Monday, Jan. 30, 12-1:30 p.m.

HSC-5M101; online

Christianah Odesanmi, MSc Student

Dr. Leitges’ Laboratory

Generation of Mesenchyme-free intestinal organoids from human induced pluripiotent stem cells

Objectives:

1. Understanding the role of organoids in health and diseases

2. Generation of mesenchyme-free intestinal organoids

3. Demonstrating the potential use of human intestinal organoids in disease modelling and therapeutic screening

For webex details please contact Barbara Hynes at bjhynes@mun.ca

Presented by BioMedical Sciences

Monday, Jan. 30, 1-2 p.m.

CSF-1302

Renan Danielski
Ph.D Student
Department of Biochemistry 

The direct link for the meeting is:

https://mun.webex.com/mun/j.php?MTID=m016afa60f5ac2a2da3f6a8f8688a4725

Abstract:

Selected tropical fruits (e.g., jerivá and butiá) are undervalued and not currently produced in a large-scale. This is partly due to lack of knowledge about their nutritional potential and bioactive composition. Meanwhile, processing of highly-commercialized fruits, such as guava, generates a high amount of by-products (e.g., seeds, peels, pulp leftover) that can also serve as a rich source of bioactives. However, evidence indicate that some bioactive classes found in these fruits (e.g., phenolic compounds) show poor intestinal absorption due to their low bioaccessibility. Encapsulation may be used to protect the integrity of phenolics and their bioactivities throughout the gastrointestinal (GI) tract passage, while also promoting their controlled release. Therefore, phenolic extracts from guava, butiá, jerivá, and their by-products were encapsulated by freeze-drying using maltodextrin as a wall material. Encapsulated and nonencapsulated extracts were then subjected to in vitro simulated GI digestion consisting of oral, gastric, small intestine, and large intestine phases. The digested extracts were analyzed for their total phenolic (TPC) and total flavonoid (TFC) contents, antiradical activity against DPPH and ABTS radicals, ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP), -glucosidase and pancreatic lipase inhibition, LDL-cholesterol peroxidation inhibition, and hydroxyl radical-induced supercoiled DNA strand scission inhibition. Encapsulation efficiency was moderate to high (65-89%) amongst samples. Phenolic content was significantly increased in the bioaccessible fraction of encapsulated extracts (3.4 – 15.0 mg of gallic acid equivalent (GAE)/g) when compared with the nonencapsulated ones (0.02 – 1.5 mg GAE/g), which was also observed for the antioxidant activity. High levels of -glucosidase inhibition (84-90%) were recorded for the encapsulated extracts upon small intestine digestion. Several encapsulated samples exhibited an enhancement of their oxidative protection toward LDL and DNA after small intestine digestion. Therefore, encapsulation was shown as a promising tool for retaining the bioactivities related to the health-promoting benefits of polyphenols. Moreover, encapsulated phenolic extracts from tropical fruits show great potential for use as ingredients in functional foods, pending in vivo confirmation.

Presented by Department of Biochemistry

Monday, Jan. 30, 7-8 p.m.

Online

What exactly are social determinants of health? Do things like my living arrangements or how much money I make have a bigger impact on my health than I think? Quality of Care NL will dive into these questions and more during this session with Dr. Janice Fitzgerald, the province’s Chief Medical Officer of Health.

Visit https://qualityofcarenl.ca/healthy-discussions/ to register!

Presented by Quality of Care N.L.

Monday, Jan. 30, 7:30-8:30 p.m.

Brightspace

The Teaching Assistant (TA) Training Program offers both online and in-person sessions in the Winter semester. This program is a collaboration between SGS, CITL, TAUMUN and the GSU.

Program objectives include introducing new graduate students and future teaching assistants to the roles, responsibilities, and relevant policies for TAs. An electronic certificate of completion will be provided. *Please note that the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science offers its own TA training program, therefore thesis-based engineering students are not eligible.*

Facilitators: Dr. Leonard Lye , Sarah Khalil and CITL Learning Technology Coaches

Winter 2023 Schedule:

Online Sessions:

Brightspace: The Basics
Monday, January 30
7:30 – 8:30 pm NDT

Brightspace: Course Content and Communications
Wednesday, February 1
7:30 – 8:30 pm NDT

In-Person Sessions:

Topics:

(1) Introduction and Roles and Responsibilities of a TA

(2) Qualities of an Effective TA

(3) Communication in the Classroom

(4) MUN Policies Affecting TAs

(5) Grading and Dealing with Problems

(6) Case Studies and Final Q and A

Date and Time: Saturday, February 4, 2023, 8:30 am – 4:00 pm NDT

Location: IIC 2001, Bruneau Centre for Research & Innovation, Memorial University.

Free breakfast and lunch will be served.

Students must attend all sessions to receive an electronic certificate of completion.

