Seminar Ymchwil yn y Biowyddorau

Seminarau sydd ar ddod

2026

Ar ddydd Iau (yn ystod y tymor) rhwng 1pm a 2pm yn yr Amgueddfa Sŵoleg, Adeilad Wallace, Campws Singleton. Os oes gennych ymholiadau, e-bostiwch Dr Eva Sonnenschein yn e.c.sonnenschein@abertawe.ac.uk

Dyddiad	Seinydd	Teitl y Seminar
31 Mawrth, 12 pm	Dr Amir Patel, UCL, UK	Decoding Wild Animal Behaviour and Locomotion Through the Lens of Robotics
26 Mawrth	Dr Fredric Windsor, Cardiff University, UK	Cascades and consequences: the impact of indirect effects on ecosystems
25 Mawrth, 1pm, Wallace 227	Dr Chiara Bertelli, Swansea University, UK	Habitat Suitability Modelling
10 Mawrth, 2pm, Margam 314	Dr Saule Akhmetkaliyeva, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK	Marine or terrestrial? Deciphering carbon sources in Irish saltmarshes
19 Chwefror, 2pm, Zoology Museum	Dr William Pearman, University of Auckland, New Zealand	A Cry for Kelp: Microbiome dynamics and methodological challenges in studying southern bull kelp
17 Chwefror, 2pm, Margam 311	Dr Gary Tam, Swansea University, UK	Seeing Like Humans: Perception-inspired Computer Vision and 3D Learning and a Workshop on Connecting your Bioscience Research Challenges with New AI Approaches
3 Chwefror, 2pm	Giulia Cenzi (Università degli Studi di Torino / Swansea University)	Andean condors as atmospheric sentinels
27 Ionawr 2pm	Dr Crinan Jarrett (Swiss Ornithological Institute, Switzerland) and Dr Tom Fayle (Queen Mary University of London, UK)	Ecological Interactions and Global Change

2025 Seminarau

Ar ddydd Iau (yn ystod y tymor) rhwng 1pm a 2pm yn yr Amgueddfa Sŵoleg, Adeilad Wallace, Campws Singleton. Os oes gennych ymholiadau, e-bostiwch Dr Eva Sonnenschein yn e.c.sonnenschein@abertawe.ac.uk

Dyddiad	Seinydd	Teitl y Seminar
4 Rhagfyr 10am	Dr. Katherine Helliwell, University of Exeter and Marine Biological Association, UK	Molecular insights into abiotic and biotic factors shaping diatom ecophysiology and signalling
3 Rhagfyr 2025, 11 y bore, Wallace 218	Dr. Gonzalo Araujo, Qatar University (Qatar) and Marine Research and Conservation Foundation (UK)	Status and Conservation of the world's largest fish: the whale shark
28 Tachwedd 11am	James Cheesman, CertisBelchim, UK	An overview of Certis Belchim - A global crop protection company that provides solutions for farmers and growers.
17 Gorffennaf	Dr Erin Dillon, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, USA	Reconstructing shark communities on coral reefs over millennia
10 Gorffennaf	Dr Pan Prasongpholchai, University of Warwick, UK	Development of a synthetic biology toolkit for heterologous gene expression in the oyster mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus
08 Gorffennaf	Lorna Mugambi & Yuri Njathi, Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Kenya	Exploration of machine learning in camera trapping and bioacoustics
10 Mehefin, 10am	Dr Claudio Fuentes-Grünewald	Saudi Arabia as the new worldwide hot spot for large-scale microalgae cultivation
15 Mai	Dr Hemal Naik, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior, Germany	Measuring Behavioral Variations in Wild Animals Using 3D Computer Vision and AI
03 Ebrill	Dr Martin How, University of Bristol, UK	From waving crabs to stalking cuttlefish: task-dependent channels of vision
11 Mawrth	Dr Lily Pauls, Natural Resources Wales, UK	What do we need to know? Marine Evidence Needs in Natural Resources Wales
20 Chwefror	Dr Jon Bielby, Liverpool John Moore's University, UK	Pets, propagule pressure, and potential invasive species: The role of the UK exotics pet trade and invasive species
7 Chwefror 10:30 am	Dr Elisa Thébault, Sorbonne University of Paris and CNRS, France	Species Diversity, Food Web Structure and the Temporal Stability of Ecosystems
30 Ionawr	Dr Jon Lefcheck, University of Maryland, Center for Environmental Science, USA	Green Plant on a Red Planet: Seagrasses in the Face of Climate Change Along the US East Coast

