Department Seminar
Fall 2007
(unless otherwise noted, seminars are held in Life Sciences 112 at 3:00 PM on Friday afternoons)
Date |
Title/Speaker |
November 9 |
Dr. George Folkerts
Auburn University
Evolution in the pitcher plant genus Sarracenia |
November 16 |
Dr. Willie Wilson (hosted by Tony Moss)
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences
Berry stone viruses: 30-years of climate control and face cream |
November 30 |
Dr. Meena Narshimhan (hosted by Narendra Singh) Purdue University
Multitasking By Plant PR-5 (Thaumatin-like) Proteins
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December 7 |
Dr. Mike Winterrowd (hosted by Steve Dobson) Macon State College Gene Dynamics in the Colonially Breeding Black-Tailed Prairie Dog, Cynomys ludovicianus: Estimating Effective Population Size via Two Theoretical Approaches
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Spring 2008
(unless otherwise noted, seminars are held in
Life Sciences 112 at 3:00 PM on Friday afternoons)
Date |
Title/Speaker |
January 11
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January 18
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Dr. Volker Brozel
South Dakota State University
Associate professor
"Dinner with Bacillus: A systems biology approach to characterizing growth of a soil bacterium"
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January 25
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Dr. Brian Helmuth
Associate professor
University of South Carolina
Ecological forecasting of rocky intertidal ecosystems: triaging the train wreck of climate change
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| February 1 |
No Seminar Scheduled |
| February 8 |
No Seminar Scheduled |
February 15

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Dr. Ya-Xiong Tao
Assistant Professor
College of Veterinary Medicine,
Auburn University
Neural Melanocortin Receptors and Energy Homeostasis-- Insights from Naturally Occurring Mutations
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February 22**
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Dr. Dan Simberloff
Nancy Gore Hunger Professor of Environmental Science
University of Tennessee – Knoxville
Birds of the Solomon Islands: the domain of assembly rules and the equilibrium theory of island biogeography |
February 29  |
Dr. Eugenio Carpizo-Ituarte
Professor
Instituto de Investigaciones Oceanologicas
Universidad Autonoma de Baja California
Ensenada, Mexico
Sea urchin metamorphosis: From environmental cues to morphogenetic changes during settlement
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March 7
 |
Dr. Lisa Rapaport
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Clemson University
Development of foraging behavior in wild golden lion tamarins: monkey see, monkey do?
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March 14
 |
Dr. James (Eddie) Watkins
Mercer Postdoctoral Fellow
Arnold Arboretum,
Harvard University
Watergate: Tapping into the hydraulics of early land plants
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March 21 |
Spring Break |
March 28**
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Dr. Nalini Nadkarni
Professor
Evergreen State College
Canopy Communities as Keystone Components of Rainforest Ecosystems |
April 4**
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Dr. Jim Leebens-Mack
Associate Professor
University of Georgia
Sex determination and the origin of dioecy in the genus Asparagus |
April 11
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Dr. Nanette Chadwick
Associate Professor
Auburn University
Title: TBA |
April 18**
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Dr. John Burke
University of Georgia
Genetics and the Evolution of Cultivated Sunflower |
April 25**
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Dr. Laura Runyen-Janecky
Assistant Professor
University of Richmond
Life on the inside: stories of intracellular bacteria |
** - Letter sent and paperwork started
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