April 17, 1998

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

April 17, 3 p.m.

Walter Neupert, Institute f?r Physiologische Chemie, University of Munich, "The Making of a Mitochondrion." Sponsored by Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research. 1-60 Chemistry East.

THE MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND GENETICS RESEACH GROUP

April 24, 4 p.m.

Bruce Edgar, Fred Hutchison Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, "Cell Cycle Controls During Drosophila Development." Sponsored by Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research. M-149 Biological Sciences Centre.

PLANT PHYSIOLOGY AND MOECULAR BIOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY AND CELL BIOLOGY RESEARCH GROUPS

April 23, 11 a.m.

Steven Rothstein, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, University of Guelph, "Self-incompatibility in Brassica: An Analysis of Genes Involved in Self-Recognition." M-141 Biological Sciences Centre.

CANADIAN FEDERATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN (EDMONTON)

April 20, 7 p.m.

Joan Snyder, Grande Prairie Regional College, Environmental Consultant and a Member of the Alberta Forest Management Science Council, "Sustainable Development in Forestry." All women University graduates are welcome. Information: 430-5383. Faculty Club.

CENTRE FOR CONSTITUTIONAL STUDIES

April 21, 7:30 p.m.

Albie Sachs, Judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, "Equality Jurisprudence in the South African Constitutional Court." McLennan Ross Hall (Room 231/237), Law Centre.

CENTRE FOR GERONTOLOGY

April 27, 7:30 p.m.

Cheryl Kalinowski, "Elder Abuse-Implications for the Future." 2-07 Corbett Hall.

CENTRE FOR THE CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY OF HEALTH AND HEALING AND THE EDMONTON BUDDHIST MEDITATION GROUP

April 20, 7:30 p.m.

Rev. Master Daizui MacPhillamy, "The Law of Karma: Could our Ethics Really Have Consequences for How We Feel? TLB-2 Tory Lecture Theatre.

April 21, 7:30 p.m.

Rev. Master Daizui MacPhillamy, "The Interaction Between Karma and Chi: Implications for Health and Healing." TLB-2 Tory Lecture Theatre.

CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDIES

April 22, 3:30 p.m.

Richard Beason, "The Japanese Financial Crisis and the Asian Economic Crisis: Are They Related?" RSVP: 492-2235. 3-05 Business Building.

CHEMISTRY BOOMER LECTURES

The 1998 Edward Herbert Boomer Memorial Lectures will be delivered by Professor Robert G. Bergman, University of California, Berkeley. The times and titles of Professor Bergman's lectures are:

April 28, 11 a.m.

"Reversing Chemical Inertia: Activating Alkanes with Low-Valent Iridium and Rhodium Complexes." E1-60 Chemistry East.

April 29, 11 a.m.

"Carbon-Hydrogen Bond Activation Using Cationic Iridium (III) Complexes." E1-60 Chemistry East.

April 30, 11 a.m.

"Metal-Mediated Carbon-Oxygen and Carbon-Nitrogen Bond Forming Reactions." E1-60 Chemistry East.

ECO-RESEARCH CHAIR IN ENVIRONMENTAL RISK MANAGEMENT

April 17, 3 p.m.

Don Bursill, Australian Cooperative Research Centre on Water Quality and Treatment "Water Down Under: Is it Safe to Drink?" 2F1.04 (Classroom F), Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre.

HOPE FOUNDATION

April 28, 7 p.m.

Carol Killian and Wendell Gelderman, M.T.S. Candidates, St. Stephen's College, "Journeys in Qualitative Research Writing." Jeanette Boman, "Considering Ethics: Multiple Layers in Qualitative Research." Hope House, 11032 - 89 Avenue.

INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC ECONOMICS

April 23, 3:30 p.m.

James Feehan, Memorial University of Newfoundland, "Public Investment and Lindahl Pricing: Financing Factor-Augmenting Public Inputs." 8-22 Tory Building.

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR QUALITATIVE METHODOLOGY

April 20 to 22

Qualitative Data Analysis Workshop. Instructor: Lyn Richards and Jan Morse.

April 23 to 24

Instruction to NUD*IST 4: Hands On Workshop. Instructor: Lyn Richards.

Information: 492-8778 or visit their website at http://www.ualberta.ca/~iiqm

JOHN DOSSETOR HEALTH ETHICS CENTRE

April 24, 3:30 p.m.

Bashir Jiwani, Research Associate, Provincial Health Ethics Network and Gradute Student, Centre for Applied Ethics, Univeristy of British Columbia, "Health Care Restructuring in Alberta: An Ethical Analysis." 2nd Floor Library, Aberhart Centre Two, 8220 -114 Street.

PERINATAL RESEARCH CENTRE

April 21, 4 p.m.

Jacqueline Burghardt, "Oxygen Has an Indirect Effect on Alveolar Development That is Mediated by Leukotrienes." 207 Heritage Medical Research Centre.

PHILOSOPHY

April 17, 3:30 p.m.

Paul Bartha, Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia, "No One Knows the Date of the Hour: An Unorthodox Application of Rev. Bayes Theorem." 4-29 Humanities Centre.

PHYSIOLOGY

April 17, 3:30 p.m.

Joseph R. Casey, "Anion Exchange in the Heart and Topology of Exchangers." 207 Heritage Medical Research Centre.

PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES

April 29, noon

Don Voaklander and Stewart Hamilton, "Surgical Outcomes Following Regionalization." 2F1.04 Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre.

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