Biology Department Seminars
All seminars will be in Research 120 on Tuesdays at 4:00pm unless otherwise noted
September 4
September 11
September 18
September 25: Michael Rosbash, Brandeis
(BGSA-invited speaker)
“Circadian Rhythms:
Behavior, Systems, and Molecules”
September 27 (Thur): Emilio Bruna, University of Florida
"Anthropogenic
impacts on the demography and population dynamics of tropical plants"
October 2: Ken Petren, University of
Cincinnati (host Ricklefs)
"Adaptive
radiation with gene flow in Darwin's finches"
October 4 (Thur): Kyle
Harms, Louisiana State University
“Processes
maintaining species diversity in tropical forests”
October 9: Walter Jetz, UC San Diego
(host Ricklefs)
"The
global diversity of terrestrial vertebrates in a changing world"
October 15 (Mon): Lee Dyer, Tulane University
“A tritrophic view of
specialization, diversity, and climate change.”
October 23: Alejandra Jaramillo, Mizzou
(host Marquis)
“Evolution of the giant
genus Piper”
October 30: Jim Goodson, Indiana University
(host Parker)
“Neural Circuitry of
Approach-Avoidance and the Evolution of Avian Sociality”
November 1 (Thur): Catherine Pringle, University of Georgia
November 6: Anthony Fiumera, Binghamton
University (host Parker)
“Reproductive success and the genetic basis for sexually
selected traits”
November 13: Paul Fine, (UC Berkeley) (host
Ricklefs)
"Herbivory,
defenses, and the evolution of habitat specialization by plants in Amazonian
forests"
November 20: THANKSGIVING
November 27: John Orrock, Washington University
December 4: Catherine Graham, Stony Brook
(host Ricklefs)
Title TBA
WINTER DEPARTMENT SEMINARS 2008
January 22:
January 29: Vojtech Novotny, Institute of
Entomology, Czech Republic“
Plant-insect food webs in tropical forests of Papua New Guinea”
February 5: Ray Semlitsch, University of
Missouri – Columbia
"Basic
Ecological and Behavioral Processes Inform Conservation and Management
Decisions For Amphibians"
February 7: Sarah Certel, Harvard University
February 12: Yoshie Hanzawa,
February 14: Lynn Jo Pillitteri, University of Washington
February 19: Yoshinori Tomoyasu,
February 26:
March 4: Alex Badyaev, University of Arizona
March 11:
March 18: Liz Haswell, Washington University
March 25: (spring break)
April 1: Bethany Zolman, UMSL
April 8: Lisa Schechter, UMSL
April 15:
April 22:
April 29: Priyanga Amarasekare, University of California – Los Angeles
May 6: Eduardo Groisman, Washington University Medical School
May 13: