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Seminar Program - Second Semester 2009

1.00 pm Wednesday in E5 Building 32

DateSpeakerTitle
29 July  Timothy Allen, Department of Botany, University of Wisconsin Ecological economics of ants, termites, beavers and people
5 August  Catherine Boisvert The long history of fish fingers: Evolution and development of digits
12 August  Jim Thompson and Ralph MacNally, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University Pelagic Organism Decline in the upper San Francisco Estuary: Our part in their downfall
19 August  Pauline Doran, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University Production of biomaterials using plant and animal cell cultures: semiconductor quantum dots and human cartilage
26 August  Matthew Symonds, Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne
Note: change of venue for this week - Seminar is in S12
The evolution of diversity in insect sex pheromones
2 September  Phil Bird, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Monash University Cytotoxic lymphocytes: live by the sword, die by the sword
9 September  Phil Byrne, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University Promiscuity and the role of sexual selection in frog conservation
16 September  Andrea Leigh, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Technology, Sydney Standing the heat: when being small and thick keeps you out of trouble
23 September  Damian Dowling, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University Are mitochondria innocent bystanders or active drivers of evolutionary change?
30 September  Semester Break. No seminar
7 October
Steve McKechnie, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University Adapting to a cold winter – insights from Drosophila and its genes
14 October  Hanna Kokko, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki From individuals to populations and back
21 October  Ros Gleadow, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University Climate change, plant defence and food security
11 November (Building 22 Room G01) Eric Knox, University of Indiana Evolution of the Lobeliaceae in Australia

Please consult the School of Biological Sciences seminar web-page for possible changes to the program: Biological Sciences

All visitors welcome

Seminar convenors:

Dr Heather Verkade  Ph: 9905 4663, Rm 439a, Biology Building (Bld 17)
Dr Bob Wong    Ph: 9905 5652, Rm G24, Biology Building (Bld 18)