Events - School of Biological Sciences - University of Queensland

Latest COVID-19 advice: Some events listed here may be cancelled or postponed. See the latest UQ and government advice.

For more information about our events, email our team at science.events@uq.edu.au.

We schedule a range of seminars each semester. Speakers include School staff and invited high-profile domestic and international speakers who have expertise across diverse biological disciplines and are at varying career stages.

Students, staff, visiting academics and the public are welcome to attend. RSVPs are not required. Please check this website for updates on dates, times, Zoom links and talk information.

If you wish to be added to our seminar mailing list, email us at biolhospa@uq.edu.au.

2023 Semester 1 seminars
Date	Time	Room or Zoom link	Speaker	Topic
24 Feb	11am	139, Goddard Building (08) https://uqz.zoom.us/j/86870151053	Professor Joseph Corbo, Washington University	How vertebrates make and see red colour
10 Mar	11am	139, Goddard Building (08)	Professor Andrea Battisti, University of Padova	Complex responses of insect pests to climate change
24 Mar	11am	139, Goddard Building (08)	BIOL PHD Showcase (Alicia Hellens, Katherine Prata and Abigail Shaughnessy)
21 Apr	11am	139, Goddard Building (08)	Professor Andrew Barnes, UQ	Three steps towards improved vaccines for reduction of antibiotic use in Indo-Pacific aquaculture
4 May	2pm	https://uqz.zoom.us/j/82421735774	Yvonne Willi, Basel University, Switzerland	Evolutionary causes of species' range limits
19 May	11am	139, Goddard Building (08)
2 June	11am	139, Goddard Building (08)	Dr. Maggy Lord, UQ
16 June	11am	139, Goddard Building (08)

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