2025-2026 Weekly Seminars
These free Departmental seminars, which explore all aspects of biology, are open to the public and are held 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Fridays in BGS 0165 unless otherwise indicated.
All queries should be directed to Thomas DeFalco.
All are welcome to attend!
2025-2026 Schedule
| DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE | VENUE |
| 26 Sept | Patrick Moynihan | New tools for mycobacterial research from unexpected places |
BGS 0165 |
| 3 Oct | Taylor Evans | Grey seals of Sable Island: A case study of densitydependence in a long-lived mammal |
BGS 0165 |
| 10 Oct | Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis | Defining Life: Carl Sagan, The Encyclopedia Britannica, and Biology in the Mid-Twentieth Century |
BGS 0165 |
| 17 Oct | Fiona Soper | From ants to airplanes: Tracing tropical nitrogen emissions across scales |
BGS 0165 |
| 24 Oct | BGRF | ||
| 31 Oct | Gavin Douglas | Co-occurrence is associated with horizontal gene transfer across marine bacteria independent of phylogeny |
BGS 0165 |
| 7 Nov | READING WEEK | ||
| 14 Nov | Kirk Hillier | From Scent to Strategy: Evolution, Neuroecology, and Biocontrol in a Chemically-Mediated World |
BGS 0165 |
| 21 Nov | Rosalind Murray | Environmental influences on sex differences in insects |
BGS 0165 |
| 28 Nov | Adriana Dawes | Patterns of life: Quantifying biological symmetry across scales |
BGS 0165 |
| 5 Dec | Deniz Top | Selective coupling of circadian clocks across the brain as a model for behaviour regulation |
BGS 0165 |
| 9 Jan | Bjorn Robroek | Cancelled | BGS 0165 |
| 16 Jan | David Sweetnam | Georgian Bay Forever: A Case Study in Modern Freshwater Conservation |
BGS 0165 |
| 23 Jan | Ben Winger | Evolutionary integration of phenology and life history across the annual cycles of migratory birds. |
BGS 0165 |
| 30 Jan | Lauren Erland | TBD | BGS 0165 |
| 6 Feb | Kristy Ferraro | TBD | BGS 0165 |
| 13 Feb | Jacqueline Monaghan | TBD | BGS 0165 |
| 20 Feb | READING WEEK | ||
| 27 Feb | Teklab Gebregiworgis | TBD | BGS 0165 |
| 8 Mar | Dominique Potvin | TBD | BGS 0165 |
| 13 Mar | Julie Brill | TBD | BGS 0165 |
| 20 Mar | TBD | TBD | BGS 0165 |
| 27 Mar | TBD | TBD | BGS 0165 |
| 3 Apr | GOOD FRIDAY | ||
| 10 Apr | Fritz Sedlazeck | TBD | BGS 0165 |
There are occasions when notable speakers visit the department who are not part of the weekly series. Those seminars will be listed below and will also explore a wide range of topics. All are welcome to attend!
Special Seminar Schedule
| DATE | SPEAKER(S) | TITLE or DETAILS | TIME | VENUE |
| TBD | TBD |
TBD
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TBD |
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