Department of Biology Seminar Series Fall/Winter 2019-20
Seminars take place in CTTC 4440Q.
Fall 2019
| Date | Speaker | Institution | Title | Host Lab |
| Sep 13 2:30pm |
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| Sep 20 2:30pm |
NO BIOLOGY SEMINAR | |||
| Sep 27 2:30pm |
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| Oct 04 2:30pm |
Seth Rudman | University of Pennsylvania | The Ecology of Rapid Evolution | MacMillan |
| Oct 10 2:30pm |
Vivian Nguyen | IEIS, Carleton University | Knowledge mobilization: connecting the planet, people and policy | Rowland |
| Oct 18 | NO BIOLOGY SEMINAR | |||
| Oct 25 | FALL BREAK – NO BIOLOGY SEMINAR | |||
| Nov 01 2:30pm |
Louis Nemzer | Nova Southeastern University, Florida | Games Bacteria Play: Fighting Antibiotic Resistance with Game Theory | Cooke |
| Nov 08 2:30pm |
Dan Kraus | Nature Conservancy of Canada | Conserving Nature in a Changing World | Bennett |
| Nov 12 11:00am |
Nana Lee | University of Toronto | Success In and After Graduate School: Empowering Trainees to be Market-Ready | Rowland |
| Nov 15 12:00pm |
Mehdi Arbabi Ghahroudi | Adjunct Prof at Carleton U; SRO at NRC | Antibody-based Biologics; Therapeutic Game Changers for Difficult-to-Treat Diseases. | Golshani |
| Nov 22 2:30pm |
J. Bennett, J. Bruin, R. Dakin, H. MacMillan |
Carleton University | Seminar and Discussion: How to get a faculty position | Bennett |
| Nov 29 | NO BIOLOGY SEMINAR | |||
| Dec 06 2:30pm |
François-Xavier Campbell-Valois | U Ottawa, Department of Chemistry & Biomolecular Science | Shigella’s Type III Secretion System Reloaded | Golshani |
| Dec 12 3:00pm |
Laura Weir | Saint Mary’s University | Small Changes, big gains: A curriculum-wide study of teaching practices and student learning in undergraduate biology | Mullally |
Winter 2020
| Date | Speaker | Institution | Title | Host Lab |
| Jan 10 2:30pm |
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| Jan 17 2:30pm |
NO BIOLOGY SEMINAR | |||
| Jan 24 2:30pm |
Jean-Sebastien Parent | AAFC | Epigenetic reprogramming in plants: small RNA goes a long way. | Hepworth |
| Jan 31 2:30pm |
Andrea Reid | Carleton University; University of British Columbia | Indiginizing Fisheries Research | Cooke |
| Feb 07 2:30pm |
Michael Philips | University of Toronto, Mississauga |
Cytosolic monoterpene biosynthesis in Pelargonium spp.: A rose by any other name” |
Rowland |
| Feb 14 12:00pm |
Cancelled: Andrew MacDougall | University of Guelph | Can the re-design of contemporary agriculture be aided by fundamental ecology? | Bennett |
| Feb 21 |
SPRING BREAK – NO BIOLOGY SEMINAR | |||
| Feb 28 2:30pm |
Dan Levy | Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel | Lysine methylation signaling at chromatin and beyond | Biggar |
| Mar 06 2:30pm |
David Coltman | University of Alberta | Architecture and dynamics of quantitative traits in trophy sheep | Cullingham & Simons |
| Mar 13 2:30pm |
Cancelled: Julien Martin | U Ottawa | Life-history evolution in a changing environment: a marmot long-term study | Dakin |
| Mar 20 |
NO BIOLOGY SEMINAR | |||
| Mar 27 2:30pm |
Cancelled: Patrick James | University of Toronto | Spatial-temporal population genetic structure, insect outbreaks, and forest management | Cullingham |
| Apr 03 9:30am |
Cancelled: Erin Brandt | Western University | Temperature effects on sexual behavior, physiology, and movement ecology in jumping spiders | Dakin |
| Apr 10 |
STATUTORY HOLIDAY | |||
| Apr 17 |
NO BIOLOGY SEMINAR | |||
| Apr 24 | Cancelled: McCully Lecture: Rowan Sage | University of Toronto | Biology Department/ Hepworth | |
| May 14 | Cancelled: Carmody Lecture: Amy Toth | Iowa University, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology | ||
Have a look at our previous seminars…
Department of Biology Seminar Series Fall/Winter 2018-19