Postgraduate Seminar Series

College of Science Postgraduate Seminar

 Series 

June - August 2016

Venue: Zoology Museum (unless noted otherwise)
Time: Thursdays 1pm

30^th June

Becky Cliffe
Title:  Life in the slow lane: The sloth niche, divine or dangerous; a case study in Costa Rica
&
Marta Rodríguez-Rey
Title:  Disentangling the main factors for the spread of aquatic invasive species

14^th July

Matteo Rolla 
Title:  Biodiversity conservation in alpine aquatic ecosystems in Gran Paradiso National Park (Western Italian Alps)
&
Waldir M. Berbel-Filho
Title:  Sex and parasites in the mangrove: who is winning the arms race?


28^th July

Suzana G. Leles
Title:  Neither phytoplankton nor zooplankton: welcome to the mixotrophic world of marine plankton
&
Bethan Kultschar

Title:  Metabolite profiling of a robust cyanobacteria for industrial biotechnology
&
Dania Albini

Title: Morphological and chemical defences induced by Daphnia magna (cladocera) in two green algae, Scenedesmus quadricauda and Chlorella vulgaris. Modelling the strategy

4^th August

Jessica Knoop 

Title: Seaweed aquaculture - challenges and perspectives

&

Sanaa Abed

Title: Natural enemy composition rather than richness determines pest density and plant biomass

11^th August

Chloe Robinson

Title: O ye of little plague? Linking genetic diversity of North American Signal Crayfish populations (Pacifastacus leniusculus) with prevalence of crayfish plague (Aphanomyces astaci)”

&

Andrew Lucas

Title: From Community to Individual: DNA Metabarcoding Reveals Pollen Transport by Hoverflies

&

Dan Sankey

Title: The importance of body orientation in collective herding behaviour