2013 seminar period over
There are no scheduled seminars for the reminder of 2013.
Please check the Otago events calendar for any public lectures that may interest you.
October 2013
Next generation sequencing applications for Botanists – Why, how and how much?
Dr Rebecca Laurie
New Zealand Genomics Limited
9th October
Theories and tests in community ecology
Professor Bastow Wilson
2nd October
September 2013
Seeing past the whiteout: new research on flower traits and pollinator behaviour in the New Zealand alpine
Dr Janice Lord
Department of Botany
Postponed
Changes in eastern South Island indigenous grasslands: ancient, recent, small-scale and large
Dr Susan Walker
Landcare Research
18th September
To Be Announced
David Cook, Nick Secker
Department of Botany
11th September
Pulsed electric field treatments enhance the release of bioactive phytochemicals from staccato cherries (Prunus avium).
Nusya Cham Pi
4th September
What makes flightless fungi flightless?
Cecilia Wang
4th September
What the fungus? A comparison of DNA barcoding and morphology in identifying fungi
Chris Jenks
4th September
12th Annual Geoff Baylis Lecture
Plant systematics research and its relevance to understanding the origins and evolution of the New Zealand flora
Peter Heenan, Landcare Research Lincoln.
Botanic Society of Otago in conjunction with the Department of Botany.
More information on the 2013 Baylis Lecture can be found on the poster poster. 4th September, 6pm
Castle 1 Lecture Theater
August 2013
Mid semester break – No seminar
28th August
Crouching mycologist – hidden fungi, intriguing interactions
Dr Teresa Label
Landcare Research
21st August
Discovering how plants know when to flower
Dr Richard Macknight
Department of Biochemistry
14th August
May 2013
Burning tussock grassland: effects on Amphipoda
Janine Wing MSc candidate
Postgraduate Presentation
1st May
Ecology of Alpine Cushion Plants in Chile and New Zealand
Associate Professor Catherine Kleier, Visiting Fulbright Scholar
Regis University, Denver, Colorado USA
Wednesday 8 May 2013 12 noon
Dynamics of terrestrial subarctic ecosystems under extensive climate change
Professeur Stéphane Boudreau, Chaire de recherche nordique en écologie des perturbations.
Département de biologie et Centre d'études Nordiques Université Laval Canada
22 May
April 2013
Postgraduate Presentations
Digging for diazotrophs: uncovering the diversity and role of nitrogen-fixing bacteria in New Zealand grasslands
Jocelyn Chua PhD Candidate
17 April
Alfalfa mosaic virus invades New Zealand: where, how many times?
Aiko Lignon, MSc Candidate.
17 April
March 2013
Snowfields, Plant Functional Traits, and GLORIA
Associate Professor Martha Apple
Department of Biological Sciences, Montana Tech, University of Montana, Butte, Montana.
Wednesday 13 March 2013 12 noon
Are GM Plants Really a Threat to a Clean Green Image?
Associate Professor John Knight,
Department of Marketing University of Otago.
Wednesday 13 March 2013 12 noon
Particular Challenges Facing International Postgraduate Students
Brian Johnston, Personal Performance & Development Coach.
Graduate Research School, Otago
20th March
February 2013
Procrastination!
Brian Johnston, Personal Performance & Development Coach
Graduate Research School, Otago.
27th February