Department of Biology Seminar Series Fall/Winter 2016-17
Seminars take place in CTTC 4440Q at 3:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted
| Date | Speaker | Title | Host Lab | Location |
| 08/09/2016 | Dr. Ingo Schlupp | Ecology and evolution of the Amazon molly: a fish with no sex | Godin | Nesbitt 206 |
| 09/09/2016 | Dr. John Dwyer | Learning ecological lessons in human-modified landscapes | Bennett | UC 282 |
| 12/09/2016 | Dr. David Inouye | The effects of global and regional climate change on phenology of wildflowers and animals in the Colorado Rocky Mountains | Gorelick | Nesbitt 206 |
| 23/09/2016 | Dr. David Philipp | The many impacts of angling for nesting bass | Cooke | UC 282 |
| 30/09/2016 | Various | Panel Discussion: How to land a faculty position | Bennett, Bertram | 4440Q CTTC |
| 07/10/2016 | Jenny McCune | The role of the landscape and its history in plant community dynamics | Bennett | 4440Q CTTC |
| 18/10/2016 | Dr. Richard Schuster | Cross-boundary Planning for Resilience and Restoration of Endangered Ecosystems | Bennett | 4440Q CTTC |
| 28/10/2016 | FALL BREAK | No Seminar This Week | ||
| 04/11/2016 | ||||
| 11/11/2016 | Sebastian Seibold | Biodiversity in dead wood – effects of forest management and prospects for conservation in Europe | Fahrig | 4440Q CTTC |
| 25/11/2016 | Hamad Najafabadi | Decoding the programs that govern mRNA stability | Golshani | 4440Q CTTC |
| 02/12/2016 | Dr. Mike Donaldson | Science communication: strategies to effectively reach the intended audience | Cooke | 4440Q CTTC |
| 6/12/2016 at 1 p.m. | Dr. Fran Tyler | Sexual selection driving speciation and cryptic selection on traits; examples from Gryllus and Drosophila | Bertram | 4440Q CTTC |
| 06/01/2017 | ||||
| 13/01/2017 | Raine Kortet | Aquatic & behavioural ecology | Bertram | 4440Q CTTC |
| 27/01/2017 | Dr. Stacey Robinson | Neonicotinoids and their effects on non-target organisms | Forbes | 4440Q CTTC |
| 03/02/2017 | ||||
| 10/02/2017 | CANCELLED
Marie-Claude Audet |
Wong | 4440Q CTTC | |
| 24/02/2017 | WINTER BREAK | No Seminar This Week | ||
| 02/03/2017
Thursday 10:00 a.m. |
Jacqueline Monaghan | Molecular mechanisms regulating immune signaling in plants | Rowland | 4440Q CTTC |
| 10/03/2017 | Steve Whyard | Silence of the genes – developing species-specific pest control using RNA interference technologies | Forbes | 4440Q CTTC |
| 14/03/2017
Tuesday |
Mark Vellend | Climate change and the influence of biotic interactions on range limits | Bennett | 4440Q CTTC |
| 17/03/2017 | Joanne Webster | Carmody Lecture: Epidemiology and evolution of zoonotic schistosomiasis in a changing world | Biology Dept. | |
| 24/03/2017 | Zhongmin Dong | McCully Lecture: Why do legume nodules evolve hydrogen gas? | Hepworth | 4440Q CTTC |
| 31/03/2017 | Scott Wilson, Adjunt seminar | Drivers of population change throughout the annual cycle in Neotropical migratory birds | Bennett, Fahrig | 4440Q CTTC |
| 07/04/2017 | Andrew Hendry | Eco-evolutionary dynamics | Cooke/Simons | 4440Q CTTC |
| 12/04/2017
Wednesday |
Troy McMullin | Lichenizing with Dr. Troy McMullin
Adjunct Application Seminar |
4440Q CTTC | |
| 21/04/2017 | Gregory Mitchell | Determinants and consequences of migratory departure decisions for songbirds with respect to wind conditions aloft
Adjunct Application Seminar |
Bennett | 4440Q CTTC |
| 24/04/2017 | Tom Glover |
Experimentally Defining Mechanisms and Risk Factors for Mammalian CNVs |
4440Q CTTC | |
| 05/05/2017 | Julian Evans | Group behaviours and social information use in birds | Sherratt | 4440Q CTTC |
| 12/05/2017 | Adam Smith | Tracking non-linear temporal patterns in bird populations with Bayesian hierarchical models | Cooke | 4440Q CTTC |
| 19/05/2017 | Jason O’Brien | Molecular Ecotoxicology at Environment and Climate Change Canada: Protecting Wildlife (and their Genomes) from the Effects of Environmental Pollutants | Willmore | 4440Q CTTC |
| 23/05/2017 | Nicholas Lapointe | Aquatic conservation – threats and solutions | Cooke | 4440Q CTTC |
| 25/05/2017 | Megan Bailey | Effective fisheries management through seafood traceability | 4440Q CTTC | |
| 02/06/2017 | Mike Mesterton-Gibbons | Defence and Rearguard Action: Models of Behaviours Observed in a Cichlid and a Parasitoid Wasp | Sherratt | 4440Q CTTC |
| 16/06/2017 | Bahram Samanfar | Soybean applied genomics with a Western Canada perspective | Golshani | 4440Q CTTC |
| 13/07/2017 | Jomar Rabajante | Parameter Range of Red Queen Cycles in Multi-Host and Multi-Parasite Coevolution | Forbes | 4440Q CTTC |
| 19/07/2017 | Claudia Bank | Fitness landscapes and the predictability of evolution | Wong | 4440Q CTTC |