track Position in Neurobiology. Dr. Eugenia Piddini, Developmental Neurobiology Program, National Institute for Medical Research. “Wingless signaling and cell competition during patterning and growth”. Dr. Rafael Edgardo Carazo Salas, Institute of Biochemistry, ETH Zurich. “Systemic regulation of microtubule organization and its role in the establishment of cellular coordinates”.


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INVITED SEMINAR SPEAKERS (cont’d) Artur Kania, Director, Neural Circuit Development Laboratory, IRCM. "Molecular control of myotopic organisation in the developing vertebrate motor system". Dr. Kania is a candidate for Adjunct Professor status in the Biology Department.

Michel Cayouette - Director, Cellular Neurobiology Laboratory, IRCM. “Temporal regulation of neurogenesis in the developing mouse retina”. Dr. Cayouette is a candidate for Adjunct Professor status in the Biology Department.

Stefano Stifani, Professor, Depts. of Neurology & Neurosurgery, and Anatomy & Cell Biology, Montreal Neurological Institute. "Generation of cell diversity in the mammalian nervous system". Dr. Stifani is a candidate for Associate Member status in the Biology Department.

Marie Kmita, Principal investigator, Laboratory of Genetics and Development, IRCM. “Regulation and function of Hoxa genes associated with placental development”. Dr. Kmita is a candidate for Adjunct Professor status in the Biology Department.

Maxime Bouchard, Assistant professor, Department of Biochemistry/ McGill Cancer Centre, McGill University. “Urogenital plumbing in the mouse embryo”. Dr. Bouchard is a candidate for Associate Member status in the Biology Department”.

Frédéric Charron - Director, Molecular Biology of Neural Development, IRCM. “Wiring the brain: the role and molecular mechanism of Sonic hedgehog in axon guidance”. Dr. Charron is a candidate for Adjunct Professor status in the Biology Department.


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D.3. Publications in Refereed Journals, Books and Conference Proceedings in 2008

D. 3. 1. Publications by Full-Time Academic Staff

Location http://biology.mcgill.ca/biopubs2008.htm

* indicates those publications actually published before May 31, 2008 ABOUHEIF, E. (Khila A and Abouheif E.) 2008. Reproductive constraint: a novel developmental mechanism to reinforce social harmony in ants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 105: 17884-17889. --*(Nahmad M, Glass L, and Abouheif E.) 2008. The dynamics of developmental system drift in the gene network underlying wing polyphenism in ants: a mathematical model. Evolution & Development, 10 (3): 360-374. This paper was mentioned in Faculty of 1000 - view comments. --*(Abouheif E.) 2008. Parallelism as the pattern and process of mesoevolution. Evolution & Development 10 (1): 3-5.

BELL, G.A.C. (Replansky, T. & Bell, G.) 2008. The relationship of environmental heterogeneity, species diversity, and productivity in a natural yeast community. Oikos 118: 233-239. --(Replansky, T., Koufopanou, V., Greig, D. & Bell, G.) 2008. Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a model system in ecology and evolution. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 23: 494-501. --(Perron, G.G., Bell,G. & Quessy, S.) 2008. Parallel evolution of multidrug resistance in Salmonella enterica isolated from swine. FEMS Microbiology Letters (2008) 1-6. --(Bell, G. & Collins, S.) 2008. Adaptation, extinction and global change. Evolutionary Applications 1: 3-16. --Bell, G. 2008. Selection: the Mechanism of Evolution, second edition. 553 pp. Oxford University Press. --Bell, G. 2008. Experimental evolution. Heredity 100: 441-442. [Editorial introducing special issue of journal.] BUREAU, T. (Kim, N.-S., Park, K.-C., Kwon, S.-J., Kim, P.-H and Bureau, T.). Gene structure dynamics and divergence of the polygalacturonase gene family of plants and fungus. Genome, 2008 51, 30-40. --Bureau, T. (Rice Annotation Project) The Rice Annotation Project Database (RAP-DB): 2008 update. Nucleic Acids Research, 2008, 36, pp. 1028-1033. --Bureau, T. (Hirochika, H.) A Critical Role of the Chromomethylase OsMET2a-mediated DNA Methylation in Gene Regulation in Rice. The Plant Cell, 2008, in press.


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PUBLICATIONS BY FULL-TIME ACADEMIC STAFF (cont’d) BUSSEY, H. Bussey, H. (Logan, M.R., Nguyen, T., Szapiel, N.,Knockleby, J., Por, H.T., Zadworny, M., Neszt, M., Harrison, P., Mandato, C.A., Vogel, J., Lesage, G.) Genetic interaction network of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae type 1 phosphatase Glc7. BMC Genomics, v9, 2008, Article number 336. --Bussey, H. (Tarassov, K., Messier,V., Landry, C.R., Radinovic, S., Serma, M., Shames I., Malitskaya, Y., Vogel, J., and Michnick, S.W.) An in vitro map of the yeast protein interactome. Science,v. 320 June 13th 2008, pp. 1465-1470. --*Bussey, H. (Federova, N.D., Khaldi, N., Joardar, V.S., Maiti, R., Amedeo, P., Anderson, M.J., Crabtree, J., Silva, J.C., Badger, J.H., Albarraq, A., Angiuoli, S., Bowyer, P., Cotty, P.J., Dyer, P.S., Egan, A., Galens, K., Fraser-Liggett, C.M., Haas, B.J., Inman, J.M., Kent, R., Lemieux, S., Malavazi, I., Orvis, J., Roemer, T., Ronning, C.M., Sundaram, J.P., Sutton, G., Turner, G., Venter, J.C., White, O.R., Whitty, B.R., Youngman, P., Wolfe, K.H., Goldman, G.H., Wortman, J.R., Jiang,B., Denning, D.W., Nierman, W.C.) Genomic islands in the pathogenic filamentous fungus Aspergillus fumigatus. PLoS Genetics, v.4(4), 2008, e100046. CHAPMAN, L. J. (Crampton, W.G.R., L.J. Chapman, and J. Bell). 2008. Interspecific variation in gill size is correlated to ambient dissolved oxygen in the Amazonian electric fish Brachyhypopomus (Hypopomidae, Gymnotiformes). Environmental Biology of Fishes 83:223-235. --(Chapman, L.J., J. Albert, and F. Galis). 2008. Developmental plasticity, genetic differentiation, and hypoxia-induced trade-offs in an African cichlid fish. The Open Evolution Journal 2:75-88. --*(Correa, S.B., W.G.R. Crampton, L.J. Chapman, and J.S. Albert). 2008. A comparison of flooded forest and floating meadow fish assemblages in an upper Amazon floodplain. Journal of Fish Biology 72:1-16. --*(Crispo, E. and L.J. Chapman). 2008. Population genetic structure across dissolved oxygen regimes in an African cichlid fish. Molecular Ecology 17:2134-2148. --*(Kasangaki, A., L.J. Chapman, and J. Balirwa). 2008. Land-use and the limnology and benthic macroinvertebrate assemblages of high altitude rainforest streams in Uganda. Freshwater Biology 53:681-697. --*(Wen-Chi Corrie, L., L.J. Chapman, and E. Reardon). 2008. Brood protection at a cost: Mouthbrooding under hypoxia in an African cichlid. Environmental Biology of Fishes 82:41-49. --*(Reardon, E.E. and L.J. Chapman). 2008. Reproductive seasonality in a swamp-locked African cichlid. Ecology of Freshwater Fish 17:20-29. --(Chapman, C.A., L.J. Chapman, P. Omeja, and D. Twinomugisha). 2008. Long-term studies reveal the conservation potential for integrating habitat restoration and animal nutrition. Pp. 51-62. In: Science and Conservation in African Forests: The Benefits of Long-term Research, R.W. Wrangham and E. Ross (eds). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. --*(Binning, S.A. and L.J. Chapman). 2008. Feeding ecology and diet overlap in riverine cichlids from western Uganda. Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung Limnologie 30( 2): 283-286. --*(Chapman, L.J., C.A. Chapman, F. Witte, L. Kaufman, and J. Balirwa). 2008. Biodiversity Conservation in African Inland Waters: Lessons of the Lake Victoria Basin. Plenary Paper: Verhandlungen Internationale Vereinigung Limnologie 30 (Part I):16-34.


