Unless otherwise noted, all seminars are Mondays in room 166 Cox at 12:20pm
| Feb 8 |
Chemical ecology of plant defense and multi-trophic interactions: bad bugs, pungent parasites, and toxic travelers
Jared Ali, Pennsylvania State University
Host: Wilson
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| Feb 22 |
Can the soil microbiome provide solutions for global sustainability?
Kelly S. Ramirez, University of Texas-El Paso
Host: Afkhami
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| Mar 1 |
Modeling how gut microbes are integral to normal host growth and development
Zakee Sabree, Ohio State University
Host: Wikramanayake
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| Mar 3 |
Abrupt changes in Neotropical vegetation: evidence from the sedimentary record
Alex Correa-Metrio, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Host: Wikramanayake
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| Mar 5 |
Holistic restoration – incorporating science and culture into conservation
Alex Moore, American Museum of Natural History
Host: Wikramanayake
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| Mar 8 |
Teaming with microbes: lessons from the zebrafish intestine
Karen Guillemin, University of Oregon
Host: Dallman
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| Mar 10 |
A tale of two finned kin: environments affect all within
Delia Shelton, Oregon State University
Host: Wikramanayake
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| Mar 12 |
Examining how fat cells communicate nutritional information to the ovary using Drosophila melanogaster
Alissa Armstrong, University of South Carolina
Host: Wikramanayake
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| Mar 15 |
Impacts of water and nutrient stress on vegetation dynamics: a stable isotope-based study of coastal and mountain forests
Lu Zhai, Oklahoma State University
Host: DeAngelis
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| Mar 22 |
Title TBA
Amy Apprill, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
Host: Silveira
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| Mar 29 |
Unexpected alliances: host-virus entanglement and its influence on competitiveness in marine niches
Alisson Buchan, the University of Tennessee – Knoxville
Host: Silveira
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| Apr 5 |
Title TBA
Rodrigo Medellin, National Autonomous University of Mexico
Host: Feeley
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| Apr 12 |
Coevolution and persistence of mutualistic interactions
Mayra Vidal, University of Massachusetts – Boston
Host: Galetti
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| Apr 19 |
Modeling genetics of neurodegeneration and its analysis in the zebrafish cerebellum
Reinhard Koester, Technical University of Braunschweig
Host: Rieger
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| Apr 26 |
Mechanisms to circumvent autophagy inhibition in cancer cells
Christina Towers, University of Colorado – Denver
Host: Wikramanayake
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