Biology Seminar Series
The department of Biology offers a bi-weekly seminar series where all undergraduate, post-doctoral fellows, and instructors are welcome. All seminars reflect the integrative nature of the biological research undertaken in the department. The seminars follow a lunch where graduate students interact with the speakers.
All graduate and senior honours Biology students are expected to attend the seminar series.
2020-2021 Schedule
Fall 2020
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Date |
Time |
Activity |
Title |
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Friday |
Sept 18 |
2:30 |
Dr. Jonathan Newman (Wilfrid Laurier University) |
Grass--fungal--herbivore relationships in current and future climates |
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Friday |
Sept 25 |
2:30 |
BI601 Integrative Biology Presentations |
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Friday |
Oct 2 |
2:30 |
Elizabeth MacDougall-Shackleton (University of Western Ontario) |
Love in the Time of Malaria |
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Friday |
Oct 23 |
2:30 |
Dr. Allison McGeer (Mount Sinai Hospital) |
In the Wake of the First Wave: Where is COVID-19 Taking us? |
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Friday |
Nov 6 |
2:30 |
Dr. Gregg Howe (Michigan State University) |
CAT(terpillar) on a HOT TIN ROOF: Reshaping Plant-Insect Interactions in a Warming World |
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Friday |
Nov 13 |
2:30 |
Dr. Nicola Smith (Simon Fraser University) |
Conceptual and applied approaches to marine invasions: Indo-Pacific lionfish as a model system |
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Friday |
Nov 27 |
2:30 |
Dr. Kyaw Aung (Iowa State University) |
Regulation of cell-to-cell communication during defense and development |
Winter 2021
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Day(s) |
Date |
Time |
Activity |
Title |
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Friday |
Jan 15 |
2:30 |
Dr. John Whitney (McMaster University) |
Molecular basis for chaperone-assisted loading of antibacterial toxins onto a bacterial nanomachine |
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Friday |
Jan 22 |
2:30 |
Dr. Homa Kheyrollah Pour (Wilfrid Laurier University) |
TBA |
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Friday |
Feb 5 |
2:30 |
Dr. Natasha Mhatre (University of Western Ontario) |
Actively modulated perception: from organisms to cells |
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Friday |
Mar 5 |
2:30 |
Dr. Charlyn Partridge (Grand Valley State University) |
TBA |
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Friday |
Mar 19 |
2:30 |
Dr. Suzie Currie (Acadia University) |
Climate warming and social behaviour: lessons from an amphibious fish |
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Mon/Tues |
Apr 5 or 6? |
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Biology Colloquium |
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