View some of the previous events hosted in the last year by the BRC.
Past Events
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September 21, 2022
BRS Jesse Popp: Weaving Ways of Knowing Among the Trees
recording link: https://ubc.zoom.us/rec/share/Xx0HYCd9KPcRg_Y1S7pmn_ODqXyF6-tBfXK2tPuJP… Passcode: JUrc%sp0 host: Cole Burton Title: Weaving Ways of Knowing Among the Trees Bio: Dr. Jesse Popp is a Canada Research Chair in…
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September 14, 2022
BRS Phillippe Archembault: Benthic biodiversity in Canada: fewer species in the Arctic?
Abstract: The Canadian Arctic is often characterized by low biodiversity but is that the case? The Arctic ecosystem has long been categorized as a benthic-driven system. The presentation will look at what may happen to this ecosystem with the decrease in ice cover and increase in anthropogenic…
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August 8, 2022
Symposium: Global change at the nexus of climate, biodiversity and disease
Climate change, biodiversity loss, and disease emergence are the most pressing environmental challenges of our time. While the pairwise interactions between climate, biodiversity, and disease are well documented, we lack a framework that integrates all three and that recognizes the powerful…
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April 13, 2022
BRS Jacob Usinowicz: Environmental variation drives the dynamics of biodiversity
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…
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April 6, 2022
BRS Mario Vallejo-Marin: Evolution of buzz pollination
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…
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March 30, 2022
BRS Erich Jarvis: "Evolution of vocal learning in songbirds and humans"
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…
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March 23, 2022
BRS Susan Whitehead: Fruit, frugivores, and the evolution of phytochemical diversity
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…
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March 16, 2022
BRS Jennifer Baltzer: A changing boreal landscape: the role of fire and permafrost thaw in modifying forest composition and function
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…
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March 9, 2022
BRS Fuwen Wei: Molecular Ecology Prize Winner "Conservation Genomics and Metagenomics of the Giant Panda"
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…
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March 2, 2022
BRS Alison Bell: The evolutionary loss of paternal care in sticklebacks
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…