From apes-friends at lists.wits.ac.za Wed Feb 19 14:34:52 2014 From: apes-friends at lists.wits.ac.za (Friends and Alumni of the School of AP&ES) Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 12:34:52 +0000 Subject: [APES Friends] ALUMNI EVENT - 13 MARCH SAVE THE DATE Message-ID: Dear All Every year The School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences of the University of the Witwatersrand hosts two alumni events which showcase recent developments in biology. The title of the presentation for our next event is "Saving our ecosystems from invasive alien plants: set a thief to catch a thief" by Professor John Hoffmann from the University of Cape Town. Date: 13 March 2014 Time: 17h30 for 18h00 Venue: Oppenheimer Life Sciences Building (OLS 4) Presenter: Professor John Hoffmann from the Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town Professor John Hoffmann is a world-renowned scientist in the field of weed biological control. He has championed the use of seed-attacking agents to bring about long-term control of some of our worst alien invasive weeds. Amongst his extensive work on many different weed species, he has implemented the very successful control of Prickly Pear and Australian acacia species in South Africa. " Topic: Saving our ecosystems from invasive alien plants: set a thief to catch a thief Cost: R50 (finger foods and drinks provided) RSVP: Tammy - Tamelyne.vantonder at wits.ac.za or 011 7176403 (Please RSVP by 3rd March 2014 to secure your place.) For the last 100 years, South African biologists have been bringing insects and diseases from other continents to control exotic plants that are invading our natural ecosystems. Using these agents to control exotic invasions is known as biological control. A flood of recent effort has seen South Africa rise to become a world leader in this field of research, with many of the best global examples right on our door step. In this presentation, Prof John Hoffmann discusses how the first steps were taken in South Africa and then presents some examples of the spectacular successes that have made a very real difference for conservation and agriculture in South Africa. In particular, his presentation focuses on the challenges of tackling invasive tree species using biological control agents and what we might expect of the insects and pathogens that we employ for this task. The School of Animal, Plant and Environmental Sciences is part of the Faculty of Science at the University of the Witwatersrand. Studies in the school focus at the level of living organisms and their interaction with the environment. Areas of specialisation include savannas, grasslands and aquatic biology, with an emphasis on biodiversity, sustainable resources and range limitation. The Alumni event presents a unique opportunity to interact with academic staff of the school. Should you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact me Kind Regards Tammy Van Tonder Senior Administrator: Operations School of Animal, Plants & Environmental Sciences University of the Witwatersrand (011) 717 6403 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From apes-friends at lists.wits.ac.za Mon Feb 24 11:31:13 2014 From: apes-friends at lists.wits.ac.za (Friends and Alumni of the School of AP&ES) Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 09:31:13 +0000 Subject: [APES Friends] FRIDAY SEMINAR Message-ID: Dear All Attached, please find flyer for Friday's (28th February) seminar. The details of the seminar are as follows: Venue: B121 Date: Friday 28th February 2014 Time: 13h20 Don't delay, Save the date today! Kind Regards Tammy Van Tonder Senior Administrator: Operations School of Animal, Plants & Environmental Sciences University of the Witwatersrand (011) 717 6403 From: Kelsey Glennon Sent: 21 February 2014 01:31 PM To: Tamelyne Van Tonder Subject: FW: potential Friday seminar speaker? Hi Tammy, Thomas sent me information regarding his talk next week...and a poster that you might be able to use to advertise! Happy Friday, Kelsey ---- Kelsey L. Glennon, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow School of Animal, Plant, & Environmental Sciences University of the Witwatersrand Private Bag 3 WITS 2050 South Africa ________________________________ From: Thomas Coetzee [thomas.d.coetzee at gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 21, 2014 12:22 PM To: Kelsey Glennon Subject: Re: potential Friday seminar speaker? Hi Kelsey, I hope you are well. Please find the details as well as abstract for the presentation below: The Digital Debate Presented by Thomas Coetzee Ameera Dinat Abstract Tertiary education seems to be moving towards electronic learning. Is this shift environmentally justifiable? This study investigates the environmental impact of a shift from using paper to using a "tablet" system for dissemination of information to students at the University of the Witwatersrand. This presentation will provide discussion into the environmental impact of each technology. I have also attached the poster we made for our research project, this will give you an indication of what the talk will be about. Please let us know any further information. Kind regards Thomas and Ameera On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 11:36 AM, Kelsey Glennon > wrote: Hi Thomas, Thought I'd touch base with you about speaking next week (28th Feb) and if you had a title? I'd like to send it to our office administrator (CC'ed) so that she could put together an advert. Thanks again! Looking forward to your talk next week! Kind regards, Kelsey ---- Kelsey L. Glennon, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow School of Animal, Plant, & Environmental Sciences University of the Witwatersrand Private Bag 3 WITS 2050 South Africa ________________________________ From: Kelsey Glennon Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 12:53 PM To: Thomas Coetzee Cc: Ameera Dinat; Nicola Wagner Subject: RE: potential Friday seminar speaker? Hi Thomas, Great- thanks so much! We generally start the Friday afternoon seminar (informal talks) at 13h30. You'd have until 2ish, so about half an hour. If you like, you could plan to talk for 20ish minutes, and I'm sure you'll get a lot of questions/discussion. Please could you send me a title that I could send to our secretary to use to advertise to the students? Just to recap the details: Room B14, 28 Feb at 13h30 If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask! Thanks again! Kelsey ---- Kelsey L. Glennon, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow School of Animal, Plant, & Environmental Sciences University of the Witwatersrand Private Bag 3 WITS 2050 South Africa ________________________________ From: Thomas Coetzee [thomas.d.coetzee at gmail.com] Sent: Monday, February 17, 2014 12:01 PM To: Kelsey Glennon Cc: Ameera Dinat; Nicola Wagner Subject: Re: potential Friday seminar speaker? Hi Kelsey Ok great, yes I'm keen to do it! My project partner called Ameera dinat, (cc'd here ) and I will put a presentation together this week. We will be sharing the presentation. How long do we have the floor for? I don't think it will take 30 min for us to present our paper. Kind regards Thomas Coetzee Sent from my iPhone On Feb 17, 2014, at 11:04 AM, Kelsey Glennon > wrote: Hi Thomas, Lochran sent me your contact details and suggested I contact you about giving a short Friday afternoon seminar in AP&ES. I've heard that you've done interesting work on determining whether paper or e-note taking is better for the environment. If you'd be amenable, it would be great if you could give a talk next Friday (21 Feb). It's a relatively short, informal talk, that lasts about 30 minutes. Looking forward to hearing from you, Cheers Kelsey ---- Kelsey L. Glennon, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow School of Animal, Plant, & Environmental Sciences University of the Witwatersrand Private Bag 3 WITS 2050 South Africa This communication is intended for the addressee only. It is confidential. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately and destroy the original message. You may not copy or disseminate this communication without the permission of the University. 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