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Papers and Presentations
- Graduate student Krista Mahoney and Dr. Sue Moore, Faculty of
Medicine, have identified a new gene mutation in epilepsy. Their
paper, Variable neurologic phenotype in a GEFS+ gamily with a novel
mutation in SCN1A, was published in June in the journal
Seizure.
- Varatharajan Vamadevan, M.Sc. candidate in Food Science,
Department of Biochemistry, was awarded first place in the Graduate
Student Competition (Carbohydrate Division) at the Institute of
Food Technologists’ (IFT) Conference held in Anaheim,
California, June 6-9, 2009. His presentation was titled The impact
of heat-moisture treatment on the molecular structure and
properties of normal and waxy potato starch. At the same meeting,
Ying (Joy) Zhong, PhD candidate in Food Science, Biochemistry,
received the second place award from the Nutraceuticals and
Functional Foods Division for her paper on Antioxidant and
anti-inflammatory activities of EGCG (epigallocatechin gallate)
derivatives. IFT is the largest society for food science and
technology with some 20,000 members worldwide from academia,
industry and government professionals in food and nutrition, among
others. The research work of Varatharajan and Joy are supervised by
Dr. R. Hoover and Dr. F. Shahidi, respectively.
- Dr. Michael Doyle, an associate professor in the Counselling
Centre, presented a paper describing an online academic screening
instrument for at-risk students at the 35th McGraw-Hill Ryerson
National Teaching and Learning Conference, titled First Year in
Focus: Engaging Students in First Year and Beyond. The
presentation, which was held on May 14 at Simon Fraser University,
represents ongoing academic support programming with his colleague,
Dr. John Garland.
- Dr. Virginia Harger-Grinling, French and Spanish, with
co-author and frequent collaborator Chantal Jordaan, presented the
following papers: Violence and the Sublime in Patrick Suskind's
Perfume at International Arts and Humanities Association congress
in Honolulu, Hi., Jan 9-12, 2009; and Robbe-Grillet et les limites
de l'artifice, an invited paper at Robbe-Grillet Colloque
(Robbe-Grillet: Balises pour le 21e siècle, Ottawa, May
31-June 3 2009 (first author Chantal Jordaan).
- Professor Keith Nicol, an associate professor in Geography and
Environmental Studies at Grenfell College, recently gave two
presentations. At the Annual Canadian Avalanche Association
conference in Penticton, B.C., May 6-8, 2009, he presented a paper
titled Avalanche Awareness Programs in Newfoundland for the Winter
of 2009. He also presented a poster session at the Canadian
Association of Geographers conference at titled Use of Springs for
Drinking Water in Western Newfoundland. This conference ran from
May 26-30, 2009 at Carleton University in Ottawa.