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PUBLICATIONS BY FULL-TIME ACADEMIC STAFF (cont’d) --*(Cosandey-Godin, S.A. Binning, and L.J. Chapman). 2008. Specialized morphology for a noon-specialized diet: Liem’s paradox in an African cichlid fish. MSURJ (McGill Science Undergraduate Research Journal) 3:19-23. CHASE, R. (Chase, R. and Darbyson, E.) Differential survival of allosperm by location within the female storage organ of the snail Cornu aspersum. Canadian Journal of Zoology, v. 86, 2008, pp. 1244-1251. FAGOTTO F. (Reintsch W.E., Mandato C., McCrea P.D. and F. Fagotto). Inhibition of cell adhesion by xARVCF indicates a regulatory function at the plasma membrane, potentially involving Rac signaling. Developmental Dynamics 237, 2008, pp2328-2341. --*(Hendriksen J., Jansen M., Brown C.M., van der Velde H., van Ham M., Galjart N., Offerhaus G.J., Fagotto F. and M. Fornerod) Plasma membrane recruitment of dephosphorylated β-catenin upon activation of the Wnt pathway. Journal of Cell Science 121, 2008, pp1793-1802. --*(Lindqvist L., Oberer M., Reibarkh M., Cencic R., Bordeleau M.-E., Vogt E., Marintchev A., Tanaka J., Fagotto F., Altmann M., Wagner G., and J. Pelletier) Selective Pharmacological Targeting of a DEAD box RNA helicase. PloS ONE 3, 2008, e1583. --(Fagotto F. and C.M. Brown) Detection of Nuclear β-Catenin in Xenopus Embryos. In: Wnt Signaling: Methods and Model Systems. (E. Vincan ed. The Humana Press) (book chapter) Methods in Molecular Biology 469, 2008, pp363-80. FUSSMANN, G.F. (Fussmann, G.F.) The lake as a system of differential equations - a paradigm for the aquatic ecologist of the 21st century? International Review of Hydrobiology, v. 93, 2008, pp. 532-540. --(Cao, J., G.F. Fussmann & J.O. Ramsey) Estimating a predator-prey dynamical model with the parameter cascades method. Biometrics, v. 64, 2008, pp. 959-967. --*(Fussmann, G.F.) Experimental measurements of functional response: What is the relevance for food web theory? Proceedings International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology v. 30, 2008, 255-258. GONZALEZ, A. (Perron, G., Gonzalez, A., and Buckling, A) The rate of environmental change drives adaptation to an antibiotic sink. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2008, v. 21, pp. 1724-1731. --(Hendry, A. and Gonzalez, A.) Whither Adaptation? Biology and Philosophy, 2008, v. 23, pp. 673-699. --(Gardezi, T. and Gonzalez, A.) Scale dependence of the species-energy relationship: evidence from fishes in thousands of lakes. American Naturalist, v. 171, 2008, pp. 800-815. --(Gonzalez, A., Lambert, A. and Ricciardi, T.) When does ecosystem engineering facilitate invasion and species replacement. Oikos, v.117, 2008, pp. 1247-1257.


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PUBLICATIONS BY FULL-TIME ACADEMIC STAFF (cont’d) GREGORY-EAVES, I. *(Tinner W, Bigler C, Gedye S, Gregory-Eaves I, Jones RT, Kaltenrieder P and Krähenbühl U, Hu, FS). Boreal ecosystem responses to climatic variation in southeastern Alaska during the past seven centuries. Ecology v. 89, 2008, pp. 729–743. --*(Taranu ZE and Gregory-Eaves I). Quantifying relationships among phosphorus agriculture and lake depth at an inter-regional scale. Ecosystems. v. 11, 2008, pp. 715-725. --*(Brother S, Vermaire J and Gregory-Eaves I). Empirical models for describing recent sedimentation rates in lakes distributed across broad spatial scales. Journal of Paleolimnology. v. 40, 2008, pp. 1003-1019. --*(Vermaire J and Gregory-Eaves I). Reconstructing changes in macrophyte cover in lakes across the northeastern United States based on sedimentary diatom assemblages. Journal of Paleolimnology v. 39, 2008, pp. 477-490. HARRISON, P. M. Logan MR, Nguyen T, Szapiel N, Knockleby J, Por H, Zadworny M, Neszt M, Harrison P, Bussey H, Mandato CA, Vogel J, Lesage G. Genetic interaction network of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae type 1 phosphatase Glc7. BMC Genomics, v. 9, 2008, 336. HEKIMI, S. Lapointe J, Hekimi S (2008) Early mitochondrial dysfunction in long-lived Mclk1+/- mice. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 283(38):26217-27. --*Hihi AK, Beauchamp M-C, Branicky R, Desjardins A, Casanova I, Guimond M-P, Carroll M, Ethier M, Kianicka I, McBride K, and Hekimi S (2008) Evolutionary conservation of drug action on lipoprotein metabolism-related targets. Journal of Lipid Research, 49(1):74-83. HENDRY, A.P. (Hendry, A.P. and Gonzalez, A.) Whither adaptation? Biology and Philosophy, v. 23, 2008, 673-699. --(Delcourt, M., Räsänen, K. and Hendry, A.P.) Genetic and plastic components of divergent male inter-sexual behavior in Misty lake/stream stickleback. Behavioral Ecology, v. 19, 2008, pp. 1217-1224. --(Berner, D., Adams, D.C., Grandchamp, A.-C. and Hendry, A.P.) Natural selection drives patterns of lake-stream divergence in stickleback foraging morphology. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, v. 21, 2008, pp. 1653-1665. --(Sharpe, D.M.T., Räsänen, K., Berner, D. and Hendry, A.P.) Genetic and environmental contributions to the morphology of lake and stream stickleback: implications for gene flow and reproductive isolation. Evolutionary Ecology Research, v. 10, 2008, pp. 849-866. --(DiBattista, J.D., Feldheim, K.A., Thibert-Plante, X., Gruber, S.H. and Hendry, A.P.) A genetic assessment of polyandry and breeding site fidelity in lemon sharks. Molecular Ecology, v. 17, 2008, pp. 3337-3351. --(Räsänen, K. and Hendry, A.P.). Disentangling interactions between adaptive divergence and gene flow when ecology drives diversification. Ecology Letters, v. 11, 2008, pp. 624-636. --*(Hendry, A.P.) Darwin in the fossils. Nature, v. 451, 2008, pp. 779-780. --*(DiBattista, J.D., Feldheim, K.A., Gruber, S.H. and Hendry, A.P.) Are indirect genetic benefits associated with polyandry? Testing predictions in a natural population of lemon sharks. Molecular Ecology, v. 17, 2008, pp. 783-795.


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PUBLICATIONS BY FULL-TIME ACADEMIC STAFF (cont’d) --*(Hendry, A.P., Farrugia, T. and Kinnison, M.T.). Human influences on rates of phenotypic change in wild animal populations. Molecular Ecology, v. 17, 2008, pp. 20-29. --*(Foster, D., Podos, J. and Hendry, A.P.) A geometric morphometric appraisal of beak shape in Darwin’s finches. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, v. 21, 2008, pp. 263-275. --*(Waples, R.S. and Hendry, A.P.) Evolutionary perspectives on salmonid conservation and management. Evolutionary Applications, v. 1, 2008, pp. 183-188. --*(Crozier, L.G., Hendry, A.P., Lawson, P.W., Quinn, T.P., Mantua, N.J., Battin, J., Shaw, R.G. and Huey, R.B). Evolutionary responses to climate change for organisms with complex life histories: Columbia River salmon as a case in point. Evolutionary Applications, v. 1, 2008, pp.252-270. KRAHE, R. (Krahe, R., Bastian J, and Chacron, M.J.) Temporal processing across multiple topographic maps in the electrosensory system. Journal of Neurophysiology, v. 100, 2008, pp.852-867. --(Mehaffey, W.H., Ellis, L.D., Krahe, R., Dunn, R.J., and Chacron, M.J.) Ionic and neuromodulatory regulation of burst discharge controls frequency tuning. Journal of Physiology (Paris), v. 102, 2008, pp. 195-208. --(Ronacher, B., Wohlgemuth, S., Vogel, A., and Krahe, R.) Discrimination of acoustic communication signals by grasshoppers: temporal resolution, temporal integration, and the impact of intrinsic noise. Journal of Comparative Psychology, v. 122, 2008, pp. 252-263. --(Krahe, R.) Rooted in behaviour. Journal of Physiology (Paris), v. 102, 2008, pp. 154-156 (editorial).

