ecology @ guelph's ecoblog

Experienced modeller looking for new position

I am finishing postdoctoral fellowship with Professor Tom Nudds on the 31st of March, and looking for a new position in the University of Guelph. I have extensive experience in ecological modelling and computing.

Natalya Obushenko, Ph.D. Research Associate
Department of Integrative Biology University of Guelph Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1
Phone: 519.824.4120 ext.58555 Email: nobushen@uoguelph.ca
Office: Room 101A, Zoology Annex II

Dr Ryan Norris on Quirks & Quarks radio show

Integrative biology professor Ryan Norris was featured on the popular CBC radio science program Quirks & Quarks Saturday October 6th.

He discussed his research on marbled murrelets that involved conducting a historical analysis of museum specimens to examine how dietary changes may have affected the seabirds’ numbers.

Here's a quicktime audio clip of the segment to listen to here or an .mp4 file to download

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E.O. Wilson ~ 2007 TED Prize

As E.O. Wilson accepts his 2007 TED Prize, he makes a plea on behalf of his constituents, the insects and small creatures, to learn more about our biosphere. We know so little about nature, he says, that we're still discovering tiny organisms indispensable to life; and yet we're steadily, methodically, vigorously destroying nature. Wilson identifies five grave threats to biodiversity (a term he coined), and makes his TED wish: that we will work together on the Encyclopedia of Life, a web-based compendium of data from scientists and amateurs on every aspect of the biosphere. (Recorded March 2007 in Monterey, CA. Duration: 24:21)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-txR1WSPBs