Events and virtual seminars

Applied BioSciences welcomes everyone within the Macquarie University community to attend our monthly online seminars.

Our program includes researchers from the university, as well as guest speakers from around the World. All seminars are held online via Zoom.

If you are interested in attending a specific seminar, or to be added to our seminar mailing list so that you automatically receive future invites, please email us at: appliedbiosci@mq.edu.au

There are currently no events available at this time. Please check back later for more updates.

DatePresenterTitle
22 Mar 2023Professor Kim-Anh Lê Cao'Multivariate integration of multi-omics data'
DatePresenterTitle
8 Mar 2022 Dr Reid Tingley 'Using environmental DNA to understand species responses to environmental change"
18 March 2022 Prof N Sowdhamini  'Computational studies of insect olfactory receptors: Genome-wide survey and ligand docking'
12 Apr 2022 Dr Tiffany Kosch 'Can Targeted Genetic Intervention Restore Frogs Threatened by Chytridiomycosis?'
10 May 2022 Dr Aidan Tay 'Developing computational tools to detect artificially manipulated genomes'
27 May 2022 Prof Peter Gregg
Dr Daniel Caixeta
Caitlin Langley
'Fall Army worm management'
14 June 2022 Prof. Matthew Siderhurst

'Harmonic radar tracking of individual melon flies Zeugodacus cucurbita in Hawaii: Intra and interindividual variation in flight movement'

12 July 2022 Prof Silvia Rondon 'Forecasting field row crop insect pests using modern modeling tools'
16 Aug 2022 Dr Simon Lawson 'Improving forest health  & biosecurity capacity in the Asia Pacific region'
13 Sept 2022 Prof Louise Horsfall 'Examining  applications for  biogenic nanoparticals ; micro-organisms and nanoparticals  in the treatment of contaminated waste.'
11 Oct 2022 Dr Melina Miles ' Research with a purpose: delivering practical invertebrate pest management strategies for growers.'
DatePresenterTitle
7 Dec 2021 Geoff  Bell ''MicroBioGen - road to commercialisation'
9 Nov 2021 Dr  Cheong  Xin Chan 'Evolutionary genomics of microbial eukaryotes: lessons learned from the dinoflagellates'
12 Oct 2021 Dr Patrick Buerger 'Directed evolution of algal endosymbionts to enhance coral thermal tolerance'
14 Sep 2021 Dr Peter Brown 'Forecasting and management of mouse plagues'
3 Aug 2021 Dr Helen Spafford 'Fall  army worm management '
6 July 2021 Prof Mariana Wolfner 'Seminal contributions: how male-derived proteins regulate reproduction.'
8 June 2021 Dr Amy Cain 'Using functional genomics to understand stress protection and uncover antibiotic targets in nasty bacteria'
16 March 2021 Dr Denis Bauer 'Cloud computing to accelerate and sustain health and LifeScience research'
13 April 2021 Dr Chandran Pfitzner 'Population control of invasive vertebrates: Developing a CRISPRbased gene drive for mice'
11 May 2021 Dr Jaime Pinero 'How research on insect sensory ecology has led to improved attract-and-kill systems for tephritid fruit flies'

Date

Speaker

Seminar title

8 Dec 2020 Dr Hugh Goold Synthetic Genomics and the Primary Industries
24 Nov 2020 Dr Maciej Maselko A genetic method for producing non-transgenic male flies without mechanical sex-sorting
10 Nov 2020 Dr Ian Paulsen My Synthetic Biology Journey
28 Oct 2020 Dr Hazel Parry Digital IPM: Managing insect pests in the age of big data, computer simulation and 'the internet of things'
13 Oct 2020 Dr Lloyd Stringer Eradicating the brown mamorated stink bug
18 Sep 2020 Dr. Craig Montell Manipulating Aedes aegypti behavior through CRISPR/Cas9
1 Sep 2020 Stephen Doggett The parallels in bed bugs and COVID-19 management

18th Aug 2020


Prof. Peter Gregg

Semiochemical development in Australia

4th Aug 2020

Dr. Phillip Cleves

Molecular and cellular bases of cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis and its breakdown

21st Jul 2020


Prof. Boaz Yuval

Insect behaviour and the microbiome

7th Jul 2020

Dr. Nicholas Manoukis

A computer model of trap networks, field experiments in parametrisation, and application against invasive fruit flies and other insects

23rd Jun 2020

A/Prof Charles Robin


Sweeps and drives, not cricket but flies

9th Jun 2020

Angel Popa Baez

Species and population level differentiation in the tryoni complex

26th May 2020

Prof. Dan Hahn

Mechanisms for Making Macho Males: How can a little ecological physiology improve the performance of biological control agents?

12th May 2020

Dr. Kevin Oh

Population genomics of invasive island mice: prospects for localised synthetic gene drive

31st Mar 2020

Dr Diana Pérez‐Staples

Ejaculate dynamics in tephritid flies

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