REGISTER HERE

Presented by School of Graduate Studies

Tuesday, Jan. 31, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

Gardiner Centre, Signal Hill Campus

Almost every leader will have to manage projects of one form or another, whether they are large infrastructure projects, new IT systems, or the implementation of new work processes. This workshop would help participants learn the basic principles of project management and the structure that every successful project needs. Fundamentals of Project Management teaches how to turn a “good idea” into a project which can be planned, managed and executed. The course teaches the essential processes and components of project management and reviews the concepts of deliverables, scope, resource planning and estimating, scheduling, stakeholder analysis, risk assessment and communications planning among others. Participants will also learn how to initiate and close projects and the importance of project integration and documentation.

Learn More

Presented by Gardiner Centre

Tuesday, Jan. 31, 1-2 p.m.

Online

Oral history refers to the collection and study of historical information using sound recordings of interviews with people having personal knowledge of past events. It can help round out the story of the past by taking it beyond data and records and filling in gaps in the written record. It can also be critical in capturing the stories of the marginalized, often serving as the only source of information available about a certain place, event or person.

Join Memorial alumna Terra Barrett (BA’14, MA’16), an intangible cultural heritage researcher with Heritage Newfoundland and Labrador, and discover the significant role oral history has played and continues to play in documenting life here. Terra will also share some best practices for capturing stories from your friends and family.

Perhaps this is the time to start your own family history project or document how your own family coped during the pandemic or after the birth of a new baby!

Register for this free, online event today!

Presented by Office of Alumni Engagement

Wednesday, Feb. 1, 10-11 a.m.

Online

As a research-intensive institution, Memorial University offers competitive funding packages to academically eligible graduate students, both Canadian and international. Please join us in this webinar on the types of funding packages and scholarships offered to graduate students and the application process.

REGISTER HERE

Presented by School of Graduate Studies

Thursday, Feb. 2, 2-3 p.m.

Online

This presentation explores labour-based approach to course work and how it is connected to (and disconnected from), various course assessment practices. The labour-based approach to grading, also called specification or contract grading provides on-going and frequent feedback to the students, but only one grade at the end of the term.

Presenter: Dr. Sarah Martin, associate professor, Department of Political Science Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

In this session, Dr. Martin will discuss how they have incorporated this model into teaching, along with the successes and failures along the way.

For more information and to register, please click HERE.

Presented by CITL

Friday, Feb. 3, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

R. Gushue Dining Hall

MUN Dining Services continues Faculty Friday all-you-care-to-eat lunch running every Friday until the end of the semester. MUN Dining Services is pleased to extend this exclusive offer to faculty and staff members. Lunch runs from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. at a cost of $12 (taxes incl.) for R. Gushue Dining Hall. Take advantage of all-you-care-to-eat nutritious and healthy meals, as well as beverages and dessert. Additional seating is open on the newly renovated second floor mezzanine. Your MUN ID is required to gain access the dining hall.

Presented by MUN Dining Services

Friday, Feb. 3, 12-1 p.m.

Online

The Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information (NLCHI) provides quality information to health professionals, the public, researchers, and health system decision makers. Through collaboration with the health system, NLCHI supports the development of data and technical standards; manages provincial health data and information assets; carries out analytics, evaluations, and decision support services; and supports health research.

In this session, we will introduce participants to the Provincial Data Lab, a solution with virtual environments which enable users to securely interact with data and information. Researchers in the Provincial Data Lab have access to various analytical tools and software as well as the ability to work collaboratively with their teams and share access to data, code, and output in common project spaces.

To find our more or to register, click here.

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This webinar is part of NL SUPPORT’s Research Design Series. Learn more here.

Presented by NL SUPPORT

Saturday, Feb. 4, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.

IIC-2001, Bruneau Centre for Research and Innovation

The Teaching Assistant (TA) Training Program offers both online and in-person sessions in the Winter semester. This program is a collaboration between SGS, CITL, TAUMUN and the GSU.

Program objectives include introducing new graduate students and future teaching assistants to the roles, responsibilities, and relevant policies for TAs. An electronic certificate of completion will be provided. *Please note that the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science offers its own TA training program, therefore thesis-based engineering students are not eligible.*

Facilitators: Dr. Leonard Lye , Sarah Khalil and CITL Learning Technology Coaches

Winter 2023 Schedule:

Online Sessions:

Brightspace: The Basics
Monday, January 30
7:30 – 8:30 pm NDT

Brightspace: Course Content and Communications
Wednesday, February 1
7:30 – 8:30 pm NDT

In – Person Sessions:

Topics:

(1) Introduction and Roles and Responsibilities of a TA

(2) Qualities of an Effective TA

(3) Communication in the Classroom

(4) MUN Policies Affecting TAs

(5) Grading and Dealing With Problems

(6) Case Studies and Final Q and A

Date and Time: Saturday, February 4, 2023, 8:30 am – 4:00 pm NDT

Location: IIC 2001, Bruneau Centre for Research & Innovation, Memorial University.

Free breakfast and lunch will be served.

Students must attend all sessions to receive an electronic certificate of completion.

REGISTER HERE

Presented by School of Graduate Studies