EEB Seminar Series – Fall 2017 – Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

* All seminars are held on Mondays at 3:30 pm in 410 Rudder Tower unless otherwise noted. Refreshments served before start.

September 4 Labor Day, no seminar
*Tuesday, September 5, 3:30 pm EEB Faculty Meeting
*September 11, 4 pm** *Location: 108 BioBio Title: The evolution of large scale genome structure Speaker: Heath Blackmon, Texas A&M University Co-hosted with G2: Bill Murphy Flyer [PDF]
September 18, 3:30 pm Location: 410 Rudder Tower Title: Physiological Trade-offs in Changing Environments Speaker: Susannah French, Utah State University Hosted by Spence Behmer
September 25, 3:30 pm Location: 410 Rudder Tower Title: Ecosystem Services and Fisheries Resiliency in Pacific Coral Reefs Speaker: Joshua Drew, Columbia University Hosted by Jessica Light
Tuesday, October 3, 4 pm *Location: 104 HFSB Title: Spatial and Temporal Determinants of Savanna Vegetation Dynamics Speaker: Carla Staver, Yale University Co-hosted with ESSM
*October 9, 4 pm Location: 108 BioBio* Title: Vibrio cholerae: human pathogen and bacterial predator? Speaker: Daniele Provenzano, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Co-hosted with G2
October 16, 3:30 pm Location: 410 Rudder Tower Postdoc Research Presentations Title: Population Genetics and Colony Breeding Structure of the Invasive Ant Brachyponera chinensis Speaker: Pierre-André Eyer (ENTO) (Talk Summary)
Title: Beyond lethality – costs of varying thermal resources under the perceived risk of predation Speaker: Travis Rusch (ENTO) (Talk Summary)
October 23, 3:30 pm Location: 410 Rudder Tower Graduate Research Presentations (Talk Summaries Title: The rearing environment of honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) queens affects queen physiology and worker behavior Speaker: Elizabeth Walsh (ENTO) (Talk Summary)
Title: Mate choice in early generation swordtail fish hybrids Speaker: Daniel Powell (BIOL) (Talk Summary)
October 30, 3:30 pm Location: 410 Rudder Tower Title: Mi Casa es su Casa: How an intracellular symbiont manipulates host biology Speaker: Irene Newton, Indiana University Co-hosted with G2: Mariana Mateos
November 6 No seminar
November 13, 3:30 pm Location: 410 Rudder Tower Title: A nutritional approach to resilience and vulnerability of wildlife Speaker: Perry Barboza, Texas A&M University Hosted by Kirk Winemiller
November 20, 3:30 pm Location: 410 Rudder Tower Title: From coral reefs to the deep dark sea: the evolution of marine fishes Speaker: Ron Eytan, Texas A&M University at Galveston Hosted by Jessica Light
Friday, December 1, 12 pm Location 102 HFSB Title: Sexual selection drives biodiversity in crazy directions Speaker: Mike Ryan, University of Texas at Austin Co-hosted with WFSC This is a WFSC Friday Graduate Lunchtime Seminar held in 102 HFSB
December 4, 3:30 pm Location: 410 Rudder Tower Title: Extreme environments, physiological adaptation, and the origin of species Speaker: Michael Tobler, Kansas State University Co-hosted with G2: Gary Voelker

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