Melbourne Systematics Forum

A discussion group for topics in ecology, systematics and evolution

hosted by Museum Victoria Sciences Department

Melbourne Systematics Forum 2009

Thurs 5 March 2009 6 pm
Kyatt Dixon School of Botany, The University of Melbourne
The crustose red algal family Peyssonneliaceae from Vanuatu and southeastern Australia
Venue: Discovery Centre, Lower Ground, Melbourne Museum, Carlton Gardens

Thursday 2 April 2009
Gareth HolmesThe University of Melbourne, CESAR and School of Botany
Conservation biology of Grevillea repens

Thursday 7 May 2009 - CANCELLED (sorry)

Thursday 4 June 2009 - CANCELLED (sorry)

Thursday 2 July 2009
Pauline Ladiges School of Botany, The University of Melbourne
Eucalypts and east-west continental vicariance

Thursday 6 August 2009
Rebecca Bray Museum Victoria
Evolution and diversity of immune genes (MHC class II B) in a community of Australian songbirds
AND
Martin Gomon Museum Victoria and Bob Ward CSIRO Marine
Interrelationships of Australian Lepidotrigla (Pisces, Triglidae) - a genetic hypothesis

Thursday 3 September 2009
Andrew Drinnan School of Botany, The University of Melbourne
Evolution of land plant morphology: plant architecture based on primitive land plants

Thursday 1 October 2009
Adnan Moussalli Museum Victoria
A preliminary molecular phylogeny of cuttlefish - is our classification in order?

Thursday 5 November 2009 - CANCELLED

Thursday 3 December 2009 - CANCELLED (was to have been Mark Blacket Centre for Environmental Stress and Adaptation, The University of Melbourne
speaking on The origin and evolution of parthenogenesis through hybridisation of closely related species of grasshoppers, stick insects and geckos in the Australian Arid Zone but due to a clash with the Australian Systematic Botany Society meeting in Armidale, NSW, this will be rescheduled to a Thursday TBA in 2010.

next meeting: Thurs 4 March 2010

Unless advised otherwise, meetings take place in The Discovery Centre, lower ground floor, Melbourne Museum, Carlton Gardens, at 6 pm on the first Thursday of every month.

the venue

2009 meeting calendar

conferences

recent topics

societies and other links

contact the organisers

previous meetings

The Melbourne Systematics Forum provides an opportunity for students, academics and others with an interest in systematic biology and related topics to discuss their research results and current ideas in an informal environment. Unless advised otherwise, meetings take place in The Discovery Centre, (previously called InfoZone) lower ground floor, Melbourne Museum, Carlton Gardens, at 6 pm on the first Thursday of the month. Sessions commence with an introduction from the convenor, followed by an informal talk for about 20 minutes. Participants are encouraged to intervene and generate discussion. Meetings generally conclude after about 90 minutes, and everyone who attends a session is encouraged to actively participate.

	Melbourne Systematics Forum A discussion group for topics in ecology, systematics and evolution
	hosted by Museum Victoria Sciences Department
next meeting	Melbourne Systematics Forum 2009 Thurs 5 March 2009 6 pm Kyatt Dixon School of Botany, The University of Melbourne *The crustose red algal family Peyssonneliaceae from Vanuatu and southeastern Australia* Venue: Discovery Centre, Lower Ground, Melbourne Museum, Carlton Gardens Thursday 2 April 2009 Gareth HolmesThe University of Melbourne, CESAR and School of Botany Conservation biology of Grevillea repens Thursday 7 May 2009 - CANCELLED (sorry) Thursday 4 June 2009 - CANCELLED (sorry) Thursday 2 July 2009 Pauline Ladiges School of Botany, The University of Melbourne Eucalypts and east-west continental vicariance Thursday 6 August 2009 Rebecca Bray Museum Victoria Evolution and diversity of immune genes (MHC class II B) in a community of Australian songbirds *AND* Martin Gomon Museum Victoria and Bob Ward CSIRO Marine *Interrelationships of Australian Lepidotrigla* (Pisces, Triglidae) - a genetic hypothesis Thursday 3 September 2009 Andrew Drinnan School of Botany, The University of Melbourne Evolution of land plant morphology: plant architecture based on primitive land plants Thursday 1 October 2009 Adnan Moussalli Museum Victoria A preliminary molecular phylogeny of cuttlefish - is our classification in order? Thursday 5 November 2009 - CANCELLED Thursday 3 December 2009 - CANCELLED (was to have been Mark Blacket Centre for Environmental Stress and Adaptation, The University of Melbourne speaking on The origin and evolution of parthenogenesis through hybridisation of closely related species of grasshoppers, stick insects and geckos in the Australian Arid Zone** but due to a clash with the Australian Systematic Botany Society meeting in Armidale, NSW, this will be rescheduled to a Thursday TBA in 2010. next meeting: Thurs 4 March 2010 Unless advised otherwise, meetings take place in The Discovery Centre, lower ground floor, Melbourne Museum, Carlton Gardens, at 6 pm on the first Thursday of every month.
the venue
2009 meeting calendar
conferences
recent topics
societies and other links
contact the organisers
previous meetings	The Melbourne Systematics Forum provides an opportunity for students, academics and others with an interest in systematic biology and related topics to discuss their research results and current ideas in an informal environment. Unless advised otherwise, meetings take place in The Discovery Centre, (previously called InfoZone) lower ground floor, Melbourne Museum, Carlton Gardens, at 6 pm on the first Thursday of the month. Sessions commence with an introduction from the convenor, followed by an informal talk for about 20 minutes. Participants are encouraged to intervene and generate discussion. Meetings generally conclude after about 90 minutes, and everyone who attends a session is encouraged to actively participate.