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Ecology and Evolution Seminar Series
Seminars from the RSB Division of Ecology and Evolution (E&E).
23
Jul
2020
4–5pm 23 July 2020
Vivek Nityananda, Newcastle University
Praying mantises are the only insects known to have stereo vision. We used a comparative approach to determine how the mechanisms underlying
stereopsis in mantises differ from those underlying primate stereo vision.
13
Aug
2020
12–1pm 13 August 2020
Dr Rod Peakall, Division of Ecology and Evolution, RSB, ANU
Native Australian orchids have featured strongly in Rod's research, where he has explored a range of fascinating ecological, biochemical, molecular and evolutionary questions.
Past events
09
Jul
2020
E&E Joint Webinar: Some benefits of blue sky and open phylogenetics research for understanding SARS-CoV-2 »
Having spent much of the last 15 years trying to improve molecular phylogenetics, I had formed the fairly firm view that my research was very interesting (of course!!!) but rather useless in the short term.
09
Jul
2020
E&E Joint Webinar: Walking in Wallacea: Expanding the species inventory on Buton Island, Sulawesi »
The central islands of Indonesia, between Java, Bali and Kalimantan (Borneo) on the west and Papua on the east - are a living laboratory for the study of evolution, known as the Wallacea region.
02
Jul
2020
E&E Webinar: Extreme Weapons: A Natural History »
Every animal has a weapon of one sort or another, but the overwhelming majority of weapons stay small. Yet, sprinkled through the tree of life are species where weapons become extreme.
11
Jun
2020
E&E Webinar: “Crazy Love”: Nonlinearity and irrationality in mate choice »
Choosing a mate is one of the most important decisions an animal can make. The fitness costs and benefits of mate choice have been analysed extensively in the context of sexual selection, and the neural and hormonal bases of mate choice have provided insights into how animals make such decisions.
04
Jun
2020
E&E Webinar: The cheating cell: How evolution helps us understand cancer's origins and future »
Athena Aktipis discusses how an evolutionary approach to understanding and treating cancer can transform it from being a disease that threatens our lives to one we can live with.
03
Jun
2020
Special E&E Webinar: Non-invasive physiology in free-ranging birds »
Studying physiological responses in animals can tell us a lot about how much environmental stress animals can tolerate, helping to improve our understanding of animal biology and inform conservation management actions.
14
May
2020
E&E Webinar: Behavioural responses to a changing world: ecological and evolutionary consequences »
Bob Wong considers the role that behaviour plays in determining the fate of species under human-induced environmental change.
08
May
2020
E&E PhD Exit Webinar: Sexual differences in morphology and behaviour: evolution and maintenance in fiddler crabs »
In anisogamous mating systems, males and females play different roles. This results in sexual differences in morphology and behaviour.
01
May
2020
E&E PhD Exit Webinar: The insight of Eucalyptus pauciflora (snow gum) genome »
In this talk, I will introduce a suite of new methods and biological insights gained from the assembly and analysis of Eucalyptus genomes. I will start by introducing new methods of assembling and assessing nuclear, mitochondrial, and chloroplast genomes with long- and short-read data.
30
Apr
2020
Dance of Rock and Life: Energy, Evolution, and the Transformation of the Earth »
Throughout its long history, life has been a force of planetary transformation, remaking the air, the rocks, the landscapes, even painting the color of the sky and increasing the variety of Earth’s minerals.
24
Apr
2020
E&E PhD Exit Webinar: Diversity and cophylogenetic analyses of Tulasnellaceae mycorrhizal associations of Australian terrestrial orchids »
Orchid mycorrhizal fungi are essential for orchid seed germination and survival due to the lack of endosperm in dust-like orchid seeds. I investigated the mycorrhizal associations in Cryptostylis and Drakaeinae orchids.
24
Mar
2020
Remote Sensing of Wildfire: Fuels, Fire and Recovery in a Changing World »
Dr Dar Roberts is a Professor in Geography at the University of California, Santa Barbara where he has served since 1994. He is the UCSB Principal Investigator of the Southern California Wildfire Hazard Center and leads the group in developing wildfire fuels maps and mapping fuel moisture using remote sensing.
17
Mar
2020
CANCELLED - Females; Form, Function and Fitness »
CANCELLED - How do we explain costly and ridiculous traits like bright colours, elaborate ornaments, exaggerated weapons and lethal aggression?
13
Mar
2020
E&E PhD Exit Seminar: Leek Orchids versus Extinction: understanding mycorrhizal fungi to save a genus of threatened orchids »
Australia is a global hotspot for orchid diversity, but also has one of the highest rates of orchid extinctions in the world.
10
Mar
2020
The Wonderful World of Marsupial Chromosomics »
Australia is home to a diverse range of marsupials, which are a treasure trove of interesting biology. Marsupial genomes, which are packaged into beautiful, large chromosomes, provide a powerful resource for studying the mechanisms of genome evolution.
