Department of Zoology
Seminar Series
Second Semester 2008  (July to November)

 

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First Semester 2008

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)
 

 

 

16 July

 

Dr Oliver Friedrich                                                                                        Flyer

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
 

23 July

 

Mr Jason Rossendell                                                                                Flyer

PhD student, Final presentation

Thermal Ecology of the Southern Water Skink, Eulamprus tympanum
 

13 August

 

Dr Rebecca McIntosh                                                                                       Flyer

Final PhD presentation

Title to be advised
 

20 August

 

Mr David Cannata                                                                                         Flyer

PhD student, Deakin University

Development of the Diaphragm: It may leave you breathless

Hosted by Dr Robyn Murphy
10 September

Honours Student - Preliminary talk

Thea Shell    (title TBA)

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)
 
26 September

(nb. Friday 12.05)

Honours Student - Final talk

Dane Williams    (Investigations into the spontaneous activity of mammalian skeletal muscle fibres)
 

1 October

 

Dr Jillian Garvey                                                                                     Flyer

La Trobe Postdoctoral Fellow, Archaeology Program, La Trobe University

Wallabies and Wombats: the zooarchaeology of ice age Tasmania

Hosted by Assoc Prof Anne Warren
 

6 October

(nb. Monday)

 

Ms Merilyn Grey                                                                                Flyer

PhD student, Final presentation

The Impact of the Noisy Miner Manorina melanocephala on avian diversity and insect-induced dieback in eucalypt remnants
 

8 October

 

Mr Matt Jones                                                                                        Flyer

PhD student, Final presentation

Title to be advised
 

15 October

 

Honours Student - Final talk

Melissa Mathieson     (Mimicry in the superb Lyrebird – model selection)
 

Honours Students - Preliminary talks

Lauren Fraser     (Title TBA)

Felicity Humann     (Title TBA)

 

22 October

 

Ms Sarah Butler                                                                                Flyer

PhD student, Final presentation

Developing a monitoring tool for Marine National Parks of Western Port, Victoria, Australia
 

12 November

 

Ms Sarah Andrewartha                                                                                Flyer

PhD student, Final presentation

The effect of variations in body temperature on O2 delivery: ectotherms versus endotherms