Events

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
12 May	11am	139, Goddard Building (08) https://uqz.zoom.us/j/85002113860	Professor Anne Peters, Monash University	Climate change in the monsoonal tropics: a long-term study in purple-crowned fairy-wrens
19 May	11am	139, Goddard Building (08) https://uqz.zoom.us/j/89997172412	EMCR Showcase	Laura Fenlon: University of Queensland, School of Biomedical Sciences Caitie Kuempel, Griffith University, School of Environment and Science
2 June	11am	139, Goddard Building (08) https://uqz.zoom.us/j/89142212215	Dr. Maggy Lord, University of Queensland (School of Biological Sciences)	The applications of infrared light and artificial intelligence to detect pathogens in mosquitoes and people
7 June	11am	139, Goddard Building (08) https://uqz.zoom.us/j/88131433492	Special Seminar: Professor Bob Wong, Monash University	Behavioural responses to a changing world: ecological and evolutionary consequences

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