{"id":6164,"date":"2017-09-25T10:10:35","date_gmt":"2017-09-25T14:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?page_id=6164"},"modified":"2026-02-25T17:21:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T22:21:28","slug":"department-biology-seminar-series-fall-winter-2016-17","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/biology-seminar-series\/department-biology-seminar-series-fall-winter-2016-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Biology Seminar Series Fall\/Winter 2016-17"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Department of Biology Seminar Series Fall\/Winter 2016-17\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"department-of-biology-seminar-series-fall-winter-2016-17\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Department of Biology Seminar Series Fall\/Winter\u00a02016-17<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Seminars take place in CTTC 4440Q at 3:30 p.m. &nbsp;unless otherwise noted<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Date<\/th><th>Speaker<\/th><th>Title<\/th><th>Host Lab<\/th><th>Location<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>08\/09\/2016<\/td><td>Dr. Ingo Schlupp<\/td><td>Ecology and evolution of the Amazon molly: a fish with no sex<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/jean-guy-godin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Godin<\/a><\/td><td>Nesbitt 206<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>09\/09\/2016<\/td><td>Dr. John Dwyer<\/td><td>Learning ecological lessons in human-modified landscapes<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/joseph-bennett\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bennett<\/a><\/td><td>UC 282<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12\/09\/2016<\/td><td>Dr. David Inouye<\/td><td>The effects of global and regional climate change on phenology of wildflowers and animals in the Colorado Rocky Mountains<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/root-gorelick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gorelick<\/a><\/td><td>Nesbitt 206<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>23\/09\/2016<\/td><td>Dr. David Philipp<\/td><td>The many impacts of angling for nesting bass<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/steven-j-cooke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cooke<\/a><\/td><td>UC 282<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>30\/09\/2016<\/td><td>Various<\/td><td>Panel Discussion: How to land a faculty position<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/joseph-bennett\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bennett<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/dr-sue-bertram\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bertram<\/a><\/td><td>4440Q CTTC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>07\/10\/2016<\/td><td>Jenny McCune<\/td><td>The role of the landscape and its history in plant community dynamics<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/joseph-bennett\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bennett<\/a><\/td><td>4440Q CTTC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>18\/10\/2016<\/td><td>Dr. Richard Schuster<\/td><td>Cross-boundary Planning for Resilience and Restoration of Endangered Ecosystems<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/joseph-bennett\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bennett<\/a><\/td><td>4440Q CTTC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>28\/10\/2016<\/td><td>FALL BREAK<\/td><td>No Seminar This Week<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>04\/11\/2016<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11\/11\/2016<\/td><td>Sebastian Seibold<\/td><td>Biodiversity in dead wood &#8211; effects of forest management and prospects for conservation in Europe<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/lenore-fahrig\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fahrig<\/a><\/td><td>4440Q CTTC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>25\/11\/2016<\/td><td>Hamad Najafabadi<\/td><td>Decoding the programs that govern mRNA stability<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/ashkan-golshani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Golshani<\/a><\/td><td>4440Q CTTC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>02\/12\/2016<\/td><td>Dr. Mike Donaldson<\/td><td>Science communication: strategies to effectively reach the intended audience<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/steven-j-cooke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cooke<\/a><\/td><td>4440Q CTTC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6\/12\/2016 at 1 p.m.<\/td><td>Dr. Fran Tyler<\/td><td>Sexual selection driving speciation and cryptic selection on traits; examples from <em>Gryllus<\/em> and <em>Drosophila<\/em><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/dr-sue-bertram\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bertram<\/a><\/td><td>4440Q CTTC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>06\/01\/2017<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>13\/01\/2017<\/td><td>Raine Kortet<\/td><td>Aquatic &amp; behavioural ecology<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/dr-sue-bertram\/\">Bertram<\/a><\/td><td>4440Q CTTC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>27\/01\/2017<\/td><td>Dr. Stacey Robinson<\/td><td>Neonicotinoids and their effects on non-target organisms<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/mark-forbes\/\">Forbes<\/a><\/td><td>4440Q CTTC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>03\/02\/2017<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10\/02\/2017<\/td><td>CANCELLED<p><\/p>\n<p>Marie-Claude Audet<\/p><\/td><td><\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/alex-wong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wong<\/a><\/td><td>4440Q CTTC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>24\/02\/2017<\/td><td>WINTER BREAK<\/td><td>No Seminar This Week<\/td><td><\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>02\/03\/2017<p><\/p>\n<p>Thursday<\/p>\n<p>10:00 a.m.<\/p><\/td><td>Jacqueline Monaghan<\/td><td>Molecular mechanisms regulating immune signaling in plants<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/owen-rowland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rowland<\/a><\/td><td>&nbsp;4440Q CTTC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10\/03\/2017<\/td><td>Steve Whyard<\/td><td>Silence of the genes &#8211; developing species-specific pest control using RNA interference technologies<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/mark-forbes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forbes<\/a><\/td><td>&nbsp;4440Q CTTC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>14\/03\/2017<p><\/p>\n<p>Tuesday<\/p><\/td><td>Mark Vellend<\/td><td>Climate change and the influence of biotic interactions on range limits<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/joseph-bennett\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bennett<\/a><\/td><td>&nbsp;4440Q CTTC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>17\/03\/2017<\/td><td>Joanne Webster<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/cu_event\/george-r-carmody-lecture-dr-joanne-p-webster\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carmody Lecture: Epidemiology and evolution of zoonotic schistosomiasis in a changing world<\/a><\/td><td>Biology Dept.