November meeting minutes

The minutes of the November 2016 BISC Graduate Caucus meeting are available here:

http://www.sfu.ca/biology2/grad_caucus/Business/Minutes/Files/2016-11-17.pdf

October meeting minutes

The minutes of the October 2016 BISC Graduate Caucus meeting are available here:

http://www.sfu.ca/biology2/grad_caucus/Business/Minutes/Files/2016-10-20.pdf

Halloween party - 27th of October in the Chemistry Atrium at 4pm

Halloween party

"The Halloween Party takes place at 4 pm on the 27 th of October in the Chemistry Atrium.

The pub is booked, but the SFSS has a pub night so they would kick us out at 9 pm.

That’s why the party is moved to the Atrium. Pizza will be ordered and it’s recommended to bring deserts. A keg will be ordered and beer will be for sale for $2,-."

From the 2016-10-20 Minutes

September meeting minutes

The minutes of the September 2016 BISC Graduate Caucus meeting are available here:

http://www.sfu.ca/biology2/grad_caucus/Business/Minutes/Files/2016-09-22.pdf

For more information: https://ecoevoretreat.wordpress.com/

Grad Host Speaker 2017 Winner - Margaret Lowman

Grad Host Speaker Winner Announcement

This year we had a great selection of speakers to pick from. The votes were counted, and the most voted speaker was Margaret Lowman.  Please stay tuned for more details. She will be visiting us from March 14-16. 

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Nominee: Margaret Lowman

Link: http://canopymeg.com/

Brief Description: Margaret has been nicknamed the “Real-life Lorax” and “Einstein of the treetops” for her work in canopy ecology. Her research focuses on insect pests, ecosystem health and biodiversity. She was the California Academy of Sciences inaugural Chief of Science and Sustainability, where she advocated for sustainable science through education and corporate interaction.

Possible Seminar Topics: Science and policy, Conservation challenges

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August Meeting Minutes

The minutes of the August 2016 BISC Graduate Caucus meeting are available here:

http://www.sfu.ca/biology2/grad_caucus/Business/Minutes/Files/2016-08-18.pdf

Grad Host Speaker Nominees 2017

Vote for a Grad Host Speaker Nominee

List of Grad Host Speaker Nominees

Nominee: Megan Frederickson 

Link: http://mutualism.ca/

Brief Description: Megan is a Harvard fellow who incorporates traditional ecological approaches with newer molecular techniques to answer core questions about the evolution of mutualism and cheating. Her lab uses insects, plants, microbes and fungi to investigate genotype, species and community level interactions.

Possible Seminar Topics: Science and media, Controversy and science

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Nominee: Doreen Goh

Link: http://www.yayasansabahgroup.org.my/biotechnology_horticulture.cfm

Brief Description: Dr. Goh received her graduate and post-doctoral training in the USA and is currently a plant biologist based in Malaysia. Her research focuses on tissue culture and micropropagation. She publishes regularly in scientific journals like Tree Genetics & Genomes, In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology. Dr. Goh has proven leadership skills as she is also the managing director of a large research group in a state sanctioned organisation (YSG Biotech, Malaysia).

Possible Seminar Topics: Careers outside of academia, Science and government

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 Nominee: Max Liboiron

Link: https://maxliboiron.com/

Brief Description: Max is an Assistant Professor in Sociology, Geography and Environmental Sciences at Memorial University, Newfoundland. She's an artist, scholar and activist turned applied conservation scientist who puts a strong focus on using ethics to guide her ocean plastics pollution research. Her work involves community outreach and collaboration with traditional ecological knowledge holders, citizen science, as well as the production of open source technology for use in grassroots environmental monitoring for toxicants.

Possible Seminar Topics: Equity and justice in the scientific process, Science and conservation, Open Source Science

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Nominee: Margaret Lowman

Link: http://canopymeg.com/

Brief Description: Margaret has been nicknamed the “Real-life Lorax” and “Einstein of the treetops” for her work in canopy ecology. Her research focuses on insect pests, ecosystem health and biodiversity. She was the California Academy of Sciences inaugural Chief of Science and Sustainability, where she advocated for sustainable science through education and corporate interaction.

Possible Seminar Topics: Science and policy, Conservation challenges



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Nominee: Sharlene Santana

Link: http://faculty.washington.edu/ssantana/wordpress/research/overview-2/ 

Brief Description: Sharlene has several high end publications, including Nature Communications, and the covers of Functional Ecology, Proceedings of the Royal Society B and the Journal of Evolutionary Biology. Her most recent research has focused on bat ecomorphology and evolution.

Possible Seminar Topics: Research and logistics in the tropics, Writing for high impact publications

July Meeting Minutes

The minutes of the July 2016 BISC Graduate Caucus meeting are available here:

http://www.sfu.ca/biology2/grad_caucus/Business/Minutes/Files/2016-07-21.pdf

May Meeting Minutes

The minutes of the April 2016 BISC Graduate Caucus meeting are available here:
http://www.sfu.ca/biology2/grad_caucus/Business/Minutes/Files/2016-05-26%20.pdf

April Meeting Minutes

The minutes of the April 2016 BISC Graduate Caucus meeting are available here:

http://www.sfu.ca/biology2/grad_caucus/Business/Minutes/Files/2016-04-21.pdf

March Meeting Minutes

The minutes of the March 2016 BISC Graduate Caucus meeting are available here - http://www.sfu.ca/biology2/grad_caucus/Business/Minutes/Files/2016-03-24.pdf

2016 Grad Student-Hosted Speaker: Dr. Jeff Hutchings

The 2016 grad-hosted speaker, Dr Jeff Hutchings of Dalhousie University, will be at SFU next week.

On Wednesday, March 9, Dr. Jeffrey Hutchings will give the Departmental seminar entitled "Correlates of the rate and uncertainty of recovery in depleted marine fish populations" at 3:30 PM. A reception will follow at Club Ilia. The poster is below:

On Thursday, March 10, is a graduate student lunch with Dr. Hutchings, which will be followed by a workshop entitled "Communication of science to decision-makers and society"

February Meeting Minutes

The minutes of the February 2016 BISC Graduate Caucus meeting are available here - http://www.sfu.ca/biology2/grad_caucus/Business/Minutes/Files/2016-02-25.pdf

January Meeting Minutes

The minutes of the first BISC Graduate Caucus meeting of 2016 are available here -  http://www.sfu.ca/biology2/grad_caucus/Business/Minutes/Files/2016-01-21.pdf

Hope to see you at the next meeting!