Seminars are Thursdays 4-5PM in Orton Hall 110 (unless otherwise noted).
January 31
TUESDAY
Dr. Gerald Carter
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute-Panama City, Panama
Title: Why do vampire bats share their food?
February 2
No seminar
February 9
EEOB Darwin Talks:
Alexander Fotis: “Effects of structural complexity on within-canopy light environments and leaf traits in a northern mixed deciduous forest”
Stephen Murphy: “Distance-dependent seedling mortality and long-term spacing dynamics in a neotropical forest community”
Paul Blischak: “Modeling genetic variation in polyploids using high throughout sequencing data”
February 16
EEOB Darwin Talks:
Jessie Lanterman: “Can C and N stable isotopes reveal bee foraging habits?”
Rosa Rodriguez: “Population genetics and delimitation of Penstemon scariosus species complex: a tale of two markers”
February 23
Peter Beerli
Florida State University
Title: All models are good, but only a few are useful
Host: Laura Kubatko
February 24
Special joint seminar sponsored by the Consumer Sciences, Economics, and EEOB
Jason Fletcher
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Title: Gene-Environment Interactions in Social Mobility
PLEASE NOTE SPECIAL TIME AND LOCATION
1-2:30 pm in Campbell Hall
March 2
No seminar
March 9
John Hutchinson
Royal Veterinary College in London
Title: Six-toed elephants and knobbly-kneed birds! Case studies in the evolution of limb sesamoid bones
Host: GEES
March 16
Spring Break – No seminar
March 23
Rebecca Swab
The Wilds
Title: Ecosystem Engineering at The Wilds: Prairies on Reclamation Land
Host: Karen Goodell
March 30
Carl Rothfels
University of California, Berkeley
Title: Next generation polyploid phylogenetics
Host: Andi Wolfe
April 6
Reuven Dukas
McMaster University
Title: Evolutionary biology of social behavior: fruit flies as a model system
Host: Susan Gershman
April 13
Susan Gershman
The Ohio State University
Title: Conflicts of Interest: Sexual selection in the charismatic microfauna
Host: Libby Marschall
April 20
Zakee Sabree
The Ohio State University
Title: Genomic and Physiological Evidence of Beneficial Host-Microbial Symbioses
Host: Libby Marschall
April 27
No seminar