October 2022 - Plants-all - University of Manitoba Mailing Lists

Uline Package in Plant Science Office
by Plant Science Reception 31 Oct '22

31 Oct '22

Good Afternoon, Today we received a FedEx package from Uline Canada Inc, which does not include a ship-to or PO number to identify the package. The packing slip shows it includes 2 boxes of DS8178-SR7U2100SFW (Zebra EVM, DS8178-SR, 2D Imager, Standard Range, Cordless, Fips) If you are the owner of this package please let us know for pick up purposes. Thanks and regards, Mariana Garcia Romero University of Manitoba Department of Plant Science Rm 222, Agriculture Building 66 Dafoe Road Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2  phone 204.474.8221 |  fax 204.474.7528  e-mail mariana.garciaromero(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:mariana.garciaromero@umanitoba.ca>

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FW: REMINDER: International Trainee Symposium in Agri-Food, Nutrition and Health - CCARM's Rapid Fire Research Symposium 2023 - FREE REGISTRATION!
by Emily Wolverton 31 Oct '22

31 Oct '22

From: Julie Schoffner <JSchoffner2(a)sbrc.ca> Subject: REMINDER: International Trainee Symposium in Agri-Food, Nutrition and Health - CCARM's Rapid Fire Research Symposium 2023 - FREE REGISTRATION! Importance: High Caution: This message was sent from outside the University of Manitoba. On behalf of Dr. Thomas Netticadan, CCARM Team Leader, please forward to everyone in your departments, Registration for the International Trainee Symposium in Agri-Food, Nutrition and Health - CCARM's Rapid Fire Research Symposium<https://meetccarm.ca/> is now open, AND IT'S FREE! CCARM's 3rd Rapid Fire Symposium will occur January 19-20, 2023. 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM CST. The event will be held in the Samuel N. Cohen Auditorium<http://www.sbrc.ca/facilitiesandsupport/auditorium/> at the St. Boniface Hospital Albrechtsen Research Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba. This symposium comes at a time when there is a tremendous public interest in utilizing food to achieve health benefits, beyond just providing basic nutritional requirements. The need for new information in this area is high, and it is, therefore, our pleasure to provide scientific sessions that will highlight the progress in this field. Another major component of this meeting is education. The promotion of trainees is critical to developing the next generation of investigators, and there is a strong need to develop greater capacity in this area. Furthermore, this symposium is an opportunity for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to showcase their research and achievements and provide them with the opportunity to network and engage in discussions with other researchers and trainees in their field. Register here<https://meetccarm.ca/registration/> before December 15, 2022. Abstracts to be submitted here<https://meetccarm.ca/abstract/> before November 15, 2022 For more information, please contact Julie Schoffner at jschoffner2(a)sbrc.ca<mailto:jschoffner2@sbrc.ca>. Julie Schoffner Administrative Assistant Canadian Centre for Agri-Food Research in Health and Medicine (CCARM) St. Boniface Hospital Albrechtsen Research Centre & University of Manitoba Room R2019 - 351 Taché Avenue Winnipeg, MB R2H 2A6 CANADA Email: jschoffner2(a)sbrc.ca<mailto:jschoffner2@sbrc.ca> Tel: 204.235.3455 Fax: 204.237.4018 [cid:image001.png@01D8E304.B548EFA0]

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Plant Science Newsletter October 31, 2022
by Martha Blouw 31 Oct '22

