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Date
Time |
Speaker, title, topic |
Host |
Seminar location |
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September 6
4:10 - 5:10 p.m. |
Dr. Masatoshi Nei
Director, Institute of Molecular Evolutionary Genetics, Penn State University
Genomic drift of sensory receptor genes and the mutation theory of phenotypic evolution
|
Dr. George Zhang |
Natural Sciences auditorium, 2nd floor |
|
September 13
4:10 - 5:10 p.m. |
Dr. John H. Vandermeer
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan
Complex interactions and biological control in the coffee agroecosystem
|
|
Nat Sci auditorium |
|
September 20
12 - 1 p.m. * |
Dr. Joe Thornton
Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,
University of Oregon
Evolution of complexity: Structural and functional evolution of steroid hormone receptors
|
Dr. Patricia Wittkopp,
jointly sponsored by EEB and MCDB |
Rackham Amphitheater, 4th floor * |
|
September 27
4:10 - 5:10 p.m. |
Dr. Jaap de Roode
Postdoctoral research fellow, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia
Virulence evolution in malaria and a butterfly disease: parasite competition and host ecology
|
Dr. Mark Hunter and Zach Miller, graduate student |
Nat Sci auditorium |
|
October 4
4:10 - 5:10 p.m. |
Dr. Monica Daley
NSF bioinformatics postdoctoral research fellow,
Human Neuromechanics Laboratory, Division of Kinesiology, University of Michigan
The Road Runner had it right: The interplay of mechanics, morphology and sensory information in the control of running over rough terrain
|
Dr. Deborah Golberg,
EEB chair |
Nat Sci auditorium |
|
October 11
4:10 - 5:10 p.m. |
Warren Herb Wagner Guest Lecture in Plant Evolution
Dr. Mark Chase
Botanist, keeper of the Jodrell Laboratory
Kew Botanical Gardens
On the contribution of molecular data to classification and evolutionary biology of the angiosperms
|
Dr. Yin-Long Qiu |
Nat Sci auditorium |
October 12
12:10 - 1:10 p.m.* |
Dr. Mike Fay
Head of Genetics/Chair of IUCN Orchid Specialist Group
Jodrell Laboratory
Kew Botanical Gardens
Genome size variation: Consequences and evolution
|
Dr. Yin-Long Qiu |
Room 2009 Ruthven Museums* |
|
October 18
4:10 - 5:10 p.m. |
Dr. Kathy Stoner
Investigador titular
University of Mexico, Morelia
Breeding behavior of Leptonycteris yerbabuenae (Phyllostomidae: Glossophaginae): Female choice or male power?
|
Graduate students |
Nat Sci auditorium |
October 25
4:10 - 5:10 p.m.
|
Dr. Martin Wikelski
Physiological Ecology Lab, Princeton University
Going wild: How Immuno-Ecology may help explain large-scale ecological patterns
|
Dr. Johannes Foufopoulos |
Nat Sci auditorium |
|
November 1
4:10 - 5:10 p.m. |
Dr. John Damuth
Research biologist, Department of Ecology,
Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara
An evolutionary explanation for population energy-equivalence across body sizes |
Dr. Catherine Badgley |
Nat Sci auditorium |
November 2
12:10 - 1:10 p.m.* |
Dr. John Damuth
Paleoecological inferences using tooth wear rates, hypsodonty and life history in ungulates |
Dr. Catherine Badgley |
Museum of Paleontology, Room 1535* |
|
November 8
4:10 - 5:10 p.m. |
Dr. Pablo Vinuesa
Center for Genomic Science,
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Phylogenomics, molecular markers and natural history of rhizobia
|
Dr. Paul Dunlap |
Nat Sci auditorium |
November 15
4:10 - 5:10 p.m. |
Dr. Valerie Eviner
Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis
Beyond generalizations: embracing variability to improve our understanding and management of plant-soil interactions
|
Dr. Deborah Goldberg,
EEB chair |
Nat Sci auditorium |
|
November 22
4:10 - 5:10 p.m. |
Thanksgiving, no seminar
|
|
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|
November 29
4:10 - 5:10 p.m. |
Dr. James Gillooly
Department of Zoology, University of Florida
Metabolic constraints on evolution and development
|
Dr. Jerry Smith |
Nat Sci auditorium |
|
December 6
4:10 - 5:10 p.m. |
Dr. Jen Lau
Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University
Changing environments, species interactions, and adaptation to novel selection agents
|
Dr. Mike Benard |
Nat Sci auditorium |
|
December 13
1:10 - 2:10 p.m.* |
Special seminar:
Dr. Joe Thornton
Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Oregon
Hormone receptor evolution and biodiversity
|
Jointly sponsored by EEB and MCDB |
1650 Chemistry* |