KRAMER, D.L. *(Ménard, A., Turgeon, K. and Kramer, D.L.) Selection of diurnal refuges by the nocturnal squirrelfish, Holocentrus rufus. Environmental Biology of Fishes, v. 82, 2008, pp. 59-70. (published May 2008) --(Valles, H., Kramer, D.L. and Hunte, W.) Temporal and spatial patterns in the recruitment of coral-reef fishes in Barbados. Marine Ecology Progress Series, v. 363, 2008, pp. 257-272. --(Hall, C.L. and D.L. Kramer). The economics of tracking a changing environment: competition and social information. Animal Behaviour, v. 76, 2008, pp. 1609-1619. --(Leighton, P.A., J.A. Horrocks, B.H. Krueger, J.A. Beggs, and D.L. Kramer). Predicting species interactions from edge responses: mongoose predation on hawksbill sea turtle nests in fragmented beach habitat. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, v. 275, 2008, pp. 2465-2472. LASKO, P.F. Stein, D. and Lasko, P. (2008) The 30th Anniversary Crete Fly Meeting: from individual molecules to 12 genomes, and beyond. Fly 2: 326-333. --Dansereau, D. A., and Lasko, P. (2008) An isoform of RanBPM regulates cell shape, arrangement and capacity of the female germline stem cell niche in Drosophila. J. Cell Biol. 182: 963-977.


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PUBLICATIONS BY FULL-TIME ACADEMIC STAFF (cont’d) --*Thomson, T., Liu, N., Arkov, A., Lehmann, R., and Lasko, P. (2008) Isolation of new polar granule components in Drosophila reveals P body and ER associated proteins. Mech. Dev. 125: 865-873. --*Hanyu-Nakamura, K., Sonobe, H., Tanigawa, A., Lasko, P., and Nakamura, A. (2008) Drosophila polar granule component encodes a small protein that acts as a germ cell specific P-TEFb inhibitor. Nature 451: 730-733. --*Dansereau, D. A. and Lasko, P. (2008) The development of germline stem cells in Drosophila. In: Hou, S. X. and Singh, S. R. (eds.) Methods in Molecular Biology, volume 450, Germline Stem Cells. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press, p. 3- 26. LECHOWICZ M.J. (Flinn, KM, MJ Lechowicz & MJ Waterway). 2008. Plant species diversity and composition of small wetlands within upland forests. American Journal of Botany 95: 1216-1224 --(Morin, X & Lechowicz MJ). 2008. Contemporary perspectives on the niche that can improve models of species range shifts under climate change. Biology Letters 4: 573-576 LEFEBVRE, L. (Sol, D, Bacher, S., Reader, S. M., Lefebvre, L.) Brain size predicts the success of mammal species introduced into novel environments. American Naturalist, v.172, 2008, pp. S63–S71 --(Lefebvre, L., Sol. D.). Brains, lifestyles and cognition: are there general trends Brain, Behavior and Evolution, v. 72, 2008, pp. 135-144. --(Marino, L., Butti, C., Connor, R.C., Fordyce R.E., Herman L.M., Hof P.R., Lefebvre, L., Lusseau, D., McCowan, B., Nimchinsky, E.A., Pack, A.A., Rendell, L., Reidenberg, J.S., Reiss, D., Rendell, L., Uhen, M.D., Van der Gucht, E., Whitehead, H. ). A claim in search of evidence: Reply to Manger’s thermogenesis hypothesis of cetacean brain structure. Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, v.83, 2008, pp. 417-440. --(Overington, S. Dubois, F. Lefebvre, L.) Resource unpredictability drives both generalism and social foraging: a game theoretical model. Behavioral Ecology, v. 19, 2008, pp. 836-841. --(Raes, A., Lefebvre, L., Jordaens, K.). First report of fishing in the European Blackbird Turdus merula. Acta Ornithologica, v.43, 2008, pp. 231-234. --(Boogert, N.J., Giraldeau, L.A. Lefebvre L.). Song complexity correlates with learning ability in zebra finch males. Animal Behaviour, v.76, 2008, pp. 1735-1741. --Lefebvre, L. Petits futés! L’innovation comme signe d’intelligence. Québec Oiseaux, v.20 (2), 2008, pp. 10-14. (Invited cover article for 20th anniversary issue). LEUNG, B. Hyder, A., Leung, B., Miao, Z. 2008. Integrating data, biology, and decision models for invasive species management: application to leafy spurge (Euphorbia esula). Ecology and Society 13: 12 --Gertzen, E., Familiar, O., Leung, B. 2008. Quantifying invasion pathways : fish introductions from the aquarium trade. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 65: 1265-1273. --Cohen, J., Mirotchnick, N., Leung, B. 2008. The aquarium plant trade: missing pieces, the authors reply. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 5: 528-532.


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--Delaney, D.G., Sperling, C.D., Adams, C., Leung, B. 2008. Marine invasive species: validation of citizen science and implications for national monitoring networks. Biological Invasions 10: 117-128 LOREAU, M. (Goudard, A. and Loreau, M.) Non-trophic interactions, biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: an interaction web model. The American Naturalist, v. 171, 2008, pp. 91–106. --Loreau, M. Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning: the mystery of the deep sea. Current Biology, v. 18, 2008, pp. R126–R128. --(Schmid, B., Hector, A., Saha, P. and Loreau, M.) Biodiversity effects and transgressive overyielding. Journal of Plant Ecology, v. 1, 2008, pp. 95102. --(Kéfi, S., van Baalen, M., Rietkerk, M. and Loreau, M.) Evolution of local facilitation in arid ecosystems. The American Naturalist, v. 172, 2008, pp. E1E17. --(Loreau, M. and de Mazancourt, C.) Species synchrony and its drivers: neutral and nonneutral community dynamics in fluctuating environments. The American Naturalist, v. 172, 2008, pp. E48E66. --(Vojtech, E., Loreau, M., Yachi, S., Spehn, E. M. and Hector, A.) Light partitioning in experimental grass communities. Oikos, v. 117, 2008, pp. 13511361. --(Kylafis, G. and Loreau, M.) Ecological and evolutionary consequences of niche construction for its agent. Ecology Letters, v. 11, 2008, pp. 10721081. --(Leroux, S. J. and Loreau, M.) Subsidy hypothesis and strength of trophic cascades across ecosystems. Ecology Letters, v. 11, 2008, pp. 11471156. --(Haegeman, B. and Loreau, M.) Limitations of entropy maximization in ecology. Oikos, v. 117, 2008, pp. 17001710. --(Daufresne, T., Lacroix, G., Benhaim, D. and Loreau, M.) Coexistence of algae and bacteria: a test of the carbon hypothesis. Aquatic Microbial Ecology, v. 53, 2008, pp. 323332. --Loreau, M. Foreword. In DIVERSITAS Annual Report 2007: Integrating biodiversity science for human well-being, Paris, 2008, p. 1. MOON, NS (Morris EJ, Yuan JY, Yang F, Di Stefano L, Herr A, Moon NS, Kwon EJ, Haigis

KM, Näär AM and Dyson NJ) E2F1 represses b-catenin transcription and is antagonized by both pRB and CDK8. Nature. 455(7212):552-6 --(Moon NS, Di Stefano L, Morris EJ, Patel R, White K, and Dyson NJ) E2F and p53 induce apoptosis independently during Drosophila development but intersect in the context of DNA damage. PLoS Genetics. 4(8):e1000153 POLLACK, G.S *(Sabourin, P., Gottlieb, H. and Pollack, G.S.) Carrier dependent temporal processing in an auditory interneuron. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, v. 123, 2008, pp. 2910-2917. --(Narbonne, R. and Pollack, G.S.) Developmental control of ultrasound sensitivity by a juvenile-hormone analog in crickets (Teleogryllus oceanicus). Journal of Insect Physiology, v. 54, 2008, pp. 1552-1556.


