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CBA Seminars
CBA seminar: The evolution of seasonal camouflage, Jeff Good, University of Montana
Upcoming events
05
Feb
2025
5 February 2025
Paul Frandsen, Brigham Young University, Utah
*Seminar date TBC. In this seminar, Paul Frandsen (Brigham Young University) will explore the evolution of silk genes and the links between the silk genotype and phenotype in insect order Trichoptera (caddisflies).
Past events
02
Nov
2023
Leveraging museum specimens to ask ecological questions in the era of genomics »
Bruce Walsh from the University of Arizona will discuss how the ability to whole-genome sequence from museum specimens has fundamentally changed the way we view the value of collections.
22
Sep
2023
The structuring of avian genomes across time and space »
Brian Tilston Smith, visiting from the American Museum of Natural History, will present an overview of his research program on avian evolution through a series of vignettes on topics that include comparative landscape genomics, convergent evolution, and phylogenetic discordance.
30
May
2023
Evolutionary science for a changing world »
What is evolutionary science? Who is an evolutionary scientist? What role does evolutionary science have to play in the future of Australian science? How can we shape that future?
01
May
2023
Integrating morphology and genomes to infer speciation times »
Discussion of recent advances using fossil information integrated in the form of morphometric data to allow simultaneous inference of speciation times, morphological rates of evolution and ancestral character reconstructions.
01
May
2023
Shape of Life: reading the evolutionary history of animals by measuring them »
This talk will discuss what can be learnt about evolution and development from comparing the shape of structures such as bones, exoskeletons, and leaves.
20
Apr
2023
Accelerating biodiversity discovery in hyperdiverse arthropod clades with robots and Nanopore sequencing »
Rudolf Meier, from the Museum fur Naturkunde in Berlin will discuss his novel methods to accelerate biodiversity discovery and monitoring of "dark taxa" using robotics, machine learning imaging and nanopore sequencing.
10
Mar
2023
How far can genes travel in the living world? »
Dr Camille Roux, visiting from Université de Lille, will present a seminar and workshop covering the theory and practice of demographic history and speciation genomics with emphasis on Bayesian methods from genomic data.
23
Feb
2023
MegaMove: informing global marine megafauna conservation »
The MegaMove team welcome you to join an open event to share ideas, meet new colleagues and initiate new collaborations.
12
Jan
2023
Building, Using and Exploring the Plant Tree of Life »
With half a million species and representing a billion years of evolution, a better understanding of the green plant tree of life is crucial for the survival of humankind.
29
Nov
2022
Nanopore sequencing for biosecurity - science talks »
Workshop participants will share their experience using Nanopore sequencing for biosecurity applications in an afternoon of short talks.
22
Nov
2022
Thermal vulnerability across taxa: predicting climate change effects on biodiversity »
Leading international and local researchers will speak on using thermal tolerance limits to understand species susceptibility under climate change.
18
Nov
2022
Systematics and diversification of Indo-Pacific birds »
Jenna McCullough from the University of New Mexico will speak on the evolutionary dynamics of avian biodiversity across the complex island archipelagoes of Wallacea and Melanesia.
16
Sep
2022
Plant invasions in the northern Andes: a socio-ecological perspective »
Gwendolyn Peyre talks about the taxonomic and functional diversities of invaded plant communities following roads along the forest-páramo elevation gradient in the Chingaza mountain range in Colombia.
18
Aug
2022
Climatic refugia in the coldest neotropical hotspot, the Andean páramo »
Gwendolyn Peyre talks about research that identified climatic refugia in the Andean páramo, one of the most biodiverse high-mountain region on Earth.
26
Oct
2021
eDNA test protocols: advances, applications and limitations »
An online mini-symposium on current eDNA test protocols advances, applications and limitations