View some of the previous events hosted in the last year by the BRC.
Past Events
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January 17, 2020
BLISS
Fridays, 16:00 to 17:00, Biodiversity Research Centre, Room 224. Featuring research by grad students, postdocs, faculty, visitors and emeritus faculty interested in biodiversity research. Click here for more information or contact Andrea Thomaz (last name @ biodiversity.ubc.ca) to sign up. …
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January 15, 2020
CANCELED BRS: Nadia Singh "Phenotypic Plasticity in Recombination in Drosophila"
Today's seminar has been canceled due to weather. host: Judith Mank, cookies: Lydia F and Kaleigh D Abstract: Meiotic recombination rate is phenotypic plastic, varying in response to a number of environmental stimuli. Recombination seems particularly plastic in response to…
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January 10, 2020
BLISS
Fridays, 16:00 to 17:00, Biodiversity Research Centre, Room 224. Featuring research by grad students, postdocs, faculty, visitors and emeritus faculty interested in biodiversity research. Click here for more information or contact Andrea Thomaz (last name @ biodiversity.ubc.ca) to sign up. …
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January 8, 2020
BRS: Steve Franks "Evolutionary shifts in plant populations in response to climatic changes"
host: Amy Angert, cookies: Libby N and Rashika R Abstract:To what extent do climatic changes cause evolutionary responses in natural populations? This seminar presents research addressing this question using quantitative genetics, genomics, and the resurrection approach of comparing…
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December 13, 2019
EDG
for complete schedule please check EDG website (https://www.zoology.ubc.ca/edg/)
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December 11, 2019
BRS: Jonah Piovia-Scott "Understanding variation in the effects of predators and pathogens on ecological communities"
host: John Richardson, cookies provided by Laura P. and Amelia H. abstract: Predators and pathogens can have dramatic effects on the diversity and abundance of lower trophic levels. Here, I present results from ongoing research on such top-down effects in two different study systems. First, I…
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December 6, 2019
BLISS
Fridays, 16:00 to 17:00, Biodiversity Research Centre, Room 224. Featuring research by grad students, postdocs, faculty, visitors and emeritus faculty interested in biodiversity research. Click here for more information or contact Andrea Thomaz (last name @ biodiversity.ubc.ca) to sign up. …
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December 6, 2019
EDG
for complete schedule please check EDG website (https://www.zoology.ubc.ca/edg/)
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December 4, 2019
BRS: Carl Boettiger "From Oceans to Fields: Socio-ecological Decision Making for the 21st Century"
host: Claire Kremen, cookies provided by Chelsea G, Megan S. and Mia W.. abstract: Dealing with extreme uncertainty is a hallmark of decision making of many conservation and ecological management problems. Ecosystems and societies are complex and their behavior often defies prediction by…
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December 2, 2019
BDG
The Biodiversity Discussion Group Meets mondays at noon in room 225 Biodiv. BDG is a friendly group that meets to discuss papers. For our first meeting we will have a group brainstorming session to set the schedule for this fall. Please check the schedule here: https://www.zoology.ubc.ca/bdg/ …