2024 Seminarau

Dyddiad	Seinydd	Teitl y Seminar
19 Rhagfyr	Dr Jamie Bojko, National Horizons Centre, Teesside University, UK	Nudiviruses in free-living and parasitic arthropods: evolutionary taxonomy
6 Rhagfyr	Dr Martin Sperling, ETH Zurich, Switzerland	tbd
5 Rhagfyr	Dr Constanze Kuhlisch, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel	tbd
26 Tachwedd	Tomos Watson	Environmental Plastics Seminar
14 Tachwedd	Dr Kevin Watts, Forest Commission UK	tbd
17 Hydref	Prof. Erin McClymont, Durham University	Variability in snow petrel foraging and its implications for reconstructing past Antarctic sea ice and ice sheet thinning histories
10 Hydref	Dr Luiz Gustavo R. Oliveira-Santos, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil	Spatial compartmentalization: A nonlethal predator mechanism to reduce parasite transmission between prey species
3 Hydref	Dr Pablo Orozco Ter Wengel, Cardiff University	Conservation genetics in the fragmented landscape of the Kinabatangan river (Borneo)
4 Gorffennaf	Prof. Jim Bull/Dr Will Allen	Workshop on “Doctoral training networks”
27 Mehefin	Dr Ed Pope	Exploring crustacean biology at Swansea University
20 Mehefin	Dr Matt Tarnowski	Growing microbial communities for the identification of plastic-degrading enzymes
6 Mehefin	Dr John Griffin	Workshop on “Scanning the Biosciences funding horizon”
2 Mai	Prof Carlos Garcia de Leaniz, Swansea University	From broken rivers to free-flowing rivers
11 Ebrill	Dr Alla Silkina, Swansea University	Application of algal cultivation technology to convert waste nutrients in context of circular bioeconomy
21 Mawrth	Prof Sonia Consuegra, Swansea University	Less can be more: Understanding the adaptive role of epigenetics using naturally inbred fish
7 Marwth	Dr Kim Stokes, Swansea University	Depth-use ecology of sea turtles
29 Chwefror	Dr Dan Forman, Swansea University	‘Otterly’ Ecological
22 Chwefror	Prof Boris Schröder-Esselbach, TU Berlin	Coastal ecosystem services, restoration of seagrass meadows, and spatio-temporal dynamics of brackish marshes – ecological modelling provides key contributions to coastal ecology
8 Chwefror	Brandon Shaw, Loughborough University	Accessory to Murder: Carnivorous Plants Host Diverse Fungal Endophyte Communities Driven by Host Functional Traits
18 Ionawr	Prof Tariq Butt, Swansea University	Metarhizium, a multifunctional fungus
11 Ionawr	Billy Moore, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology	Effects of marine warming on the metabolism and transcriptome of clownfish

2023 Seminarau

Dyddiad	Seinydd	Teitl y Seminar
7 Rhagfyr	Dr Siraprapa Mahanil, Mae Fah Luang University	Fungi as a resource for bioactive secondary metabolites: Application and Limitation
30 Tachwedd	Dr Josh Arbon, University of Bristol	How jackdaws learn socially about each other and their world
16 Tachwedd	Dr Cai Ladd, Swansea University
8 Tachwedd	Dr Ricardo Martinez-Garcia, Centre for Advanced Systems Understanding	To leave or not to leave: a mechanistic model for the decision-making process behind ungulate partial migration
26 Hydref	Dr Cedric van der Berg, University of Bristol	Implications of Quantitative Visual Modelling
12 Hydref	Dr Steve Slocombe, Swansea University	The Future is Red