University of Michigan
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

ED-QUE²ST
Enhancing Diversity, Quality, and Understanding of the Ecological/Evolutionary Sciences for Tomorrow

Schedule

9:10    Sara Colom:  "Does morphology play a part in the art of symbiosis? Phylogeny and morphological evolution of Galeommatoidean clams of Madagascar"

9:30    Kirsten Verster: "Effect of regional phenotypic variation on learning in wasps"

9:50    Zach Hajian-Forooshani: "Patterns of spider biodiversity under different management systems in coffee agroecosystems in Mexico

10:10  Raymond Balaguer: "Dominance and discovery of an invasive ant species, Wasmannia auropunctata, with potential competitors within its native range"

10:30    Break

10:40  L’Oreal Hawkes: "The effect of natural enemy diversity on the migration of pests in urban agroecosystems: The pea aphid"

11:00  Alejandra Torres Marrero: "Which of the transcription factors that regulate the Drosophila yellow gene alter pigmentation in the fly wing?"

11:20  Sanam Anwar: "Dietary reconstruction of Miocene ungulates from Pakistan based on dental microwear and stable isotopes"