Non-native fauna. Tehran book signing. Biofuels. Circadian rhythm.

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• Justin Strong, a Master’s student in the Department of Biology, and his colleague at Memorial University, Shawn Leroux, appeared on CBC Radio in Newfoundland (no link available) about how foreign animals affect Newfoundland’s food chain.
• Several Iranian media report on a recent book signing in Tehran by Richard Foltz, professor in the Department of Religion and Director of the Centre for Iranian Studies. All are published in Persian: isna.ir, ibna.ir, farhangemrooz.com and Bukharamag. Additionally, jdmpress.com  (in Persian) mentions that the book Islam and Ecology is being translated into Persian. Richard  Foltz is the book's lead editor.
• Le Devoir writes about work by Vincent Martin, professor in the Department of Biology, in the area of synthetic biology and biofuels.
• The news service of McGill University publishes a release about joint research from Concordia and McGill into the molecular mechanism involved in adjusting the body's internal clock. The lead co-authors are Shimon Amir, professor in the Department of Psychology, and McGill biochemistry professor Nahum Sonenberg. The release is reprised by Science Daily, with reports on the research on TVANouvelles.ca, Canoe, Techno-Science and Health News Network.

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