Department of Biology Seminar Series Fall/Winter 2023-24
Fall 2023 & Winter 2024
| Date | Host | Speaker | Institute | Title | Location | Seminar Recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 29 2:30pm | Rachel Buxton | 杏吧原创 University | Soundscapes: How sound affects human and ecosystem health | CTTC 4440Q | ||
| Oct 20 2:30pm | Buxton | Jayme Lewthwaite | Simon Fraser University | Building a framework to harness “big data” and complex modelling to improve Species-At-Risk assessment in Canada | CTTC 4440Q | |
| Oct 27 2:30pm | Nguyen | Howie Huynh | 杏吧原创 University | Use of natural-history collections in wildlife management research, developing policy, and promoting education: leveraging an under-appreciated scientific resource | CTTC 4440Q | |
| Nov 3 2:30pm | Bennett | Eden Tekwa | McGill University | Biodiversity change: prediction, estimation, and falsification with modelling and metabarcoding | CTTC 4440Q | |
| Nov 17 2:30pm | Mitchell, Scott | Abdolrassoul Salmanmahiny | 杏吧原创 University | Modeling Urban Change and Its Implications for Ecosystem Management | CTTC 4440Q | |
| Dec 1 2:30pm | Golshani | Michael Downey | University of Ottawa | Novel roles for polyphosphate and polyphosphate kinase in bacteria | CTTC 4440Q | |
| Jan 19 2:30pm | Fletcher | Peter Soroye | WCS Canada | Key Biodiversity Areas: Mapping out Canada’s most critical places for conservation | CTTC 4440Q | |
| Jan 29 2:30pm | Waltho | Haley Sapers | York University | Sniffing for methane at MARS | CTTC 4440Q | |
| Feb 2 2:30pm | Subramaniam, Gopal | Darrell Desveaux | University of Toronto | Systems-level probes of the plant-pathogen interface | CTTC 4440Q | |
| Feb 16 2:30pm | Fahrig | Francoise Cardou | University of Alberta | Functional perspective on the past, present and future of urban forests | CTTC 4440Q | |
| Feb 23 2:30pm | Amanda Martin | 杏吧原创 University | Can we find simple(r) solutions to complex conservation problems? Assessing the benefits and costs of different approaches to identify umbrella species and conservation actions | CTTC 4440Q | ||
| Mar 1 2:30pm | Bennett | Laura Pollock and Isaac Eckert | McGill University | Projecting climate change impacts for Canadian terrestrial biodiversity | CTTC 4440Q | |
| Mar 15 2:30pm | Hepworth | Julian Starr | University of Ottawa | A natural classification of sedges (Cyperaceae): adventure and discovery, molecules and morphology | CTTC 4440Q | |
| Mar 22 2:30pm | Alison Ochs | 杏吧原创 University | Forest Management for Terrestrial Salamanders | CTTC 4440Q | ||
| Apr 5 2:30pm | Wong | Aaron Hinz | 杏吧原创 University | Unpredictability of the fitness effects of antimicrobial resistance mutations in Escherichia coli | CTTC 4440Q | |
| Apr 19 2:30pm | Hanna | Matthew Mitchell | University of British Columbia | Building Multifunctional Landscapes Across Scales in Canada | CTTC 4440Q | |
| May 3 2:30pm | MacMillan | Marie-H茅l猫ne Deschamps | Universit茅 Laval | Three years later, the current status of the Educational Leadership Chair in the Production and Primary Processing of Edible Insects | CTTC 4440Q |