Second Semester 2005: Fridays 1-2pm, DT Anderson Lecture Theatre, A08

July	29	Professor Tony Underwood Centre for Research on Ecological Impacts of Coastal Cities, The University of Sydney Identifying and analysing ecological experiments on preference for habitat and food:  re-iterating the role of logic!
August	5	Dr Rob Brooks School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of New South Wales The evolution of attractiveness: sex, conflict and ageing
	12	Dr Sabina Belli Institute for the Biotechnology of Infectious Diseases, University of Technology, Sydney The sexual stages of apicomplexan parasites- a focus on Eimeria maxima
	19	Professor Richard Frankham Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University Genetics and Extinction
	26	Dr Kathy Belov Reprogen: Centre for Advanced Technologies in Animal Genetics and Reproduction, The University of Sydney Evolution of the mammalian adaptive immune system: insights from marsupials and monotremes
September	2	Professor Rick Shine School of Biological Sciences, The University of Sydney Dispatches from the northern front: biology and impact of the cane toad invasion
	9	Professor Jean Joss Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University Lungfish Evolution and Development
	16	Dr Alistair Poore School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, The University of New South Wales Constraints on optimal host choice in a marine herbivore
	23	Dr Min Chen School of Biological Sciences, The University of Sydney Story of Chlorophyll d
BREAK		MID SEMESTER BREAK (26/9/05-3/10/05)
October	7	Dr Michelle Leishman Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University Invasion of natural vegetation by exotic plants - the Sydney example
	14	Dr Dan Faith The Australian Museum Biodiversity conservation: prospects and problems
	21	Dr Helge Schluns School of Tropical Biology, James Cook University Multiple mating and sperm usage in the honeybee
	28	Dr Adele Pile School of Biological Sciences, The University of Sydney Eel City:  New vent communities found at Vailuluíu Seamount, Samoan Archipelago
BREAK		STUDY VACATION COMMENCES 31/10/05

If you wish to arrange a meeting with any guest speaker before/after a seminar, or if you have any comments or suggestions for future speakers, please contact:
Dr Nate Lo (nathan@usyd.edu.au) ph: 9351 2541