EEB Lunch

Fall 2006 EEB lunch seminars

Seminars are held from 12 - 1 p.m.on Tuesdays in Room 2009 Ruthven Museums

Date

Title

Presenter

September 12

No EEB Lunch

September 19

Undergraduate research open house

Dr. Rebecca Bernard

Lecturer

September 26

CANCELLED

Professor John Semple
University of Waterloo

October 3

Adaptations of ecological niche modeling for ecology, evolution and conservation

Cori Richards
Graduate student

October 10

Hybridization of Howler Monkeys in Mexico

Dr. Liliana Cortes Ortiz

October 17

No EEB Lunch - fall break

October 24

The use (and abuse) of phylogenetic methods in avian conservation

Dr. Jeff Johnson

Assistant research scientist

October 31

A preliminary phylogenetic analysis in Chamaesyce

Ya Yang
Graduate student

November 7

Adaptations in the Remingtonocetidea (Mammalia Cetacea) and their implications for the early evolution of semiaquatic whales

Ryan Bebej
Graduate student

November 14

Positive selection in humans and chimps

Meg Bakewell
Graduate student

November 21

The scale of the scale: Explorations into self-organization of trophic structures in an agroecosystem

Professor John Vandermeer

November 28



 

December 5

Postponed until next semester

Dr. Soochin Cho

December 12

CANCELLED

Dr. Richard Jobson

 

 

Fall 2006 EEB Ph.D. student evaluation seminars

Seminars are held from 12 - 1 p.m. in Room 2009 Ruthven Museums except as noted*


Date

Title

Presenter

October 11

Testing the chromosomal model of speciation in the northern pocket gopher, Thomomys talpoides, species complex

Meghan Shilts

October 18

In search of the biological significance of modular structures in protein networks

Zhi Wang

October 31

A preliminary phylogenetic analysis in Chamaesyce (Euphorbiaceae)

Ya Yang

November 1

Density-dependence in the terrestrial phase of the wood frog, Rana sylvatica

Jessica Middlemis-Brown

November 2 *

The effect of the invasive shrub Berberis thunbergii on native seedling survival and growth

David Allen

November 3

Rival assessment in wasps: is it more than a beauty contest?

Amanda Izzo

November 6

Using interlocus contrasts to detect selected loci in Montana grasshoppers

Huateng Huang

November 7

Post-cranial remains of the Remingtonocetidae (Mammalia, Cetacea) and their implications for the early evolution of whales

Ryan Bebej

November 8

The consequences of inducible defenses on zooplankton population dynamics and community structure

Clay Cressler

November 14

A genome-wide analysis of positively selected genes in human and chimpanzee

Meg Bakewell

November 16 *

The mite pockets of lizards

Jay Reed


* Room 1650 Chemistry Building

2019 Kraus Natural Science Building
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Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1048

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