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69传媒will host Acadia at 6:15pm.

SPEAKER: Dr. Jordan Kreidberg, Harvard Medical School TITLE: New Insights into Polycystic Kidney Disease

The International Relations Office will be hosting an International Opportunities Day (IOD) in the PIT of Robertson Library Building on October 24th, 2012 from 11:00 am 鈥� 2:00 pm. The purpose of this event is to introduce students to any and all international opportunities that 69传媒offers (studying, working, volunteering internationally, etc.). As part of this day, a fair will be set up, featuring booths from various 69传媒departments, as well as several of our partner schools. A presentation by Chad Dumond, from Globalinks () as well as guest speaker Stuart Floyd from Bond University in Australia () will be speaking at 12:30 - 1:30 in RL 208. Ongoing student presentations will also take place in RL 208 from 11-12:30.

Join the National Farm Animal Care Council and the Sheep Code Development Committee for a series of short and informal presentations.

Over the past two years, the 69传媒Business Case Team has had considerable success in regional, national, and international competitions. Here is an opportunity to see what all the buzz is about. This year's class will be highlighting their abilities at a publicly open event. Please come along and support these students, and gain a better understanding of the case competition format. The case will feature a local PEI company. Refreshments to follow.

Dr. Fathi Darrag, Chair of the Department of English, Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, and visiting professor to 69传媒will be giving a special presentation on the lead up to the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, entitled 鈥�2011: A Year of Revolutionary Theatre in Egypt.鈥� The presentation will focus on world peoples and politicians鈥� reaction to the Revolution and the role of social media and the internet in hastening the collapse of the Mubarak regime. A special focus on the vital role of the Egyptian Theatre during the Revolution along with the timeline of the revolution from Day 1, namely, January 25 to the step down of Mubarak on February 11, 2011. The presentation will provide the framework for an academic discussion on the launching of the Revolution as well as the Egyptian socio-cultural and political discourse in the post January Revolution.

SPEAKER: Ghada Ebead, Biomedical Sciences TITLE: Probing Fungi towards Antimicrobial Drug Discovery

69传媒Health Centre will be offering a seasonal flu vaccination clinic on Wednesday, November 7 in the 69传媒Student Health Centre, W.A. Murphy Student Centre. Cost is $10. Call to book your appointment at 566-0616.

On Saturday, October 27, 69传媒music students will be turning the Steel Building into a spooky three story haunted house. Proceeds from this event go towards music scholarships and bursaries awards to the 69传媒Wind Symphony for their annual tour and such community affairs as the Kiwanis Music Festival. Admission is $5.00 and will include a cup of hot chocolate or apple cider and a real Halloween scare. The society would like to remind everyone that this event is not recommended for small children鈥�

Dr. Annette Boerlage, Candidate for Post Doctoral Position in Aquatic Epidemiology-Infectious Diseases in the Canada Excellence Research Chair Program will present 鈥淭ransmission, dynamics and control of fish-borne zoonotic trematodes.鈥� Fish-borne zoonotic trematodes (FZTs) are among the most neglected tropical diseases. The life-cycle involves aquatic snails, fish and final hosts which can be humans or reservoir hosts like pigs and cats. Final hosts get infected if they eat raw or undercooked fish. Objective was to give recommendations on control. Transmission experiments were performed to quantify the effect of fish size, water volume and bottom surface on transmission of FZTs to common carps. Conclusion was that transmission was independent of cercariae density, implying that pond dimensions in aquaculture are less important with regard to FZT transmission. Small fish had a much higher probability to get infected than larger fish, therefore a delay in stocking of fish in ponds might lead to lower FZT levels in fish. An experiment to quantify survival of FZTs in fish showed that in aquaculture, FZTs outlive fish. The grow-out period of fish should be extended for a few years to lead to substantially lower FZT levels in harvestable fish. A mathematical model was developed based on the life-cycle of FZTs on integrated agriculture-aquaculture farming systems in Nam Dinh province, Vietnam, using results of the experiments and literature. Control measures were compared using the basic reproduction ratio. FZTs persist in the absence of control. Application of chemotherapy to humans, as is currently the core intervention method, might not lead to complete FZT elimination without complementary measures. In conclusion, FZT control in aquaculture by delayed stocking of fish in ponds can lead to FZT control, but a combination of control measures, e.g. human chemotherapy, delayed stocking and snail control might be more effective. Everyone is welcome to attend.