End of Summer Bash

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It’s the end of the summer/beginning of the fall semester! Let’s all drown our sorrows at the pub with good company! All Physics and Astronomy Grads are welcome to join us at the Pour House on Friday 7 September 2012 at 8pm. The Pour House is conveniently located just a 5 min walk from the Dupont subway station. You can find your way there using the Google Map to the Pub.

PAGE will provide appetizers!

If you’d like to attend, please RSVP (page@yorku.ca) no later than Friday 31 August 2012, so that we have proper numbers to book a table.

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)

Call for Abstracts 2010

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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.

All topics related to research in physics, astronomy and atmospheric physics
are welcome. The aim of this issue is to highlight the ongoing research in these
areas, with a particular emphasis on the graduate studies being conducted at
York University. This conference provides an opportunity for students to
present their work in an interdisciplinary environment.
This year, we have our annual student competition for the Ralph Nicholls
award with a monetary value of $100 for the first winner. Prizes will also be
awarded to the second and third place.

Submission guidelines:
Abstracts should be submitted via email to:
vergados [at] yorku [dot] ca
rogerson [at] yorku [dot] ca
or cmok [at] yorku [dot] ca

Abstracts should not exceed 250 words.
Deadline for submission of abstracts: October 5, 2010
Notice of acceptance: October 7, 2010

Guidelines for oral presentations:
Due to the interdisciplinary nature of the conference, the authors should
aim at putting together a non-technical presentation and focus on the following:

15-minute talk
Understandable by a 4th year physics student
General description of the problem
Applications

More information and guidelines for the Ralph Nicholls award can be found
at:
http://yupage.blogspot.com/search/label/The%20Ralph%20Nicholls%20graduate%20
award%20in%20science%20communication

Cheers,
Your Physics and Astronomy Graduate Executive,

Mok, Carson (President)
Vergados, Panagiotis (VP, FGS and Departmental representative)
Rogerson, Jesse (VP Finance, GSA representative)

The 2009 PAGE conference

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When: October 15th, 2009
Where: The Paul Delaney Gallery (The Norman Bethune College, 320)

Attendance is free. We strongly encourage graduate and undergraduates to participate this event.

Organizing Committee:

Alireza Rafiee (Chair of the Organizing Committee and Ralph Nicholls Graduate Award)
Carson Mok cmok@yorku.ca
Panagiotis Vergados vergados@yorku.ca

The conference poster

Conference Schedule:

Time ………. Speakers
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10:00……… Reception [Coffee and Doughnuts] + Surprise Gifts for early birds
10:10 …….. Opening
10:20 …….. Ioannis Haranas
10:40 …….. Laura Chajet
11:00 …….. Coffee break
11:10 ……… Invited Speaker Dr. Veronica Sanz
12:00 …….. Lunch Provided by PAGE
13:20 …….. Steve Beale
13:40 …….. Maria Georgina Carrillo Ruiz
14:00 …….. Robert Berthiaume
14:20 …….. Coffee Break
14:40 …….. Daneil Fitzakerly
15:00 …….. Jesse Rogerson
15:20 …….. Yaniv Gura
15:40 …….. Invited Speaker Dr. Tom Kirchner
16:30 …….. Presenting the Award
17:00 …….. Closing

Link to Abstracts

Talks are 15+5 minutes and 45+5 minutes long.

About the Physicist Gustav Robert Kirchhoff :

Gustav Robert Kirchhoff (12 March 1824 – 17 October 1887) was a German physicist who contributed to the fundamental understanding of electrical circuits, spectroscopy, and the emission of black-body radiation by heated objects. He coined the term “black body” radiation in 1862, and two sets of independent concepts in both circuit theory and thermal emission are named “Kirchhoff’s laws” after him. The Bunsen-Kirchhoff Award for spectroscopy is named after him and his colleague, Robert Bunsen.

More about G.R. Kirchhoff