External parties may connect to the live seminar via *N SEBE VMP LES Seminars 52236958@deakin.edu.au [ID.36958] via the methods listed below:
- For external guests, you can connect as a web guest by clicking HERE. If using Chrome you it will prompt you to install the Cisco Jaba Plugin, then it will prompt you to download the extension which you will need to install. Once this has been installed, you will have a black screen with a call button. You will just need to click call and it should connect into the VMP.
- For Deakin staff and students, please join via Skype for Business (Lync) – if you have office installed you may already have Skype for business or Lync installed. You just need to look for it on the start menu. If you find it, you can log into skype using your Deakin email and password and then dial 36958.
- Could not log in? More info on how to connect is available HERE or HERE.
- Please note that connection is only available while a seminar is taking place.
As a courtesy, we request that when connecting to the seminar that you mute your microphone unless you are required to speak, this would ensure that the sound from the speaker to the audience is not disrupted by feedback from your microphone – thank you!
| Date | Speaker | Host/s | Title | Uni/Organisation |
| 24/02/2017 | Dr Jacques-Olivier Laloë | Graeme Hays | Sea turtles and climate change: implications of warming temperatures for species with temperature-dependent sex determination | Swansea University, UK |
| 3/03/2017 | Camilla Whittington | John Endler | The genetic basis of innovation: venom, pregnancy, and the evolution of complex traits | School of Life & Environmental Sciences, Facultyof Veterinary Science, The University of Sydney, NSW |
| 10/03/2017 | Prof Michael Romero | Kate Buchanan | Stress physiology in conservation: predicting human impacts on wildlife | Department of Biology, Tufts University, Medord, MA |
| 17/03/2017 | Prof Brett Bryan | Marcel Klaassen | Data science for sustainability: next-generation software and hardware tools for addressing global challenges | School of iIfe & Environmental Sciences, Deakin University |
| 24/03/2017 | Dr Lucie Bland | Graeme Hays | Assessing risks to ecosystems | Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University |
| 31/03/2017 | Dr Janne Valkonen | John Endler | Protective colouration and warning signalling of European vipers, and a bit of mimicry | Centre of Excellence in Biological Interactions, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland |
| 7/04/2017 | Andre Chiaradia | Ondi Crino | Tough but not invincible: Can we help the smallest penguin on their big challenges? | Philip Island Nature Parks |
| 14/04/2017 | NO SEMINAR – GOOD FRIDAY | |||
| 21/04/2017 | Prof David Burt | Kate Buchanan | Functional annotation of avian genomes and the emergence of avian phylogenomics | Dep. of Genomics and Genetics, The Roslin Institute and Royal School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh |
| 28/04/2017 | Thomas Newsome | Euan Ritchie | Apex predators and the global extinction crisis: advances in theory and future research | Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University |
| 5/05/2017 | Prof Katriona Shea | John Endler | Disturbance, diversity and invasion ecology | Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, The Pennsylvania State University, USA |
| 12/05/2017 | Matt Hall | Lee Ann Rollins | Sex, death, and disease: revisiting male-female differences in the context of pathogen evolution | Monash University |
| 19/05/2017 | Catherine Cavallo | Graeme Hays | Penguins, their poo and what they can tell us about their changing environment | Monash unviersity |
| 26/05/2017 | Dr Emma Vitikainen | Lee Ann Rollins | Some mongooses are more equal than others: early life care and life-history variation in a cooperative mammal | Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter |
| 2/06/2017 | Dr Ceridwen Fraser | Alecia Bellgrove | Dispersal and disturbance shape global patterns of biodiversity | ANU College of Medicine, Biology & Environment, Australian National University |
| 9/06/2017 | NO SEMINAR – SCHOOL RESEARCH RETREAT | |||
| 16/06/2017 | Dr Kylie Soanes | Euan Ritchie | Conservation in urban environment: crisis or missed opportunity? | School of Ecosystem and Forest Science, The University of Melbourne |
| 23/06/2017 | Asoc Prof Monica Gagliano | Jessica Hodgson | The mind of plants: thinking the unthinkable | Centre for Evolutionary Biology, School of Animal Biology, The University of WA |
| 30/06/2017 | NO SEMINAR – CIE STAFF MEETING | |||
| 7/07/2017 | NO SEMINAR | |||
| 14/07/2017 | NO SEMINAR | |||
| 21/07/2017 | NO SEMINAR | |||
| 28/07/2017 | Prof John Woinarski | Euan Ritchie | The threat posed by cats to the conservation of Australian birds | Charles Darwin University |
| 4/08/2017 | Dr Ruth Thurstan | Marcel Klaassen | Applying historical data to modern day marine conservation and management | Centre for Integrative Ecology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin University |
| 11/08/2017 | Dr Justine Shaw | Tim Doherty | Island eradications: prioritisations, bioindicators and ecosystem monitoring | School of Biological Sciences, The Ecology Centre, The University of Queensland |
| 18/08/2017 | Dr Ben Phillips | Lee Ann Rollins |
Surprises from space: evolutionary insights from spatial reasoning |
School of BioSciences, Faculty of Science, University of Melbourne |
| 25/08/2017 | Dr Carlos Rodriguez Lopez | Lee Ann Rollins | Use of DNA methylation markers for agricultural, medical and environmental epigenetics research | University of Adelaide |
| 1/09/2017 | ||||
| 8/09/2017 | Dr Dieter Hochuli | Euan Ritchie | TBA | The University of Sydney, NSW |
| 15/09/2017 | Dr Dustin Welbourne | Euan Ritchie | TBA | School of Physical, Environmental & Mathematical Sciences, University of NSW at Canberra |
| 22/09/2017 | Prof Lin Schwarzkopf | Tim Doherty | TBA | College of Science & Engineering, James Cook University, QLD |
| 29/09/2017 | NO SEMINAR – UNIVERSITY CLOSED (AFL Grand final weekend) | |||
| 6/10/2017 | Prof Paul Boon | Ashley Whitt | TBA | Institute for Sustainability & Innovation, Victoria University |
| 13/10/2017 | NO SEMINAR – CIE ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2017 | |||
| 20/10/2017 | Dr Benjamin Scheele | Euan Ritchie | TBA | Fenner School of Environment & Society, ANU College of Medicine, Biology & Environment, Australian National University |
| 27/10/2017 | Prof Glenn Tattersall | Matthew Symonds | Adaptive thermoregulatory radiation in birds: Be sure to check the bill | Brock University, Ontarioi, Canada |
| 3/11/2017 | Prof Tim Entwhistle | Matthew Symonds | TBA | Director & Chief Executive, Royal Botanic Gardens, Victoria |
| 10/11/2017 | NO SEMINAR – AUST ORNITHOLOGICAL CONGRESS (8-11TH Nov) | |||
| 17/11/2017 | Tim Low | Tom Burns | TBA | |
| 24/11/2017 | ||||
| 1/12/2017 | ||||
| 8/12/2017 | Prof Andrew McKechnie | Mylene Mariette | TBA | Head of Department and Professor in Zoology, University of Pretoria, South Africa |
| 15/12/2017 |
Centre for Integrative Ecology 