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View some of the previous events hosted in the last year by the BRC.

BRS Samraat Pawar: Thermal Constraints on Microbial Community Structure and Functioning

December 1, 2021
2212 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC
Canada

host: O'Connor Lab Title: Thermal Constraints on Microbial Community Structure and Functioning Abstract: Microbial communities are crucial for carbon cycling in both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. Yet, we lack a general, mechanistic understanding of how complex microbial communities assemble,...

BRS Elena Bennett: Monitoring, modelling, and managing multiple ecosystem services in Canada’s working landscapes

November 24, 2021
2212 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC
Canada

host: UBC-O Title: Monitoring, modelling, and managing multiple ecosystem services in Canada’s working landscapes Abstract: The current scale, rate, and intensity of anthropogenic change is unprecedented, and has evoked broad discussion about how these changes will affect the future of the planet...

BRS Jennifer Gremer: Seeds of change: evolutionary ecology of germination timing in a variable and changing world

November 17, 2021
2212 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC
Canada

host: Williams Lab Title: Seeds of change: evolutionary ecology of germination timing in a variable and changing world Abstract: In variable and changing environments, timing critical life history transitions such as emergence and reproduction with favorable conditions can be difficult and even...

BRS No seminar this week

November 10, 2021
2212 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC
Canada

Biodiversity Public Lecture: Peter Marra "The Epic Migrations of Birds"

November 4, 2021
Jack Poole Hall, UBC Alumni Centre.
6163 University Boulevard
Vancouver, BC
Canada

Biodiversity Lecture Series with Peter Marra On November 4, Dr. Peter Marra, Professor and Director of the Georgetown Environmental Initiative, will present about the unknown migrations of the birds, explaining the latest technologies used for tracking and why it’s important to uncover the secrets...

BRS Vianey Leos Barajas: Fitting hidden Markov models to ecological time series

November 3, 2021
2212 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC
Canada

host: Wolkovich Lab Title: Fitting hidden Markov models to ecological time series Abstract: Hidden Markov models (HMMs) are an increasingly popular statistical framework for the modeling of ecological time series as they assume that observations are manifestations of an underlying state process...

BRS Joana Meier: The role of hybridization in adaptive radiation

October 27, 2021
2212 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC
Canada

host: Schluter Lab Title: The role of hybridization in adaptive radiation Abstract: While hybridization is traditionally thought to counteract diversification, it can sometimes facilitate rapid adaptive radiations by instantly generating large genetic variation. I will show evidence for a positive...

BRS Jeff Ross-Ibarra: A Tale of Two Teosintes (and the origins of modern maize)

October 20, 2021
2212 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC
Canada

host: Biodiv Postdocs (Julia Kreiner) Title: A Tale of Two Teosintes (and the origins of modern maize) Abstract: In the talk I first discuss the role of adaptive introgression into maize from its wild relative teosinte. I then show how this admixture seems to have played a role in maize adaptation...

BRS Al Uy: On the Origin of Species On Islands: Signal Divergence and Speciation in Solomon Island Flycatchers

October 13, 2021
2212 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC
Canada

host: Irwin Lab Title: On the Origin of Species On Islands: Signal Divergence and Speciation in Solomon Island Flycatchers Abstract: My long-term work in the Solomon Islands takes advantage of a single species of bird with populations on the verge of splitting into several species. Described by...

BRS Sarah Benson-Amram: Does cognition facilitate the adaptation of wildlife to urban environments? A case study of raccoons

October 6, 2021
2212 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC
Canada

host: Richardson Lab Title: Does cognition facilitate the adaptation of wildlife to urban environments? A case study of raccoons Abstract: The ability of animals to perceive, learn about, and respond to the world around them has profound fitness consequences. Advanced cognitive abilities, such as...