Mark the Calendar – January 16, 2024
January 16-18 Manitoba Ag Days 9:00 am – 5:00 pm daily at Keystone Centre, Brandon Various speaker sessionshttps://www.agdays.com/schedule/ including Derek Brewin, Don Flaten, Yvonne Lawley, and Doug Cattani.
January 17 FAFS Alumni Reception @ Ag Days 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm in Assembly Hall, Keystone Centre UM alumni and friends are invited to join us to catch up with classmates and hear from the Dean.
January 17 Soil Science Seminar: Nitrous Oxide: A Sentimental Journey 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm in person 346 Ellis Building or on Zoomhttps://umanitoba.zoom.us/j/67063503616?pwd=WmZkZ3JOcVZaaElQWEZFdzZUNWUwdz09 Mario Tenuta, 4R Industrial Research Chair, UM Department of Soil Science will present.
January 18 Indigenous Scholars Speaker Series: Exploring Microbiomes within Rural Freshwater Ecosystems of Manitoba 12:00 – 1:00 pm via Zoom - Contact Danielle.Lang@umanitoba.camailto:Danielle.Lang@umanitoba.ca for Zoom link The Office of the Vice-President Indigenous hosts a speaker series featuring Indigenous scholars at the University of Manitoba. Dr. Miguel Uyaguarihttps://eventscalendar.umanitoba.ca/site/indigenous/event/indigenous-scholars-speaker-series-featuring-dr-miguel-uyaguari/, UM Department of Microbiology will present.
January 23 Biosystems Engineering candidate seminar: Harvesting Insights from Digital Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture 8:30 am – 9:30 am in E2-110 EITC Dr. Jiating Li will present a public research seminar as a candidate for Assistant Professor in the area of digital technologies for agri-food production and/or storage.
January 23 Entomology Seminar: Life history of an endangered prairie butterfly: Insights from an ex situ population of Poweshiek skipperling in Manitoba, Canada 10:10 am in 220 Animal Science/Entomology or on Zoomhttps://umanitoba.zoom.us/j/68645226373?pwd=ZkRWWmxyVUNiK1lZdnZrclNQRjhuQT09 Kirstyn Eckhardt, UM Department of Entomology, will present. Join at 10 am for friendly discussion and departmental updates.
January 31 Faculty Seminar: Francis Zvomuya 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm in 130 Agriculture Join us for coffee and snacks at 3 pm in the Atrium. Presenter is Francis Zvomuya, UM Department of Soil Science.
February 1 Emerging Researcher Spotlight Series 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm in MPR, University Centre Hosted by the Vice-President (Research and International) Office, this series features researchers in early and middle career stage over a wide range of disciplines. The inaugural session includes Curt McCartney, UM Department of Plant Science. Register by January 24https://forms.office.com/r/shzD0V88r9 to attend.
February 6 HNSC 7200 Seminar: The Vitamin A Hypothesis 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm in 108 Human Ecology Dr. Geoff Hicks, UM Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, will present the first of the HNSC 7220 Winter seminars.
(Mark the Calendar is a listing of events that may be of interest to the FAFS community. If you have an upcoming event, please let us know by reply email.)
January 25-26 2nd International Trainee Symposium in Agri-Food, Nutrition and Health 8:00 am – 4:30 pm at Richardson Centre for Food Technology and Research This unique event offers a platform for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to showcase their work and engage in discussions with other researchers and trainees in their field. See more details at https://meetccarm.ca/.
January 25 Plant Science Seminar: Developing canola restorer lines without negative agronomic traits associated with the Rfo introgression from radish 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm in 218 Agriculture Building Mohamed Samir Youssef, UM Department of Plant Science, will present. Coffee served at 2:30 pm in the Atrium.
January 31 Faculty Seminar: Pipelines and agriculture: A contentious pair? 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm in 130 Agriculture Presenter is Francis Zvomuya, UM Department of Soil Science. Join us for coffee and snacks at 3 pm in the Atrium.
January 31 - February 2 Manitoba Soil Science Society AGM and Conference This event will launch Wednesday, January 31 with an afternoon Department of Soil Science facilities tour followed by introduction of institutions with MSSS members, followed by the annual Association of Red River Soil Scientists (ARSS) meeting at Stone Angel Craft Brewery (1875 Pembina Hwy). The MSSS Annual Meeting and AGM then takes place February 1-2 at the Holiday Inn Southand is themed "Soil Science Education and Extension". More details at https://www.mbsoils.ca/agm/.
February 1 Emerging Researcher Spotlight Series 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm in MPR, University Centre Hosted by the Vice-President (Research and International) Office, this series features researchers in early and middle career stage over a wide range of disciplines. The inaugural session includes Curt McCartney, UM Department of Plant Science. More details at https://news.umanitoba.ca/emerging-researcher-spotlight-series-launches-febr....
February 6 Animal Science Graduate Student Information Session 11:30 am – 12:45 pm in 219 Animal Science/Entomology Come learn about the MSc program and discover opportunities in animal systems for post graduate studies. RSVP by noon February 2 to kathy.graham@umanitoba.camailto:kathy.graham@umanitoba.ca.
February 6 HNSC 7200 Seminar: The Vitamin A Hypothesis 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm in 108 Human Ecology Geoff Hicks, UM Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics, will present the first of the HNSC 7220 Winter seminars.
(Mark the Calendar is a listing of events that may be of interest to the FAFS community. If you have an upcoming event, please let us know by reply email.)
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Crystal Jorgenson