Rita Tory

Rita Tory reports that she was accepted into the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine of UBC for a Master's program, co-supervised by Dr. John Hill from the iCapture Center at St. Paul's Hospital and Dr. Kishor Wasan, the chair of the department of Pharmaceutical Sciences. She will be looking at the mechanism of Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein (CETP) in cellular drug transport of hydrophobic drugs.

In May 2006, Rita had the poster of her thesis projects presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Zoologists held at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.

Insect Biotech Canada Conference

Steve Vander Klippe who graduated in 2005 and is now studying medicine in Ottawa will be happy to know that Dr. Chiang has found the origin of the large electrical potential recorded from the rear of Rhodnius. Steve did an independent study on the anatomy but was unable to find the organ that produced this activity. Dr. Chiang used electrophysiological equipment (new to Redeemer) to discover that it is generated by the egg-laying apparatus. This finding was reported by Dr. Chiang at the Insect Biotech Conference held in St. Catharine’s, Ontario.

Insect Biotech Canada is a non-profit biotechnology research and development consortium with its head office at Queen's University. The IBC has brought together Canada's top researchers in insect physiology, biochemistry, insect virology and molecular biology in an integrated and co-ordinated organization. The network focuses on the application of biotechnology to the creation of environmentally acceptable and economically feasible methods of insect pest control.

Matt Klingenberg

Matt Klingenberg reports that for his Master’s program at the University of Northern British Columbia in Prince George, BC, he is enrolled in the Natural Resources and Environmental Science department investigating the spatial dynamics of the weevil Hylobius warreni within regenerating stands in the Central BC area. This weevil is of concern to the forestry industry since it attacks the young reforested trees. We assume Matt is working on the ‘lesser of two weevils’.

In May 2006, Matt had the poster of his thesis projects presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Society of Zoologists held at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.

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Richard Oosterhoff This Summer

Richard Oosterhoff, who graduated from RUC in 2005 and is now studying at Notre Dame, worked with Dr. Jitse van der Meer in the summer of 2005 and again this summer. They havewritten a response to a book by Peter Harrison from Oxford University in which he proposes that a turn to literal interpretation of the Bible was a major factor in the rise of modern science. This response is to appear in Science and Christian Belief, a faith and science journal published in England.