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Semester 1 Seminar or Event
Seminars are on Thursdays at 1.10pm in LifeSci2 unless otherwise specified  
Date
Speaker
Title

31st January

Merav Ben-David, Associate Professor of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming.

Seminar - " When the planet warms up, will social relationships cool down? A furry tale."
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Thursday 1pm

3rd April

Jon Nevill School of Government, University of Tasmania

Future Prospects of the Deep Sea


"The Exploration, Inhabitants and Future Prospects of the Deep Sea.
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10th April

Hugh Pederson
TAFI Marine Research Laboratories, University of Tasmania.

'Making the most of biological data sets through data fusion, visualisation and analysis' read more...

17th April

Anne Watson

followed by

Zoe Doubleday

Recipients of School of Zoology Postgraduate Travel Awards

'Organic matter dynamics under natural and modified flow regimes in Tasmanian rivers'


 'Population structure of octopus using stylet elemental signatures'

24th April

Dr Jean-Sebastien Lauzon Guay Postdoctoral Fellow - School of Zoology

"Dynamics of sea urchin feeding fronts in Nova Scotia, Canada"

15th May

Keith Springer, Parks & Wildlife Service Tasmania

" Eradication of Rabbits and Rodents on Sub-Antarctic Macquarie Island "... read more

**FRIDAY 23rd MAY at 3:10 pm in Life Sci 2

Najiib Abdul Aziz - Final Honours Seminar

Chytrid fungus and frogs.

**NOTE: Fri 23rd May

     
     
     
     
     
     
     
Semester 2 Seminar or Event
Seminars are on Thursdays at 1.10pm in LifeSci2 unless otherwise specified last updated 7th Aug 08
Date
Speaker
Title

17th July

Barry Gallagher

Floods, droughts and estuaries - a paleoreconstruction 

24th July

Cécile Vanpé visiting post-doctoral fellow. 

Mating system and sexual selection in Roe deer

31st July

Fabrice Hibert visiting post-doctoral fellow.  

Ecological and human determinants of the structure of wild ungulate communities in West Africa

14 August

Jo McEvoy
Phd candidate

Jo has recently returned from volunteer work in SE Sulawesi, Indonesia where she worked as a small mammal scientist during June/July this year.

This informal session is to share her recent experiences with volunteering/working overseas.

21 August

Ruth Casper Final PhD
Reach into Research Seminar

All Welcome

"The utility of DNA based diet analysis in foraging ecology: a case study using a marine generalist predator (incorporating DNA and diet for Dummies 101)"
28 August Martin Marzloff, PhD Candidate
"Trophic structure of the Peruvian marine ecosystem in 2000 - 2006:  testing the effects of fishing using the individual-based trophic model Osmose"
 11 September  Clare Lawrence, Final MSc seminar  Breeding biology and behaviour of the forest raven in Tasmania
 18 September A/Prof Sue Jones "Sue (Indiana) Jones in the Land of Pink Dolphins: a data-free, talking picture show" (OR: what the head of School REALLY did when you thought she was at a conference)
 25 September  Quinn Fitzgibbon Tuna and larval lobster physiology "Extreme ocean energetics:  from bluefin tuna to zooplankton, energetic adaptations are instrumental to a species success"
 2 October  Shelley Lachish, final PhD seminar  Impacts of DFTD on wild Tasmanian Devil populations
 9 October Geoff While, final PhD seminar  The causes and consequences of social structuring in Egernia whitii; implications for understanding the evolution of sociality
Postponed until November  Erik Wapstra, Postgraduate workshop  Authorship on papers - why is it so complicated?
31 October Jane Girling (ex UTas Zoology PhD) is visiting the School and will give a seminar, Life Sci LecTh 2 'Regulation of Endometrial Vascular Remodelling'
Monday 27 October,11.30am
Initial Honours Seminar

Anne Nielsen

“The potential impact of Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii) decline on prey behaviour and distribution”
Friday 12 December
Start: 2.10 pm
Initial Post-graduate Seminars
2.10 pm Mathieu Russell - The evolution of mating tactics in a cold climate skink
2.30 pm Martin Marzloff - Dynamics of rocky reefs and fishers in eastern Tasmania: Modelling using a complex systems approach
2.50 pm Tracey Hollings - Ecosystem consequences of DFTD
3.10 pm Gemma Morrow - To be confirmed  
 
     
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