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Biological Sciences Seminars

Semester 2, 2009
Fridays 1-2pm, DT Anderson Lecture Theatre, A08

Month
Day
Information
July
31

Professor Chris Dickman
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Sydney

Population and community dynamics of Australia's small desert mammals.

August
7

Dr. Michael Letnic
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Sydney

Do dingoes regulate the structure and function of arid ecosystems?

August
14
Dr. Deborah Shearman
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Sydney

No fly zones - pest fruit flies in Australia.

August
21

Dr. Ben Crossett
Biomedical Node of the Australian Proteome Analysis Facility, School of Molecular & Microbial Biosciences, The University of Sydney

Recent developments in mass spectrometry and their application to the study of biological systems.

August
28

Dr. Min Chen
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Sydney

Biogeography of photosynthetic light-harvesting genes in marine phytoplankton.

September
4
Professor Jim Whelan
Plant Energy Biology Centre, The University of Western Australia

Regulation of gene expression during oxidative stress in plants.

September
11

Associate Professor Peter Ralph
Plant Functional Biology and Climate Change Cluster (C3) UTS, Sydney

Coral bleaching: What actually triggers it?

September
18

Dr. Owen Price
Centre for Environmental Risk Management of Bushfire School of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong

How effective is prescribed burning at reducing the extent of wildfires?

September
25
Dr. Wenlong Yang
Electron Microscope Unit, The University of Sydney

(Seminar title: TBA)

 

AVCC Common week (28 September - 2 October)
October
9
Professor Laura Frost
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

(Seminar title: TBA)

October
16
Associate Professor Robert Willow
Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, Macquarie University

(Seminar title: TBA)

October
23

 Dr. Will F. Figueira
Centre for Research on Ecological Impacts of Coastal Cities Marine Ecology, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Sydney

(Seminar title: TBA)

October
30
Professor Peter Waterhouse
ARC Federation Fellow, joint appointment School of Biological Sciences & School of Molecular & Microbial Biosciences, The University of Sydney

Small RNA-mediated processes in plants.

 

Study vacation (2-6 November)
November
6

Professor David Patterson
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Sydney

Encyclopedia of Life.

November
20

Associate Professor Peter McGee
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Sydney

Model for soil restoration.