2022-2023 Weekly Seminars
Departmental seminars explore all aspects of biology, and are held 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Fridays via ZOOM unless otherwise indicated.
All queries should be directed to Graeme Taylor.
All are welcome to attend!
2022-2023 Schedule
| DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE | VENUE |
| 7 Oct | Geographic variation in monarch butterfly migration success |
Zoom | |
| 14 Oct | Glen Uhrig | Plant Chronobiology: A Protein Perspective |
Zoom |
| 21 Oct | Old dog, new tricks: Using data science techniques to solve ecological problems |
BGS 0153 | |
| 28 Oct | From beneficial symbioses to plant-based vaccines: Adventures in the MacLean lab
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Zoom | |
| 31 Oct-5 Nov | STUDY BREAK | ||
| 11 Nov | Nathan Senner | Determining the Limits of Flexibility to Understand Responses to Environmental Change |
BGS 0153 |
| 18 Nov | Heath MacMillan | The impacts of microplastics on crickets, and crickets on microplastics |
BGS 0153 |
| 25 Nov | Michelle DiLeo |
The importance of intraspecific variation for ecological prediction |
BGS 0153 and ZOOM |
| 2 Dec | Cameron Wagg | The role of above and belowground biodiversity in ecosystem functioning: from concept to application |
BGS 0153 and ZOOM |
| 10 Dec - 2 Jan | EXAM PERIOD/HOLIDAY SEASON BREAK | ||
| 13 Jan | Mirindi Eric Dusenge | Acclimation of photosynthesis and leaf respiration to warming and elevated CO2 – Results from experimental field studies in boreal and tropical regions |
BGS 0165 and ZOOM |
| 20 Jan | Alisha Shah | Using thermal physiology to explain patterns of biodiversity and response to climate change |
BGS 0165 |
| 27 Jan | Christina Davy | Taking a One Health approach to the recovery of endangered bats |
via Zoom |
| 3 Feb | To Be Or Not To Be: The Epididymal Stem Cell Paradox |
Zoom | |
| 10 Feb | Isabel Desgagné-Penix | Metabolism of alkaloids in Amaryllidaceae plants |
Zoom |
| 17 Feb | Terry Bell | For better or worse, we can change microbes quickly |
BGS 0165 and Zoom |
| 24 Feb | READING WEEK | ||
| 3 Mar | Joey Bernhardt | Towards a mechanistic science of global change: from cells to ecosystems and human well-being |
BGS 0165 |
| 10 Mar | Patrick Lajoie | Genomic approaches to antifungal resistance in the fungal pathogen Candida albicans |
BGS 0165 |
| 17 Mar | Amy Deacon | The Freshwater Biodiversity of Trinidad & Tobago: A Model Species in a Model System |
Zoom |
| 24 Mar | Gonçalo Ferraz | Population density and site-occupancy dynamics of understory birds across an Amazon forest disturbance frontier |
Zoom |
| 31 Mar | Stacy McNulty | A Study of Place: The Role of Long-Term Field Station Data in Land Management, Policy and Science-driven Decisions in the Adirondack Park |
Zoom |
| 7 Apr | GOOD FRIDAY | ||
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 | TITLE or DETAILS | TIME | VENUE |
| Thurs. 19 Jan | Chris Kozakiewicz | Integrating genomics and disease ecology to understand wildlife-pathogen interactions in heterogeneous environments | 3:30 pm |
BGS 2084 |