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PUBLICATIONS BY FULL-TIME ACADEMIC STAFF (cont’d) POTVIN, C. 5- Healy, C., Gotelli, N. and Potvin, C. 2008. Partitioning the effects of biodiversity and environmental heterogeneity for productivity and mortality in a tropical tree plantation. Journal of Ecology 96: 903-913. --Coll, L., Potvin, C., Messier, C. and Delagrange, S. 2008. Carbon storage, allocation patterns and root architecture of tropical trees with contrasting shade tolerance in young mixed plantations. Trees - Structure and Function 22: 585-596. --Delagrange, S., Coll, L, Messier, Ch, and Potvin, C. 2008. Linking multiple-level tree traits with biomass accumulation in native tree species used for reforestation in Panama. Trees - Structure and Function 22: 337-349. --Potvin, C. and Bovarnick, A. 2008. Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries: Key actors, negotiations and actions. In Press - Carbon and Climate Law Review Special Edition: Climate Policy, Carbon Markets and Forestry, Legal Essays {online} http://www.lexxion.eu/cclr/current_issue.php. CCLR 03/2008 MARCH 2008 --Murphy, M., Balser, T., Buchmann, N., Hann, V. and Potvin, C. 2008 Linking tree biodiversity to belowground process in a young tropical plantation: impacts on soil CO2 flux. Forest Ecology and Management 255: 2577-2588. APRIL 2008 --Potvin, C., Guay, B. and Pedroni, L. 2008. Implementing the mechanisms proposed to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation: A case study with Panama. Climate Policy 8: 23-40. SPRING 2008 --#Potvin, C. and Gotelli, N. 2008. Biodiversity enhances individual performance but does not affect survivorship in tropical trees. Ecology Letters 11: 217–223. APRIL 2008 #This paper was chosen by Science 319 (5869) as the Editor’s choice for the ecology section on March 14th 2008 http://www.sciencemag.org/content/vol319/issue5869/twil.dtl#319/5869/1461a. --Coomes, O.T., Grimard, F., Potvin, C. and Sima, P. 2008. The fate of tropical forest: carbon or cattle? Ecological Economics 65: 207-212. MARCH 2008 --Sarlo, M, Healy, C and Potvin C. 2009. Tropical tree plantations with native species: linking carbon storage with concerns for biodiversity in. Dallmeier, F., A. Fenech, D. Maciver, and R. Szaro (ed.) Climate Change, Biodiversity, and Sustainability in the Americas. A Smithsonian Contribution to Knowledge. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, Washington, D.C. (October 8th 2008) PRICE, N.M. (Tremblay, J.-E., K. G. Simpson, J. Martin, L. Miller, Y. Gratton, D. G. Barber, and N. M. Price) 2008. Vertical stability and the annual dynamics of nutrients and chlorophyll fluorescence in the coastal, southeast Beaufort Sea. J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2007JC004547, in press. (accepted 29 February 2008). --(Simpson, K.G., J.-E- Tremblay, Y. Gratton & N.M. Price) 2008. An annual study of inorganic and organic nitrogen and phosphorus and silicic acid in the southeastern Beaufort Sea. J. Geophys. Res., doi:10.1029/2007JC004462, in press. (accepted 5 March 2008). ROY, R. Hebeisen M, Drysdale J, Roy R. (2008) Suppressors of the cdc-25.1(gf)-associated intestinal hyperplasia reveal important maternal roles for prp-8 and a subset of splicing factors in C. elegans. RNA.14: 2618-2633.

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SCHÖCK, F. Lee S, Zhou L, Kim J, Kalbfleisch S and Schöck F (2008). Lasp anchors the Drosophila stem cell niche and mediates spermatid individualization. Mechanisms of Development 125, 768-776

SCHOEN, D. J. (JARVIS, D.I., and 28 other authors). Schoen, D. J. 2008. A global perspective of the richness and evenness of traditional crop genetic diversity maintained by farming communities. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., USA 105: 5326-5331. (On the cover) (ISI Impact factor 2006 = 9.6) --(BUSCH, J. W., SHARMA, J., and SCHOEN, D. J.) 2008. Molecular characterization of an SRK-like gene linked to the S-locus in the wild mustard, Leavenworthia alabamica. Genetics 178:2055-2067. (ISI Impact factor 2006 = 4.3) --*(BUSCH, J. W., and SCHOEN, D. J.) 2008. The molecular ecology of self-incompatibility in small populations. Trends in Plant Science 13:128-136. (ISI Impact factor 2006 = 8.0) --*(SCHOEN, D. J., REICHMAN, J. R., and ELLSTRAND, N. C.) 2008. Transgene escape monitoring and population genetics. Bioscience 58:71-77. (ISI Impact factor 2006 = 5.4) VOGEL, J. Logan ML, T Nguyen, N Szapiel, J Knockleby, H Por, M Zadworny, M Neszt, P Harrison, H Bussey, CA Mandato*, J Vogel* and G Lesage* Genetic interaction network of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae type 1 phosphatase Glc7. BMC Genomics 15,336 (2008) *corresponding authors --Vogel, J. (Tarassov, K., Messier,V., Landry, C.R., Radinovic, S., Serma, M., Shames I., Malitskaya, Y., Vogel, J., and Michnick, S.W.) An in vitro map of the yeast protein interactome. Science,v. 320 June 13th 2008, pp. 1465-1470. WESTERN, T.L. (Young, R.E., McFarlane, H.E., Hahn, M.G., Western, T.L., Haughn, G.W. and Samuels, A.L.) Analysis of the Golgi apparatus in Arabidopsis seed coat cells during polarized secretion of pectin-rich mucilage. Plant Cell, v. 20, 2008, pp. 1623-1638. --(Western, T.L.) Tales of mucilage and MEN – cell walls and cellular differentiation. Genetics Society of Canada Bulletin, v. 39, 2008, pp. 65-66. ZETKA, M.C. Goodyer, W., Kaitna, S., Couteau, F., Ward, J.D., Boulton, S.J., and Zetka, M. (2008). HTP-3 links DSB formation with homolog pairing and crossing over during C. elegans meiosis. Developmental Cell, 14:263-274. ZHENG, H. (Li, F., Wu, X., Lam, P., Bird, D., Zheng, H., Samuels, L., Jetter, R., and Kunst L.). Identification of the Wax Ester Synthase/Acyl-CoA:Diacylglycerol Acyltransferase WSD1 Required for Stem Wax Ester Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiology, v. 148, 2008, pp. 97-107 Total # of refereed publications for calendar year 2008 = 120


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D.3.2 Affiliation of Co-Authors Adams, D. Iowa Statue Univ., Ames, USA. Albarraq, A. School of Medicine and Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, United Kingdom. Albert, J. Department of Biology, Univ. of Louisiana at Lafayette Amedeo, P. The J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD USA. Anderson, M.J. School of Medicine and Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, United Kingdom. Angiuoli, S. The J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD USA. Bacher, S. Zoological Institute, University of Bern, Switzerland Bachewich, C. Merck Frost Center for Fungal Research, Montreal Badger, J.H. The J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD USA. Balirwa, J. Fisheries Resources Research Institute, Uganda Balser, T. Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin Barber, D.G. CEOS, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB Bastian, J. Dept. Zoology, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK Beauchamp, M-C. Chronogen Inc., Montreal Berner, D. Zoological Institute, Univ. of Basel, Switzerland. Bigler, C. Institute of Plant Sciences, Univ. of Bern, Switzerland Binning, S. Department of Biology, McGill University Boogert, N. Department of Biology, McGill University Boulton, S.J. DNA Damage Response Laboratory, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, UK Bovarnick, A. UNDP, Panama Bowyer, P. School of Medicine and Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, United Kingdom. Branicky, R. McGill, Biology Department Brother, S. Dept. of Biology, McGill University Buchman, N. Professor, ETH-Zurich, Switzerland Buckling, A. Oxford University, UK. Busch, J. McGill University, post-doc in Schoen lab Biology Butti, C. Dept. of Exp Vet Sciences, University of Padua, Italy Cao, J. Dept. of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Simon Frasier University Casanova, I. Chronogen Inc., Montreal Carroll, M. Chronogen Inc., Montreal Chacron, M.J. Dept. Physiology, McGill University Coll, L. Forest Technology Centre of Catalonia, Spain Collins, S. Royal Society Fellow, University of Edinburgh. Connor, R.C. Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, MA Coomes, O. Associate Professor, Geography, McGill Correa, S.B. Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, USA Cosandey-Godin, A. Department of Biology, McGill University


