Past Events

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

BRS: Julia Kreiner "The repeatability and genomic architecture of herbicide resistance evolution"

February 10, 2021

host: Loren Rieseberg and Judith Mank Abstract: The evolution of resistance in response to herbicides is a striking example of repeated, human-induced evolution. While much is known about the effects of particular point mutations that confer resistance, the extent to which they arise repeatedly de...

BRS: Deborah McGregor "Decolonizing Conservation: Living in Harmony with Nature"

host: Adam Ford Abstract:The Convention in Biological Diversity seeks to ensure humanity is able to live in harmony with nature by 2050. What role can Indigenous peoples play in charting a path forward for that living in harmony look like? What role can Indigenous knowledge systems play in...

BRS: Alison Donnelly "Exploring discrepancies between in situ phenology and remotely derived phenometrics"

host: Elizabeth Wolkovich Title: Exploring discrepancies between in situ phenology and remotely derived phenometrics Abstract: In recent years, the use of satellite sensors and near-surface cameras to monitor vegetation phenology at landscape and higher scales has become increasingly common. These...

BRS: Cameron Ghalambor "Plasticity and the time course of rapid evolution in patterns of gene expression"

host: Jill Jankowski Topic: BRS Cameron Ghalambor Start Time : Jan 20, 2021 11:24 AM Meeting Recording: https://ubc.zoom.us/rec/share/FI9s-SpFWadjT4fCaw7Q0Mm9iHHoI5Cj2merY-JQqN... please contact Katie for the passcode ( brcadmin@biodiversity.ubc.ca )

BRS: Will Cornwell "An unresolved problem in ecology: a bottom-up predictive model of body size"

host: Matt Pennell Abstract: Despite the importance of the processes of respiration and decomposition and the impact of heterotrophic organisms on the cycling of terrestrial carbon, we currently have no theory to predict the body size of a consumer of a piece of organic matter, from an ecosystem...

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Schedule can be found here: https://www.zoology.ubc.ca/bliss/

BRS: Holly Moeller "Trade, Borrow, or Steal: How acquired metabolism creates ecological opportunity and fuels evolutionary innovation"

host: Jason Pither Abstract: While biologists typically think of an organism's metabolism as hard-wired in its DNA, in reality a vast array of species gain access to additional forms of metabolism through interactions with other species. This acquired metabolism can be obtained through interactions...

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Schedule can be found here: https://www.zoology.ubc.ca/bliss/

BRS: Loralee Larios “Disentangling the effects of small mammals on plant community structure”

host: Jennifer Williams Title: “Disentangling the effects of small mammals on plant community structure” Abstract: Determining the factors that regulate plant abundance and composition has been a long-standing endeavor for ecologists. Traditionally, this issue has been addressed with a “bottom-up”...

BLISS

Schedule can be found here: https://www.zoology.ubc.ca/bliss/

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BRS: Julia Kreiner "The repeatability and genomic architecture of herbicide resistance evolution"

BRS: Deborah McGregor "Decolonizing Conservation: Living in Harmony with Nature"

BRS: Alison Donnelly "Exploring discrepancies between in situ phenology and remotely derived phenometrics"

BRS: Cameron Ghalambor "Plasticity and the time course of rapid evolution in patterns of gene expression"

BRS: Will Cornwell "An unresolved problem in ecology: a bottom-up predictive model of body size"

BLISS

BRS: Holly Moeller "Trade, Borrow, or Steal: How acquired metabolism creates ecological opportunity and fuels evolutionary innovation"

BLISS

BRS: Loralee Larios “Disentangling the effects of small mammals on plant community structure”

BLISS