BIOL 252 Seminar Series 2010-2011
Thursdays at 4:10 pm • Genomics Auditorium
Refreshments served beforehand in the Moore Room (Spieth 3365).
Please contact the host to make an appointment with any of the speakers.
Current schedule:
Fall Quarter, 2011
| Date | Speaker | Title | Institution | host |
| 29-Sept-11 | Van Savage | "How Do Organismal Traits and Environmental Factors Constrain Trophic Interaction Strengths?" | UCLA | Anderson |
| 06-Oct-11 | Vincent Careau | "Energy Expenditure, Life-history, and Behavior: Variation Among Species, Breeds, and Individuals" | UCR | Garland |
| 13-Oct-11 | Nicole Hynson | "From Mutualism to Parasitism: Ecological Insights into the Context Dependency of the Mycorrhizal Symbiosis" | UC Irvine | Sachs |
| 20-Oct-11 | Jesse Barber | "The Sensory Ecology of Predator-Prey Interactions" | Boise State University | Khaleel Razak, Psychology |
| 27-Oct-11 | Patrick A. Carter | "Evolution of Complex Traits: A Function-Valued Approach" | Washington State University | Garland |
| 03-Nov-11 | Mike Allen | "Understanding Invasives: Comparing Plant-Soil Feedbacks of Red Brome in California with its Native Mediterranean Origins" | UCR | Department |
| 10-Nov-11 | Anthony Amend | "Examining the causes and consequences of fungal diversity using biogeographic and evolutionary approaches" | UCI | Sachs |
| 17-Nov-11 | Matt McHenry | "The Biomechanics of Flow Sensing in Fish" | UCI | Higham |
| 24-Nov-11 | No Seminar | Thanksgiving | ||
| 01-Dec-11 | Peter Zani | "The Challenges of Living in a Changing Climate: Inferences from Lizard Ecophysiology | Cal Poly Pomona | Garland |
Winter Quarter, 2012
| Date | Speaker | Title | Institution | host |
| 12-Jan-12 | Will RatCliff | "Experimental Evolution of Multicellularity" | University of Minnesota | Reznick |
| 19-Jan-12 | Barry Sinervo | "Hotspot of Climate Forced Extinction Threaten Biodiversity at Tropical and Temperate Speciation Hotspots" | UC Santa Cruz | Reznick |
| 26-Jan-12 | Mark Fenn | "Atmospheric Deposition of Reactive Nitrogen: Consequences for the Environment of Inadvertent Nitrogen Fertilization" | USDA Forest Service PSW Research Station | Sachs |
| 02-Feb-12 | Jennifer Smith | "Evolution and Mechanisms of Mammalian Cooperation: From Hyenas to Marmots" | UCLA | Saltzman |
| 09-Feb-12 | R. Alexander Pyron | "Fossil and Molecular Approaches to Understanding the Origins of Global Diversity" | The George Washington University | Gatesy |
| 16-Feb-12 | Corrie Moreau | "Ants, Plants, and Bacteria: A Tale of Evolutionary Diversification" | Field Museum | Stajich/Plant Pathology |
| 23-Feb-12 | Kelly Dawes | "Structure, Function, and Evolution of Centromeres - the "Black Holes" of the Maize Genome" | University of Georgia | Hyman |
| 01-Mar-12 | James Justus | "Inferential Robustness in Modeling Complex Ecological Systems" | Florida State University | Regan |
| 08-Mar-12 | Timothy Bonebrake | "Climatic Variability and Global Change Impacts on Species" | UC Riverside | Regan |
| 15-Mar-12 |
Spring Quarter, 2012
| Date | Speaker | Title | Institution | host | 05-Apr-12 | David Lee | TBA | UNLV | Higham |
| 12-Apr-12 | ||||
| 19-Apr-12 | ||||
| 26-Apr-12 | Pawel Koteja | TBA | TBA | Garland |
| 03-May-12 | Mike Mooring | TBA | Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego | Saltzman |
| 10-May-12 | Laura Mydlarz | TBA | University of Texas at Arlington | Anderson |
| 17-May-12 | Prof. Julius Lukes | "Chromera Velia: A Free-Living Predecessor of Malaria from the Coral Reef" | Budweis, Czech Republic | Maslov |
| 24-May-12 | ||||
| 31-May-12 | Samrat Mondol | "Why Increasing Numbers May Not Be Enough: Demographic Loss Creates More Genetic Structure in Indian Tiger Populations" | University of Washington | Helen Regan/Nigel Hughes (nigel.hughes@ucr.edu) |
| 07-June-12 | Tadashi Fukami | TBA | Stanford University | Anderson |