Wallace Coffee Talks
A seminar series run by our Postgraduate Students
Venue: Zoom
Time: Tuesdays 12/1pm
Talks Winter 2021
26th December (1pm)Talk: Quantifying multistate mortality with incomplete records: A case study of the endangered African wild dog Abstract: here
26th December (1pm)
Talk: Quantifying multistate mortality with incomplete records: A case study of the endangered African wild dog
Abstract: here
Talks Autumn 2020
8th December (2pm)
Rowan Durrant (Swansea University, UK)
Talk: Modelling a transmissible cancer epidemic
Abstract: here
Talk: Quantifying grooming budgets in wild chacma baboons (Papio ursinus) using tri-axial accelerometers
Abstract: here
1st December
Nathan Thomas (Swansea University, UK)
Talk: The basic biology and biotechnology applications of the photosynthetic flatworm Symsagittifera roscoffensis
Abstract: here
Talk: Fungal functional traits: their structure and role in ecological processes
Abstract: here
3rd November
Holly Stokes (Swansea University, UK)
Talk: Nesting ecology of sea turtles in the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT): combining UAV and biologging technology to estimate the population of foraging immature turtles at an important developmental site
Abstract: here
Talk: Life-history traits and long distance dispersal outcomes: the success of fast-paced chameleons
Abstract: here
6th OctoberJack Cooper (Swansea University, UK)Talk: Functional Diversity of sharks through time: past, present and futureAbstract: hereVideo of Jack's talk: here
6th October
Jack Cooper (Swansea University, UK)
Talk: Functional Diversity of sharks through time: past, present and future
Abstract: here
Video of Jack's talk: here
Talks Spring 2020
17th March
Ellis Larcombe (Swansea University, UK)
Talk: What is driving Swansea Bay? Learning from the past to prepare for the future
Abstract: here
17th March
Ellis Larcombe (Swansea University, UK)
Talk: What is driving Swansea Bay? Learning from the past to prepare for the future
Abstract: here
Talks Winter 2020
25th February
Carolina Gutierrez (Swansea University, UK)
Talk:Development and validation of an Operational Welfare Score Index (LOWSI) for farmed lumpfish Cyclopterus lumpus L.
Abstract: here
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7th January
Talk: Maze learning and memory in a decapod crustacean
Abstract: here
Billie Moore (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)
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Billie Moore (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan)
Talk:A coralline alga gains tolerance to ocean acidification over multiple generations of exposure
Abstract: here
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Talks Winter 2019
10th December
Lloyd Hopkins & Emma Brisdion
Talk: For What It’s Earth: can podcasts encourage changes that last?
Abstract: here
Talks Autumn 2019
12th November
Talk: A Novel Application of Environmental DNA to Identify Historic Outbreaks of Forest Pests Within the Pacific Northwest of America
Abstract: here
Alex Dearden (Swansea University, UK)
Abstract: here
Alex Dearden (Swansea University, UK)
Talk:How semiochemicals can be used to improve the monitoring and control of the Western flower thrips
Abstract: here
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29th October
Sayali Pawar (Swansea University, UK)
Talk:Creating global river obstruction inventories using a citizen science approach
Abstract: here
Konstans Wells (Swansea University, UK)
Talk:The devil (survival) is in the detail – scrutinising the evidence for biological extinction risks
Abstract: here
Sayali Pawar (Swansea University, UK)
Talk:Creating global river obstruction inventories using a citizen science approach
Abstract: here
Konstans Wells (Swansea University, UK)
Talk:The devil (survival) is in the detail – scrutinising the evidence for biological extinction risks
Abstract: here
8th October
Talk:The assessment of artificial floating islands as a method of habitat creation in marine environments.
Abstract: here
Kasper Brant (Swansea University, UK)
Talk:Finding an optimal location for a seaweed farm using publicly available data: a case study in the Milford Haven waterway.
Abstract: here
8th October
Talk:The assessment of artificial floating islands as a method of habitat creation in marine environments.
Abstract: here
Kasper Brant (Swansea University, UK)
Talk:Finding an optimal location for a seaweed farm using publicly available data: a case study in the Milford Haven waterway.
Abstract: here
24th September
Talk: Harboring aliens: Ports as habitats for non-native species.
Abstract: here
Fraser Hartley (Swansea University, UK)
Talk:Is that thing even real? Using cameras and predator models to investigate herbivory
Abstract: here
Evie Furness (Swansea University, UK)
24th September
Talk: Harboring aliens: Ports as habitats for non-native species.
Abstract: here
Fraser Hartley (Swansea University, UK)
Talk:Is that thing even real? Using cameras and predator models to investigate herbivory
Abstract: here
Evie Furness (Swansea University, UK)
3rd September
Megan Jones (Swansea University, UK)
Talk:Welfare benefits of physical activity and microalgal feed supplementation in Zebrafish (Danio rerio)
Abstract: here
Paul Deacon (Swansea University, UK)
Talk:To Leap or not to Leap: A minnow story.
Abstract: here
Ben Nichols (Swansea University, UK)
Talk:Comparative study on the effect of algae biostimulants on chilli peppers (Capsicum Annum)
Abstract: here
Gina Lewis (Swansea University, UK)
Talk: My year in industry: an insight into the use of molecular genetic techniques to study animal behaviour
Abstract: here
3rd September
Megan Jones (Swansea University, UK)
Talk:Welfare benefits of physical activity and microalgal feed supplementation in Zebrafish (Danio rerio)
Abstract: here
Paul Deacon (Swansea University, UK)
Talk:To Leap or not to Leap: A minnow story.
Abstract: here
Ben Nichols (Swansea University, UK)
Talk:Comparative study on the effect of algae biostimulants on chilli peppers (Capsicum Annum)
Abstract: here
Gina Lewis (Swansea University, UK)
Talk: My year in industry: an insight into the use of molecular genetic techniques to study animal behaviour
Abstract: here
Talks Summer 2019
20th August
Talk:Ground reaction force patterns in human vertical jumping
Abstract: here
Tom Fairchild (Swansea University, UK)
Talk:The multiple dimensions of biodiversity – human interest relationships
Abstract: here
13th August
Amanda Fry (Swansea University, UK)
Talk:Effects of recent social context on cortisol responses in three-spined stickleback fish (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
Abstract: here
Anna Anschuetz (Swansea University, UK)
Talk: Mixotrophy: Why we need a change of perspective on marine plankton
Abstract: here
30th July
Steph Januchoswki-Hartley (Swansea University, UK)
Talk:#DamOrNot: bridging science and current affairs through an educational Twitter game
Abstract: here
23rd July
Ben Whittaker (Swansea University, UK)
Talk:Does personality influence lumpfish interaction with salmon?
Abstract: here
Holly English (Swansea University, UK)
Talk: Mice and deer and wild dogs, oh my! Technology shines a light on animal behaviour
Abstract: here
20th August
Talk:Ground reaction force patterns in human vertical jumping
Abstract: here
Tom Fairchild (Swansea University, UK)
Talk:The multiple dimensions of biodiversity – human interest relationships
Abstract: here
13th August
Amanda Fry (Swansea University, UK)
Talk:Effects of recent social context on cortisol responses in three-spined stickleback fish (Gasterosteus aculeatus)
Abstract: here
Anna Anschuetz (Swansea University, UK)
Talk: Mixotrophy: Why we need a change of perspective on marine plankton
Abstract: here
30th July
Steph Januchoswki-Hartley (Swansea University, UK)
Talk:#DamOrNot: bridging science and current affairs through an educational Twitter game
Abstract: here
23rd July
Ben Whittaker (Swansea University, UK)
Talk:Does personality influence lumpfish interaction with salmon?
Abstract: here
Holly English (Swansea University, UK)
Talk: Mice and deer and wild dogs, oh my! Technology shines a light on animal behaviour
Abstract: here
Talks Spring 2019
18th June
Ashleigh Harper (Swansea University, UK)
Talk:Wildfires: Relearning to live with them, a British perspective
Abstract: here
Baptiste Garde (Swansea University, UK)
Talk: How do landscape and weather affect flight costs?
Abstract: here
28th May
Talk: The invasive Slipper limpet Crepidula fornicata in South Wales
Abstract: here
Bethan Kultschar (Swansea University, UK)
7th May
Talk: Zebrafish as a model for alcohol research
Abstract: here
Ben Whittaker (Swansea University, UK)
Talk: Shaping sustainable aquaculture: variation in lumpfish body morphometry across populations and between the sexes
Abstract: here
26th March
Talk: An insight into the field of Ancient DNA
Abstract: here
Charlotte E. Davies (Swansea University, UK)
Talk: Untangling effects of size, habitat and invertebrate biodiversity on parasite prevalence of the Caribbean spiny lobster
Abstract: here
Talks Winter 2019
12th March
Talk: Deluge Project
Abstract: here
26th February
Talk: Whats Welsh for Brexit?
Abstract: here
Jessica Minett (Swansea University, UK)
Talk: Brown trout in the Falkland Islands: ecology, population structure and genetic diversity
Abstract: here
21st February
Talk: Intra-individual variation in sheep wool cortisol
Abstract: here
Anna Bracken & Charlotte Christensen (Swansea University, UK)A
29th January
Teja Muha (Swansea University, UK)
Talk: Development and application of molecular tools estimating spatial and seasonal distribution patterns of aquatic native and invasive species
Abstract: here
Talk: Don’t get fooled by appearances: morphologically similar mangrove killifish species show different genetic structure along the Brazilian coast
Abstract: here
Talks Autumn 2018
6th December
Marta Rodriguez-Rey (Swansea University, UK)
Talk: Pathways of Introduction and Spread of Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) in freshwater ecosystems
Abstract: here
Talk: Designing hydrodynamic biologging tags with a slice of policymaking on the side
Abstract: here
29th November
Sergio Trevi (Swansea University, UK)
Talk: Trust your gut (flora): designing a study on the relations between gut-flora and lipid uptake in fish
Abstract: here
Talk: An Introduction to Radiocarbon Dating: Principles, Methods, and Applications within Quaternary Science
Abstract: here
Talks Summer 2018
4th September
Jessica Ware (Swansea University, UK)
Talk: The application of artificial floating islands in saline environments
Abstract: here
Robyn Jones (Swansea University, UK)
Talk: Remote methods for the assessment of coastal biodiversity interacting with marine renewable developments
Abstract: here
16th August
Jose V. Roces-Diaz (Swansea University, UK)
Talk: Native or introduced by humans? Using species distribution modelling to analyse Sweet chestnut dynamics in Western Europe
Abstract: here
Jessica Minett (Swansea University, UK)
Talk: Brown trout in the Falkland Islands: ecology, population structure and genetic diversity
Abstract: here
2nd August
Frances Ratcliffe (Swansea University, UK)
Talk: Between art and science - personal meander
Abstract: here
Alejander Cabanilas (Swansea University, UK)
Talk: Small world network and the Prisoner's dilemma: how does cooperation survive?
Abstract: here
26th July
Tamsyn Uren Webster (Swansea University, UK)
Talk: Exploring the fish microbiome: links with stress and disease in aquaculture
Abstract: here
Peter Jones (Swansea University, UK)
Talk: Physiological, morphological and behavioural determinants of fish passage success
Abstract: here
21st June
David Gilljam (Swansea University, UK)
Talk: The colour of environmental fluctuations driving terrestrial animal population dynamics
Abstract: here
Josh Jones (Swansea University, UK)
Talks Spring 2018
12 April
Dr Daniel Strömbon (Swansea University, UK)Dr Ana Carolina Luchiari (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil)
19 April
Chloe Robinson (Swansea University, UK)
Talk:eDNA as a conservation tool: from crayfish to cetaceans
Abstract: here
Matthew Perkins (Swansea University, UK)
Talk: Materials and ecology of marine infrastructure
Abstract: here
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Venue: Zoology Museum (unless noted otherwise)
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Venue: Zoology Museum (unless noted otherwise)
30th 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
14th 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?
28th July
Venue: Zoology Museum
21 May
Elizabeth Evans (Geography)
Title: Applying X-ray Computed Tomography to the study of Tephrochronology
&
Yanting Ji (Maths)
Title: Existence and uniqueness of stochastic differential delay equation of neutral type
Abstracts here
28 May
Chloe Robinson (Biosciences)
Title: Environmental DNA as a Tool for Detecting and Monitoring Aquatic Invasive Species
Abstract here
11 June
Anna Pigott (Geography)
Title: The idea of the Anthropocene: imagining alternative social and environmental futures in Wales
Abstract here
16 July
Andrew Lucas (Biosciences)
Title: It's not just bees: hoverflies as pollinators in Welsh grasslands
Abstract here
23 July
Rebecca Pawluk (Biosciences)
Title: Colour change in the mangrove killifish, Kryptolebias marmoratus
30 July
Timothy Neate (Computer Science)
Title: Mediating Attention for Second Screen Companion Content
06 August
Anna Rawlings (Biosciences)
Title: Decay in the canopy: investigating saprotrophic communities in attached angiosperm branches
&
Jack O’Sullivan (Biosciences)
Title: TBA
20 August
Venue: Zoology Museum
Thursday 15th May
Speaker: Charlotte Davies
Title: Does the importation of live American lobster pose a threat to native European lobster populations?
Thursday 29th May
Speaker: Jacques Olivier-Laloe
Title: Sea, Sand, Sun, and Turtle Sex: How climate change impacts sea turtle populations, and other important questions
Tuesday 3rd June
Speaker 1: Greame Nelson
Title: Anaerobic digestion effluent to discharge or reuse by microalgal biomass production
Speaker 2: Natalie Croft
Title: American mink in the UK and its impact on the neighbours
Tuesday 10th June
CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS
Tuesday 17th June
Speaker 1: Laurence Dyke
Title: The deglaciation of Southeast Greenland: Synchronicity and driving mechanisms
Speaker 2: Sophie De Grissac
Title: The Early life at sea of juveniles albatrosses and petrels
Tuesday 24th June
Speaker 1: Becky Stringwell
Title: Phenotypic mismatch in hatchery-reared Atlantic salmon stocked in the wild
Tuesday 1st July
Speaker 1: Anna Pigott
Title: Imagining the future: people, environment and social change.
Speaker 2: Alistair Everett
Title: Oceanic Influences on the Melt Rates of Marine-Terminating Glaciers in South East Greenland
Tuesday 8th July
Speaker: Amanda Smith
Title: Effects of artificial infection of juvenile edible crabs, Cancer pagurus with the parasitic dinoflagellate, Hematodinium sp.
Tuesday 15th July
Speaker: Tom Fairchild
Title: Scaling Biodiversity - Ecosystem Function Relationships
Tuesday 22nd July
Speaker: Zayed Abdullah
Title: Chemical Ecology, Olfaction and Bio-rational Insect Pest Management
Tuesday 29th July
Speaker 1: Brenda Tysse
Title: Seeing the Unseen: Accelerometry revealing human biology secrets
Speaker 2: Carly Manuel
Title: How stress influences aggression in the insect pathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae
Tuesday 5th August
Speaker 1: Chloe Robinson
Title: Assessing phenotypic and genetic divergence in brown trout (Salmo trutta) in Welsh rivers
Speaker 2: Andrew 'Pedro' Roberts
Title: Quantifying the energetic costs of flight in the wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans)
Tuesday 12th August
Speaker 1: William Kay
Title: Harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) at sea: Exploring area usage in a central place forager.
Speaker 2: Hannah Williams
Title: What can accelerometry tell us about soaring flight?
Abstract: here
Matthew Perkins (Swansea University, UK)
Talk: Materials and ecology of marine infrastructure
Abstract: here
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College of Science Postgraduate Seminar
Series
June - August 2017
Venue: Zoology Museum (unless noted otherwise)
Time: Thursdays 1pm
College of Science Postgraduate Seminar
Series
June - August 2016
Venue: Zoology Museum (unless noted otherwise)
Time: Thursdays 1pm
30th 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
14th 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?
