Ecology and Evolution Seminar Series
Seminars from the RSB Division of Ecology and Evolution (E&E).
26
Sep
2024
1pm 26 September 2024
Watcharapong Hongjamrassilp, Chulalongkorn University
TBA
E&E Seminar: Title TBA
TBA. More information here: https://biology.anu.edu.au/news-events/events/ee-seminar-title-tba-0
2024-09-26 03:00:00Z
2024-09-26 03:00:00Z
Please note: this seminar will be held in the Slatyer Rm and via Zoom, details are included below.
Zoom details: TBA
Canberra time: please check your local time & date if you are watching from elsewhere.
Past events
22
Apr
2022
E&E PhD Exit Seminar: An alpine plant’s responses to warming temperatures: from plasticity to molecular pathways »
The climate is warming fast, threatening species persistence and biodiversity. Being sessile, plants must respond and adapt to changing environmental conditions in situ.
21
Apr
2022
E&E Seminar: An embryonic perspective on the evolutionary origins of laryngeal echolocation in bats »
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 that remains unresolved.
25
Mar
2022
E&E PhD Exit Seminar: Systematics of black and orange spider wasps of Australia »
Pompilidae is a family of solitary wasps with more than 5000 species worldwide and approximately 260 in Australia.
17
Mar
2022
E&E Seminar: Understanding pollinator health: the importance of floral reward chemistry, the microbiome, and the combination of both »
Pollinators are under threat from anthropogenic influences such as changed and reduced pollen and nectar resources from agricultural intensification, and emerging pathogens introduced through global trade into new host populations.
04
Mar
2022
E&E PhD Exit Seminar: Avian morphometrics and climate change »
Climate has changed rapidly since the end of 19thcentury due to increased emission of greenhouse gases into the earth’s atmosphere.
25
Feb
2022
E&E PhD Exit Seminar: Unravelling the mystery of migratory behaviour in the Bogong moth Agrotis infusa using genomics and novel automated monitoring techniques »
An exceptionally impressive example of animal navigation is presented by the Bogong moth Agrotis infusa, that migrates over 1000 km from widely distributed winter breeding grounds to a relatively confined summer range in the Australian Alps, consistently arriving to the same sites as its predecessors
24
Feb
2022
E&E Webinar: Sex, money, and the mating market: How behavioural ecology helps us understand sexual politics (in humans!) »
Why are sex differences the result of biological and economic forces? How do mating market conditions affect gendered violence?
11
Feb
2022
E&E PhD Exit Webinar: Why Do Some Human Associated Escherichia coli Strains Lack Antibiotics Resistance? »
The extra-intestinal pathogenic E. coli lineages STs 131, 73 and 95, of the phylogroup B2 are equally likely to be responsible for hospital- and community-acquired human extra-intestinal disease.
17
Dec
2021
E&E PhD Exit Webinar: Systematic bias in phylogenetic inference: Implications, Assessment, and Reduction »
Phylogenetic inference is the process of reconstructing relationships between species from genomic sequence data. The reliability of phylogenetic analysis relies on the quality of the data and the fitness of the substitution models.
12
Nov
2021
E&E PhD Exit Seminar: Cats choose their E. coli; or vice versa? »
Escherichia coli extraintestinal infections (ExPEC) cause significant disease in humans and companion animals (cats and dogs).
29
Oct
2021
PhD Exit Webinar: Does age matter? Effects of age and mating history on male reproductive success »
What is the effect of male age under sexual selection? Studies testing for age effects on reproduction have largely focused on female ageing and maternal effects, and the magnitude and direction of male age effects remain poorly understood.
21
Oct
2021
E&E Webinar: Investigating effects of social context on complex cooperative behavior »
Social behaviors are essential to the lives of many animals. “Complex” social behaviors are interactions among conspecifics take many forms, including repeated associations with particular individuals, interactions that differ across different contexts, or coordinated behaviors among many individuals.
08
Oct
2021
E&E PhD Exit Webinar: Get high with your weed: lessons from a tropical ‘seaweed-invertebrate-fish’ food chain »
Canopy-forming seaweeds, generally brown macroalgae, are worldwide dominant primary producers and habitat constructors in our marine environments.
07
Oct
2021
E&E Webinar: Marine Threats »
Invited Panel: John Morrongiello and Jennie Mallela
23
Sep
2021
E&E Webinar: Philosophy of science »
Invited Panel: Simone Blomberg and Shinichi Nakagawa