31 Oct '22

What’s Growing On in Plant Science? October 31, 2022; Volume 21 News Dilantha Fernando was made a Fellow of the Asian Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria Society (APGPR) in Malaysia in August 2022. Dilantha also delivered a plenary lecture at the international conference. The title of the presentation was, "Artificial Intelligence: a promising technique to design synthetic microbial communities". The authors are Dilantha Fernando and his post doc Dr. Liang Zhao. Dilantha Fernando was invited by Monash University, Malaysia branch to give an invited talk. His presentation was titled, "Hijacking and playing hide and seek: are plant pathogens outsmarting us to harm the crops that feed the world". He also visited University of Nottingham, Malaysia Branch. Dilantha Fernando has been appointed as the Senior Editor (Editor in Chief) of Plant Pathology, the flagship journal of the British Society of Plant Pathology (BSPP). This is the very first time a non-British scientist has been appointed to this role in the journal's 82-year existence. Dilantha was invited to attend the BSPP Board meeting held in Sept 2022 in New Castle, UK. Dilantha Fernando was invited by the University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK to give an invited talk. His presentation was titled, "Hijacking and playing hide and seek are plant pathogens outsmarting us to harm the crops that feed the world". Dilantha Fernando was invited to visit the Institute of Agriculture, University of Western Australia. Dilantha discussed opportunities for broader partnerships between the institute and the faculty of agricultural and food sciences at the University of Manitoba. Dilantha Fernando is spending his sabbatical leave with University of Melbourne, and Federation University. Dilantha visited the canola-blackleg program of the University of Melbourne in Horsham, Victoria. Dilantha visited the Berwick campus of Federation University in Melbourne, as well as Mt. Helen campus of Federation University in Ballarat, Victoria for developing research collaborations and partnerships. Dilantha will be giving an invited talk at the Federation University on the 26th of October. His presentation is titled, "Getting to grips with lifestyles of microbes to manage invasive and herbicide resistant weeds: use of old knowledge and new technologies". News from the Point [cid:9a2c5756-8573-4288-8d43-dd56e7ff3402] The Point welcomes a new addition to the shop... a Power Jet hot water pressure washer! It’s the same make and model as the system at Carman. This new equipment, courtesy of the WGRF field equipment research grant, will allow us to more easily follow our current biosecurity protocol, as well as the mantra to "arrive clean" at each work site. Please contact Mel Kaufman or a technician in your lab group for training on how to safely operate this equipment. Our thanks to Mel for getting this new unit up and running at the Point! News from Carman [cid:image003.jpg@01D8ED07.B077B9E0] · Each year soil samples are taken to determine nutrient status of the soil and to make plans on nutrient management in future. · There’s another aspect in soil sampling - bulk density, which is usually assessed to characterize the state of soil compactness in response to land use and soil management practices. That is part of what Sarah Wilcott (pictured) is trying to achieve. Graduate Student News · The PSGSA is very excited to be back on campus and is planning some great events to bring graduate students and faculty together. We’d love to see you out at our weekly Monday morning coffee breaks at 10:30 to ease those Monday blues. · Keep an eye on the PSGSA Instagram (um_psgsa) and website (https://www.uofmpsgsa.com) for more details on upcoming events. · We’re very excited to announce that the Plant Science Symposium will be held at North Dakota State University in 2023 and we’d like to encourage everyone to participate. Keep an eye out for further emails and please gather all required travel documents in advance. Please reach out to psgsa.website(a)gmail.com<mailto:psgsa.website@gmail.com> with any questions. [cid:image005.png@01D8ED07.B077B9E0] Upcoming Event The Plant Science Climate Action Committee presents Climate Action Forum When: November 30, 2022; 4:30 to 6:30 pm Where: Ag Auditorium and Ag Atrium What: Guest speaker (TBA) and discussion about future actions Who’s invited? Grad students, faculty and staff FREE PIZZA SUPPER Save the date – more information to follow Something interesting Martin Entz has been researching the Métis as part of honouring Truth and Reconciliation Day. Martin learned about a past Métis community near Carman. They produced sugar there! Here’s an excerpt from the document. [cid:image004.png@01D8EAE3.3809C5F0] From chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.metismuseum.ca/media/document.php/149493.Historic%20Manitoba%20Metis%20Settlements%20July%202018%20final.pdf

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Purchasing Assistant
by Allison Paulusma 31 Oct '22

31 Oct '22

Good morning, This is to inform that Saurabh Kumar is no longer working as the Purchasing Assistant in the General Office. Due to the vacancy, the position is now posted again on the University of Manitoba Employment Opportunities website. Please continue to send orders for materials and supplies to psorders(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:psorders@umanitoba.ca> as it is monitored daily. If you have sent anything purchasing related to Saurabh in the last couple of days, please resend to psorders. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. Allison Financial and HR Administrator Department of Plant Science Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences 222 Agriculture Building Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 *email: Allison.paulusma(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Allison.paulusma@umanitoba.ca> *Ph: 204 474 8226 [cid:image002.jpg@01D8EC84.97845520]

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Advanced Plant Science Seminar- Tim Dumonceaux
by Emily Wolverton 28 Oct '22

28 Oct '22

The Department of Plant Science Advanced Plant Science Seminar Series Presents Dr. Tim Dumonceaux Research Scientist Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Saskatoon, SK) Exploring the plant-associated microbiota: Rationale, methods, and applications" Thursday, November 3, 2022 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm ________________________________________________________________________________ Microsoft Teams meeting Join on your computer, mobile app or room device Click here to join the meeting<https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NWU0MzI3ZTktODZjZS00…> Meeting ID: 257 705 883 310 Passcode: UGYvWf Download Teams<https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-teams/download-app> | Join on the web<https://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-teams/join-a-meeting> Join with a video conferencing device teams(a)cvi.umanitoba.ca<mailto:teams@cvi.umanitoba.ca> Video Conference ID: 114 196 285 4 Alternate VTC instructions<https://pexip.me/teams/cvi.umanitoba.ca/1141962854> Learn More<https://aka.ms/JoinTeamsMeeting> | Meeting options<https://teams.microsoft.com/meetingOptions/?organizerId=b7e84780-9cba-428c-…> ________________________________________________________________________________

