The Spring 2021 Biology Colloquium occurs on Thursdays at 3:30 and will be entirely online.
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January 28 | Betsy Arnold | Fungal endophytes from the tropics to the tundra: clues to the evolution of fungal symbioses | University of Arizona |
February 4 | Kevin Kocot | Old-school meets new-school: biodiversity, taxonomy, and systematics of microscopic animals in the 21st century | University of Alabama |
February 11 | K Nargar | Assembly and evolution of Australia’s rich orchid flora – phylogenomic insights | James Cook University |
February 18 | Holger Kreft | Global patterns of plant diversity on islands | University of Göttingen |
February 25 | Toshihiro Obata | Metabolomics approaches to elucidate functions of primary metabolism in plant resilience to abiotic stresses | University of Nebraska |
March 4 | Nicolás Mongiardino Koch | Phylogenomic and paleontological insights into echinoid diversification | Yale University |
March 11 | Gregg Howe | To grow or defend? Mechanistic and evolutionary insights from the jasmonate signaling pathway | Michigan State University |
March 18 | Daniel Matute | The importance of hybridization in evolution | UNC-Chapel Hill |
March 25 | Kacy Gordon | A rapidly growing support cell orients and segregates dividing germ stem cells | UNC-Chapel Hill |
April 1 | Justine Smith | Anthropogenic influences on the role of a top predator | University of California Davis |
April 8 | Joseph Graves | Science and Social Justice | North Carolina A&T State University; UNC Greensboro |
April 15 | Ann Sakai | Schiedea Happens: Multidisciplinary studies of the evolution of breeding systems in Hawaiian Schiedea (Caryophyllaceae) | University of California Irvine |
April 22 | David M. Miller | Wiring the nervous system: Turning off the wrong genes to build the right connections | Vanderbilt University |
April 29 | Brian Atkinson | Permineralized Cretaceous Floras from the Pacific Northwest Shed Light on the Phylogenetic Diversification of Terrestrial Floras | |
May 6 | Adam T. Ford | Bridging ecology and policy in wildlife restoration | University of British Columbia |
Schedule
- April
- April 22Online: Biology Colloquium: David M. MillerWiring the nervous system: Turning off the wrong genes to build the right connections3:30 PM, Online
- April 29Online: Biology Colloquium: Brian AtkinsonPermineralized Cretaceous Floras from the Pacific Northwest Shed Light on the Phylogenetic Diversification of Terrestrial Floras3:30 PM, Online
- May
- May 6Online: Biology Colloquium: Adam T. FordBridging ecology and policy in wildlife restoration3:30 PM, Online