Past Events

BRS Rosemary Gillespie: Molecular Ecology Prize "Island Time: A Chronology of Biodiversity Assembly Across Scales"

host: Loren RiesebergTitle talk: Island Time: A Chronology of Biodiversity Assembly Across Scales Abstract: Rosemary Gillespie, University of California BerkeleySpecies diversity arises on a dynamic template, and a major goal is to understand the relationship between evolutionary change in the…

BLISS: Andrew Seiler - The ecology of arthropod rain in a lowland tropical forest

BRS Chris Jiggins: Hybridisation, introgression and the nature of species

Shareable link: https://ubc.zoom.us/rec/share/7R3WLvGEkmSU5uUK3zR0Crvfp592xgsXpGUCXKkz5… #+NDb1t#  host: Dolph SchluterTitle talk: Hybridisation, introgression and the nature of species  Abstract: There is considerable interest in…

BLISS: Cara Appel - From owls to elephants: Applications of computer vision to wildlife research and conservation.

BRS Leonora Bittleston: Assembly, ecosystem functioning, and coexistence of plant-associated microbial communities

host: Diane SrivastavaTitle talk: Assembly, ecosystem functioning, and coexistence of plant-associated microbial communitiesAbstract: Microbes profoundly shape our planet’s ecosystems, yet we still do not understand the processes driving microbial community assembly and ecosystem functioning. Plant…

No BRS: Reading Week

BRS Andrés Bendesky: The evolution of social behaviors in nature and under domestication

host: Doug AltshulerTitle: The evolution of social behaviors in nature and under domesticationAbstract: Andrés Bendesky, M.D., Ph.D, grew up in Mexico City, where he attended medical school at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). He graduated at the top of his class of 1,000 for…

BRS Thomas Lenormand: Evolution Lecture "Regulatory evolution, sex chromosomes and speciation"

https://ubc.zoom.us/rec/share/9y2hdvhKt4nxCIgUV2rBiAkKsTShG3wMcpmZaZOS5… b9f6w4J+  host: grad students, please contact Linley SherinTitle talk: Regulatory evolution, sex chromosomes and speciationAbstract: Much of theoretical population…

BLISS: David Burstein - The language of microbial interactions

BRS Marty Krkosek: Nonlinear fluctuations, portfolio effects, and a disease trap for Pacific salmon

host: Kayla King Title talk: Nonlinear fluctuations, portfolio effects, and a disease trap for Pacific salmonAbstract: In this talk, I will discuss ideas of nonlinear population dynamics and how they pertain to understanding fluctuations of marine fish,  portfolio effects in Pacific…