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November 2008

School Seminars

Coordinator: Dr Laurent Seuront

 

Semester 2 - 2008

Time: 12 noon

Venue: Room 103, Biological Sciences building (#51)

Date

Speaker

Title
6/8/08 Dr Mark Hutchinson (Herpetology, SA Museum) The geckos formerly known as Diplodactylus
17/9/08 Dr Greg Johnston (Flinders Uni/Zoo SA) Pelicans: progress and plans
24/9/08 Ms Chantel Westley The distribution, biosynthetic origin and functional significance of Tyrian purple precursors in the Australian muricid, Dicathais orbita (Neogastropoda: Muricidae)
8/10/08 Dr Jeremy Austin, Aust Centre for Ancient DNA Reconstructing the past to inform the present: ancient DNA analysis of extinct and threatened species
22/10/08 Dr Rick Davies One Salt Pipewort or Five? -  Resolution of the taxonomy of Eriocaulon species endemic to Australian mound springs, with morphometrics and AFLP markers
5/11/08 Dr Mike Gardner (Flinders Uni/DEH) tba

 

Semester 1 - 2008

Date

Speaker

Title
23/1/08

 

Dr Anne-Laure Janson, National Museum of Natural History (Paris) Sedimentation events, geochemical properties and subtidal macrofauna: complex interactions in a highly disturbed ecosystem, the Seine estuary (France)
27/2/08 Dr Justin Seymour (MIT, USA & School of BiolSc) Using microfluids to study microbial ecology within a patchy seascape
12/3/08 Dr Mathilde Schapira Patterns and processes in South Australian microbial communities
19/3/08 Dr Suzanne Miller (SA Museum) Collections meets research - the role of museums in applying science
26/3/08 Dr Robert Moore Enrichment media reveal a new photosynthetic branch of the tree of life
2/4/08 Dr Diego Garcia-Bellido Capdevila, Dept of Palaeontology at the University Complutense in Madrid Burgess Shale-type localities and the Cambrian ‘explosion’: their study and evolutionary implications
9/4/08 Dr Liz Reed Quaternary vertebrate fossil deposits of the Naracoorte Caves World Heritage Area
21/5/08 Mr Stephan Leu Social units in the sleepy lizard, Tiliqua rugosa
11/6/08 Dr Frank Reith (CSIRO) The Geomicrobiology of Gold in the Australian regolith
19/6/08 Dr Karen Stocking, Massey University Common dolphin studies in New Zealand (note: this seminar is at 3pm)
23/7/08 Dr Paul Henschke (Aust Wine Research Institute) Influence of yeast on the flavour of wine

Biological Sciences in the News

October 2008

Name

Article

 
Kirsten Benkendorff Desal warning for gulf waters (ABC online)  weblink  
Chris West Mammal extinctions shame Australia (ABC Radio-Melbourne ) pdf
Chris West Mammal extinctions shame Australia (The Australian) pdf
Kirsten Benkendorff Snails hasten pace towards cancer cure (Triple M) pdf
Kirsten Benkendorff Snails hasten pace towards cancer cure (ABC Radio-Sydney, Channel 7 news-Adelaide) pdf
Kirsten Benkendorff Snails hasten pace towards cancer cure (The Advertiser) pdf
Rod Wells Australia Post releases ancient animals series (Border Watch) pdf

 

September 2008

Name

Article

 
  Students inspired to be the first at Uni (The Advertiser) - First Generation program students who will visit the School of Biological Sciences next month pdf
Kirsten Benkendorff Desalination plant - Pt Stanvac (Channel 7) pdf
Kirsten Benkendorff Desalination plant meeting (ABC 891 Adelaide ) pdf
  Flinders to grow more 'green' courses (Independent Weekly) pdf
  Desal not the answer (Southern Times) pdf
  Public tests plant merits (Guardian Messenger) pdf
Trent D'antignana Injecting sardines with liquid vitamins (ABC West Coast SA) pdf
Miriam Yip Basham's Beach a film feature (Victor Harbor Times) pdf
Chan Yee Hon Malaysian Excellence (The Advertiser) pdf
Kirsten Benkendorff Desal Inquiry (Southern Times) pdf
Shelley Harrison Seagulls - a marine problem (The Advertiser) pdf
Leigh Burgoyne Cheat Gene - Sunrise on Channel 7, 4/9/08  

