Faculty of Science

Research seminars

The Schools within the Faculty run a weekly seminar series during semester on a range of research topics.

  1. Agricultural and Resource Economics
  2. Plant Biology

Agricultural and Resource Economics

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Plant Biology

Up-Coming Seminars - 2013

Date
Presenter
Topic

13/05/2013
CANCELLED
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20/05/2013
Judith Lichtenzveig (Curtin University)
'Next generation genome sequencing'

27/05/2013
Mike Bunce (Murdoch University)
TBA

10/06/2013
Prof Ed Barrett-Lennard
'Snapshots - 4 key results from the Centre for Ecohydrology's recent salinity research'

17/06/2013
Thibaut De Bettignies
TBA

24/06/2013
Prof Scott Tyler (University of Nevada, Reno)
'Using X-ray tomography and numerical simulation to quantify root/soil interaction and deformation.'

08/07/2013
W/Prof Ladislav Mucina
TBA

15/07/2013
Ylva Olsen (Oceans Institute / Plant Biology
'Climate change warming alleviates pathogen pressure on climate-vulnerable seagrasses'

22/07/2013
Dr Parwinder Kaur
TBA









  Previous Seminars - 2013
Date
Presenter
Topic
14/01/13
Kahlil Kariman
Molecular Analysis of Tolerance to Phosphate (Pi) Toxicity in Jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) Seedlings Inoculated with Mycorrhizal Fungi
18/02/13 Manuela Krueger 'Single Molecule Real-Time (SMRT) sequencing of natural and manipulated arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal assemblages in the field'
25/02/13
Brendan Choat 'The resilience of forests and woodlands to drought'
27/02/13
Prof John Raven - Emeritus Professor of Biology - University of Dundee UK 'Phosphorus and the evolution of autotrophy'
11/03/13
Prof Ed Cook - Columbia University The use of tree rings in natural resources monitoring and management'.
18/03/13
Mike Ryan - CSIRO 'Mys-trees in whole tree ecophysiology: Why all of our terrestrial carbon balance models are wrong and how to fix them.'
25/03/2013 Myrtille Lacoste 'RIM - Ryegrass Integrated Management, a decision support system on weed management'
01/04/2013 Xiangling Fang 'Characterization and management of soil-borne pathogens on strawberry and resistance mechanisms against Fusarium oxysporum f.sp.fragariae'
15/04/2013
Christina Birnbaum 'The role of soil biota in the invasion success of Australian acacias'
22/04/2013
Oliver Berkowitz 'Phosphite - An enigmatic biostatic agent in the fight against Phytophthora dieback disease'
29/04/2013
Yinglong Chen (SEE) 'Modelling root plasticity and response to heterogeneous P supply in narrow-leafed lupin'