Seminars 2020-2021
Date | Speaker(s) and Topic |
Sept 14 |
Daniel Tomsic Professor, Univ. Buenos Aires Neuroethology of visually-guided prey capture and escape behaviors in a crab´s mudflat world, Host Lab: Layne |
Sept 21 | Laura Klein Head Curator & Director of Herbal Research, LeafWorks Plants you can eat, drink, and smoke: genomic and morphological variation in economically important plants, Host Lab: Tepe |
Sept 28 | Lindsey E. Romick-Rosendale Director of Core/Assistant Professor, CCHMC Metabolomics: Can we manipulate your metabolism to improve your overall health and nutrition?, Host Lab: Benoit |
Oct 5 | Michael Caldwell Professor, Univ. of Alberta The Origin of Snakes, Host Lab: Konishi |
Oct 12 | Annemarie van der Marel & Grace Smith Vidaurre Postdocs, UC; New Mexico State University/UC/Rockefeller U. Host Lab: Hobson |
Oct 19 |
Brandon Kilbourne Jr. Working Group Leader, Museum für Naturkunde something about "Macroevolutionary biomechanics", Host Lab: Lawson |
Oct 26 | Cayelan Carey Associate professor, Virginia tech Host Lab: Booth |
Nov 9 | John Long Professor, Vassar biorobotics/biomechanics/evolution, Host Lab: Vanderelst |
Nov 16 | Emilie Snell-Rood Associate Professor, University of Minnesota Host Lab: Morehouse |
Nov 23 | Joanna Wardwell-Ozgo Emory University Host Lab: Grogan |
Date | Speaker(s) and Topic |
Jan 11 |
Kate Laskowski Assistant Professor, UC Davis You're unique just like everyone else: what clonal fish can tell us about behavioral individuality, Host Lab: Hobson/Morehouse/Grogan |
Jan 25 | Ariel Silber Professor, University of São Paulo Trypanosoma cruzi: three ways of using amino acids to ‘charge batteries’, Host Lab: Lander |
Feb 1 | Alicia Kowatolski Professor, Department of Biochemistry, University of São Paulo, Brazil TBD (works on energy metabolism, diets and mitochondrial physiology in mammals), Host Lab: Lander |
Feb 15 | Joseph Johnson Assistant Professor, Ohio University Hanging in the balance: Understanding the present and future of North America’s vanishing bat species”, Host Lab: Culley |
Feb 22 | Chris Jeffrey Associate Professor, University of Nevada, Reno TBD, Host Lab: Tepe |
Mar 1 | Rachel Vannette Assistant Professor, UC Davis TBD, Host Lab: Rollmann |
Mar 8 | Kristen Panfilio University of Warwick TBD (some of eco-evo or embro development), Host Lab: Benoit |
Mar 15 | Henry Astley Assistant Professor, University of Akron Using Mechanical Models To Explore The Evolution Of Functional Morphology, Host Lab: Jayne/Rollmann |
Mar 22 | Katrina Twing Assistant Professor, Weber State University TBD, Host Lab: Rowe |
Mar 29 | Dorith Rotenberg Associate Professor, North Carolina State University TBS (thrips biology), Host Lab: Benoit |
Apr 5 | Sarah Zohdy Associate Professor, Auburn University Lemurs, Humans, and disease, Host Lab: Grogan |
Apr 12 | Natasha Bloch Assistant Professor, University of Los Andes Color and color vision: evolution, genetics and neurogenomics of color, color preference and mating behavior, Host Lab: L. Lawson |