The Coast to Coast Seminar Series presents Flavour Physics: The generation puzzle: symmetries and mysteries
Speaker: Dr. Robert Kowalewski, University of Victoria
Tuesday March 16, 3:30 pm in the CMTC Presentation Lab in the basement of the Robertson Library.
Abstract: The world we experience is essentially made of three fundamental particles: the electron and the two kinds of quarks that make up protons and neutrons. Yet nature has chosen to copy this structure at least twice more, with each copy heavier than the last. How have these extra "generations" shaped the universe we live in? Studies of particles containing the heavier quarks have revealed fascinating phenomena: the pure left-handed nature of the charged Weak interaction; the spontaneous transmutation of
matter into antimatter and back; and a mechanism for breaking matter-antimatter symmetry, which may be connected to the dominance of matter in our universe. Sensitive measurements in this area have guided the development of our theories and will provide constraints on any new theories that may be proposed in light of discoveries at the Large Hadron Collider. This talk will review the highlights of flavour physics from the discovery of "strange" particles through the present.
Janet Saunders, Biomedical Sciences will give a seminar entitled "Validation of Co-oximetry For the Measurement of Methemoglobin in Fish"
and
Michelle MacPhee, Biomedical Sciences will give a seminar entitled "Optoacoustic Imaging of a Prostate Cancer Model"
on Thursday, March 18 at 10:30 am in AVC, Lecture Theatre "C".
Everyone is welcome.
The Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation will park its pink Tour for the Cure bus on campus near the W.A. Murphy Student Centre on Sunday, March 14 from 9 am to 12:30 pm. All are welcome to tour the bus and learn about breast cancer screening and mammograms. Visit www.tourforthecure.ca for more information.
You are invited to drop into the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre after noon on Friday, March 12, to support the UPEI Relay for Life by purchasing luminaries in memory of a loved one or in honour of a cancer survivor. The luminaries will be displayed on the walking track throughout the event, which takes place from 6 pm today to 6 am Saturday. The public is also encouraged to attend the event from 6 to 8 pm tonight.
Dr. Carolanne Nelson of the Department of Family and Nutritional Sciences at UPEI, will present a seminar on Tuesday, March 16 at 10:00 am in the Duffy Science Centre, Room 204.
Dr. Nelson’s seminar is entitled:
“Celiac Disease - an epidemic in our own backyard?”
