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 in BGS 0153 unless otherwise indicated.
All queries should be directed to Jamie Kramer.
All are welcome to attend!
| DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE |
| 14 Sep | Dan Hahn | "From sleeping beauties to macho males: how understanding mechanisms of stress hardiness can impact our understanding of adaptation, speciation, and sexual selection.” |
| 21 Sep | Dean Betts | "P66Shc and Awe: The role of the stress adaptor protein in early embryo development and pluripotency” |
| 28 Sep | Uchida Lecture - Anna-Katerina Hadjantonakis | "Gastrulation: cellular differentiation & the loss of pluripotency in vivo in embryos and in vitro in gastruloids" |
| 5 Oct | Grad student invited speaker – Raf Otfinowski | "Integrating plants, roots, and soil nematodes to restore northern prairie ecosystems" |
| 12 Oct | STUDY BREAK | |
| 18 Oct | Laudenbach Lecturer in conjunction with BGRF - Fardausi (Shathi) Akhter |
Background information about the speaker can be seen here. NOTE DIFFERENT VENUE AND DATE: The talk will be October 18, 5:45pm in PAB 148 |
| 26 Oct | Alistair Rogers | "From the Arctic to the tropics, improving the representation of photosynthesis in Earth system models" |
| 2 Nov | Art Weis | "When to Do It: selection on phenology through the general, social and internal environments" |
| 9 Nov | Rick Simpson | "The evolution of complex courtship traits: covariation and interactions between hummingbird displays, plumage, and color appearance" |
| 16 Nov | John Stinchcombe | "Adaptation and constraint in introduced plant species" |
| 23 Nov | Sapna Sharma | "On thin ice: Are lakes feeling the heat?" |
| 28 Nov |
"Genomic signatures: Powerful classification systems to analyze 'text style' in DNA data" NOTE DIFFERENT VENUE AND DATE: The talk will be Wednesday November 28, 4:30pm in NCB 293 |
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| 30 Nov | Barb Katzenback | "Amphibian skin innate immunity: Newly generated Xenopus laevis skin epithelial cell lines and their role in sensing viral infections" |
| 7 Dec | Cell & Molecular Biology Postdocs - Emilie Widemann, Julien Le Roy and Sameer Dixit | "Spider mite: from biology to adaptation" |
| 8 Dec - 6 Jan | CHRISTMAS BREAK | |
| 11 Jan | Stephanie DeWitte-Orr | "Double stranded RNA: an understudied nucleic acid with a big punch" |
| 18 Jan | Elizabeth Weretilnyk | "Coping with low phosphate: Lessons from the extremophyte Eutrema salsugineum" |
| 25 Jan | Fred Dick and Greg Kelly | "New applications of CRISPR-Cas9 genetic engineering for the study of vertebrate development and disease." |
| 1 Feb | Megan Meuti | "Uncovering the Molecular Regulators of Seasonal Responses in Mosquitoes" |
| 8 Feb | Angela B. Lange | "Integrative control of feeding and reproduction in the Chagas disease vector, Rhodnius prolixus." |
| 15 Feb | Amanda Roe | "Functional ecology of spruce budworm (Choristoneura fumiferana) and the importance of intraspecific variation" |
| 22 Feb | READING WEEK | |
| 1 Mar |
P&B Postdocs Alex S. Torson (1) |
(1) "Transcriptomic and metabolomic changes in overwintering Asian longhorned beetles" (2) "Role of the gut-hormone ghrelin in the control of avian migratory behavior" (3) "Emerald ash borer thermal tolerance in established and new invasive populations" |
| 8 Mar | Christopher Guglielmo (1) and Hugh Henry (2) | (1) Using isotopic analysis of breath H2O and CO2 to measure energy expenditure and fuel use of migratory birds (2) Reduced precipitation = drier or colder? A multi-site perspective |
| 15 Mar | Dinesh Christendat | Seminar cancelled. |
| 22 Mar | HELEN BATTLE LECTURE
Helen Petropoulos, Director, Commercialization & Programs Ontario Genomics |
A talk regarding alternative opportunities in the field of research |
| 22 Mar |
Graduate Student invited speaker: |
Thermal Safety, Environmental Variability and Biodiversity Change |
| 29 Mar | John Wiebe | New Approach To Breast Cancer: etiology, detection, intervention, treatment |
| 5 Apr | Julien Muffat | Humanized Models Of Microglial Development Shed Light On Viral Teratogenicity And Neurodegenerative Processes |
| 12 Apr | Zoë Lindo | TBD |
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 in biology. All are welcome to attend!
| DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE | TIME | VENUE |
| 22 Oct | Claudia Wagner-Riddle | "Linking Surface N2O Flux to Soil Processes in Cold Climates" |
10:30 am | BGS 2084 |
| 20 Nov | Leonida Fusani | "Physiological mechanisms of migratory decisions" | 10:3o am | BGS 2084 |
