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Biology Colloquium

BIOL 252 Seminar Series 2009-2010

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, 2009

Date Speaker Title Institution host
01-Oct-09 Ryan Skophammer "Uncovering Deep Prokayrotic Relationships to Root the Tree of Life" UC Riverside Sachs
08-Oct-09 Walter Metzner "Expression of the 'Language Gene' FoxP2 in Echolocating and Non-Echolocating Bats and how it Affects Complex Vocal Behaviors" UCLA Altshuler
15-Oct-09 Nga Nguyen "Behavioral Endocrinology of Motherhood and Reproduction in Wild East African Primates"  California State University - Fullerton  Saltzman 
22-Oct-09 Renata Duraes "The Paradox of the Lek is Dead: Long Live the Paradox of the Lek! Understanding Lek Behavior in Manakin Birds" UCLA Zuk
29-Oct-09 Amro Hadoum "Success and Failure of Embryo Defenses in a Rapidly Changing World" Scripps Oceanographic Cardullo
05-Nov-09 Graham Slater  "Biomechanical Approaches to Studying the Evolution of Carnial Shape in Carnivores"  UCLA  Reznick 
12-Nov-09 Helen Regan "Assessing Risks to Native Plants Under Global Change" UC Riverside Department
19-Nov-09 Ken Dial "Ecological and Evolutionary Significance of Locomotor Development in Birds" University of Montana Altshuler
26-Nov-09 Academic Holiday      
03-Dec-09 Anne Hirsch "Stuck On You - Initiating Symbiotic Interactions Between Microbes and Plants" UCLA Sachs

Winter Quarter, 2010

07-Jan-10 Aimee Sue Dunlap TBA University of Arizona Zuk
14-Jan-10 Erol Akcay "The evolution of games and how to play them" National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) Sachs
21-Jan-10 Phil Pister  "Ethics and the Environmental Biologist"  Desert Fishes Council  Hammond 
28-Jan-10 Jonathan Shurin  "Environmental Stability and Species Diversity in Plankton"  UBC  Anderson 
04-Feb-10 George W. Gilchrist National Science Foundation Roff
11-Feb-10 Matt Daugherty  TBA  UC Riverside  Sachs 
18-Feb-10 Sharon Swartz TBA Brown University Altshuler
25-Feb-10 Sang-Hee Lee    UC Riverside  Fairbairn 
04-Mar-10 Anupama Dahanukar  TBA  UC Riverside  Altshuler 
11-Mar-10 Jennifer Balch  TBA  NCEAS/UCSB  Regan 

Spring Quarter, 2010

01-Apr-10        
08-Apr-10        
15-Apr-10 Jennifer Martiny  TBA  UC Irvine  Sachs 
22-Apr-10        
29-Apr-10        
06-May-10 Priyanga Amarasekare  TBA  UCLA  Regan  
13-May-10        
20-May-10        
27-May-10        
03-June-10