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Departmental News and Events

• Congratulations to Dr. E. Boulding, Dr. M. Turetsky and Dr. J. Fryxell - recipients of NSERC strategic project grants. More Information
• Dr. M. Hajibabaei- Beware that "worm"! More Information
• The department welcomes Dr. Helene Cyr (University of Toronto) who will present "Physical forcing and nearshore foodwebs in lakes" on March 9, 3:30 p.m., room SCIE 2315. More Information
• The department welcomes Dr. Greg Goss (University of Alberta) who will present "The good, the bad and the ugly: comparative models of ion and acid-base transport" on March 16, 3:30 p.m., room SCIE 2315. More Information
• The Department of Integrative Biology is offering
  7 Undergraduate Research Assistantship's (URA's)
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  and
  10 Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA's) More Information
  (Application deadline for URA/USRA is February 23, 2010).
• Professors Laberge, Griswold, Turetsky receive CFI grants More Information
• The department welcomes our own Dr. Brian Benscoter who will present "Community composition and disturbance in wetland ecosystems: feedbacks in a changing climate" on January 19, 3:30 p.m., room SCIE 2315. More Information
• The department welcomes Dr. Roy Turkington (University of British Columbia) who will present "Patterns and processes in a boreal forest understory community: top-down and bottom-up regulation, ecosystem function and invasibility" on January 26, 3:30 p.m., room SCIE 2315. More Information
• The department welcomes Dr. Heather Eisthen (Michigan State University) who will present "How many vertebrates does it take to change a bulb? Functional consequences of olfactory system evolution." on February 2, 3:30 p.m., room SCIE 2315. More Information
• The department welcomes Dr. Kay Holekamp (Michigan State University) who will present "Roles of selection and constraint in the evolution of sex-role reversed traits." on February 23, 3:30 p.m., room SCIE 2315. More Information
• The department welcomes Dr. Neo Martinez (Pacific Ecoinformatics and Computation Ecology Lab) who will present "Resistance and Robustness to Species Loss and Invasion in Complex Ecological Networks" on March 2, 3:30 p.m., room SCIE 2315. More Information
• The department welcomes Dr. Ehab Abouheif (McGill University) who will present "Evolution and development of the gene network underlying winged and wingless castes of the hyperdiverse ant genus Pheidole" on February 9, 3:30 p.m., room SCIE 2315. More Information
• "Pharmaceuticals in the Environment: Lessons Learned" is the theme of an all-day workshop planned for this month and organized by Dr. Andreas Heyland. More Information
• Save the Date! November 11, 2009, a "Careers Night" for students in Biology: especially Wildlife,
  Ecology, Zoology and Marine/Freshwater Biology Majors More Information
  Invited Speakers More Information
• Professors Hebert and Hanner, Scientists from U of G, World in Mexico to Talk Barcoding More Information
• Professors Hebert and Hanner part of International 'Genome Zoo' Proposal More Information
• Dr. T. Ryan Gregory - Petri Dish Artist! More Information
• Marine biology and oceanography field course offers 'life-changing' experience. More Information
• Information Sessions for 2010/2011 Field Courses have been scheduled. More Information
• A study on evolutionary knowledge among university students, led by Assistant Professor Ryan Gregory, published in Bioscience. More Information
• Darwin-inspired exhibition melds art and science More Information
• The department welcomes our own Dr. Chris Cooper who will present "How important is the skin for a hermaphrodite, log dwelling amphibious fish?" on November 5, 4:00 p.m., room SCIE 1511. More Information
• The department welcomes Dr. Rowan Sage (University of Toronto) who will present "Invaders from the south: bioinvasions and global change." on November 17, 3:30 p.m., room SCIE 2315. More Information
• The department welcomes our own Dr. Nicola Lower who will present "Hide and seek: The refuge-seeking behaviour of sea lamprey and implications for control techniques " on November 19, 4:00 p.m., room SCIE 1511. More Information
• The department welcomes Dr. Risa Sargent (University of Ottawa) who will present "Plant-pollinator interactions: what is the role of the community?" on November 24, 3:30 p.m., room SCIE 2315. More Information
• The department welcomes our own Dr. Elizabeth Boulding who will present "Invasion biology: differing scales of genetic adaptation to exotic predators by marine gastropods with high and low dispersal potential" on December 1, 3:30 p.m., room SCIE 2315. More Information
• Professor Steven Newmaster was awarded the $80,000 Millennium Development Goals research grant. More Information
