>> Recent Presentations

• Fortin, D., 2006. Bacterial cell walls as sorption and nucleation surfaces for minerals. AAAS Abelson seminar series, Washington, DC.
• Langley, S. and Fortin, D., 2006. Reduction of Biogenic Iron Oxides by Schewanella putrefaciens CN32. IMA 2006, Kobe, Japan.
• Takahashi, Y. and Fortin, D. Rare earth element patterns as biomineralization probes. IMA 2006, Kobe, Japan.
• Fortin (Invited speaker), D. and Praharaj, T., 2005. Seasonal and spatial variations of microbial sulfate and iron reduction in alkaline Pb-Zn mine tailings (Ontario, Canada). AGU, San Francisco, USA.
• Langley, S., Fortin, D., Hannington, M., Stoffers, P., Schwarz-Schampera, U., Preliminary Investigations Into the Geomicrobiology of Iron-Rich Seafloor Sediments Obtained From the Tonga Ridge. AGU, San Francisco, USA.

• Winch, S. Fortin, D., Lean, D.R.S. and Parsons, M., 2005. Methylmercury production and transport from historical gold mine tailings in Nova Scotia. GAC-MAC meeting,Nova Scotia.
• Winch, S., Praharaj, T., Fortin, D. and Lean, D.R.S., 2005. Controls on MeHg in tailings from Nova Scotia Au mines and Timmins, Ontario base-metal mines. ISEB 17, USA.
• Kulczycki, E., Fowle, D., Fortin, D. and Ferris, F.G., 2005. Sorption of Cadmium and Lead by Bacteria-Ferrihydrite Composites. GSA, Salt Lake city, USA.
• Andrade, C.F., Jamieson, H.E., Walker, S.R., Lanzirotti, A., Praharaj, T. and Fortin. D., 2005. Transformation of arsenic species in solids and porewaters from Yellowknife Bay, NWT, Canada. 15th Goldschmidt Conference, Idaho, USA.
• Fortin, D., Kennedy, C.B., Scott, S.D., Langley, S.R. and Ferris, F.G., 2005. Electron microscopic investigation of bacterial cell structure fossil preservation in response to mineral precipitation in deep ocean hydrothermal systems. EGU meeting, Vienna, Austria.
• Fortin, D (Invited speaker), Praharaj, S. Winch,C.F. Andrade and H.E. Jamieson, 2004. Role of sulfate-reducing bacteria in Fe, S, Hg and As cycling in mining environments. The Fourth International Symposium on Advanced Science Research- Advances in Heavy Elements Microbiology Research (ASR2004), Japan.
• Takahashi, Y., Hirata,T., Ozaki, T., Kato, K. and Fortin, D., 2004. Distribution patterns of rare earth elements between bacterial cell walls and water as a signature of the presence of bacteria in natural aquifer. The Fourth International Symposium on Advanced Science Research- Advances in Heavy Elements Microbiology Research (ASR2004), Japan.

• Daughney, C.J., Krack, S. and Fortin, D., 2004. Biofilm initiation: a modeling approach. 14th Goldschmidt Conference, Denmark.
• Winch, S., Fortin, D. and Lean, D.S., 2004. Potential for methylation of Hg in sulfidic base-metal and Au mine tailings and downstream drainage systems. 7th International Conference on Mercury as a global pollutant, Slovenia.
• Stanley, N. and Fortin, D., 2004. Effect of various biogeochemical factors on Hg methylation in sulfidic mine tailings . 7th International Conference on Mercury as a global pollutant, Slovenia.
• Fortin, D. (invited speaker), Chatellier, X. and Daughney, C.J., 2004. Bacteria and viruses as reactive surfaces for iron oxide formation. EGU meeting, Nice, France. Geophysical. Res. Abst., vol. 6, 00403.
• Chatellier, X. and Fortin, D., 2004. Adsorption of ferrous ions onto Bacillus subtilis cells. 14th Goldschmidt Conference, Denmark.
• Maruyama T., Nagaosa, K., Welikala, N., Yamashita, Y., Saito, Y., Fortin, D., Nanba, K., Miyasaka, I. and Kato, K., 2004. Direct analysis of bacterial growth rate and the effect of the protozoal predation pressure in an aquifer. 18th conference of the Japanese Society of Microbial Ecology (JSME), Sendai, Japan.