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Seminars

Time and venue, Friday 1pm, Zoology Lecture Theatre, unless stated.


SBS/IBES SEMINARS



October 12th 2012

Professor Guy Poppy

University of Southampton

"How can science allow us to close the gap between food security and other ecosystem services?"

Host: Liz Baggs 


October 19th 2012

Dr Alistair Jump

Stirling University

Title: Impacts of rapid climate change and extreme events on tree growth and competition in temperate forest

Host: David Johnson


October 26th 2012

Prof Alexandre Buttler

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)

"Impact of climate change on Swiss mountain ecosystems: from altitudinal gradient analysis to monolith transplantation and active OTC warming"

Host: David Johnson


November 2nd 2012

Dr Nick Royle

University of Exeter at Falmouth

'The evolution of parental care'

Host: Colin Selman


November 9th 2012


November 16th 2012

Dr Kyle Dexter

RBG Edinburgh

"The Assembly of Tropical Tree Communities"

Host: David Burslem


November 23rd 2012

Dr Michael Brockhurst

University of York

'Experimental coevolution of bacteria with their phages and plasmids'

Host: Graeme Nicol


November 30th 2012

Prof. Susan Schwinning

Texas State University

"The ecohydrology of roots in rocks"

Host: David Robinson


December 7th 2012

SBS/IBES Research Day

Kings conference Centre


December 14th 2012

Prof Tracey Chapman

University of East Anglia

Title: 'Molecules and mating: insights from mechanisms underlying sexual selection and sexual conflict'

Host: David Hazlerigg



February 1st 2013

Dr Tom Pizzari CANCELLED

University of Oxford

Host: Stuart Piertney


February 8th 2013

Professor Craig Primmer

University of Turku, Finland

"Annotated genes and non-annotated genomes: use of model organism gene annotation information in ecology and evolution research"

Host: Sam Martin


February 15th 2013

Prof. Jim Prosser, OBE

University of Aberdeen

'Archaeal Ammonia Oxidisers in Soil: why should we care?'

Followed by a celebratory drinks reception at 4:30pm in the Zoology Foyer - all welcome!


February 22nd 2013

Dr Paula Stockley

University of Liverpool

'Postcopulatory sexual selection in mammals'

Host: Sylvain Losdat


Tuesday February 26th 2013

Dr Otso Ovaskainen

University of Helsinki

'Roots and associated fungi drive long-term carbon sequestration in boreal forests'

Host: Xavier Lambin

TUESDAY, 1pm, in Cruickshank G08


March 8th 2013

Still free

 


March 15th 2013

Dr Michael Berenbrink

University of Liverpool

Title tbc

Host: Dan Macqueen


March 22nd 2013

Still free

 


 

March 25th & 26th 2013

3rd year PhD symposium


April 19th 2013

Dr Uta Paszkowski

Cambridge University

Host: David Johnson


April 26th 2013

Dr Sue Ward

Lancaster University

Effects of vegetation and climate on peatland carbon cycling

Host: David Johnson


May 3rd 2013

Still free


May 10th 2013

Prof Frithjof Kuepper

University of Aberdeen

"Iodide in kelp: An inorganic antioxidant in a living system impacting atmospheric processes"


May 17th 2013

Still free

October 25th 2013

Dr Franciska De Vries

Manchester University

Host: David Johnson

See list of seminars from the 2009-2010 Academic Year 



Ecology, Conservation and Environmental Sustainability discussions 2010 All in Cruickshank G27, 13-14.00h, unless indicated otherwise.

 


Links to other seminars at the University of Aberdeen

 

Institute of Medical Sciences (IMS)

Macaulay Land Use Research Institute