On Wednesday the 20th January between 1 and 2 pm Prof. S. O. Kelly will be giving an academic seminar on her research into the nanostructuring of electrode surfaces in developing sensitive biosensors to detect and predict the progression of cancer and other disease states. Research has gone into encompassing nanomaterials-based electrodes into a chip platform, a more robust and practical analytical format.
It will be located in Davenport East (3rd floor Lash Miller – directly below library). CSU is providing pop and a good selection of sandwiches.

In the CSU’s second academic seminar Prof. Miller will be giving a 
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Prof. Murphy will be holding this informal, casual information session for anyone interested in doing graduate work in the environmental sciences – whether in Canada, the USA, or Europe. Get your questions answered by someone knowledgable in the field. See the flyer
For lots of free food and a good time all chemistry students are invited to the CSU Pub Night at Paupers this Friday, the 6th of November from 6:30 pm. Paupers is at 539 Bloor St W, just east of Bathurst (see maps below) and we are booked into the second floor lounge.

Atmospheric aerosols, small liquid and solid particles suspended in air, are known to be active in affecting air quality and the Earth’s climate. In particular, gases interact heterogeneously with the particulate surfaces, so affecting the gas-phase composition of the atmosphere. The particles are also hygroscopic to varying degrees, so they act as the sites for cloud droplet nucleation. Both liquid water clouds and ice clouds are formed in this way. It is thought that the changing abundance of aerosol particles in the atmosphere from industrial activity has increased global cloudiness, to somewhat counteract some of the enhanced Greenhouse Effect. This seminar will present the group’s studies in these areas, performed both in the lab and the field.