General and Comparative Physiology
This lecture series honours Professor William S. Hoar, among whose many outstanding contributions to science in Canada was the growth and development of Comparative Physiology in the Department of Zoology at the University of British Columbia.
Professor William Stewart Hoar was born in Moncton, New Brunswick on August 31, 1913, and passed away in Vancouver on June 13, 2006.
In 1934 he received a B.A. in Biology and Geology from the University of New Brunswick. After obtaining a Master's degree in Zoology from the University of Western Ontario and a Doctorate in Medical Sciences from Boston University, Professor Hoar held academic positions at the University of New Brunswick (1939-42 and 1943-46) and the University of Toronto (1942-43). During this time he also worked for several summers for the Fisheries Research Board of Canada. In 1945 Professor hoar was appointed Professor of Zoology and Fisheries at the University of British Columbia. Here he became well known as an excellent teacher and scientist, and played a major role in shaping the Department of Zoology, particularly from 1964-71 when he was Head of Department.
In addition to well over 100 scientific publications, Professor Hoar was the editor of the Canadian Journal of Zoology and continues as co-editor of the multi-volume series on Fish Physiology. In 1966 he wrote a textbook of General and Comparative Physiology which is currently in its third edition and has been translated into a number of foreign languages.
Professor Hoar has received no less than seven Honourary Degrees from Canadian Universities. In 1955 he was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and ten years later was awarded the Flavelle Medal. From 1971 to 1973 he was the president of Academy III of the Royal Society. In 1974 he received the Fry Medal from the Canadian Society of Zoologists and, in the same year, became an Officer of the Order of Canada.
Previous William S. Hoar Lecturers
Year | Lecturer | Title of seminar |
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2023 | Holly Shiels | Fishing for the keys to longevity in the heart of the Greenland shark |
2022 | Craig E. Franklin | Describing pattern and elucidating mechanism: Field and lab-based studies on the world’s largest extant reptile, the estuarine crocodile |
2021 | Pat Wright | Fish at the transition zone between water and air- a physiological and evolutionary perspective |
2020 | Bob Devlin | Growth-engineered salmonids - from physiology to environmental risk assessment |
2019 | Terrie Williams | Touching Extinction: Biological Achilles' heels and the survival of big, fierce animals |
2018 | Roger Seymour | The physiology of fossils: how fossil bones can infer metabolic status of extinct dinosaurs and human ancestors |
2017 | Suzie Currie | Flexible fish? How ecological and social context influence physiological responses to environmental change |
2016 | John F. Steffensen | Old and cold: biology of the greenland shark |
2015 | Anthony Farrell | Climate Change: Fishing for Answers using Physiology |
2014 | Paul Ponganis | Breathe Deep to Dive Deep: The Diving Physiology of Emperor Penguins |
2013 | Bill Marshall | Fun with Fundulus: From salt transport regulation to genome |
2012 | Ann Pabst | Building a deep-diving mammal: insights into the functional morphology of cetaceans |
2011 | David Evans | Paracrine control of fish gill function |
2010 | William Milsom | Adaptive trends in respiratory control: a comparative perspective |
2009 | Michael Castellini | Biochemical aspects of marine mammal diving physiology |
2008 | Donal Manahan | Physiology and development in "extreme" environments |
2007 | Tobias Wang | Evolution of high blood pressures in pythons and giraffes |
2006 | Chris Wood | Physiological consequences of feeding in the dogfish shark, Squalus acanthias |
2005 | Pat Butler | Physiological constraints on the foraging behaviour of aquatic birds |
2004 | Peter Scheid | High flying birds |
2003 | Donald Jackson | Coping with hypoxia acidosis: strategies and mechanisms |
2002 | John Phillips | Neuropeptide control of insect renal reabsorption: recent molecular advances |
2001 | David J. Randall | Responses of fish to hypoxia |
2000 | Robert Boutilier | Surviving hypoxia and hypothermia without really dying |
1999 | J. G. (Goeff) Eales | The evolution of the control of the thyroid system |
1998 | Peter Hochachka | Mechanism and evolution of the diving response in seals and sea lions |
1997 | Warren Burggren | Studying physiological development: past, present and future |
1996 | Tom Lam | Marine fish larvae: endogenous deficiencies, exogenous compensation |
1995 | Barbara Block | Endothermy in fish: thermogenesis, ecology and evolution |
1994 | R. Balaban | The control of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation in vivo |
1993 | J. Diamond | Ceilings on metabolic performance: nursing mother, triathletes and nerds |
1992 | R. Peter | Brain hormones and fish spawning: from the lab to the farm pond |
1991 | A. O. D. Willows | Neural basis of behaviour |
1990 | K. P. Lederis | CRF-like neuropeptides in fish CNS |
1989 | J. S. Clegg | Intracellular water and cytoplasmic organization: water, water everywhere, but not the kind you think |
1988 | T. H. Bullock | Comparative physiology of brain function: unfenced open range |
1987 | Howard A. Bern | Neuroendocrine tales from fish tails |