Past events

01
Oct
2020

Wings, feathers, flight: the PhyloG2P approach to understanding bird biology »

10am 1 October

Comparative genomics is now allowing us to map genes for traits using phylogenetic approaches (PhyloG2P; Smith et al. 2020 TREE)

17
Sep
2020

Humboldt Day evolutionary biogeography symposium »

12pm 17 September

As part of the Humboldt Day commemorations the CBA is hosting an online mini-symposium presenting recent insights into how historical climate change and trait evolution has shaped Australasian biogeography.

26
Aug
2020

Policy Impact Masterclass »

11am 26 August

The CBA in collaboration with ANU's Public Policy & Societal Impact Hub are hosting a bespoke Policy Masterclass Workshop for researchers interested in engaging with policy-makers to collaborate in research or increase their research impact

14
Apr
2020

Spatial genetics in fire-ground fauna »

3pm 14 April

The devastating fires of the 2019-20 summer impacted some 9M Ha of the eastern forests from SE QLD to eastern Victoria, much of the natural habitats of Kangaroo Island (SA) and the Stirling Ranges (WA).

26
Mar
2020

From cricket songs to swarming locusts:  Elucidating patterns and processes of orthopteran evolution »

11am 26 March

Hojun Song from Texas A&M University will provide fascinating examples of how orthopteran insects (grasshoppers, crickets, katydids, wetas) can be used as model systems for elucidating patterns and processes of evolution.

20
Mar
2020

Conversations Across the Creek: Bushfire Summer »

12.30pm 20 March

Three scholars studying bushfires from different disciplinary and institutional perspectives will share their research and reflections on the nation's 'bushfire summer'.

16
Mar
2020

BDSI Interactive Seminar Series »

2pm 16 March

Models, Features and Dimension Reduction for Biological Data

10
Mar
2020

The Wonderful World of Marsupial Chromosomics »

12pm 10 March

Australia is home to a diverse range of marsupials, which are a treasure trove of interesting biology. Marsupial genomes, which are packaged into beautiful,

06
Mar
2020

Bayesian molecular clock dating using genome-scale datasets  »

9.15am 6 March

This workshop will cover molecular dating of phylogenies with Bayesian methods on genome-scale datasets.

05
Mar
2020

Bayesian molecular clock-dating of phylogenies: fossils, genomes and uncertainty »

10.30am 5 March

Biologists have been greatly interested in estimating the times of divergence of organisms, that is, in placing geological ages on the nodes of the Tree of

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