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 held 12:30 - 1:30 pm, Fridays via ZOOM unless otherwise indicated.
All queries should be directed to Natasha Mhatre.
All are welcome to attend!
| DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE |
| 24 Sept |
Curtis Lubbe |
Save some for later: carbohydrate storage in herbaceous perennial plants |
| 1 Oct | David Pfennig | Phenotypic plasticity and the evolutionary origins of novel traits |
| 8 Oct | Neat things we’ve learned about bats and hibernation while studying white-nose syndrome |
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| 15 Oct | Fantastic microbes and how we use them |
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| 22 Oct | Lauren Buckley | How do montane insects experience and respond to climate change means and extremes? |
| 29 Oct | Gregory Sutton | High power insects: The biomechanics of jumping and striking |
| 1-5 Nov | STUDY BREAK | |
| 12 Nov | Allison Walker | A Deep Dive into Marine Mycology |
| 19 Nov | Daphne Goring | Two subgroups of Arabidopsis receptor-like kinases regulate intra- and inter-species pollen-pistil interactions |
| 26 Nov | Catherine Ivy |
High altitude adaptation and control of breathing in deer mice and songbirds |
| 3 Dec | Kristi Montooth | The Evolutionary Maintenance and Loss of Phenotypic Plasticity in Membranes and Metabolism |
| 10 Dec - 3 Jan | EXAM PERIOD/HOLIDAY SEASON BREAK | |
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7 Jan CANCELLED |
Esther Ngumbi | Untangling microbe-driven and chemical mediated plant and insect interactions |
| 14 Jan | Ian Scott | GATA4/5/6 family transcription factors are conserved determinants of cardiac versus pharyngeal mesoderm fate |
| 21 Jan | Peter Burke | Biology meets art: what does it take to prepare a field guide for birds. |
| 28 Jan | Oana Birceanu | For the love of fish: How changes to aquatic habitats impact fish physiology |
| 4 Feb |
This special seminar is The 2022 Uchida Lecture |
Cancer Patient Digital Twins |
| 11 Feb | Lydia Finley | Metabolic regulation of cell fate decisions |
| 18 Feb | Carrie Wu Bio Research | The good, the bad, and the ugly: Exploring invasion genetics of high-risk invasive plants in the US mid-Atlantic with undergrads |
| 19 Feb | READING WEEK | |
| 4 Mar | Rajendhran Rajakumar | Retention and Reactivation of Ancestral Developmental Potentials |
| 11 Mar | Mehran Dastmalchi | A metabolic shift brought on by a lesion-mimic phenotype |
| 18 Mar | Takeshi Suzuki | How do mites adapt to their environments? |
| 25 Mar | Astrid Groot | Evolution of sexual communication through species interactions |
| 15 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!
| DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE or DETAILS | TIME | VENUE |
| 24 Mar | Brian Branfireun |
Helen Battle Research Fellowship Seminar "The genetic basis of mercury methylation" |
3:00-4:00 pm |
BGS 0153 and Zoom |
| 1 Apr |
Mariam Hayward and Melissa Gordon | Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Decolonization for NSERC Discovery Grants Join the Zoominar at: https://westernuniversity.zoom.us/j/91951819285 |
12:30 pm |
Western personnel may join on Zoom at 12:20 pm for the 12:30 presentation. |
