Biology Seminar Series
When: Fridays, 12-1pm (unless otherwise indicated)
Where: Zoom
Every Friday during the academic year, the Department of Biology hosts an exciting seminar given by a guest speaker. Topics cover every aspect of biology, from whole organisms to molecular biology. Everyone is welcome to attend.
If you want to watch again: UTMBiology 2020-2021 Seminar Series Recordings
| Date | Speaker | Title | Host | Poster |
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| Jan. 8, 2021 |
Dr. Rodolfo Dirzo, |
Disruption of species interactions in the Anthropocene: Consequences for ecosystems and humans | Dr. Marc Johnson |
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| Jan.15, 2021 |
Dr. Marcus Noyes, |
Using old techniques in a genomic age to understand molecular function | Dr. Adriano Senatore |
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Jan. 22, 2021 |
Dr. Kate Jones, |
Our Planet, Our Health - Ecosystem approaches to forecasting zoonotic diseases | Dr. John Ratcliffe |
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| Jan. 29, 2021 |
Dr. Stephanie Hampton, |
Ecology under lake ice | Dr. Shannon McCauley |
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| Feb. 5, 2021 |
Dr. Gaël McGill, |
Knowledge Synthesis Through Scientific Visualization: How the SARS CoV-2 Spike Drives Membrane Fusion | Dr. Jodie Jenkinson |
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| Feb. 12, 2021 |
Ruth Rivkin, |
The effects of urbanization on the ecology and evolution of species interaction | Dr. Marc Johnson |
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| Feb. 12, 2021 | Aravind Harikumar, University of Toronto Missisauga |
Tree Physiology on the fast track - high-resolution remote sensing of vegetation dynamics | Dr. Ingo Ensminger |
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| Feb. 26, 2021 | Dr. Christopher J. Schell, University of Washington Tacoma |
Socio-eco-evo dynamics: Exploring how society shapes the biology of cities |
Dr. Marc Johnson | |
| Mar. 5, 2021 |
Dr. Stuart Trenholm, |
Retinal circuit computations and how the brain adapts following vision loss | Dr. Baohua Liu |
Abstract/Poster
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| Mar. 12, 2021 | Dr. Kelley Harris, University of Washington |
A wild-derived mutator allele drives mutation spectrum differences among common laboratory mouse strains | Dr. Rob Ness | |
| Mar. 19, 2021 | Dr. Deborah McGregor, York University’s Osgoode Hall | Decolonizing Conservation: Living in Harmony with Nature | SUPER SPEAKER |
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| Mar. 26, 2021 | Dr. Jessica Ware, Rutgers University |
Insect evolution: dragonfly, damselfly and Dictyoptera systematics | SUPER SPEAKER |
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| Sep. 11, 2020 | Chris Lowden, PhD student, University of Toronto Mississauga |
Deciphering the Transcriptional Mechanisms Orchestrating Cellular Metabolism in the Brain |
Dr. Mary Cheng | |
| Sep. 11, 2020 | Dr. Hossam Abdel Moniem, PDF, University of Toronto Mississauga |
Mapping the flow: Building, testing, and using connectivity models in urban landscapes |
Dr. Helene Wagner |
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| Sep. 18, 2020 |
Dr. Kim Joe, |
Lessons learned from teaching a large introductory psychology course: What works and what doesn’t, and what isn’t worth the effort | Dr. John Ratcliffe | |
| Sep. 25, 2020 | Dr. Heather McFarlane, University of Toronto |
Sending the right signals for plant cell wall synthesis and remodelling | Dr. Ingo Ensminger |
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| Oct. 2, 2020 | Dr. Julian Resasco, University of Colorado Boulder, USA |
Biodiversity under environmental change in large-scale and long-term studies | Dr. Helene Wagner | |
| Oct. 9, 2020 | Dr. Mark Lange, Washington State University, USA |
Evolution of chemical diversity in glandular trichomes – from seed ferns of the Late Carboniferous to present day cannabis | Dr. Michael Phillips |
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Oct. 23, |
Dr. Josef Penninger, Live Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia |
ACE2- from discovery to COVID-19 | Dr. Mary Cheng |
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Oct. 30, 2020 |
Dr. Alemu Gonsamo, McMaster University |
Changes in phenology and carbon uptake of the high latitude ecosystems during the satellite era | Dr. Ingo Ensminger |
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| Nov. 6, 2020 | Dr. Judith Denkinger, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador |
Humpback whales off Ecuador in a changing climate | Dr. Christoph Richter |
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| Nov. 13, 2020 | Dr. Stefan Grunder, RWTH Aachen University, Germany |
Neuropeptides - agonists and modulators of DEG/ENaC channels | Dr. Adriano Senatore | |
| Nov. 20, 2020 | Dr. Aleeza Gerstein, University of Manitoba |
Drug resistance and virulence in human fungal pathogens through the lens of evolutionary genetics | Dr. Marcus Dillon |
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Nov. 27, |
Dr. Imogen Coe, Ryerson University, Canada |
We are working on rescheduling this seminar early 2021. Stay tuned! | SUPER SPEAKER | |
| Dec. 4, 2020 | Jiashu Liu, University of Toronto Mississauga |
Mechanisms underlying the cortical modulation of optokinetic reflex (OKR) | Dr. Baohua Liu |
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| Dec. 4, 2020 | Dr. Qianshi Lin, University of Toronto Mississauga |
Phylogenetics and evolution of a newly demonstrated lineage of carnivorous monocots | Dr. Sasa Stefanovic |
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