Great Lakes Research Consortium
Seminar Series
The GLRC is pleased to support a seminar series on a variety of topics presented by its member scientists. This is one mechanism by which we promote interactions between member schools and help foster research collaborations between scientists.
Offerings
|
Presentation Title |
Name |
Home Institution |
Semester preference |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Reactive oxygen species and oxidative DNA damage and repair in abnormal fetal development and postnatal neurodevelopmental deficits |
Peter G. Wells |
University of Toronto |
Either |
|
Free radical determinants of neurodegenerative disease |
Peter G. Wells |
University of Toronto |
Either |
|
How Quality Engineering methods can Help Cope with Environmental Catastrophes (e.g. Hurricanes and other environmental storms) |
Syracuse University |
Either |
|
|
Mercury Exposure: Different Chemical Forms Result in Different Toxicological Effects |
University at Buffalo |
Fall |
|
|
Revitalization of Great Lakes Governance |
McMaster University |
Spring |
|
|
Emerging Contaminants and their Metabolities: Analysis, treatment, and Implications for Public Health |
University at Buffalo |
Spring/Winter |
|
|
Lessons Learned and Future Perspectives of Aquatic Biogeochemical modelling: why Bayesian Inference? |
University of Toronto |
Spring |
|
|
1. Risk assessment of PCB in fish: How to overcome deficiency of congener-specific PCB measurements? 2. Using fish as a bioindicator of aquatic contamination |
University of Toronto |
Fall |
|
|
Differences in Water Consumption Choices in Canada: the Role of Socio-demographics, Experiences, and perceptions of Health Risks |
Brock University |
Spring |
|
|
1. Isolation and Characterization of hydrocarbon degrading bacteria from soils from Western New York 2. Use of microalgae to treat various types of wastewater including municipal and industrial wastewater 3. The presence of coliforms and heterotrophic bacteria in Western New York surface waters and sediments and their resistance to various antibiotics |
Rochester Institute of Technology |
Either
|
|
|
Fish invasions: a story of round goby woes and stream ecosystem resiliency |
Buffalo State College |
Spring |
|
|
Application of Fatty Acid Analysis in Aquatic Ecology Trophic tracers and Essential Nutrients |
SUNY Brockport |
Either |
|
|
Algal pigments as biomarkers to assess diet, nutrition, and health of organisms from Lake Erie and Lake Ontario |
Environmental Health Sciences, University at Albany and New York State Dept Health |
Either |
|
|
Ballast Water Biofilms and Sediments: Supressors of Biodiversity |
University at Buffalo |
Either |
|
|
1. New York's Citizen Statewide Lake Assessment Program (CSLAP) for Harmful Algal Blooms: What it tells us about the safety of New York's Waters 2. Harmful Algal Blooms in Lake Erie: The Toledo Incident 1 Year Hence |
SUNY ESF |
Either |
|
|
Geospatial statistics and public service learning in community based environmental and urban brownfield science and policy. |
University at Buffalo |
Either |
|
|
1. Mercury in the Environment: Cycling and Sources 2. The Great Lakes Fish Monitoring and Surveillance Project: Pushing the Science |
Clarkson University |
Either |
|
|
1. Conservation biology of Blanding’s turtles in northern New York 2. Conservation strategies for spruce grouse at the edge of the range 3. Edge of the Range: Conservation of Blanding’s turtles in northern New York |
SUNY Potsdam |
Either |
|
|
Thiamine Defi ciency and Reproductive Failure in Great Lakes Fishes: New Insights Regarding an Unsolved Mystery |
Cornell University |
Either |
|
|
1. Locating and mitigating hotspots of road mortality of turtles and other herpetofauna along rural highway networks 2. Effectiveness of wetland restroation programs for biodiversity conservation in agricultural landscapes |
Clarkson University |
Either |
|
|
Climate Change Mitigation benefits of Managed Forests |
SUNY ESF |
Either |
|
|
1. Water-Level Variability in the Great Lakes: Natural Cycles, Human Impacts, Wetlands and Human Responses 2. Wetland Restorations in the Braddock Bay Fish and Wildlife Management Area of Lake Ontario |
SUNY-Brockport |
Either |
|
|
1. Genetic Connections: Seasonal migration and gene flow in the common loon, Gavia immer 2. The creature from the River Styx: the life story of the hellbender salamander in New York |
SUNY Buffalo |
Either |
|
|
1. Fish Gelatin : A use for skin, scales and bones? 2. Slaughtering Aquacultured Fish — the Animal Welfare Issues 3. Why I Support Factory Farming |
Cornell University |
Either |
|
|
Cyclomorphosis Redux: Re-examining the Role of Temperature in Seasonal Morphological Changes in Zooplankton |
Buffalo State College |
Either |
|
|
Design of Experiments in Ecological and Environmental Problems: Methods and Issues |
Syracuse University |
Either |
|
|
Great Lakes in transition - contrasting lakes to explore mechanisms |
Cornell University |
Spring |
|
|
1. Sustaining the Worlds Wetlands; Story of GL Wetlands Policy Consortium 2. Facilitation of Revitalization of Onondaga Creek; An Urban Creek with multiple stakeholders |
SUNY-ESF |
Either |
|
|
1. Air Pollution Dispersion, the effects of Shear on plumes from point sources 2. An overview of the skeptical scientific evidence surrounding the role of humans in climate change 3. New interpretations of pioneering Upstate NY cloud seeding experiments |
University at Albany |
Either |
|
|
A cleaner and energy independent America through chemistry, materials and public participation |
Binghamton University |
Either |
|
|
Winter Limnology of the Great Lakes and Climate Change Resiliency |
Clarkson University |
Either |
|
|
A New Guest at the Great Lakes Table: The Feeding Ecology of the Bloody Red Shrimp, Hemimysis anomala |
Buffalo State College |
Fall |