October 2007

	National award honours animal research team Long-time U of C researchers André Buret and Douglas Morck are being awarded top honours by Canada’s largest science granting agency.
	Epilepsy team puts ‘brainstorms’ under the microscope Philippa Baker’s epileptic seizures prevented her from volunteering in her kids’ schools, and made her afraid to walk to the mailbox alone for fear she’d walk into traffic. After meeting and seeking treatment with the epilepsy team at the University of Calgary/Calgary Health Region, Baker is once again “truly living.”
	Arctic research sheds light on global warming Environmental Science professor Anne-Lise Norman and graduate students Michelle Seguin and Ofelia Rempillo are spending several weeks on the Amundsen collecting air samples for a study examining climate change in the north.
	Sex and the South African orchid How does jilting a bee or butterfly pay off for the pretty flowers that lure pollinators with the promise of a sweet nectar meal, but don’t deliver? That's what PhD student Nina Hobbhahn intends to find out as she probes the reproductive strategies of nectarless flowers.
	Harnessing the sun to heat homes Schulich School of Engineering Professor Abdulmajeed Mohamad is working to use the power of the sun to heat our homes while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The solar air heater he has developed is twice as efficient as current units.
	Lights, camera, start… video game as theatre? Computer Science meets Fine Art with the creation of video game to teach about drinking and driving.

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