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Biology Colloquium

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