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AFFILIATION OF CO-AUTHORS (cont’d) Cotty, P.J. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ Crabtree, J. The J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD USA. Crampton, W.G.R. Department of Biology, University of Central Florida Crispo, E. Department of Biology, McGill University Darbyson, E. Research Assistant, Biology, McGill University Davison, J. Merck Frost Center for Fungal Research, Montreal Delagrange, S. Institut québecois d’Aménagement de la Forêt feuillue Delcourt, M. Dept. of Biology, Univ. of Ottawa, Canada. Denning, D.W. School of Medicine and Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, United Kingdom. Desjardins, A. Chronogen Inc., Montreal DiBattista, J. Redpath Museum and Dept. of Biology, McGill Univ. Di Stefano, L. Massachusetts General Hospital, Center for Cancer Research Dunn, R.J. Centre for Research in Neuroscience, McGill Univ. Dyer, P.S. School of Biology, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom. Dyson, N.J. Massachusetts General Hospital, Center for Cancer Research Egan, A. The J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD USA. Elina, H. Department of Biology, McGill University Ellis, L.D. Dept. Physiology and Biophysics, Dalhousie University, Halifax Ellstrand, N. Professor, University of California at Riverside Ethier, M. Chronogen Inc., Montreal Farrugia, T. Biology Dept., California State Univ. – Long Beach. Federova, N.D. The J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD USA. Feldheim, K. Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, USA. Flinn, K. Biology – McGill Fordyce, E. Department of Geology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand Foster, D. Dept. of Biological Sciences, Univ. of Calgary Fraser-Liggett, C.M. The J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD USA. Galens, K. The J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD USA. Galis, F. Institute of Biology, Leiden University, The Netherlands Gardezi, T. McGill University Gedye, S. LTSN National Subject Centre for Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Plymouth, UK Giraldeau, L-A Département des Sciences Biologiques, Université du Québec à Montréal Frédérique Dubois, Department of Biology, Univesité de Montréal Glass, L. Centre for Non-Linear Dynamics, McGill University


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AFFILIATION OF CO-AUTHORS (cont’d) Goldman, G.H. Depatamento de Ciencias Farmaceuticas, Faculdade de Ciencias Farmaceuticas de Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Gotelli, N. Full Professor, University of Vermont Gottlieb, H Medical student, McGill Grandchamp, A-C. Zoological Institute, Univ. of Basel, Switzerland. Gratton, Y. INRS-ETE, 490 de la Couronne, Québec, QC. Grieg, D. Reader, University College London. Grimard, F. Associate Professor, Economy, McGill Gruber, S. Division of Marine Biology and Fisheries, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, USA. Guay , B. OECD, France Guimond, M-P. Chronogen Inc., Montreal Hall, C.L. previously Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Anthropology, McGill Haas, B.J. The J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD USA. Hahn, M.G. Complex Carbohydrate Research Center, University of Georgia Haigis, K.M. Massachusetts General Hospital, Center for Cancer Research Hann, V. ETH-Zurich, Switzerland Haughn, G.W. Botany Department, University of British Columbia Healy, C. Environmental advisor, Quebecor, Montréal Herman, L. M. Department of Psychology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, HI Herr, A. Massachusetts General Hospital, Center for Cancer Research Hihi, A. Chronogen Inc., Montreal Hirochika, H. National Institute of Agrobiological Research,

Tsukuba, Japan. Hof, P.R. Department of Neuroscience, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY Horrocks, J.A. Professor, U. of West Indies Hu, F.S. Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois Hunte, W. Pro Vice Chancellor Research, U. of West Indies Inman, J.M. The J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD USA. Jarvis, D.I. Bioversity International, Maccarese, Italy Jiang, B. Merck Frost Center for Fungal Research, Montreal Joardar, V.S. The J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD USA. Jones, R. Dept. of Geography, University of Exeter, Devon, UK Jordaens, K. Department of Biology, University of Antwerp, Belgium Kaltenrieder, P. Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Dept. of Environ. Sci., ETH Zürich Kaufman, L.S. Department of Biology, Boston University


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AFFILIATION OF CO-AUTHORS (cont’d) Kasangaki, A. International Trust for Forest Conservation & Mbarara University, Uganda Kent, R. School of Medicine and Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, United Kingdom. Ketela, T. Merck Frost Center for Fungal Research, Montreal Khaldi, N. Department of Genetics, Smurfit Institute, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Khila, A. Postdoc in Abouheif Lab, Biology, McGill University Kianicka, I. Chronogen Inc., Montreal Kim, N.-S. Department of Molecular Biosciences,

Kangwon National University, Chunchon, Korea Kim, P.-H Department of Molecular Biosciences, Kangwon National University, Chunchon, Korea

Kinnison, M. Dept. of Biological Sciences, Univ. of Maine, Orono. Knockleby, J. Dept. of Biology, McGill University Koufopanou, V. Lecturer, Imperial College, London. Krähenbühl, U. Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Univ. of Bern, Switzerland Krueger, B.H. Ph.D. student, U. of West Indies Kwon, E.J. Massachusetts General Hospital, Center for Cancer Research Kwon, S.-J. Department of Molecular Biosciences,

Kangwon National University, Chunchon, Korea Lambert, A. University of Paris VI, France. Landry, C.R. Biochimie, Université de Montréal Lapointe, J. McGill, Biology Department Leighton, P.A. Ph.D. student, Kramer lab, Biology, McGill Lemieux,S. Merck Frost Center for Fungal Research, Montreal Lesage, G. Dept. of Biology, McGill University Logan, M.R. Dept. of Biology, McGill University Lusseau, D. Department of Biology, Dalhousie University Maiti, R. The J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD USA. Malavazi, I. Depatamento de Ciencias Farmaceuticas, Faculdade de Ciencias Farmaceuticas de Ribeirao Preto, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Malitskaya, Y. Biochimie, Université de Montréal Mandato, C.A. Anatomy and Cell Biology, McGill University, Marino, L. Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology Program, Emory University, Atlanta GA, Martel, N. Merck Frost Center for Fungal Research, Montreal Martin, J. Département de biologie, Université Laval, QC McBride, K. Chronogen Inc., Montreal McCowan, B. Department of Population Health and Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA


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AFFILIATION OF CO-AUTHORS (cont’d) McFarlane, H.E. A.L. Samuels Lab, Botany Department, UBC (M.Sc. student in Western lab at time paper completed) Mehaffey, W.H. Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary Menard, A. Environmental consultant with S.N.C. Lavelin; real estate consultant in Montreal Messier, C. Université du Québec à Montréal Messier,V. Biochimie, Université de Montréal Michnick, S.W. Biochimie, Université de Montréal Miller, L. Institute of Ocean Sciences, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Sidney, BC. Morin, X. Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, CNRS – Montpellier Morris, E.J. Massachusetts General Hospital, Center for Cancer Research Murphy, M. PhD candidate, McGill, Geography Näär, A.M. Massachusetts General Hospital, Center for Cancer Research Nahmad, M. Biophysics Institute, California Institute of Technology Narbonne, R CEGEP teacher Neszt, M. Anatomy and Cell Biology, McGill University, Nierman, W.C. The J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD USA. Nimchinsky, E. A. Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers State University, Newark, NJ Nguyen, T. Dept. of Biology, McGill University Omeja, P. Department of Forestry, Makerere University, Uganda Orvis, J. The J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD USA. Overington, S Department of Biology, McGill University Pack, A.A. The Dolphin Institute, Honolulu, HI Park, K.-C. Department of Molecular Biosciences, Kangwon National University, Chunchon, Korea Patel, R. Massachusetts General Hospital, Cutaneous Biology Research Center Pedroni, L. CATIE, Costa Rica Perron, G. PhD student, Oxford University. Podos, J. Dept. of Biology, Univ. of Massachusetts Amherst. Por, H. Dept. of Biology, McGill University Quessy, S. Professor, Université de Montréal. Radinovic, S. Biochimie, Université de Montréal Raes, A. Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Belgium Ramsay, J.O. Dept. of Psychology, McGill University Räsänen, K. Institute of Integrative Biology and EAWAG, Department of Aquatic Ecology, ETH-Zurich,


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AFFILIATION OF CO-AUTHORS (cont’d) Reader, S. Behavioural Biology, Utrecht University, The Netherlands Reichman, J. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Western Division, Corvalis, OR Reardon, E. Department of Biology, McGill University Rendell, L. Center for Social and Cognitive Evolution, Sea

