Events: Biological Sciences

Ecology and Evolution Series - Summer #1

Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2020, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: Benham Lecture Theatre, Benham building, North Terrace campus

Explore the impact of this summer’s hotter drier weather on our forests, their capacity to store carbon, and emerging technologies helping to protect old-growth forests.

Future Scientist Information Evening

Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2020, 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Location: The Braggs Lecture Theatre, North Terrace campus

Calling all future students: Join us on campus and discover what’s next when you study science at the University of Adelaide.

Public Lecture: Ramsay Fellowship Seminars 2019

Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2019, 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Location: Napier G04, North Terrace campus

The Ramsay Fellowships support outstanding young Australian scientists to realise their potential as scientific leaders at the University of Adelaide. Current Fellows Dr Fiona Whelan, Dr Stephen Warren-Smith and Dr Stephanie Watts-Williams, will present their exciting research in this public seminar.

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar: Dr Seraina Klopfstein

Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2019, 12:10 pm - 1:00 pm
Location: Benham Lecture Theatre, North Terrace campus

Visiting researcher Dr Seraina Klopfstein presents on parasitoid wasps - "Pleasures and perils of dating trees with fossils: an example from pimpliform parasitoid wasps (hymenoptera, ichneumonidae)"

Public lecture: Coral reef bright spots

Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2019, 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Location: Benham Lecture Theatre, North Terrace campus

Visiting reef biodiversity conservation expert Professor Josh Cinner to deliver a seminar on, 'locating and learning from bright spots among the world’s coral reefs'.

The Derrick Rowley Lecture 2019

Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2019, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: The Braggs Lecture Theatre

Professor Richard Flavell presents on Mesenchymal cells in intestinal homeostasis, inflammation and cancer.

Public Forum: Everything you need to know about the flu

Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2019, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location: The Braggs Lecture Theatre, North Terrace campus

SEPT 3: Join our panel of Adelaide experts to address frequently asked questions about the flu, including misconceptions surrounding vaccination and the disease that arises in the winter months.

Public Lecture: Saving Biodiversity Through Transformative Change

Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2019, 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Location: SG20 Hone Lecture Theatre, Helen Mayo Sth, North Tce campus

AUGUST 13: This public forum focuses on the transformative change called for by the IPBES report which highlighted the critical importance of biodiversity to human well-being.

Faculty of Sciences Welcome Session (July)

Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2019, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Location: Kerr Grant Lecture Theatre, Physics building, North Terrace campus

Social and academic activities to help new science students settle into student life at our North Terrace campus.

Visiting Researcher Seminar: A/Prof David Nogués-Bravo

Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2019, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location: Benham Lecture Theatre, Benham building, North Terrace campus

The Environmental Institute is proud to be supporting Associate Professor David Nogués-Bravo from the University of Copenhagen over the coming months.