Date

Speaker

Title

Friday 14^th

March

Dr Ben Cook

Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University

‘Historical biogeography and contemporary gene flow in freshwater decapods on Puerto Rico’

Friday 4^th April

Dr Eleanor O’Brien

Institute of Conservation Biology and Law,

University of Wollongong

"Conserving local adaptation and genetic variation in restored forest tree populations: Where should we source the seeds?"

Friday 11^th April

Prof Bostjan Kobe

School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, Institute for Molecular Bioscience,

University of Queensland

“From structure to function: examples of acyl-CoA thioesterase 7 and protein kinases.”

Wednesday 30^th April

^{12.30-1.30 in Moot court  (67.202)}

Dr Tony Jackson
Senior Lecturer in Town and Regional Planning
School of Social Sciences
University of Dundee

“The Role of Industrial Symbiosis in Promoting Bio-fuel Feedstock Uses for UK Food and Fibre production.”

Friday 2^nd May

Dr Ulrich-Axel Bommer

Graduate School of Medicine

University of Wollongong

“The Ubiquitous Translationally Controlled Tumour Protein’ TCTP,
Regulation, Biological Importance and Medical Implications.”

Thursday 24^th July

Professor Rob Whelan

Dean, Faculty of Science

University of Wollongong

“Ancient pollination systems in the contemporary Australian environment – Grevilleas and vertebrates vs. honeybees and habitat fragmentation.”

Friday 8^th August

Dr Pierre Mineau

Canadian Wildlife Service, National Wildlife Research Centre, Ottawa, Canada

“Birds and pesticides: Historical perspectives, current issues and research questions.”

Thursday 21^st August

Dr Owen Price

Research Fellow

Centre for environmental risk management of bushfire

“Will agricultural development in the north be Australia’s salvation or damnation? The Daly River case study.”

Thursday 28^th August

Dr Tony Auld

Prinicipal Research Assistant, Biodiversity Conservation Science, Department of Environment and Climate Change

“Managing threats to Biodiversity: integrating Science and management.”