The use of grapevine waste extract to fight cancer cells is one of the topics on which presentations will be given at this year’s Biology Symposium on November 29 at 8.30am at the University’s John Borg Science Lecture Theatre.

The symposium will showcase the findings from research pro-jects undertaken by 12 undergraduate biology (BSc) students, four MSc. students and two PhD students.

The presentations will tackle themes related to the use of plant extracts to treat disease, conservation biology, molecular biology techniques, conservation genetics vegetation ecology and marine algae.

Among the various topics to be highlighted are the high ecological importance of cobble bed habitats, factors affecting germination of local aquatic plants, recent developments in lab test methods for Legionella, the microbe that causes Legionnaires’ disease, habitats used by foraging bats in the Maltese islands, and the conservation genetics status of the Bluntnose Sixgill Shark (Hexanchus griseus) in the Mediterranean.

The symposium is of interest to sixth form and university biology students, governmental organisations and NGOs dealing with aspects of the environment, and professionals working in environmental consultancy, planning and management.

For further information call Michaela Psaila Custo on 2340 2272 or e-mail michaela.stivala@um.edu.mt.

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