Departmental Mailing Address:
Department of Biology,
Biological & Geological Sciences Building,
Western University,
London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B7
Departmental Phone:
519-850-2542
Departmental Fax:
519-661-3935
Departmental seminars explore all aspects of biology, and are are held on Fridays, 12:30-1:30, in BGS 0153 (unless otherwise noted). Refreshments will be provided.
All queries should be directed to Jamie Kramer.
All are welcome to attend!
| DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE |
| 6 Jan | Simon Bonner | Missing Data, Mark-Recapture, and Markov chain Monte Carlo: Aspects of my work as an ecological statistician |
| 13 Jan | Pierre Hilson | How a root becomes a shoot: molecular and cytological insights into organ development and identity |
| 20 Jan | Gard Otis | Asian honey bees collect animal dung to deter giant hornet attacks |
| 27 Jan | Olivia Rissland | Widespread reorganization of mRNA-protein complexes in early development |
| 3 Feb | Frederique Guinel | Spanish River Carbonatite: An agromineral with potential benefits to agriculture |
| 10 Feb | James Fry | Pick your poison: evolutionary genetics of ethanol resistance in Drosophila |
| 17 Feb | READING WEEK | |
| 24 Feb | Pedro R. Peres-Neto | Why are species where they are? The spatial ecology of communities, species and their phenotypes |
| 3 Mar | Emily M. Standen | Pinning down plasticity using novel environments: Behaviour, bones and biochemistry |
| 10 Mar | Fiona Hunter | Mosquitoes and the Zika virus threat in an increasingly connected world |
| 17 Mar | Helen Battle Lecture Tom Haffie |
Biology Education is not complicated; its complex. |
| 24 Mar | Cory Harris | Not Just Pot: The endocannabinoid system as a target of medicinal plant bioactivity |
| 31 Mar | Iva Zovkic | Histone variants: Novel epigenetic regulators of learning and memory |
| 7 Apr CANCELLED | Douglas Luckie | Student content knowledge in biology and longitudinal performance in STEM courses increase in response to higher-level oral assessments |
There are times when notable speakers visit the department who are not part of the weekly series. These seminars have no set time or venue, but they too explore a wide range of topics in biology. All are welcome to attend!
| DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE | TIME | VENUE |
| 20 Jan | Simon Dalby | The Anthropocene Thesis | 11:00 am | Arts & Humanities Building 1B04 |
| 20 Mar | Maksymilian Chruszcz | Mitey Problems - Mighty Solutions: Structural Characterization of Mite Proteins | 12:30 pm | BGS 2084 |
| 28 Mar | Owen Atkin | Thermal biology of plant metabolism: global patterns, both now and in a future, warmer world | 10:30 am | BGS 2084 |
| 11 Apr | Nicholas Teets | Stress biology of insects: Genetic mechanisms and practical applications | 3:30 pm | BGS 0153 |
| 12 May | Tod Ramsfield | Forest pathogens – it’s not just trees that will respond to a changing climate | 12:30 pm | BGS 0153 |