 

August 2008

Name

Article

 
Kirsten Benkendorff Young Tall Poppy Science Awards (Campus Review) pdf
David Catcheside Uni microscope on illegal drugs (Guardian Messenger) pdf
Erin Bubner Reproductive cycles of various fish species (ABC West Coast) pdf
Jenna Bowyer Researchers review desalination plant (Whyalla News) pdf
Rod Wells Animals wiped out by human arrival (The Advertiser) pdf
LMSC Benefits to flow from research; Snakes & sound helping fishing boats (Pt Lincoln Times) pdf
Bob Sharrad Letters lead to action (Murray Valley Standard) pdf
Rebecca Lester Environmental Science forum (Burra Burra Broadcaster) pdf
John Gitsham Caring for our conservation parks (Murray Valley Standard)
Karen Stockin Mentoring dolphin researchers (North Harbour News)

 

July 2008

Name

Article

 
John Gitsham Murray Mallee parks welcome new ranger (Border Times) pdf
LMSC Discussing future water supplies (Pt Lincoln Times)
Cole Larsen (Nat History Film Making) Skylarking and other Serious Pursuits (The Advertiser)
Bob Moore Algae in Sydney Harbour coral (Radio National)
Rebecca Lester Water Proofing the South (Radio Adelaide) pdf
Jian Qin Biofuels from algae (The Australian) pdf
Pam Catcheside Death Cap mushroom found in SA (The Advertiser) pdf
  Leave our cars - Aldinga & Sellick's Beach (Southern Times) pdf
Greg Johnston Precious pelicans outfoxed (Guardian Messenger) pdf
Luke Wegener Graduation BTech (Aquaculture) (General News-Renmark) pdf
  Forum on issues facing the coast-Aldinga Bay (On the Coast) pdf
  Out of the Blue-Reproductive Strategies of Cuttlefish (Radio 3CR) pdf
  Ecology of the Spencer Gulf (Radio Adelaide) pdf
Kirsten Benkendorff Protestors make Stanvac stand (Independent Weekly) pdf
Greg Johnston Pelicans Outfoxed (Portside Messenger) pdf

 

June 2008

Name

Article

 
  Mapping sea floor for marine parks (Pt Lincoln Times) pdf
Mike Bull Climate change is being felt by the animal kingdom too. Mike Bull, biologist, discusses the Pygmy Blue Tongue Lizard and the Sleepy Lizard, or 'Bobtail'. Bull says that these desert animals are finding it hard to breed with longer drought periods and less time for them to feed on the annual plant cycles. (ABC Goldfields WA)  

 

October 2007

Name

Article

 
Greg Kirby Sturt Desert peas:but where are the pods? (The Monitor) pdf
  LMSC: $2 billion by 2015 (Pt Lincoln Times) pdf
Sabine Dittmann LMSC Centre underway (Pt Lincoln Times) pdf
Liz Reed Caves promotion (Naracoorte Herald) pdf
Karen Burke da Silva Mentors go top of the class (Australian) pdf

 

September 2007

Name

Article

 
Liz Reed Caves to lure tourists (Border Watch) pdf
Don Chambers Recycling target (Messenger) pdf
Toby Bolton Funding shortage could end Science program (Pt Lincoln Times) pdf

 

August 2007

Name

Article

 
Jeremy Robertson Insight to pelicans pdf
Rod Wells Extinction: who's at fault? (Advertiser) pdf
Andy Ball

Don Chambers

Waste not, want not (Advertiser) pdf
  Prawn Research Award - LMSC (Pt Lincoln Times) pdf
  Pygmy blue tongue-a rare reptile (Burra Broadcaster) pdf
Toby Bolton Whyalla desalination plant (Advertiser) pdf
  Nothing fishy about Aquaculture (Independent Weekly) pdf
Jim Mitchell Primer for global warming (Advertiser) pdf
Jim Mitchell A rising problem (Advertiser) pdf
Jim Mitchell Losing ground (Advertiser) pdf

 

 

 

 

 

 



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