Sigma Xi HeadquartersMcGill-Montréal Chapter (1921)

2005-2006 Activities

Monthly Monday meetings commence with a Members' Reception in the Ruttan Room (the Faculty Lounge, 3rd Floor) in the Chemistry Department at 5.30 pm 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. Room numbers are subject to change, however, so please check abstract for the correct location.  Members and their guests then retire to Le Caveau for dinner with the speaker.

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The McGill-Montreal Chapter of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, an Honour Society which has been dedicated to encouraging Interdisciplinary Research for over 125 years presents the 2004-2005 lecture series:

NEW FRONTIERS IN SCIENCE

 

Wednesday

September 28

FIRST ANNUAL ENTIN LECTURE

Note Special Day and Location

Dr. Michael Bliss

Department of History
University of Toronto
From Osler to Cushing: The Rise of North American Medicine

Meakins Theatre 5th floor MacIntyre Medical Building
3655 Promenade Osler (extension of Drummond)
McGill University



 

October 24

Dr. Daniel Martineau

Département de Pathologie et Microbiologie
Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire
Université de Montréal 
Cancer in Belugas

Selected Readings

http://www.medvet.umontreal.ca/pathologie_microbiologie/beluga/anglais/default_ang.asp

EHP_Cancer and Wildlife_Martineau et al_March_2002.pdf

EHP_ Perspectives and ResponsePublished_Feb_2003.pdf

EHP Response.pdf

Hydrocarbon Contamination Saguenay Fjord.pdf

New Trends in Biological Monitoring.pdf

 

November 28

 

 

 

Dr. Matthias Götte

Department of Microbiology and Immunology
McGill University

Structure, Function and Inhibition of HIV-1 Reverse Transcriptase

 

January 23

 

Dr. Carlos Silva

Professeur Adjoint
Chaire de recherche du Canada en optoélectronique supramoléculaire
Département de physique
Université de Montréal

Using Fast Lasers to Make Light of Luminescent Plastics

 

March 2

Dr. Robert Lang

Alamo, California

From Flapping Birds to Space Telescopes:
The Modern Science of Origami

 

March 27

 

Anne MacKay

Chief Conservator
McCord Museum
Montreal, Quebec

Art and Science in the Conservation laboratory

 

April 7

ANNUAL FIELD TRIP

McCord Museum
690 Sherbrooke St. W.
Montreal, Quebec

A guided tour of the facilities that will focus on the preservation of Haida art for an upcoming exhibit. The Haida are an indigenous people of the west coast of Canada.

 

April 21

Angels and Demons: Facts and Fiction...Or What Particle Physics is Really About

Brigitte Vachon
Department of Physics
McGill University

New Full, Associate and Student members were initiated following the banquet. 

June 3

EXCELLENCE IN UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CEREMONY

Awards were given in the Rutthan room of the
Otto Maass Chemistry Department.

Presentations were made by President Juan Vera and the Canadian and International Constituency Director M.A. (Tony) Whitehead.
Awards were given to recongnize the best undergraduate researchers in the various departments of the faculties of science and engineering.