Semester 2, 2022
When: Friday, 12:00 midday
Where: Benham Seminar Room (B215), Department of Zoology
Zoom link is available through the ZooBulletin or by contacting the organisers
15.July | Robert Poulin, Department of Zoology What’s in a name? Gender bias and nepotism in the naming of species |
| 22.July | Andrew Innes, Ecotago Successes, challenges and the future of citizen science: Insights from over 10 years of leading citizen science programmes in Dunedin |
| 29.July | Daniel Zamorano, Department of Zoology Rivers as a potential dispersing agent of the invasive tree Acacia dealbata (silver wattle), an Australian species |
| 5.August | Clement Lagrue, Department of Conservation, Dunedin Aparima River Restoration Project: Can we use gravel extraction as a conservation tool? |
| 12.August | Sridevi Bhamidipati, Plant and Food Research, Auckland What can mayflies tell us about the origin of smell |
| 19.August | Adria Eda, Department of Zoology Metagenomics analysis of cutaneous microbiome of New Zealand’s endemic frogs (genus Leiopelma) associated with Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis |
| 26.August | Marc Schallenberg, Department of Zoology Trophic cascades: Food web manipulation to improve lake water quality |
| 2.September | Mid-semester break – No Seminar |
| 9.September | Priscila Madi Salloum, Department of Zoology From shell shape to whole genome: shedding light on adaptive variation of a New Zealand chiton |
| 16.September | Motia Ara, Department of Zoology Evolutionary history and effects of landlocking on New Zealand smelts |
| 23.September | Lucila Babio, Department of Zoology Vitellogenesis in the shortfinned eel, Anguilla australis. Physiology of vitellogenin uptake and its receptor system |
| 30.September | Xuhong Chai, Department of Zoology Parasite community ecology and evolution of deep-sea fish |
| 7.October | Alexander Tupps, Department of Physiology TBA |
| 14.October | Jerusha Bennett, Department of Zoology Otago’s coastal marine ecosystem from a parasites perspective; biodiversity, life cycles and food webs |
Contacts: Zoology Reception (479-7976) or Paul Szyszka (e-mail)