Mammal Research Unit, School of Biology, University of St. Andrews, Fife, UK

Replansky, T. Event organizer, Montreal. Ricciardi, T. Redpath Museum, McGill University Rodriguez-Saurez, R. Merck Frost Center for Fungal Research, Montreal Roemer, T. Merck Frost Center for Fungal Research, Montreal Ronacher, B. Dept. Behavioural Physiology, Institute of Biology, Humboldt University Berlin, Berlin, Germany Ronning, C.M. The J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD USA. Sabourin, P PhD student, U. Montreal Samuels, A.L. Botany Department, University of British Columbia Sarlo, M. The Nature Conservancy, Panama Serma, M. Biochimie, Université de Montréal Shames I. Biochimie, Université de Montréal Sharma, J. former McGill undergraduate Sharpe, D. Dept. of Biology, McGill Univ. Sillaots, S. Merck Frost Center for Fungal Research, Montreal Silva, J.C. The J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD USA. Sol, D CREAF, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain Sundaram, J.P. The J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD USA. Sutton, G. The J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD USA. Szapiel, N. Dept. of Biology, McGill University Taranu, Z. Dept. of Biology, McGill University Tarassov, K. Biochimie, Université de Montréal Thibert-Plante, X. Redpath Museum and Dept. of Biology, McGill Univ. Tinner, W. Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Dept. of Environ. Sci., ETH Zürich Tremblay, J-E Département de biologie (Québec-Océan), Université Laval, Québec. Trosok, S. Merck Frost Center for Fungal Research, Montreal Turgeon, K Ph.D. student, Kramer lab, Biology, McGill Turner, G. Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK Twinomugisha, D. Makerere University, Uganda Uhen, M.D. National Museum of Natural History, Department of Paleobiology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC Valles, H. Expert in Fisheries Resources, Spanish International Development Agency, Haiti


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AFFILIATION OF CO-AUTHORS (cont’d) Van der Gucht, E. Department of Neuroscience, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY Veillette,K. Merck Frost Center for Fungal Research, Montreal Venter, J.C. The J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD USA. Vermaire, J. Dept. of Biology, McGill University Vogel, A. Private company Waples, R. Northwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA-Fisheries, Seattle, USA. Ward, J.D. DNA Damage Response Laboratory, Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, UK Waterway, M. Plant Science-McGill Wen-Chi Corrie, L. Department of Zoology, University of Florida White, K. Massachusetts General Hospital, Cutaneous Biology Research Center White, O.R. The J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD USA. Whitehead, H. Department of Biology, Dalhousie University Whitty, B.R. The J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD USA. Witte, F. Institute of Biology, Leiden University, The Netherlands Wohlgemuth, S. Dept. Behavioural Physiology, Institute of Biology, Humboldt University Berlin, Berlin, Germany Wolfe, K.H. Department of Genetics, Smurfit Institute, University of Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Wortman, J.R. The J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD USA. Xu, D. Merck Frost Center for Fungal Research, Montreal Yang, F. Massachusetts General Hospital, Center for Cancer Research Young, R.E. A.L. Samuels Lab, Botany Department, UBC Youngman, P. Merck Frost Center for Fungal Research, Montreal Yuan, J.Y. Massachusetts General Hospital, Center for Cancer Research Zadworny, M. Dept. of Biology, McGill University


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D.3.3. Refereed Publications in 2008 by Students and Post-doctoral Scholars Supervised by Faculty Members who were not Co-Authors. CARROLL, R. L. Sigurdsen, Trond (PhD 4), The otic region of Doleserpeton (Temnospondyli) and its implications for the evolutionary origin of frogs. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, (2008), 154: 738-751. In review: The Lissamphibian humerus and elbow joint and the origin of modern amphibians. Journal of Morphology. Submitted: The anuran humerus and the evolution of jumping in early salientians. Paleobiology. GREGORY-EAVES, I. Student theses: *Taranu Z. 2008. Tracking changes in water quality due to catchment land-use and lake morphometry across spatial and temporal scales. MSc thesis, McGill University, QC, 107 pp. *Richard Albert M. 2008. Assessing the response of cladocera to nutrients and related ecological changes in shallow lakes over spatial and temporal scales. BScH thesis, McGill University, QC, 37 pp. HENDRY, A.P. Gardezi, T., and Gonzalez, A. Scale dependence of species-energy relationships: evidence from fishes in thousands of lakes. American Naturalist, v. 171, 2008, 800-815. LECHOWICZ M.J. Morin, X, D. Viner & I Chuine. 2008. Tree species range shifts at a continental scale: new predictive insights from a process-based model. Journal of Ecology 96: 784-794 (Supervised the lead author, postdoc Xavier Morin, and provided editorial input on the ms.) LEFEBVRE L. (Overington, S.E., Cauchard, L., Côté, K.A). Kleptoparasitism by the Gray Kingbird (Tyrannus dominicensis) in Barbados. Wilson Bulletin, v.120, 2008, pp. 655-657. LEUNG, B. Mendoza-Franco, EF, *Roche, DG, Torchin, ME. 2008. New species of Diplectanum (Monogenoidea: Diplectanidae), and proposal of a new genus of the Dactylogyridae from the gills of gerreid fishes (Teleostei) from Mexico and Panama. Folia Parasitologica 55: 171–179, *indicates grad student


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D.4. Invited Lectures, Papers Presented at Meetings and Conferences in 2008

ABOUHEIF E. 2008. Canadian Society of Zoology, Mount St. Vincent University, Halifax --2008. Symposium: Konstanz University, Konstanz, Germany --2008. Symposium: European EvoDevo Society, Gent, Belgium --2008. Symposium: Animal Behaviour Society, Salt Lake City, UT BELL, G.A.C. October 2008. Organizer and Invited speaker, Symposium on Yeast Evolution, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, Germany. --May 2008. Invited speaker, Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal. --May, 2008. Presidential address, Canadian Society for Ecology and Evolution., Vancouver. BROUHARD, G.J. Soup and Science, September 2008, McGill University

CARROLL, R. L. Remarkable soft tissue preservation of Middle Jurassic Salamanders and the ancestry of modern families. Carroll, R. L. and Hong Li. Annual meeting, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, Cleveland, Ohio, October 17, 2008. CHAPMAN, L. J. Reproduction of fishes in extreme environments: interdemic variation across an oxygen gradient. E.E. Reardon and L.J. Chapman. Ecological and Evolutionary Ethology of Fishes. Boston, Massachusetts 2008. --Life-history traits and energetics of mouth brooding in divergent oxygen environments. E.E. Reardon and L.J. Chapman. 8th International Congress on the Biology of Fish. Portland, Oregon 2008. --Cross-domain Functional Ecological Tradeoffs: Developmental Response of the African Cichlid Astatoreochromis alluaudi to Trophic and Oxygen Gradients. L.J. Chapman, T.J. DeWitt, and F. Galis. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Montreal, Canada, July 2008. --Shape Variation between Contemporary and Archived Cichlids from Lake Nabugabo, Uganda: Evidence for Rapid Morphological Change. I. Mitrofanov and L.J. Chapman. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Montreal, Canada, July 2008. --No Evidence for Ecological Isolation in Relation to Dissolved Oxygen Regime in an African Cichlid Fish: A Possible Role of Phenotypic Plasticity. E. Crispo and L.J. Chapman. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Montreal, Canada, July 2008. --Disentangling Complex Phenotype-environment Relationships: Diversification of the African Cyprinid Barbus neumayeri across Water Flow and Oxygen Gradients. B. Langerhans, L.J. Chapman, and T.J. DeWitt. Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Montreal, Canada, July 2008. --Biodiversity and Conservation of African Inland Waters: The Lessons of Lake Victoria. NEO Symposium, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, December 2008. --Fishes in Extreme Environments: Morpho-physiological Response to Hypoxia in African cichlids. L.J. Chapman Water Science and Technology Directorate, Science and Technology Branch Environment Canada, Montreal Canada, November 2008.


