Biology
Queen's UniversityDepartmental Seminars
Departmental seminars are held in Rm. 3110 Biosciences (opposite the main departmental office).
2011-2012
| Date | Speaker | Title |
| 16 Sept. 12:30 |
Dr. Trevor Hill, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, supported by the Principal's Development Fund |
Wetlands as proxies for climate change: case studies from KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa |
| 23 Sept. 12:30 |
Dr Anthony James, Al Downe Lecture |
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| 30 Sept. 12:30 |
Dr. Cameron Ghalambor, Good Family Visiting Faculty Research Fellow |
Does phenotypic plasticity facilitate or constrain adaptive evolution? |
| 7 Oct. 12:30 |
Shai Sabbah, PhD Candidate, Department of Biology |
Functional diversity in colour vision |
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Tuesday 8 Nov 1:30 Rm 1103 |
Jean-Bernard Caron, Curator of the Invertebrate Paleontology ROM |
The Cambrian expolsion of life: views fromthe Burgess Shale |
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18 Nov. 12:30
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Jeff Dawson, Associate Professor, Biology Department, Carleton University |
Wing flips and vortical interactions: new ideas about insect flight steering |
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Thursday 24 Nov. 2:30
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John Poulopoulos, PhD candidate, Biology Department |
Travels through time: How archived fish collections can reveal mercury biomagnification in historical food webs Host: Linda Campbell |
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25 Nov. 12:30
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David Lean, Department of Biology, University of Ottawa | Recent advances on the impact of mercury input to our environment Host: Linda Campbell |
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Wednesday 30 Nov. 11:30
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Simon Labbe, Department of Biochemistry, University of Sherbrooke | Molecular response to iron deficiency Host: Paul Young |
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Wednesday 14 Dec. 12:30 |
Derek Gray, PhD candidate, Biology Department |
The role of dispersal during the recovery of acid-damaged zooplankton communities Host: Shelley Arnott |
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Jan 20 12:30 |
Martin Mallet , PhD candidate, Biology Department |
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Jan 27 12:30 |
Chris Moyes, Professor of Biology, Queen's University |
Evolution of the muscle metabolic phenotype |
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Feb 3 12:30 Rm 3110 |
Elizabeth Weretilnyk, Department of Biology, McMaster University |
Thellungiella halophile - an Arabidopsis-like plant adapted to extreme Canadian environments. Host: Bill Plaxton |
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Feb 17 12:30 |
Ken Welch, University of Toronto, Scarborough Campus |
Integrative biology of a high performance machine: the hummingbird flight motor |
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Mar2 12:30 |
Xu Han, PhD candidate, Biology Department |
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Mar 9 12:30 |
Graham Scott, McMaster University |
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Wednesday Mar 28 12:30 |
Jamie Morris-Pocock, PhD candidate, Biology Department | |
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Thursday March 29 12:30 |
Irby Lovette, Cornell University | |
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Apr 13 12:30 |
Scott Edwards, Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology |