Fall 2018
Most seminars on Thursdays at 3:30 in B302 Birge Hall
DATE |
SPEAKER |
TITLE |
| 9/6 | Alan Weakley University of North Carolina |
ILTIS LECTURE Assembly of the Native Flora of the Southeastern United States: an Evolutionary Tale |
| 9/13 | Hong Ma Penn State |
Nuclear phylogenomic analyses of the Rose family and implications on evolutionary history of distinct fleshy fruit types |
| 9/20 | Jan Huisken Morgridge Institute |
Light sheet microscopy for biological multi-scale imaging inside and outside the optics lab |
| 9/27 | Gay Reinartz Zoological Society of Milwaukee |
Assessing bonobo and forest elephant populations in the Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo |
| 10/4 | Norm Wickett Chicago Botanic Garden |
Applying phylogenomic datasets to multiple scales in diverse organisms, from Onagraceae to mosses to diatoms |
| 10/11 | Anna Sala University of Montana |
Ponderosa pine survival to mountain pine beetle: growth rate tradeoffs, resin duct defenses and genetic drought predisposition |
| 10/18 | José Feijó University of Maryland |
Ion signaling and reproduction: molecular basis and integrative mechanisms |
| 10/25 | Kate McCulloh Department of Botany |
The plant danger zone: assessing different strategies to deal with abiotic stresses |
| 11/1 | Gonzalo Giribet Harvard University |
Another round of metazoan phylogeny: current progress and future directions |
| 11/8 | Warren Porter UW-Madison |
P-GMO crops and pesticide use – unexpected relationships and risks to animals and humans |
| 11/15 | Pamela Geddes Northeastern Illinois University |
Identifying cattail species and their hybrids using molecular markers: lessons learned |
| 11/22 | THANKSGIVING |
no lecture |
| 11/29 | Jeannine Cavender-Bares University of Minnesota |
Diversification, adaptation and community assembly of the American oaks (Quercus), a model clade for integrating ecology and evolution |
| 12/6 | Veronica di Stilio University of Washington |
Reconstructing the ancestral role of flowering pathway genes |
| 11/29 | Thomas Givnish Department of Botany |
The Green Empire Strikes Back! Ecology and evolution of carnivorous plants |