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INVITED LECTURES, PAPERS (cont’d) FAGOTTO F. “Cellular dynamics of Xenopus gastrulation”, Canadian Society Developmental Biology, Banff, March 2008 (invited speaker) --“Cell sorting at embryonic boundaries”, International Xenopus meeting, Trier, Germany, September 2008 (invited speaker) --“High resolution live microscopy of cell motility and cell-cell contacts along embryonic tissue boundaries”, Joined French/Japanese Societies for Developmental Biology, Hyeres, France, September 2008. FUSSMANN, G.F. “Eco-evo – old methods for a new field?” NERC-funded workshop “Linking evolutionary and ecological dynamics” at the Centre for Population Biology, Imperial College London, Silwood Park, UK (invited speaker and participant). Jan. 2008. GONZALEZ, A. (Pradeep Pillai, Michel Loreau, Andrew Gonzalez). A patch-dynamic framework for studying food-web metacommunities. CSEE Vancouver May 11-14, 2008. --(Whiteley, J. & Gonzalez, A.). Distribution of N-fixing cyanobacteria in boreal forest moss and implications for nutrient cycling. CSEE 2008. May 11-14, 2008. --(O’Farrill, G., Gonzalez, A., Calme, S. and Sengupta, R.). The Tapir’s role in the Ecosystem: Lessons from Experiments in the Forest, Calakmul Mexico. Fourth International Tapir Symposium. Parque Xcaret, Cancun, Mexico., 26 June, 2008. --(O’Farrill, G., Gonzalez, A., Calme, S. and Sengupta, R.). Tapirs as unique seed dispersers: a large scale seed germination and survival experiment The Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation Annual Meeting: Past and Recent history of Tropical Ecosystems: Cross Continental comparisons and Lessons for the Future. Paramaribo Suriname’ 2008, June 9-13th. GREGORY-EAVES, I. Chen G, Selbie DT, Finney BP, Schindler DE, Bunting L, Leavitt, PR, and Gregory-Eaves I. Zooplankton dynamics in Pacific salmon nursery lakes of Alaska: A limnological and paleolimnological perspective. Oral presentation for the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO), St John’s. June 8 – 13, 2008. --Bunting L, Leavitt PR, Schindler DE, Finney BP, Gregory-Eaves I., Selbie DT, Chen G, Pellatt MG, Bos DG. Continental gradients in the effects of marine-derived nutrients from salmon on lake primary production. Oral presentation for ASLO, St John’s. June 8 – 13, 2008. --Gregory-Eaves, I. Drawing ecological inferences from salmon lake sediment records. Young Investigators Seminar Series, School of Fisheries, University of Washington, Seattle WA, Oct. 10, 2008. --Gregory-Eaves, I. Paleolimnological techniques: What can lake sediments can tell us about past salmon abundance? Symposium on “Applications of Paleolimnology to Sockeye Salmon Nursery Lakes and Ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska” at sponsored by Raincoast Conservation Foundation, the Pacific Salmon Commission and Fisheries and Oceans Canada., Sydney, BC. Oct. 7-9, 2008. --Selbie D, Finney B, Leavitt P, Schindler DE, Smol JP and Gregory-Eaves I. Long-term climatic forcing of North Pacific salmon populations: Understanding future fisheries production in context of natural variability. Symposium on “Sensitivity of Fish and Fisheries to Climate Change” at the American Fisheries Meeting in Ottawa, Ont., Aug. 18-21, 2008.


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INVITED LECTURES, PAPERS (cont’d) HEKIMI, S. A genetic and pharmacological model of lipoprotein metabolism in C. elegans. Inauguration of the McGill Life Sciences Complex, Scientific Symposium, Sept 08. --Targets, Drugs, and Drug Targets for Dyslipidemia and Beyond. Novartis Institute of Biomedical Research, Boston, September 2008. --Energy metabolism, not mitochondrial oxidative stress, determines aging and sensitivity to age-dependent diseases in worms and mice. Cold Spring Harbor New-York. September 2008. --Energy metabolism, not mitochondrial oxidative stress, determines aging and sensitivity to age-dependent diseases in worms and mice. Keynote speaker: CIHR 7th Annual New Investigator Meeting. Jackson’s Point. November 2008. HENDRY, A.P. Dept. of Biology, Univ. of California, Berkeley, USA, Dec. 4, 2008.

--FAPESP, São Paulo, Brazil, Nov. 14, 2008. --Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Univ. of Oregon, Eugene, USA, Oct. 14, 2008. --Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of California, Davis, USA, Sept 25, 2008. KRAHE, R. Fugère, Krahe R: “Electric signal diversity and reproductive isolation in gymnotiform fish”. Société Québécoise pour l’Étude Biologique du Comportement Meeting 2008, Rimouski, QC, Canada, 31 October – 2 November 2008 (poster presentation) --Krahe R, Bastian J, Chacron MJ: “Multiple topographic maps in the electrosensory system”. Gordon Research Conference: “Neuroethology: Behavior, Evolution, and Neurobiology”, Oxford, UK, 10-15 August, 2008 (poster presentation) --“The electrosensory world of weakly electric fish”. NEO Symposium, Redpath Museum, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, Dec. 8, 2008 (oral presentation) --“Electric fish and how they communicate”: Montreal Field Naturalists’ Club, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, 29 October, 2008 --“Processing of temporal information by multiple topographic maps in the electrosensory system”: Colloquium at the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA, 15 October, 2008 --“Temporal processing across multiple topographic maps in the electrosensory system”: Seminars in Integrative Biology at the Département des sciences biologiques at Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada, 15 September, 2008 KRAMER, D. L. “Differential effect of early post-settlement processes on the abundance of two concurrently settling coral reef fishes” (with Henri Valles and Wayne Hunte, presented by Henri Valles). International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale FL USA (9 July 2008). --“Les aire protégés adjacentes peuvent-elle compenser l’exploitation locale d’une population par l’immigration?” (with K. Turgeon, presented by K. Turgeon). SQEBC, Rimouski (November 2008). --“Connectivité et choix de trajectoires dans un recif : les demoiselles noires passent-elles par quatre chemins lorsque’elle retournent au bercail ?” (with A. Robillard, K. Turgeon, V. Duclos, and J. Grégoire, presented by A. Robillard). SQEBC, Rimouski (November 2008). --“Stop, Look, and Listen: the Ecology and Psychology of Vigilance.” Invited lecture, Department of Biological Sciences, UQAM (1 October 2008)


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INVITED LECTURES, PAPERS (cont’d) --“Stop, Look, and Listen: the Ecology and Psychology of Vigilance.” Invited lecture, Department of Biology, Concordia University. (17 October 2008) LASKO, P. Platform presentation at the EMBO International Workshop on the Molecular and Developmental Biology of Drosophila, Kolymbari, Crete, June 23-29, 2008. --Platform presentation at “Germ Cell Symposium in honor of Tony Mahowald, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, June 21, 2008. --October 2008: Translational control in the Drosophila development. Department of Biochemistry, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel. --October 2008: Translational control in the Drosophila development. Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. --October 2008: Translational control in the Drosophila development. Academy of Science, Bologna, Italy. --June 2008: Department of Medical Genetics, University of Toronto. LECHOWICZ M.J. Morin X., Lechowicz M. J., Thuiller W., & Chuine I. “Modélisation mécaniste de l’impact du changement climatique sur la répartition des espèces d'arbres : récentes avancées et futurs développements”, Université du Québec à Rimouski. November 24th 2008 – given by Xavier Morin LEFEBVRE, L. Social informers and thieves: are heterospecifics different from conspecifics? European Conference on Behavioural Biology, plenary, Dijon, France, July 2008. --Is the comparative study of ‘cognitive complexity’ at the level of the whole brain a waste of time? European Conference on Behavioural Biology, Symposium on Brain & Behaviour, Dijon, France, July 2008. --Twenty-one things that field work and comparative analyses have taught us about social transmission in grackles and doves. GRECA workshop on Social Transmission, UQAM, Montréal, December 2008. LEUNG, B. Zhejiang Univ, Hangzhou, China - Predicting and managing biological invaders -July 2008 --NaFIRI: Uganda -Statistics in ecology - June 2008 LOREAU, M. Cherif, M., Aly Hassan, R., Long, Z. & Loreau, M., 2008. — Evolving complex food webs with simple physical and biological rules: a project. Poster at the Gordon Research Conference Metabolic basis of ecology, in Biddeford (U.S.A.). --Sun, C., Schmitz, O. J. & Loreau, M., 2008. — Carnivore hunting mode and plant species coexistence. Poster at the 2008 Annual Meeting of The Society for Mathematical Biology, in Toronto (Canada). --Long, Z. T., Cherif, M. & Loreau, M., 2008. — Coexistence of predators depends on differences in their sizes and the sizes of their prey. Talk at the 93rd Annual Meeting of The Ecological Society of America, in Milwaukee (U.S.A.). --Sun, C., Schmitz, O. J. & Loreau, M., 2008. — Dynamics and ecological functioning of ecosystems with different predator hunting modes. Talk at the 93rd Annual Meeting of The Ecological Society of America, in Milwaukee (U.S.A.).


