Spring 2019 Seminars

Causes and Consequences of Extreme Mitochondrial Mutation Rates

Daniel Sloan, Colorado State University
Host: Wikramanayake

Bruno Buzatto, Macquarie University
Host: Wikramanayake

Testing the Limits: The Ecology of Elevational Ranges in Neotropical Birds
Jill Jankowski, University of British Columbia
Host: Wikramanayake

Bacteriophages: Double-edged Swords in a Coral Reef Ecology
Cynthia Silveira, San Diego State University
Host: Wikramanayake

Big Data at the Interface of Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology
Dan Warren, Senckenberg Institute for Biodiversity and Climate
Host: Wikramanayake

Defaunation in the Anthropocene
Mauro Galetti, Universidade Estadual Paulista
Host: Wikramanayake

Mechanisms of Host Colonization and Manipulation by Wolbachia Endosymbionts
Laura Serbus, Florida International University
Host: Wilson

#Whatkillstress: Drought Survival Strategies of Woody Plants
Louis Santiago, University of California – Riverside
Host: Bravo

A Chorus of Clocks: Circadian and Seasonal Control of Bird Song
Vincent Cassone, University of Kentucky
Host: Gaines

Molecular Mechanisms of Spinal Cord Regeneration: Lessons from Salamanders
Karen Echeverri, Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory
Host: Rieger

Lizards in an Evolutionary Tree: Ecology and Adaptive Radiation of Anoles
Jonathan Losos, Washington University
Host: C. Searcy

Does How We Teach Matter? The Evidence Behind Evidence-based Teaching
Sarah Eddy, Florida International University
Host: Indoft

Plant Population Dynamics in Stochastic Environments
Tom Miller, Rice University
Host: Afkhami & C. Searcy

Modeling Nosocomial Infections by Differential Equations
Xi Huo, University of Miami
Host: Wikramanayake

Evolution in the Dark: Biodiversity, Phylogeny and Adaptations of Crustaceans in the Deep Sea
Heather Bracken-Grissom, Florida International University
Host: Feeley