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Meet and Great- November 7th
by Emily Wolverton 28 Oct '22

28 Oct '22

The Department of Plant Science Meet and Greet Join us for coffee, tea and introductions. With new faces in the department this is a great opportunity to introduce new members of the team! Monday, November 7, 2022 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm Room 218 Plant Science

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Reminder: Advanced Plant Science Seminar -Dane Froese
by Emily Wolverton 26 Oct '22

26 Oct '22

The Department of Plant Science Advanced Plant Science Seminar Series Presents Mr. Dane Froese Industry Development Specialist - Oilseeds Manitoba Agriculture and Resource Development Updates from the Field: Growing Manitoba Agriculture Thursday, October 27, 2022 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm Carolyn Sifton Theatre (Room 130 Agriculture Building) Join us for coffee served at 3.00 pm in the Agriculture Atrium

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FW: 008B
by Emily Wolverton 25 Oct '22

25 Oct '22

From: Pawanpuneet Rehal <Pawanpuneet.Rehal(a)umanitoba.ca> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2022 9:51 AM To: Emily Wolverton <Emily.Wolverton(a)umanitoba.ca> Subject: 008B Importance: High Hi Emily, Please forward the email to all plant urgently. Hi everyone, This email is again about the room 008B. I have taken out 95% of the stuff from cold room 008 B and put it in the hallway in the basement. There are following queries that can be helpful to make things more clean and organized: 1. In the attached pictures, I put a yellow label with ?.Please come to the basement to claim these specimens/cultures. Some of the boxes belongs to Dr. Li's lab. Please pick and label the items properly and store them in cold room at the end of greenhouse. 2. Please discard or autoclave the specimens that you think are no longer in use or cannot be used because they are pretty old/molded/contaminated etc. Please try to finish this process by Thursday (Oct 27,2022) as it's not safe to keep these specimens for more than few days. Everything unclaimed will be thrown away/autoclaved on Friday (Oct 28,2022) . This is the best chance to sort the specimens before transferring to cold rooms. I apologize for the short notice. Please let me know if you have more suggestions/ideas. Thank you so much :) Pawanpuneet Rehal Research Technician Department of Plant Science University of Manitoba Winnipeg R3T 2N2 Work Phone: 204-474-6409

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FW: REMINDER: CCARM "Food for Thought" Seminar Series: Dr. Rebecca Mollard and Dr. Dylan MacKay - Wednesday, October 26, 2022, at 11:00 am
by Emily Wolverton 24 Oct '22

24 Oct '22

From: Julie Schoffner <JSchoffner2(a)sbrc.ca> Sent: Monday, October 24, 2022 1:53 PM Subject: REMINDER: CCARM "Food for Thought" Seminar Series: Dr. Rebecca Mollard and Dr. Dylan MacKay - Wednesday, October 26, 2022, at 11:00 am Caution: This message was sent from outside the University of Manitoba. On behalf of Dr. Thomas Netticadan, CCARM Team Leader, please post the attached poster and forward to everyone in your departments, Rebecca Mollard, PhD, Clinical Trialist, Chronic Disease Innovation Centre and Adjunct Professor, Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences, University of Manitoba; and Dylan MacKay, PhD, Assistant Professor, Nutrition and Chronic Disease, Department of Food and Human Nutritional Sciences and Department of Internal Medicine Section Endocrinology, University of Manitoba, will be giving an in-person seminar on Wednesday, October 26, 2022, from 11:00 am – 12:00 pm Their seminar is entitled, “The M&M Lab: Nutrition and Chronic Disease Research in Manitoba” Everyone is invited to attend this seminar at the St. Boniface Albrechtsen Research Centre in the Samuel N. Cohen Auditorium, 351 Tache Avenue. Julie Schoffner Administrative Assistant Canadian Centre for Agri-Food Research in Health and Medicine (CCARM) St. Boniface Hospital Albrechtsen Research Centre & University of Manitoba Room R2019 - 351 Taché Avenue Winnipeg, MB R2H 2A6 CANADA Email: jschoffner2(a)sbrc.ca<mailto:jschoffner2@sbrc.ca> Tel: 204.235.3455 Fax: 204.237.4018 [cid:image001.png@01D8DD50.5C07B200]

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