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INVITED LECTURES, PAPERS (cont’d) --Loreau, M., 2008. — An Intergovernmental SciencePolicy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Talk at the Symposium on the Centre for Biodiversity Science, in Montreal (Canada). --Loreau, M., 2008. — Pourquoi se préoccuper de la biodiversité? Lecture at Marie de France International School, in Montreal (Canada). NILSON, L.A. September 2, 2008 Department of Biochemistry, SUNY Buffalo Buffalo, NY, "Differential cell adhesion and epithelial morphogenesis during development." POLLACK, G.S. *(Sabourin, P and Pollack, G.S.) Mechanisms of temporal filtering in a simple auditory system. Canadian Association of Neuroscience, Montreal, May 2008. --(Pollack, G.S. and Sabourin, P.) Temporal coding by populations of auditory afferents in the cricket Teleogryllus oceanicus. XII Invertebrate Sound & Vibration Meeting, Tours, October 2008. --(Sabourin, P. and Pollack, G.S.) Bursting in auditory receptor neurons of crickets. XII Invertebrate Sound & Vibration Meeting, Tours, October 2008. --(Narbonne, R. and Pollack, G.S.) Hormonal control of ultrasound sensitivity in crickets. XII Invertebrate Sound & Vibration Meeting, Tours, October 2008. --(Pollack, G.S., Marsat, G. and Sabourin, P.) Bugs, bats and bursts: behaviorally relevant bursting in an insect auditory system. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics Conference on the Life Sciences, Montreal, August 2008. --Pollack, G.S. Mechanisms of temporal coding in a simple auditory system. Department of Physiology, McGill, September 2008. --Pollack, G.S. Neuroethology of acoustic behavior in crickets. Department of Biology, Indiana University, September 2008. POTVIN, C. Reducing Emissions from deforestation and forest degradation : The international agenda and challenges of implementation. Key note address Adaptation of Forests and Forest Management to Changing Climate with Emphasis on Forest Health: A Review of Science, Policies, and Practices. Umea, Sweden, August 2008. SCHÖCK, F. 2008 Poster at the GRC on Signaling by Adhesion Receptors, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA (June 29 – July 4); K Jani, T Bunch, and F Schöck: Zasp is a core adaptor of the integrin adhesion complex linking talin and -actinin --2008 June 13: “Integrin-mediated cell-matrix adhesion and its modulation by LIM domain proteins during development” given in the Department of Cell Biology, University of Alberta, Edmonton. Alberta Heritage VOGEL, J. April 23, 2008 “multi-level analysis of spindle dynamics in living cells: genome, proteome, molecules” Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) Barcelona, Spain --April 8, 2008 “multi-level analysis of spindle dynamics in living cells: genome, proteome, molecules” Institute of Biochemistry, ETH-Zurich, Switzerland December 3, 2008 ”Analysis of cytoskeletal dynamics in living cells: genome, proteome, molecules”. Institute for Systems Biology, University of Ottawa


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INVITED LECTURES, PAPERS (cont’d) --November 28, 2008 ”Analysis of cytoskeletal dynamics in living cells: genome, proteome, molecules”. School of Computer Science, McGill University --November 7, 2008 ”The challenges and thrills of measuring cytoskeletal and spindle dynamics in living cells”. Department of Physiology, McGill University --June 12-13, 2008. Invited speaker/discussant, Cellular Decision Making, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research; CIFAR (co-author of speaker Maria Kilfoil: “Analysis of fast spindle dynamics in living cells”) WESTERN, T.L. Arsovski, A.A., Popma, T.M., Haughn, G.W., Carpita, N.C., McCann, M.C. and Western, T.L. AtBXL1 encodes a putative β-D-xylosidase/α-L-arabinofuranosidase required for pectic arabinan modification in Arabidopsis mucilage secretory cells. 42nd Plant Development Workshop and Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists Eastern Regional Meeting, Toronto, Canada. December 5-6, 2008. --Arsovski, A.A., Popma, T.M., Haughn, G.W., Carpita, N.C., McCann, M.C. and Western, T.L. AtBXL1 encodes a putative β-D-xylosidase/α-L-arabinofuranosidase required for pectic arabinan modification in Arabidopsis mucilage secretory cells. 2nd Montreal Plant Meeting, Montreal, Canada. November 15, 2008. --Western, T.L. Genetic analysis of pectin structure in Arabidopsis mucilage secretory cells. McGill Biomimetic Research Symposium, Montreal, Canada. October 31, 2008. --McFarlane, H.E., Kwok, M. and Western, T.L. Reverse genetic investigation of plasma membrane-cell wall attachment in the mucilage secretory cells of Arabidopsis. 6th Canadian Plant Genomics Workshop (Session Chair), Toronto, Canada. June 23-26, 2008. --Arsovski, A.A., Popma, T.M., Haughn, G.W., Carpita, N.C., McCann, M.C. and Western, T.L. AtBXL1 encodes a bifunctional β-D-xylosidase/α-L-arabinofuranosidase required for pectic arabinan modification in Arabidopsis mucilage secretory cells. Cell Wall Biosynthesis 3, Asilomar, USA. June 9-11, 2008. --*Arsovski, A.A., Popma, T.M., Haughn, G.W., Carpita, N.C., McCann, M.C. and Western, T.L. AtBXL1 encodes a bifunctional β-D-xylosidase/α-L-arabinofuranosidase required for pectic arabinan modification in Arabidopsis mucilage secretory cells. 19th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Montreal, Canada. July 23-27, 2008. *Winner of best Student Abstract in Cell Wall poster session, A. Arsovski invited to attend “Emerging Young Scientists Luncheon” during the conference. --McFarlane, H.E., Kwok, M. and Western, T.L. Reverse genetic investigation of plasma membrane-cell wall attachment in the mucilage secretory cells of Arabidopsis. 19th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Montreal, Canada. July 23-27, 2008. --Villota, M.M., Arsovski, A.A., Martin, N., Wang, M., Schafhauser, J., Pantelidis, M.S., Rowland, O., Subramaniam, G. and Western, T.L. Isolation and characterization of MUM ENHANCERS (MEN) affecting Arabidopsis seed coat differentiation. 19th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Montreal, Canada. July 23-27, 2008. --Villota, M.M., Martin, N., Western, T.L., Subramaniam, G. and Rowland, O. Characterization of enhancers of mucilage-modified4. 50th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists. Ottawa, Canada. June 14-17, 2008. --Mucilage, MEN and cell walls in cellular differentiation. Biology Department, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. November 27, 2008.


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INVITED LECTURES, PAPERS (cont’d) --Mucilage, MEN and cell walls in cellular differentiation. Biology Department, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. November 21, 2008. ZETKA, M. C. Ka-Lun Law and Monique Zetka. Suppression of nonhomolgous synapsis in C. elegans. Gordon Research Conference on Meiosis, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, New Hampshire, June 13-18, 2008. ZHENG, H. Qi, X. and Zheng H. (2008). Function and regulation of Rab-A1 proteins in membrane trafficking in Arabidopsis, 2nd Montreal Plant Meeting (Talk), Montreal, Canada, Nov 2008 --Chen, J. and Zheng, H. (2008). RHD3 functions in the interface of ER-to-Golgi trafficking in plant cell development, 2nd Montreal Plant Meeting (Poster), Montreal, Canada, Nov 2008 --Qi, X. and Zheng, H. (2008). Functional characterization of Rab-A1c in membrane trafficking in Arabidopsis, 19th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research (Poster), Montreal, Canada, July 2008 --Beaudoin, F., Wu, X., Li, F., Haslam, R., Markham, J., Zheng, H., Napier, J.A. and Kunst, L. (2008). Functional Characterization of the Arabidopsis thaliana β-Ketoacyl-CoA Reductase Candidates of the Fatty Acid Elongase, 18th International Plant Lipid Symposium (Talk), Bordeaux, France, July 2008 --GTP, GFP and secretory life of plant cells, Département des Sciences Biologiques, UQAM, Montreal, Canada, May 2008 --GTP, GFP and membrane trafficking in plant cells, Institut de Recherche en Biologie Végétale, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Canada, April 2008

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