Past Events

BRS Caroline Colijn: Balancing selection, strain replacement and vaccine design in the pneumococcus

A recording of the seminar can be found here:https://ubc.zoom.us/rec/share/h58kWGPXp-3EoHZKLmz-F9UldOvZpFt0bvOGMabSW… WQj&65.J  Host: Otto LabSpeaker: Caroline ColijnTitle: Balancing selection, strain replacement and vaccine design in…

BLISS: BRITE Intern Talks

BRS Enrico Rezende: Thermal tolerance limits in a warming world

Host: Michaletz LabTitle: Thermal tolerance limits in a warming worldAbstract: Ecological systems are under increased strain due to global warming and the rise in average temperatures and thermal extremes. Predictive models are urgently needed to forecast which organisms, communities, and…

POWER SHUTDOWN: Emergency Power

Shutdown #2 (Emergency Generator – 6 hours): tentatively scheduled for Monday, October 28th. Time TBD but likely an early startBuilding will be CLOSED, no access during the shutdown. Fumehood shutdowns required.All emergency generator outlets (red receptacles) and life saving and secondary systems…

BRS Daniel Wuitchik: Effects of temperature on stress, symbiosis and population structure in marine invertebrates

Title: Effects of temperature on stress, symbiosis and population structure in marine invertebrateshost: Trish Schulte  Zoom recording available here: https://ubc.zoom.us/rec/share/yy-nE5j7PYI3L3onIiP2yX5qB1kNwCIiVc5VVCQ0M… SG+qVg2b…

POWER SHUTDOWN: Utility Power

Shutdown #1 (Utility power – 8 hours): Saturday, October 19th. 8:00AM-4:00PMBuilding will be CLOSED, no access during the shutdown.Emergency generator will power EM circuits (red receptacles in the labs, critical equipment plugged into the red receptacles will still be on.We’ll need to prepare for…

BLISS: Beaty Biodiversity Museum - TBD

BRS Jessie Williamson: Avian migration, physiology, and speciation at elevational extremes

a recording of this talk can be found here: https://ubc.zoom.us/rec/share/ng-HmB6KIq-iu0Na1rGVKXiLHQV8OCG6kNOdHDyX9… #X4$!wLN  Host: Altshuler LabSpeaker:  Jessie WilliamsonPostdoctoral fellow at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and…

BLISS: Judy Li - TBD

BRS Michelle Tseng: Responses of insects to warming temperatures and introduced plants from the local to landscape scale

This is an in-person only seminar presentation. Host: Zoology Department Title: Responses of insects to warming temperatures and introduced plants from the local to landscape scaleAbstract: Ongoing increases in temperature and the spread of plant species outside of their native ranges are…