ChemE Professor Awarded PAPTAC's John S. Bates Medal

Grad Office

M.A.Sc. DEPARTMENTAL ORAL - K. O’Donnell
Date of Meeting: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 in WB115 at 12 pm
Thesis Title: CONSTRUCTION OF FcHyd5P VARIANTS TO ASSESS THE POTENTIAL OF THESE CLASS II HYDROPHOBINS AS MOLECULAR TOOLS FOR SURFACE MODIFICATION
Committee: Chair: Prof. E. J. Acosta; Supervisor(s): Prof. E. Master; Other Member(s): Prof. A. McGuigan

Ph.D. Reading Committee Meeting – E. McGee
Date of Meeting: Friday, January 31, 2014 in WB134 at 9:30 am
Committee: Chair: Prof. E. J. Acosta; Supervisor: Prof. L. L. Diosady; Other Member(s): Prof. V. Rao (Nutritional Sciences)

Graduate Awards
2014-2015 Mackenzie King Scholarships (Open and Travelling)
Open to students at all levels of graduate study
Application Deadline: 4pm on Monday, February 3
Submit complete applications to: SGS Graduate Awards Office
(SGS Building, 63 St. George Street, 3rd floor)

2014-2015 W. Garfield Weston Doctoral Fellowship
Open to 3rd and 4th year doctoral students who are Canadian Citizens
Application Deadline: Monday, February 3
Submit Complete Application to: Chem Eng Grad Office, WB212
Award Details

2014 Pursuit Award
Open to PhD students who will defend by September 2014, or Post-Doctoral trainees/recent University of Toronto alumni (within a year of defending their PhD)
Application Deadline: 5pm on Saturday, February 1
Submit complete applications by email (one pdf document) to brievents@hollandbloorview.ca

Research Office

Biochemical studies of the multicopper oxidase (small laccase) from Streptomyces coelicolor using bioactive phytochemicals and site-directed mutagenesis
Sherif, M., Waung, D., Korbeci, B., Mavisakalyan, V., Flick, R., Brown, G., Abou-Zaid, M., Yakunin, A.F., Master, E.R.
Microbial Biotechnology 2013, 6(5) pp.588-597

Analysis and design of a genetic circuit for dynamic metabolic engineering
Anesiadis, N., Kobayashi, H., Cluett, W.R., Mahadevan, R.
ACS Synthetic Biology 2013, 2(8) pp. 442-452

Comparison of different mechanical refining technologies on the enzymatic digestibility of low severity acid pretreated corn stover
Chen, X., Kuhn, E., Wang, W., Park, S., Flanegan, K., Trass, O., Tenlep, L., Tao, L., Tucker, M.
Bioresource Technology 2013, 147 pp. 401-408

QHREDGS Enhances Tube Formation, Metabolism and Survival of Endothelial Cells in Collagen-Chitosan Hydrogels
Miklas, J.W., Dallabrida, S.M., Reis, L.A., Ismail, N., Rupnick, M., Radisic, M.
PLoS ONE 2013, 8(8), art. No. e72956

Chem Eng Events

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January 31, 2014 - ChemE Industry Open House: Faculty registration available online.

January 31 - February 2, 2014 - GRW: Faculty registration available online.

February 5, 2014 - Emerging Leaders: Eduardo Asselin, University of British Columbia, title of talk pending, 12:30–2pm, WB116.

March 19, 2014 - Emerging Leaders: Todd Squires, University of California, title of talk pending, 12:30–2pm, WB116.

March 26, 2014 - LLE: Norman J. Wagner, University of Delaware, Shear Thickening Fluids and their Applications as Field-responsive Protective Materials, 12:30-2pm, WB116.

March 28, 2014 - 29th Annual Chemical Engineering Dinner: Full details will be provided closer to the date, 6-9:30pm, 89 Chestnut Street Residence.

April 2, 2014 - LLE: Pamela Silver, Harvard Medical School, Building with Biology for Health and Sustainability, 12:30-2pm, WB116.

April 9, 2014 - Emerging Leaders: Chris Cappa, University of California, Berkeley, The Influence of Chemical Mixing and Morphology on the Heterogeneous Oxidation of Organic Particles, 12:30–2pm, WB116.