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Seminar Program - First Semester 2010

1.00 pm Thursday in Lecture Theatre M3 in Building 13A

Date Seminar

25 Feb

SWI/SNF Chromatin remodeling complexes: new insights from fission yeast
Brendon Monahan, CSIRO

4  March

Genetic incompatibilities drive alternative strategies, sex allocation and sperm competition in the Gouldian finch
Sarah Pryke, Centre for the Integrative Study of Animal Behaviour, Macquarie University

11 March

What are oak galls for? Pattern and process in the evolution of an extended phenotype
Graham Stone, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh

18 March

BIO HONOURS SEMINARS

25 March

Founding events and maintenance of genetic diversity in reintroduced populations
Kim Miller, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University

1  April

TBA
Pia Sappl, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University

8 April

For whom the bell toils: Is kin selection still important in complex societies?
Paul McDonald, Department of Brain, Behaviour and Evolution, Macquarie University

15 April

Invertebrates in tree canopies: the mistletoe story
Anna Burns, School of Biological Science, Monash University

22 April

Species interactions in the crater lake cichlids of Nicaragua
Topi Lehtonen, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz and School of Biological Science, Monash University

29 April

Stromal – epithelial cell signalling in Prostate Health & Disease
Gail Risbridger, Department of Biochemistry, Monash University

6 May

Cell migration and EMT/METs in Drosophila development
Mike Murray, Department of Genetics, University of Melbourne

13 May

The role of arbuscular mycorrhiza in agriculture
Tim Cavagnaro, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University

20 May

A new zebrafish mutant uncovers the importance of microRNAs in erythropoiesis
Luke Pase, Walter & Eliza Hall Institute

27 May

Ribosome biogenesis: linking cell stress with developmental defects in the zebrafish
Andrew Badrock, Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research

3 June

Reflections on the Mineral Nutrition of Cassava
Colin Asher, University of Queensland


Please consult the School of Biological Sciences seminar web-page for possible changes to the program: Biological Sciences

All visitors welcome

Seminar convenors:

Dr Heather Verkade  Ph: 9905 4663, Rm 439a, Biology Building (Bld 17)
Dr Bob Wong    Ph: 9905 5652, Rm G24, Biology Building (Bld 18)