<\/td><td><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>24\/03\/2017<\/td><td>Zhongmin Dong<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/cu_event\/mccully-lecture-zhongmin-dong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">McCully Lecture:&nbsp;Why do legume nodules evolve hydrogen gas?<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/shelley-hepworth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hepworth<\/a><\/td><td>4440Q CTTC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>31\/03\/2017<\/td><td>Scott Wilson, Adjunt seminar<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/cu_event\/biology-seminar-series-scott-wilson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drivers of population change throughout the annual cycle in Neotropical migratory birds<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/joseph-bennett\/\">Bennett<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/lenore-fahrig\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fahrig<\/a><\/td><td>&nbsp;4440Q CTTC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>07\/04\/2017<\/td><td>Andrew Hendry<\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/cu_event\/biology-seminar-series-andrew-hendry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eco-evolutionary dynamics<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/steven-j-cooke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cooke<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/andrew-simons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Simons<\/a><\/td><td>&nbsp;4440Q CTTC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12\/04\/2017<p><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday<\/p><\/td><td>Troy McMullin<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/2017\/lichenizing-troy-mcmullin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lichenizing with Dr. Troy McMullin<\/a><p><\/p>\n<p>Adjunct Application Seminar<\/p><\/td><td><\/td><td>4440Q CTTC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>21\/04\/2017<\/td><td>Gregory Mitchell<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/2017\/biology-seminar-series-dr-greg-mitchell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Determinants and consequences of migratory departure decisions for songbirds with respect to wind conditions aloft<\/a><p><\/p>\n<p>Adjunct Application Seminar<\/p><\/td><td>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/joseph-bennett\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bennett<\/a><\/td><td>&nbsp;4440Q CTTC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>24\/04\/2017<\/td><td>Tom Glover<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/2017\/biology-seminar-dr-tom-glover\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Experimentally Defining Mechanisms and Risk Factors for Mammalian CNVs<\/a><\/td><td><\/td><td>4440Q CTTC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>05\/05\/2017<\/td><td>Julian Evans<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/2017\/julian-evans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Group behaviours and social information use in birds<\/a><\/td><td>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/tom-sherratt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sherratt<\/a><\/td><td>4440Q CTTC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12\/05\/2017<\/td><td>&nbsp;Adam Smith<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/cu_event\/adam-smith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tracking non-linear temporal patterns in bird populations with Bayesian hierarchical models<\/a><\/td><td>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/steven-j-cooke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cooke<\/a><\/td><td>4440Q CTTC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>19\/05\/2017<\/td><td>Jason O&#8217;Brien<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/cu_event\/jason-obrien\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Molecular Ecotoxicology at Environment and Climate Change Canada: Protecting Wildlife (and their Genomes) from the Effects of Environmental Pollutants<\/a><\/td><td>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/bill-willmore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Willmore<\/a><\/td><td>4440Q CTTC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>23\/05\/2017<\/td><td>Nicholas Lapointe<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/cu_event\/nick-lapointe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Aquatic conservation \u2013 threats and solutions<\/a><\/td><td>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/steven-j-cooke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cooke<\/a><\/td><td>4440Q CTTC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>25\/05\/2017<\/td><td>Megan Bailey<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/cu_event\/megan-bailey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Effective fisheries management through seafood traceability<\/a><\/td><td><\/td><td>4440Q CTTC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>02\/06\/2017<\/td><td>Mike Mesterton-Gibbons<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/cu_event\/mike-mesterton-gibbons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Defence and Rearguard Action: Models of Behaviours Observed in a Cichlid and a Parasitoid Wasp<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/tom-sherratt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sherratt<\/a><\/td><td>4440Q CTTC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>16\/06\/2017<\/td><td>Bahram Samanfar<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/cu_event\/biology-seminar-series-dr-bahram-samanfar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Soybean applied genomics with a Western Canada perspective<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/ashkan-golshani\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Golshani<\/a><\/td><td>4440Q CTTC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>13\/07\/2017<\/td><td>Jomar Rabajante<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/cu_event\/biology-seminar-series-jomar-rabajante\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Parameter Range of Red Queen Cycles in Multi-Host and Multi-Parasite Coevolution<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"http:\/\/markrandallforbes.weebly.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forbes<\/a><\/td><td>4440Q CTTC<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>19\/07\/2017<\/td><td>Claudia Bank<\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/cu_event\/biology-seminar-series-dr-claudia-bank\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fitness landscapes and the predictability of evolution<\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wong<\/a><\/td><td>4440Q CTTC<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Department of Biology Seminar Series Fall\/Winter\u00a02016-17 Seminars take place in CTTC 4440Q at 3:30 p.m. &nbsp;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 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