You are here

Home | Events | Past Events

Past Events

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

BRS Jacob Usinowicz: Environmental variation drives the dynamics of biodiversity

April 13, 2022
2212 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC
Canada

host: O'Connor Lab Title: Environmental variation drives the dynamics of biodiversity Abstract: Environmental variation is a fundamental feature of natural communities, yet we still have very little understanding of its role in the dynamics of biodiversity. Environmental variation promotes...

BRS Mario Vallejo-Marin: Evolution of buzz pollination

April 6, 2022
2212 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC
Canada

host: Whitton Lab Title: Evolution of buzz pollination Abstract: Buzz pollination occurs when bees extract pollen from flowers with specialised morphologies using high-power vibrations. This type of floral-deployed vibrations are produced with the same thoracic muscles that power flight, yet only...

BRS Erich Jarvis: "Evolution of vocal learning in songbirds and humans"

March 30, 2022
2212 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC
Canada

host: Altshuler Lab Title: Evolution of vocal learning in songbirds and humans Abstract: Vocal learning is the most critical behavior for spoken language. It has evolved multiple independent times among mammals and birds. Remarkably, although all vocal learning species are distantly related and...

BRS Susan Whitehead: Fruit, frugivores, and the evolution of phytochemical diversity

March 23, 2022
2212 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC
Canada

host: Carrillo Lab Title: Fruit, frugivores, and the evolution of phytochemical diversity Abstract: Although fleshy fruits function primarily to attract animal seed dispersers, many fruits contain complex mixtures of secondary metabolites that can be deterrent or toxic to consumers. In this talk, I...

BRS Jennifer Baltzer: A changing boreal landscape: the role of fire and permafrost thaw in modifying forest composition and function

March 16, 2022
2212 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC
Canada

host: UBC-O Title: A changing boreal landscape: the role of fire and permafrost thaw in modifying forest composition and function Abstract: The boreal forest forms a circumpolar belt between 45˚ and 70˚N and is the second largest forested biome globally. It is important in climate regulation and...

BRS Fuwen Wei: Molecular Ecology Prize Winner "Conservation Genomics and Metagenomics of the Giant Panda"

March 9, 2022
2212 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC
Canada

host: Rieseberg Lab Molecular Ecology Prize Winner presentation Title: Conservation Genomics and Metagenomics of the Giant Panda Abstract: During past decades, genomics and metagenomics have developed very fast, and are widely applied to non-model species especially wild animals to provide new...

BRS Alison Bell: The evolutionary loss of paternal care in sticklebacks

March 2, 2022
2212 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC
Canada

host: Mank Lab Title: The evolutionary loss of paternal care in sticklebacks Abstract: Nature has experimented with many different ways to organize a family. For example, among those animal species that provide parental care, there’s tremendous diversity in who is primarily responsible for taking...

BRS No seminar this week

February 23, 2022
2212 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC
Canada

host: Title: Abstract:

Virtual/Remote WORKSHOP "Facting: The Act of Bringing Passion to Science Communication"

February 18, 2022
2212 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC
Canada

Time: Feb 18, 2022 01:30 PM Vancouver Join Zoom Meeting https://ubc.zoom.us/j/66453875174?pwd=a09hSHhQdWMzdnpYaGVyT3VKZmNvUT09 Meeting ID: 664 5387 5174 Passcode: 945550 This workshop on Facting: the act of bringing passion to science communication will o er a scalable approach, leading from full...

BRS Andrew Gonzalez: Chitty Lecture "Biodiversity science for the Anthropocene"

February 16, 2022
2212 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC
Canada

host: Graduate students (contact Pierre Rogy) Chitty Lecture Title: Biodiversity science for the Anthropocene Abstract: I will present three interlinked facets of biodiversity science I have worked on to deepen my understanding of the causes and consequences of biodiversity change. I will frame...