Invited Seminar at CES on 12 June 2023 at 3:00 pm titled "How the environment shapes physiology: from lizards to meta-analysis and beyond" by Dr. Daniel Noble from Division of Ecology & Evolution, The Australian National University
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Topic:
How the environment shapes physiology: from lizards to meta-analysis and beyond
Speaker:
Dr. Daniel Noble, Division of Ecology & Evolution, The Australian National University
Date & Time:
12 Jun 2023 - 3:00pm
Event Type:
Invited Seminar
Venue:
CES Seminar Hall, 3rd Floor, Biological Sciences Building
Coffee/Tea:
Before the talk
Abstract:
Environments shape the development of physiology but also act as potent selective sieves to shape how physiological responses evolve. I’ll briefly discuss the work my group has been doing to 1) test how early thermal and resource environments shape thermal physiology in a model lizard system (Lampropholis delicata); 2) the generality of such findings across ectotherms and 3) some new work that explores the interplay between physiological plasticity and the opportunity for selection on physiological responses in an era of climate change.
Speaker Bio:
Dan did his BSc and MSc at the University of Guelph (Canada) followed by a PhD with Martin Whiting at Macquarie University (Australia). He then won an ARC DECRA fellowship to work with Shinichi Nakagawa at the University of New South Wales (Australia) before taking up a position at The Australian National University (Australia) in 2019. Dan is now an ARC Future Fellow and Senior Lecturer. His group is mainly focused on tackling questions in evolutionary and physiological ecology – particularly in understanding how organisms respond to environmental change and the impact such change has on survival and reproduction. He also has a keen interest in meta-analysis, evidence synthesis, biostatistics, open science, and transparency.