• Professor Paul Hebert is featured in the Wall Street Journal. More Information
• The department welcomes Dr. Chris Cameron (University of Montreal) who will present "Deuterostome evolution, chordate origins, and a fluid biomechanics explanation for some unique filter-feeding adaptations" on December 8, 3:30 p.m., room SCIE 2315. More Information
• The department welcomes Dr. Shelley Arnott (Queen's University) who will present "Does dispersal shape community structure? A regional perspective on lake communities." on November 10, 3:30 p.m., room SCIE 2315. More Information
• The department welcomes Dr. Art Timmerman (Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources) who will present "Implementing the Grand River fisheries management plan: Fisheries research needs. " on November 12, 4:00 p.m., room SCIE 1511. More Information
• The department welcomes Dr. Aneil Agrawal (University of Toronto) who will present "The ins and outs of mutation load." on November 3, 3:30 p.m., room SCIE 2315. More Information
• The department welcomes our own Dr. Patricia Wright who will present "From swamps to rotting logs: adaptations for terrestrial sojourns in a mangrove fish" on October 20, 3:30 p.m. in SCIE 2315. More Information
• The department welcomes Dr. Mark Fitzpatrick (University of Toronto) who will present "Epistasis, pleiotrophy and the evolutionary genetics of a foraging behaviour polymorphism" on October 27, 3:30 p.m. in SCIE 2315. More Information
• The department welcomes Dr. Jack Imhof (Trout Unlimited Canada) who will present "The link between aquatic habitat and natural channel process on October 29, 4:00 p.m., room SCIE 1511. More Information
• Congratulations Assistant Professors Merritt Turetsky and Andrew McAdam for being awarded Early Researcher Awards by the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation. More Information
• The department welcomes Dr. Chris Lortie (York University), who will present "Cushions, thistles, and communities: understanding plant interactions" on October 6, 3:30 p.m., room SCIE 2315. More Information
• The Seminar Committee continues their Seminar Series with Dr. Mark Vellend from the University of British Columbia, on Semptember 22, 2009 at 3:30 p.m in room SCIE 2315 of the Science Complex. Dr. Vellend's presentation is titled: Ecological consequences of genetic diversity More Information
• CANCELLED The department welcomes Dr. Lincoln Tubbs (Department of Pathobiology) who will present "What place does pharmacology have in fish therapy" on October 15, at 4:00 p.m. in room SCIE 1511. More Information
• The department welcomes Dr. Andrea Bradford (School of Engineering), who will present "Linking management of water resources with aquatic ecosystem needs" on October 8, at 4:00 p.m. in room SCIE 1511. More Information
• CANCELLED The department welcomes our own Dr. Neil Rooney who will present "What's all the fuss about population level ecological risk assessment?" on October 1, at 4:00 p.m. in room SCIE 1511. More Information
• The Axelrod Institute of Ichthyology continues their Loaves and Fishes Seminar Series for Fall 2009. Dr. Tom Nudds from the Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph presents Decision analysis, adaptive management, and the Lake Erie walleye fishery: ivory tower excurisions in the real world on September 24, 2009, 4:00 p.m. in room SCIE 1511 of the Science Complex. More Information
• Chad Riopel's qualifying examination will take place on September 17, 2009 at 2:30 p.m. in the Science Complex, room SCIE 2315. His thesis title is Evolutionary Trade-Offs Between Anti-Predator Mechanisms Among Coral-Reef Sea Cucumbers (Holothuroidea: Echinodermata)
• Congratulations to Sarah Gutowsky for winning first place (Life Sciences Category) at the 2009 UBC Rising Stars of Research Poster Competition for her senior honours thesis (supervisor: Ryan Norris) entitled: " Concurrent declines in nestling diet quality and reproductive success in a threatened seabird over 150 years" More Information
• Hummingbirds Powered by 'Light' DNA, Study Finds
• New Journal Launched - Limnology and Oceanography: Fluids and Environments More Information
• U of G Scientists Help Find Plant DNA Barcode More Information
• Congratulations to Kevin McCann, associate professor and Canada Research Chair, for being awarded an Accelerator Award from NCERC
• Organized by IB faculty, the Yodzis Colloquia took place on May 19-21 in celebration of Darwin’s 200th birthday and the 150th anniversary of his ‘Origins’ book. It was composed of a 1-day evolution and education colloquium with international speakers and Ontario High school teachers, and a 2-day academic colloquium with speakers from the US and Canada on the Frontiers of evolution. More information can be found at uoguelph.ca/Ecologicalcolloquia/