Seminars

Feb 3

Modeling species’ ecological niches and geographic distributions
Richard Pearson, Director, Biodiversity Informatics Research , American Museum of Natural History
Host: Israel Del Toro

Feb 7

Spatial modeling of genetic, morphological, and environmental variation: Implications for evolution and conservation
Ian Wang, Postdoctoral Fellow, Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
Host: Duncan Irschick

Feb 10

Developmental plasticity of ornamentation, immune function, and behavior
Mike Butler, Doctoral Candidate in Biology, Arizona State University
Hosts: Ethan Clotfelter & Steve McCormick

Feb 14

Evolutionary ecology of sexual traits: From social networks to speciation
Kevin Oh, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University
Host: Jeff Podos

Feb 17

Conservation genetics of pollination systems
Sevan Suni, NIH PERT Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Insect Science, University of Arizona
Host: Andrew Whiteley

Feb 24

On the origin of species on islands: Signal divergence and speciation in flycatchers of the Solomon Archipelago
Albert Uy, Department of Biology, University of Miami
Host: Craig Albertson

Mar 2

Sinauer Associates Lecture
The hormone in the middle: Integrative organismal responses to changing environments as learned from an adaptable songbird
Ellen Ketterson, Department of Biology, Indiana University
Host: Jeff Podos

Mar 9

White-nose Syndrome 2012: The current status of the research and management of a deadly fungal pathogen
Jeremy Coleman, National White-Nose Syndrome Coordinator, Northeast Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Host: Betsy Dumont

Mar 28

This is your brain on steroids: What songbirds teach us about the neural mechanisms of behavior
Luke Remage-Healey, OEB and Department of Psychology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Host: Jeff Podos
Co-sponsored with the NSB Graduate Program. NOTE: This seminar is on a WEDNESDAY

Apr 13

Inferring the past for traits that alter speciation and extinction
Sally Otto, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia
Hosts: Ben Normark & Laura Katz

Apr 20

The evolution of human skin pigmentation as an exemplar of natural selection
Nina Jablonski, Department of Anthropology, Penn State
Host: Lynnette Sievert

Apr 26

The joint evolution of mating system, life history, and physiology in the annual wildflower Clarkia: Does selection to avoid drought drive the evolution of self-fertilization?
Susan Mazer, Department of Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara
Host: Tobias Baskin
Co-sponsored with Graduate Program in Plant Biology NOTE: This seminar is on a THURSDAY

Apr 27

43 years wrangling Chalicotheres, and other tales of the Perissodactyla
Margery Coombs, OEB and Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst