Seminar archive

Second Semester 2008 (July to November)

Seminars will be held in the Department of Zoology, Seminar Room (Room 350, Biol Sci 1, 3rd Floor) on Wednesdays from 12.05-1 pm unless otherwise stated.

Feel free to bring along your lunch for the lunchtime seminars. Light snacks and beverages will be provided after the afternoon seminars.

Enquiries: Dr Robyn Murphy (9479 2302, r.murphy@latrobe.edu.au)

Seminars

16 July

Dr Oliver Friedrich - ARC International Linkage Fellow, University of Queensland
Living under pressure – dances with fish, whales and mice. And why humans are excluded from the deep sea party.
Hosted by Dr Robyn Murphy.
View seminar flyer (PDF 183KB)

23 July

Mr Jason Rossendell - PhD student, Final presentation
Thermal Ecology of the Southern Water Skink, Eulamprus tympanum
View seminar flyer (PDF 9KB)

6 August

Mr David Cannata - PhD student, Deakin University
Development of the Diaphragm: It may leave you breathless
Hosted by Dr Robyn Murphy.
View seminar flyer (PDF 147KB)

13 August

Dr Rebecca McIntosh - Final PhD presentation
Title to be advised

27 August

Ms Jo Avraam
Title to be advised

10 September

Honours Student - Final talk
Dane Williams (Skeletal muscle excitation-contraction coupling)

24 September

Honours Student - Final talk
Bonnie Ashley (Physiological variability in heart rate: effect of temperature)
PhD Student - Preliminary talk
Lyndal Horne (Influences of geography and environment on the energetics and behaviour of Little penguins)

1 October

Dr Jillian Garvey - La Trobe Postdoctoral Fellow, Archaeology Program, La Trobe University
Wallabies and Wombats: the zooarchaeology of ice age Tasmania
Hosted by Assoc Prof Anne Warren
View seminar flyer (PDF 154KB)

6 October (nb. Monday)

Ms Merilyn Grey - PhD student, Final presentation
The Impact of the Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala on avian diversity and insect-induced dieback in eucalypt remnants
View seminar flyer (PDF 59KB)

8 October

Mr Matt Jones - PhD student, Final presentation
Title to be advised

15 October

Honours Students - Final talk
Melissa Mathieson (Mimicry in the superb Lyrebird – model selection)

22 October

Ms Sarah Butler - PhD student, Final presentation
Developing a monitoring tool for Marine National Parks of Western Port, Victoria, Australia
View seminar flyer (PDF 9KB)

12 November

Ms Sarah Andrewartha - PhD student, Final presentation
The effect of variations in body temperature on O2 delivery: ectotherms versus endotherms