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Sigma Xi HeadquartersMcGill-Montréal Chapter (1921)

2000-01 Activities

Monthly Monday meetings commence with a Members' Reception in the Ruttan Room, the Faculty Lounge, in the Chemistry Department at 5.30PM for cheese, wine and conviviality, and for members to meet the invited speaker. Then either in this lounge, or in the basement lecture theatre, room 10, the Lecture is given at 6PM. Members and their guests then retire to the Faculty Club for dinner with the speaker.

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18 September Peter Macklem, Montreal Chest Hospital
"What is Health? Lessons from Asthma"

23 October Benoit Roux, Dept. of Biochemistry and Structural Biology, Weill Medical College of Cornell University
"Ion Permeation Through Biological Membrane Channels, A Microscopic View From Computer Simulations."

13 November Gilles Fontaine, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, Universite de Montreal
"White Dwarf Stars as Cosmochronometers"

1 December Field Trip: GEOTOP Laboratory, UQAM. Isotope analysis for geology, environmental studies, biological applications, etc.

4 December Michael Buschmann, Dept. de genie chimique, and Intitut de genie biomedicale, Ecole Polytechnique
"Function, Diagnosis, and Repair of Articular Cartilage."

22 January Donald Sangster, Senior Research Scientist, Geological Survey of Canada (Ret.)
"Treasures on the Sea Floor: The Making of a Base Metal Deposit."

19 February Alan Evans, Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, and Montreal Neurological Institute
"Brain Imaging Research at McGill: Past, Present, and Future."

19 March Temy Tidafi, Ecole d'Architecture, Universite de Montreal
"New approach to Architectural Reconstructions: The Case of Karnak, Egypt."

30 March Spring Field Trip:
Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital Research Center

Postural & gait research, speech pathology, driving evaluation & training, as well as family research and community reintegration

20 April Banquet and Lecture:
Victoria Dickenson, McCord Museum,
"Animals of North America Through the Eyes of European Artists."