SPEAKER: Dr. Carlos Lopez Mendez, Pathology and Microbiology TITLE: Renal histopathology in Sox4 and Wt1 Knockout mice - A 13 month study

Congratulations to our University of Prince Edward Island students about to graduate—Convocation 2013 will be held on Saturday, May 11. Every spring the University of Prince Edward Island holds convocation ceremonies to award degrees and diplomas to its graduating students. Family, friends, faculty, and staff are welcome to attend these and many of the related joyous events. The regular convocation ceremonies are held indoors at the Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre at the University of Prince Edward Island, 550 University Avenue in Charlottetown. The first ceremony begins at 10:00 am and the second one begins at 2:30 pm, after graduates have proudly walked in a procession across campus. There are approximately 400 graduates along with their six guests each attending each ceremony. Immediately following each Convocation ceremony, there is a reception at the Wanda Wyatt Dining Hall on the UPEI campus. Graduates, students, staff, faculty, friends and family are welcome. The UPEI Chi-Wan Young Sports Centre will be closed Friday, May 10 at 5:00 pm until Sunday, May 12 at 12:00 noon for convocation. For more information, please visit: http://www.upei.ca/convocation.

The Open Minecraft Lab will be an informal opportunity to come and play Minecraft, the popular world-building game, with other people. The emphasis will be on sharing what we know, on learning new tips and techniques: so please come with questions and answers, and your curiosity. If you registered for the April 20 lab, please let others register for this workshop. For more information, please visit: http://hacker.vre.upei.ca/minecraft-april-27.

The next UPEI on-site training session in animal use and care will be held Wednesday, May 15 at 1:00-4:00 pm in the AVC - The McCain Foundation Learning Commons (278N). This will be a 3-hour training session with handout, based on the The Canadian Council of Animal Care (CCAC) recommended syllabus (exam included). The CCAC requires that all personnel involved in the use of animals in research, teaching, testing and service take this course. (A refresher course is required every 5 years.) Please notify me by email animalcare@upei.ca by 12:00 pm on Wednesday, May 8, 2013, if you or any of your staff will be attending this session.

Are you an international student and graduating this year? The International Relations Office would like to congratulate your accomplishments at UPEI. Bring your family and join us on Friday, May 10 at the AVC Learning Commons from 2:00 to 4:00pm. There will be musical entertainment and refreshments served. Please rsvp at estanley@upei.ca by Wednesday, May 8th. Please tell us if you have family coming to the reception.

SPEAKER: Sarah McConnachie, Pathology and Microbiology TITLE: Retention and viability of microsporidial (Loma salmonae) spores within the Blue Mussel (Mytilus edulis): Use of an established experimental laboratory model probing pathogen transfer within an integrated multitrophic aquaculture setting (IMTA).

Math Camp is organized by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, and co-sponsored by the Canadian Mathematical Society. The annual event will welcome a group of students in grades 10-11 coming from high schools across the province. The camp offers faculty sessions on various mathematical topics, problem-solving competitions including math relays, as well as some recreational activities in the evenings. See below for the full schedule.

The campus community is invited to celebrate student writing at the launch of the UPEI Arts Review: Articulate. Thirteen students from the arts faculty will be showcased in the only printed, student-led publication at UPEI. The launch will take place on Thursday, May 9 at 7:00pm in the Faculty Lounge, Main Building. At this time, the journal will be available for $10 a copy. Refreshments and cake will be provided. For further information, you may contact the editing committee at artsreview@upei.ca.

AVC's Class of 2013, their families and friends, faculty and staff are invited to attend a reception after Convocation in The McCain Foundation Learning Commons at the Atlantic Veterinary College. We expect the reception to start at approximately 12 noon.

Join Akash Mathur, VP and Global Head of Business Development, Advinus Therapeutics; and Girish Joshi, General Manager of Business Development, Advinus Therapeutics for a seminar entitled “Advinus Therapeutics – Introduction and Case Studies of Drug Discovery and Development." They will discuss the basics of drug discovery, development and how in industry they integrate market information. Advinus Therapeutics is a research-based Pharmaceutical Company founded by leading global pharmaceutical executives and promoted by the TATA Group. The company is the first of its kind in India to offer end-to-end development services to the global Pharma, Agro and Biotech industries and at the same time creating long-term value through internal and collaborative innovative Drug Discovery. All are welcome to attend.