Past Events

Professional editing and publishing in Science

We will be joined on Monday, April 20 by Dr. Bianca Lopez for a special seminar on “Professional editing and publishing in Science.” The seminar will be at 12pm in MSL 102 and is open to all who wish to join and hear about Dr. Lopez’s perspective on publishing, and specifically publishing in…

BLISS: Nicole Coots - The stars of the oceans and their symbionts: diversity and specificity (or lack thereof) in radiolarian photosymbioses

BRS Adam Siepielski: The ecological dynamics of mass mortality events

host: Rachel GermainTitle talk: The ecological dynamics of mass mortality eventsAbstract: Mass mortality events (MMEs) – rapid, large die-offs of animals – are increasingly recognized as emblematic disturbances of the Anthropocene. Despite their staggering scale, from billions of individuals lost…

BLISS: BRITE Intern Talks

BRS Jia Hu

host: Sean MichaletzTitle talk: Interpreting tree ring records using a plant ecophysiological approachAbstract: Trees rings record a wealth of information on climate, disturbance, and forest dynamics, and can record these processes from the plot to regional scales. However, extracting plant…

BLISS: Katherine Stewart - Socioecological drivers of bonobo intergroup encounter dynamics: the untold balancing act.

BRS Greg Albery: How climate change drives disease emergence by altering animal behaviour

Shareable link: https://ubc.zoom.us/rec/share/S1KKtD144wzqwA1UasI0J2cPqQ5PDBkIeepzRX-nW… =6CAFWBJ host: Asher LeeksTitle talk: How climate change drives disease emergence by altering animal behaviourAbstract: The climate is changing rapidly,…

BLISS: Clara Panchaud - Integrating animal movement into spatial capture-recapture models

BRS Parul Johri: Jointly modeling the effects of evolutionary processes on genomic variation

Shareable link: https://ubc.zoom.us/rec/share/ffMY2P1YEVyBIYii5h6UjYvetOmVWTA6ES1t6s5Gg… aN+2.iHF  host: Tom BookerTitle talk: Jointly modeling the effects of evolutionary processes on genomic variationAbstract: Understanding what shapes…

BLISS: Nicole Knight -