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the annual Physics and Astronomy Graduate student conference. This is designed to highlight the research done in the department, as well as provide an opportunity for grads to practice presentation skills.

Pygmy Marmoset Conference – List of Speakers

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The Pygmy Marmoset Conference is only ONE week away. Hopefully everyone has marked their calendars, and if you haven’t…mark them now! A reminder, the conference is on October 25th, 2013 from 10am – 4pm in PSE 317. Lunch will be provided. We have also put together a tentative schedule below. Barring any unforeseen changes, this will be the schedule we adhere to for the conference. I’ve attempted to group the different types of physics programs we have in our department, in an effort to create some continuity of topic.

The Judging Panel for the Ralph Nicholls Award will be: Jesse (chair), George, Gabriel, Naif

Schedule

10:00-10:20 – coffee,tea, and introduction by PAGE
10:20-10:40 – talk 1 – Omid Rezania – AMO – Physics of protein mobility within the stimulated cells
10:40-11:00 – talk 2 – Urmela Selventhiran – AMO – Time-dependent calculation of tunneling ionization of the molecular hydrogen ion in a strong DC-field
11:00-11:20 – talk 3 – Tsogbayar Tsednee – AMO – Molecular hydrogen in pseudospectral method
11:20-11:40 – talk 4 – Bin Jian – AMO – Double-loop microtraps array for ultracold atoms
10min break
11:50-12:45 – keynote Chris Bergevin
12:45-13:30 – lunch/poster session
13:30-13:50 – talk 5 – Homa Ebrahimikhonacha – BIO – Sonoluminescence
13:50-14:10 – talk 6 – Mark Wurtz – HEP – Higgs and W bosons on a lattice
14:10-14:30 – talk 7 – Andrea Capra – HEP – ALPHA and the Antihydrogen Physics
10 min break
14:40-15:00 – talk 8 – Alexandra Terrana – SPACE – Massive Gravity and its Spherically Symmetric Solutions
15:00-14:20 – talk 9 – Bahman Karimi – SPACE – Investigation of Image Errors in VLBI Images of SN 1993J
15:20-15:40 – talk 10 – Neda Hejazi – SPACE – New Photometric Calibrations for Determination of Fundamental Properties of M stars, Galactic Chemical Evolution and Structure
10 min deliberation by judges
16:00 – announce winner of Ralph Nicholls award.

PAGE Conference Official Name

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Historically, the PAGE Conference has been called the ‘Monkey Conference,’ and has always been named in honour of some sort of monkey (see the conference history here). The PAGE exec has gotten together and decided that this year’s conference will be named in honour of the smallest monkey on the planet: the Pygmy Marmoset.

Pygmy Marmoset

Pygmy Marmoset
Pygmy Marmoset -wikipedia

‘It is notable for being the smallest monkey in the world at just over 100 grams (3.5 oz). It is generally found in evergreen andriver edge forests and is a gum-feeding specialist.’ –wikipedia

‘High in the rain forest canopy of South America lives a tiny animal that dodges behind tree trunks and branches, alternately freezing and dashing, just like a squirrel. It also has brown fur and a long tail like a squirrel—but it’s really a pygmy marmoset, the world’s smallest monkey! Marmosets and their cousins, the tamarins, are some of the tiniest primates around, but pygmy marmosets are different enough to be classified apart from other marmoset species.’ –San Diego Zoo

 

The Physics and Astronomy Executive will be making a monetary donation on behalf of the graduate students to the World Wildlife Fund and it’s Pygmy Marmoset efforts.

Call for Abstracts: PAGE Graduate Conference 2013

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The annual Physics and Astronomy Graduate Conference is coming up!
Date: Friday, October 25, 2013
Time: 10am-5pm
Room: Chemistry 121

Each year, the Executive organize this conference for many purposes. There will also be talks from invited speakers. More information on the PAGE conference can be found here.

Call For Talk Abstracts

Abstracts are now being accepted for those interested in presenting at the PAGE conference. You would be required to generate a 12-15 minute long original presentation, and then participate in a few minutes of questions immediately following your talk. All presenters will be eligible for the Ralph Nicholls Graduate Award in Science Communication (so long as they meet the requirements of the award). Please submit your abstract to page@yorku.ca with the subject PAGE abstract.

A mini poster session will be held during lunch break. Please, feel free to bring the poster that you prepared for your summer conference.

The deadline for abstract submission is Friday, October 4, 2013 (no extensions will be granted).

The PAGE conference promotes the work that we are doing, providing a chance to see what kind of research happens at York. Also, this is a great opportunity to practice you presentation skills in preparation for future conferences, your defence or research evaluation.

Participating in the PAGE conference creates social and professional connections amongst graduate students in our department that may not have been there before.

If you are not convinced of participating in the PAGE conference yet, remember that you can include it in your CV, and the best of all…there will be free food!

Hana Dobrovolny – Invited Speaker

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Invited Speaker – Dr. Hana Dobrovolny

Time: 11:30- 12:00

Biography:

Dr. Dobrovolny completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Winnipeg. She then moved to Pennsylvania for her Master’s at Bryn Mawr College, and completing her PhD at Duke University. She has now returned to Canada working at Ryerson University as a Postdoctoral Fellow with Dr. Beauchemin in the PhyMBIE (Physical Modelling in Biology, Immunology, and Ecology) group.

She has published papers in the Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, the Biophysical Journal, and Physical Review Letters.

She even teaches here at York University. She is the course director for Biophysics I, and II, third and fourth year courses in the biophysics program.

Modelling of influenza infections

Influenza is a serious disease that kills thousands of people
every year and can kill millions in periodic pandemics. Modelling of the
with-in host dynamics of influenza is an emerging field that has helped to
provide insight into the disease process. Simple mathematical models have
shed light on the internal dynamics of the disease and have been used to
characterize influenza virus. They have also been used to test the effects
of drug therapy. This talk will present some simple models of influenza
dynamics and will discuss how they have influenced our understanding of this
disease.

2010 PAGE Conference – Announcement

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Hi all,

The Phyisics and Astronomy Graduate Executive is proud to announce the 2010
PAGE Conference held Thursday October 14, 2010 in Room 121 Chemistry Building,
York University. Attendance is free!

Visit us at
http://yupage.blogspot.com/
and click on the ‘2010 conference label’

Talks on astronomy, atomic and molecular optics, high energy, and biophysics research areas, especially on graduate research will be highlighted this year.

This conference gives an excellent chance for graduate students to come out practice their own abilities and for everyone to see what’s happening within the physics department here at York.

This year, the invited speaker is Dr. Hana Dobrovolny, from Ryerson University, who will be speaking about Modeling of Influenza Infections.

Refreshments will be provided during the conference and lunch will be provided free by PAGE at 12:00.

If you have any questions, please feel free to send an email to PAGE
directly at YUPAGA@gmail.com or any of the PAGE members directly.

See you all there,
Your Physics and Astronomy Graduate Executive,
Mok, Carson (President)
Vergados, Panagiotis (VP, FGS and Departmental representative)
Rogerson, Jesse (VP Finance, GSA representative)