Event recordings
Watch and listen to recordings of our past presentations.
26 May 2022
Jeff Powell, Western Sydney University
The vast majority of plants are mycorrhizal, with two of the most dominant types (arbuscular [AM] and ectomycorrhizal [EcM]) existing at opposite ends of multiple spectra.
26 May 2022
Emily Furlong, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, NSW
Bacterial flagella self-assemble a strong, multi-component drive shaft that couples rotation in the inner membrane to the microns-long flagellar filament that powers bacterial...
25 May 2022
A/Prof Mathew G. Lewsey - Co-Deputy Director, ARC Research Hub for Medicinal Agriculture, La Trobe University, Melbourne Australia
Seeds provide 70% of global food resources, being the most valuable output from plant production. They also play a critical role in agriculture because the lifecycle of most crops...
19 May 2022
Peter Unmack
Carp gudgeons in eastern Australia have evolved a complex and quirky system of hemiclonal unisexual reproduction.
12 May 2022
Erin Macartney, University of New South Wales
An individual’s environment can substantially impact its health, fitness, and the traits it invests energy to. This is something that I am particularly interested in and has been...
5 May 2022
Joanne Bennett, Fenner School, ANU
The majority of the world’s plants rely on animal pollination at least to some degree for reproduction.
28 April 2022
Simon Griffith, Macquarie University
The long-tailed finch, Poephila acuticauda provides a long-established example of sub-species divergence across the Top-End of Australia based on bill colour, with red-billed...
22 April 2022
Rocco Notarnicola, Nicotra Group, E&E, RSB
The climate is warming fast, threatening species persistence and biodiversity. Being sessile, plants must respond and adapt to changing environmental conditions in situ.
21 April 2022
Dr Laura Wilson, School of Archaeology and Anthropology, ANU
Bat echolocation is considered one of the most complex and diverse modes of sensory perception in animals, but its origin and evolutionary history is a highly contentious issue...
13 April 2022
Professor Edward C. Holmes FAA FRS - Sydney Institute for Infectious Disease, School of Life & Environmental Sciences and School of Medical Sciences, The University of Sydney
Professor Edward C. Holmes