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Upcoming Departmental Seminars for 2022/23

Every year, we bring in speakers from across Canada and around the world to share their research. These seminars are a great opportunity to see what's new and exciting in the field of biology!
Oct. 28
3 pm

Buller 207
reception in BSB 201
Dr. Lien Luong
University of Alberta

Dr. Luong is an associate professor in the Biology Department at University of Alberta. Her research interests include areas of ecology, evolutionary ecology, host-parasite interactions, and disease ecology. She does both basic and applied research working on 4 main topics: 1) understanding how the transition to parasitism occurs on an ecological time scale and the role that phenotypic plasticity might play, and identifying the conditions that drive or constrain the evolution of parasitism along this continuum; 2) Understanding the full ecological and evolutionary implications of the ecology of fear (i.e., non-consumptive effects of parasitism); 3) understanding the physiological costs of the ecology of fear, 4) surveying slug pests for nematodes that could be used in biocontrol.
Learn more about Dr. Luong's research here: https://grad.biology.ualberta.ca/luong/
Oct. 14
3 pm

Buller 207
Dr. Ezgi Gur (postdoc in Balci Lab, U of M)
"Age-related changes in interval timing behaviour in C57BL/6J mice and their neural correlates"

Dr. Carol Best (postdoc in Jeffries Lab, U of M)
"Chronic stress in salmonid fishes: mechanisms and impacts"
Oct. 7
3 pm

Buller 207
Reception and light refreshments after the talk in BSB 201 to continue discussions - everyone is welcome
Dr. Kathleen Greenham
University of Minnesota

"Time of day informs transcriptional responses to abiotic stress in Brassica crops"

Learn more about Dr. Greenham's research here: https://www.greenhamlab.org/people.html
Sept. 16
3 pm

Buller 207
Dr. Ken Lukowiak
University of Calgary

"The many forms of memory in Lymnaea"

Dr. Lukowiak's research focuses on the causal neuronal mechanisms of learning, memory formation and forgetting. They are interested in how stress alters memory formation; especially ecologically relevant stressors such as predator detection and crowding.

More information on Dr. Lukowiak's research can be found here https://scholar.google.ca/citations?hl=en&user=LoCUtBsAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate.