Biological Sciences Seminar Program First Semester, 2013

7 March

Dr. Andreas Svensson
“Pretty in orange – carotenoid based signals in gobies and guppies”
Host: Dr. Bob Wong

14 March

Dr. John Lesku, Zoology, LaTrobe University
“A bird’s eye view of sleep”
Host: Dr Anne Peters

21 March

Prof. Loeske Kruuk, Division of Evolution, Ecology & Genetics, ANU
“A long-term study of a wild ungulate: selection, quantitative genetics, and climate change”
Host: Dr Vanessa Kellerman

28 March

A Prof. Winsor Lowe, University of Montana, USA
“The causes and consequences of variation in dispersal distance”
Host: Dr. Sasha Pavlova

4 April

11 April

Profs. Alan Lemmon and Emily Moriarty Lemmon, Florida State University, USA
“Anchored Phylogenomics: Accelerating the resolution of Life”
Host: Dr. Paul Sunnucks and Dr. Anders Gonçalves Da Silva

18 April

Prof. Jacintha Ellers, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands
“The evolution of temperature responses: How do species and species interactions change in a warming world?”
Host: Dr. Carla Sgro

25 April

2 May

A Prof. Melodie McGeoch, Monash
“To be or not to be: The value of presence-absence information in ecology”

9 May

Prof. Mike Thompson, University of Sydney
“Understanding the evolution of viviparity: the lizard modell”
Host: Dr Dave Chapple

16 May

Prof. Edward Holmes, University of Sydney
“The evolution of viral emergence”
Host: Dr. Al Joubert and Dr. Henry Ye

23 May

Prof. Rob Brooks, University of New South Wales
“The problem with men”
Host: Dr Bob Wong and Anne Peters

30 May

Prof. Brendan Mackey, Climate Change Response Program, Griffith University
“Does planting trees and protection forest offset fossil fuel emissions”
Host: Dr Janet Gardner