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Department of Biology Seminar Series Fall/Winter 2017-18

Department of Biology Seminar Series Fall/Winter 2017-18

Seminars take place in CTTC 4440Q at 3:30 p.m.  unless otherwise noted

 

DateSpeakerInstitutionTitleHost LabLocation
27/09/2017Albrecht Schulte-HosteddeLaurentian UniversityZoo conservation science – challenges and opportunitiesCooke4440Q CTTC
06/10/2017Woo Jae KimUniversity of OttawaGenetics of time perception and interval timing in Drosophila melanogasterSherratt4440Q CTTC
13/10/2017Art WeisUniversity of TorontoThe seasonal timing of things: attributing selection on germination and flowering dates to the internal, social and general environmentsSimons4440Q CTTC
20/10/2017Alison DerryUQAMFrom populations to ecosystems: the role of intraspecific variation in eco-evolutionary dynamicsSimons4440Q CTTC
27/10/2017NO SEMINAR SCHEDULED
03/11/2017Danielle FraserMuseum of NatureThe roles of climate and biotic interchange in the assembly of mammal communitiesGorelick4440Q CTTC
07/11/2017Austin GallagherBeneath the WavesShark research in a changing world: integrating conservation, physiology and behavior to solve a 500 million year puzzleCooke4440Q CTTC
10/11/2017Eliana CazettaState University of Santa Cruz, BrazilBrazilian Atlantic Forest loss and its impacts on biodiversityFahrig4440Q CTTC
17/11/2017NO SEMINAR SCHEDULED4440Q CTTC
24/11/2017 Annie ThibaultCarleton University Art Gallery La chambre des cultures, foraging in time and space Smith4440Q CTTC
01/12/2017Jamie McLaren NWRCInteractions between migrating birds and their environment: confronting behavioural-based approaches with big data4440Q CTTC
08/12/2017Thomas MerrittLaurentianTransvection: how inter-chromosomal communication turned a bad day in the lab into a research programMacMillan4440Q CTTC
26/01/2018Jon MidwoodDFO BurlingtonIntegrating emerging science to support fisheries managementCooke4440Q CTTC
02/02/2018Matthew SilkExeterSocial network structure and disease transmission in a group living mammalSherratt

/Morand-Ferron

4440Q CTTC
16/02/2018David OveryOttawa Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food CanadaThere and back again: A researcher’s tale in mycology, pathology and secondary metabolismSmith4440Q CTTC
02/03/2018Allyson MacLeanUniversity of OttawaUnraveling the Mechanisms Enabling Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis: A Microbial PerspectiveRowland4440Q CTTC
09/03/2018Janet KoprivnikarRyersonAvoidance and attraction: a host-parasite storyForbes4440Q CTTC
16/03/2018Kim MathotUniversity of Alberta4440Q CTTC
23/03/2018Susan TwineNational Research Council of CanadaFrom Biowarfare to Vaccines – Development of a Live Attenuated Vaccine Strain to Combat Francisella tularensisWillmore4440Q CTTC
06/04/2018Ed GregorichAAFC-OttawaWriting a Scientific Paper and Navigating the Review System: An Editor’s PerspectiveSamanfar4440Q CTTC
13/04/2018Colin FavretUniversité de MontréalFrom cybertaxonomy to phylogenomics: Progress but a long road ahead in insect systematicsSherratt4440Q CTTC
06/19/2018Daniel KierzkowskiUniversité de MontréalHow are leaf shapes generated?Hepworth4440Q CTTC
30/07/2018Dylan KosmaUniversity of NevadaIdentification of Transcriptional Regulators of Wound Suberin DepositionRowland4440Q CTTC