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Facility for Electron Microscopy Research -
Two Decades of Research:
A Symposium in Honour of Hojatollah Vali
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Thursday, May 9, 2019
9:00 am to 2:00 pm
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Strathcona Anatomy & Dentistry Building
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3640 University Street
Room 1/12
Montreal, QC H3A 0C7
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Description
You are cordially invited to attend this mini-symposium in honour of Professor Hojatollah Vali. The symposium is a half-day event featuring keynote speakers in diverse disciplines of astrobiology and structural biology. Continental breakfast, lunch and refreshments will be provided. Seating is limited. Please RSVP Lina Vuch at <lina.vuch [at] mcgill.ca> on or before, Thursday, May 2, 2019.
Program
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Time |
Event |
Location |
9:00 am | Continental Breakfast | 1st Floor Hallway |
9:30 am | Welcoming Remarks – Joaquin Ortega, Professor, Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology; Director, Facility for Electron Microscopy Research, À¦°óSMÉçÇø | 1/12 |
Ìý | Welcoming Address – R. Bruce Lennox, Dean of the Faculty of Science; Tomlinson Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, À¦°óSMÉçÇø | 1/12 |
Ìý | The Contributions of Hojatollah Vali to Earth & Planetary Sciences at À¦°óSMÉçÇø – Robert Martin, Emeritus Professor, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, À¦°óSMÉçÇø | 1/12 |
Ìý | Marc Peeters, Vice-President, Sales & Business Development, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Eindhoven, Netherlands | 1/12 |
10:00 am | Earth’s Magnetic Biosphere: From the Archean Origin of Magnetotactic Bacteria to Human Magnetoreception – Joseph Kirschvink, Nico and Marilyn Van Wingen Professor of Geobiology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California | 1/12 |
10:45 am | Refreshment Break | 1st Floor Hallway |
11:05 am | Reflections on Electron Microscopy at À¦°óSMÉçÇø, on the Facility for Electron Microscopy Research, and on Hojatollah Vali – Marc D. McKee, Canada Research Chair in Biomineralization, Faculty of Dentistry and Medicine, À¦°óSMÉçÇø | 1/12 |
11:15 am | Microtubules and their numerous interaction partners – Andreas Hönger, Professor of Biochemistry, Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, Colorado | 1/12 |
12:00 pm | Lunch | 2/21 |
1:30 pm | Unveiling of brick plaque dedicated in honour of Hojatollah Vali, Strathcona Anatomy & Dentistry Building, 2nd Floor Hallway – Craig Mandato, Professor and Chair, Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, À¦°óSMÉçÇø | 2nd Floor Hallway |
1:45 pm | Closing Remarks - Joaquin Ortega | 2nd Floor Hallway |
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