{"id":19005,"date":"2026-08-07T10:02:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T14:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?page_id=19005"},"modified":"2026-08-07T10:02:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T14:02:20","slug":"department-of-biology-seminar-series-fall-winter-2025-26","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/department-of-biology-seminar-series-fall-winter-2025-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Biology Seminar Series Fall\/Winter 2025-26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Department of Biology Seminar Series Fall\/Winter 2025-26\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

WINTER 2026<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Month<\/th>Date<\/th>Host<\/th>Speaker<\/th>Institution<\/strong><\/th>Seminar Title<\/strong><\/th>Recording<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
September<\/strong><\/td>5<\/td>No Seminar<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>12<\/td>No Seminar<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>19<\/td>Hanna Lab<\/td>Dr. Rowenna Gryba<\/td>Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC)<\/td>Understanding Arctic species through Indigenous Knowledge and animal movement<\/td>Recording: Dr. Gryba<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>26<\/td>Hepworth Lab<\/td>Dr. Jean-Sebastien Parent<\/a><\/td>Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada<\/td>Naked Oat Laid Bare: The Genetic Underpinnings
of Oat Floral Architecture<\/td>		This talk will not be recorded.<\/td><\/tr>
October<\/strong><\/td>3<\/td>Hanna Lab<\/td>Dr. Andrew Tanentzap<\/td><\/td>Ecosystem Health from Molecules to Landscapes<\/td>Zoom Link<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>10<\/td>No Seminar<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>17<\/td>No Seminar<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>24<\/td>No Seminar<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>31<\/td><\/td>Dr. Karl Loeffler-Henry<\/td>Carleton University<\/td>Warning signals, deception, and when to bluff: the evolutionary ecology of information exchange between predators and prey<\/td>Zoom Link<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
November<\/strong><\/td>5<\/td>Cooke Lab<\/td>Dr. Len Hunt<\/a><\/td>Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Lakehead University<\/td>Using human dimensions research to help understand and reduce uncertainty in natural resource management<\/td>NOON on Wednesday<\/strong>
Zoom Link<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>7<\/td><\/td>Dr. Andrea Norris<\/td>Environment & Climate Change Canada<\/td>Weaving Indigenous science in conservation through healing our connections with the Land<\/td> ZOOM LINK<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>14<\/td>Davy Lab<\/td>Dr. Sandra Klemet-N\u2019guessan<\/td>University of Waterloo<\/td>Tous ensemble: adopting science equity and outreach for transformative impact in environmental sciences<\/td>11 AM<\/strong>ZOOM LINK<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>21<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>28<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
December<\/td>5<\/td>Rowland Lab<\/td>Dr Wubishet Bekele<\/td>Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada<\/td>Pangenomics Informed Cereal Breeding<\/td>ZOOM<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>12<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>19<\/td>Bennett Lab<\/td>Emmanuel Opito<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>26<\/td>No Seminar<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

WINTER 2026<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Month<\/th>Date<\/th>Host<\/th>Speaker<\/th>Institution<\/th>Seminar Title<\/th>Recording<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
January<\/strong><\/td>2<\/td>No Seminar<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>9<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>16<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>23<\/td>
Wong Lab<\/td>		POSTPONED
New date TBD.
Dr. Amanda MacFarlane<\/td>		<\/td>Integrating evidence to inform nutrition policy with a side of AI in evidence synthesis<\/td>Zoom Link<\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>30<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
February<\/strong><\/td>6<\/td>MacMillan Lab<\/td>Jackie Lebenzon<\/td><\/td>Mechanisms and consequences of flight muscle remodelling in insects<\/td>Zoom Link<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>13<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>20<\/td>No Seminar<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>27<\/td>Wong Lab<\/td>Andrew Purssell<\/td><\/td>Impact of Antibiotics on the Fecal Microbiome During Stem Cell Transplantation<\/td>Zoom Link<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
March<\/strong><\/td>6<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>13<\/td>MacMillan Lab<\/td>Jennifer Provencher<\/td><\/td>Assessing the fate and effects of microplastics at the Experimental Lakes Area<\/td>Zoom Link<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>20<\/td>Bennett Lab<\/td>Ronnie Drever<\/td><\/td>Natural Climate Solutions for Canada: areas of opportunity, mitigation potential, and other practical considerations<\/td>Zoom Link<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>27<\/td>MacMillan\/Cooke Lab<\/td>Andy Turko<\/td><\/td>Comparative conservation physiology of imperilled freshwater fishes<\/td>Zoom Link<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
April<\/strong><\/td>3<\/td>No Seminar<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>10<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>17<\/td>Buxton Lab<\/td>Kyle Bobiwash<\/td><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
<\/td>24<\/td>McCully Lecture
In Plant Biology
Hepworth Lab<\/td>		Xue Pan<\/td><\/td>Small domains, big impact: How plant hormones control growth and development<\/td>Zoom Link<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WINTER 2026 Month Date Host Speaker Institution Seminar Title Recording September 5 No Seminar 12 No Seminar 19 Hanna Lab Dr. Rowenna Gryba Inuit Circumpolar Council (ICC) Understanding Arctic species through Indigenous Knowledge and animal movement Recording: Dr. Gryba 26 Hepworth Lab Dr. Jean-Sebastien Parent Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Naked Oat Laid Bare: The Genetic Underpinningsof […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":481,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[],"class_list":["post-19005","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/481"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19005"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19006,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19005\/revisions\/19006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=19005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}