28th July
Suzana G. Leles
Title: Neither phytoplankton nor zooplankton: welcome to the mixotrophic world of marine plankton
&
Bethan Kultschar
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
&
Dania Albini
Title: Morphological and chemical defences induced by Daphnia magna (cladocera) in two green algae, Scenedesmus quadricauda and Chlorella vulgaris. Modelling the strategy
11th 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
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May - August 2015
Venue: Zoology Museum
Time: Thursdays or Tuesdays 1pm
Elizabeth Evans (Geography)
Title: Applying X-ray Computed Tomography to the study of Tephrochronology
&
Yanting Ji (Maths)
Title: Existence and uniqueness of stochastic differential delay equation of neutral type
Abstracts here
28 May
Chloe Robinson (Biosciences)
Title: Environmental DNA as a Tool for Detecting and Monitoring Aquatic Invasive Species
Abstract here
11 June
Anna Pigott (Geography)
Title: The idea of the Anthropocene: imagining alternative social and environmental futures in Wales
Abstract here
16 July
Andrew Lucas (Biosciences)
Title: It's not just bees: hoverflies as pollinators in Welsh grasslands
Abstract here
23 July
Rebecca Pawluk (Biosciences)
Title: Colour change in the mangrove killifish, Kryptolebias marmoratus
30 July
Timothy Neate (Computer Science)
Title: Mediating Attention for Second Screen Companion Content
06 August
Anna Rawlings (Biosciences)
Title: Decay in the canopy: investigating saprotrophic communities in attached angiosperm branches
&
Jack O’Sullivan (Biosciences)
Title: TBA
20 August
Speaker: Danis Kiziridis (Maths)
Title: Playing Magic: The Gathering® on networks of competitive interactions
Title: Playing Magic: The Gathering® on networks of competitive interactions
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May - August 2014
Venue: Zoology Museum
Time: Thursdays or Tuesdays 1pm
Thursday 15th May
Speaker: Charlotte Davies
Title: Does the importation of live American lobster pose a threat to native European lobster populations?
Thursday 29th May
Speaker: Jacques Olivier-Laloe
Title: Sea, Sand, Sun, and Turtle Sex: How climate change impacts sea turtle populations, and other important questions
Tuesday 3rd June
Speaker 1: Greame Nelson
Title: Anaerobic digestion effluent to discharge or reuse by microalgal biomass production
Speaker 2: Natalie Croft
Title: American mink in the UK and its impact on the neighbours
Tuesday 10th June
CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS
Tuesday 17th June
Speaker 1: Laurence Dyke
Title: The deglaciation of Southeast Greenland: Synchronicity and driving mechanisms
Speaker 2: Sophie De Grissac
Title: The Early life at sea of juveniles albatrosses and petrels
Tuesday 24th June
Speaker 1: Becky Stringwell
Title: Phenotypic mismatch in hatchery-reared Atlantic salmon stocked in the wild
Tuesday 1st July
Speaker 1: Anna Pigott
Title: Imagining the future: people, environment and social change.
Speaker 2: Alistair Everett
Title: Oceanic Influences on the Melt Rates of Marine-Terminating Glaciers in South East Greenland
Tuesday 8th July
Speaker: Amanda Smith
Title: Effects of artificial infection of juvenile edible crabs, Cancer pagurus with the parasitic dinoflagellate, Hematodinium sp.
Tuesday 15th July
Speaker: Tom Fairchild
Title: Scaling Biodiversity - Ecosystem Function Relationships
Tuesday 22nd July
Speaker: Zayed Abdullah
Title: Chemical Ecology, Olfaction and Bio-rational Insect Pest Management
Tuesday 29th July
Speaker 1: Brenda Tysse
Title: Seeing the Unseen: Accelerometry revealing human biology secrets
Speaker 2: Carly Manuel
Title: How stress influences aggression in the insect pathogenic fungus Metarhizium anisopliae
Tuesday 5th August
Speaker 1: Chloe Robinson
Title: Assessing phenotypic and genetic divergence in brown trout (Salmo trutta) in Welsh rivers
Speaker 2: Andrew 'Pedro' Roberts
Title: Quantifying the energetic costs of flight in the wandering albatross (Diomedea exulans)
Tuesday 12th August
Speaker 1: William Kay
Title: Harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) at sea: Exploring area usage in a central place forager.
Speaker 2: Hannah Williams
Title: What can accelerometry tell us about soaring flight?
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