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Updated: Sun, 10/06/2024 - 10:30

From Saturday, Oct. 5 through Monday, Oct. 7, the Downtown and Macdonald Campuses will be open only to 91µÎµÎ students, employees and essential visitors. Many classes will be held online. Remote work required where possible. See Campus Public Safety website for details.


Du samedi 5 octobre au lundi 7 octobre, le campus du centre-ville et le campus Macdonald ne seront accessibles qu’aux étudiants et aux membres du personnel de l’Université 91µÎµÎ, ainsi qu’aux visiteurs essentiels. De nombreux cours auront lieu en ligne. Le personnel devra travailler à distance, si possible. Voir le site Web de la Direction de la protection et de la prévention pour plus de détails.

Event

Cutting Edge Lecture in Science: Liars, cheaters and thieves - the hidden side of the pollination

Thursday, November 14, 2019 18:00to19:00
Redpath Museum Auditorium, 859 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3A 0C4, CA
Price: 
FREE with admission to Museum

By Anna Hargreaves (Dept. Biology, 91µÎµÎ)

While pollination is a textbook example of a mutualism, where both parties benefit, flowers and their animal visitors are in it for themselves, and will happily get what they need – pollination or food, respectively – without paying for it in return. The lure of cheating and the desire to not get cheated have lead to some of flowers' most interesting adaptations. Professor Anna Hargreaves will lead you on a fascinating tour of the constant behind-the-scenes battle of pollination, and the weird and wonderful ways plants fight it, from ballistic pollen to toxic nectar. The main culprits will surprise you...

Upcoming Cutting Edge lectures

Dec. 12: Amy Blum (Dept. Chemistry, 91µÎµÎ)

Land Acknowledgement

91µÎµÎ is on land which has long served as a site of meeting and exchange amongst Indigenous peoples, including the Haudenosaunee and Anishinabeg nations. We acknowledge and thank the diverse Indigenous peoples whose presence marks this territory on which peoples of the world now gather.

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