PhD student Yu is presenting a poster today at the Canadian Society for Plant Biologists Eastern Regional Meeting in Montreal, hosted by Concordia University.

Today, Heather is the seminar speaker at the Department of Biology at Western University in London, ON.

Today, Heather returns to the site of her PhD in Vancouver as the seminar speaker for the Department of Botany at the University of British Columbia.

Heather and PhD student Eduardo are both in Ventura California, attending the Gordon Research Conference on Single Cell Approaches in Plant Biology, where they will both present posters.

Heather arrived early to participate in the Plant Cell Atlas Core Network Participant meeting.

PhD student Natalie is speaking at the Plant Cell Wall Meeting in Malaga, Spain today. Her talk is titled “Low substitution xyloglucan disrupts trafficking to the cell wall”. Natalie was awarded a SGS Travel Award to attend the meeting!

MSc student Jenny is speaking at the Canadian Society for Plant Biologists Meeting today in Quebec City. Jenny was awarded a CSPB George H. Duff Travel Bursary to attend the meeting!

PhD student Natalie is visiting the Umea Plant Sciences Centre in Sweden today as part of their Symposium for Early Career Plant Scientists, where she will present a talk about her research on the relationship between the plant cell wall and the endomembrane system.

Heather returns to the scene of her postdoc today as she visits the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Physiology outside of Potsdam.  She will present a seminar about how changes to cell wall synthesis can also result in changes to Golgi structure and function.

Today is Science Rendezvous!  Everyone is welcome at the UofT St. George campus in downtown Toronto to see demonstrations, participate in hands-on activities, and learn about the scientific research going on at UofT. There will be activities for all ages, from primary school children to adults. The Department of Cell & Systems Biology will have a table with lots of hands-on activities, including sticker printing, microscope demos, and activities that Heather contributed about plant cell walls.

Update: the day was a huge success with loads of visitors to campus! Thanks to all of the volunteers and visitors who participated!

Heather is off to Germany to visit our collaborator Prof. Berit Ebert, at Ruhr University Bochum in Germany.  Heather’s trip is generously sponsored by a RUB Visiting International Professor award from the RUB Research School.  On May 15, she will present a research seminar to the Department for Biology and Biotechnology and on May 22, she will give a seminar specifically for students.