EEB Seminar Series – Fall 2024
Seminars are held on Mondays from 4 – 5pm (Central time) in the Horticulture Forest Science Building (HFSB 104) unless noted otherwise (***). Refreshments served at 3:30
For questions, email EEB Program Coordinator Heather Baldi.
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| Date | Speaker, Seminar Title/Topic, Host | |
| sep 2 |  |
No Seminar – Labor Day |
| sep 9 |  |
Jordan Salomon EEB Graduate Student Title: Flea-ting encounters and tick-ing across time: unraveling the complex ecology of vector-borne diseases Host: Sarah Hamer (VIBS) |
| sep 16 |  |
Alex Howard EEB Postdoctoral Scholar Title: The evolution of climate tolerances and the shifting community composition of sympatric congeners of Sceloporus spiny lizards Host: Michelle Lawing (ECCB) |
| sep 23 *** |
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Johanna Kowalko Lehigh University Title: Understanding the genetic basis of trait evolution in blind cavefish Host: GGSA – Ari Aviles. This seminar will be co-hosted with the Department of Biology (BIOL) and Genetics (GENE). ***Location BCBP 108 (4:05 PM) |
| sep 30 |  |
David Bapst Texas A&M University, GEOL Title: Evolutionary constraint and convergence in the extinct planktonic graptolites Host: EEB Core Faculty |
| oct 7 | |
No Seminar – Fall Break |
| oct 14 |  |
Vivienne Foroughirad Texas A&M University, Galveston Title: Intraspecific niche partitioning in bottlenose dolphins Host: EEB Core Faculty |
| **oct 22 |  |
Beth Archie Notre Dame University Title: Social and environmental effects on health and survival in wild baboons Host: Courtney Fitzpatrick (BIOL) ** NOTE DATE/LOCATION CHANGE. LOCATION: BSBE 115 |
| oct 28 |  |
Fall 2024 General Meeting Host: EEB Executive Committee |
| nov 4 |  |
Ronald Vargas Soltis Center, Costa Rica Texas A&M University, Global Engagement Title: Costa Rica and its biodiversity Host: Spence Behmer (ENTO). This seminar will be co-hosted with the Department of Entomology (ENTO) and the Department of Ecology & Conservation Biology (ECCB). |
| nov 11 |  |
Conrad Matthee Stellenbosch University Title: The integrate interplay between landscape, host-, and parasite ecology in shaping the diversity and evolution of ectoparasites from southern Africa Host: Jessica Light (ECCB) |
| nov 18 *** |
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R. Graham Reynolds University of North Carolina, Asheville Title: Contingency, determinism, and stochasticity in the evolution of West Indian boas Host: GGSA – Veronika Mojik. This seminar will be co-hosted with Genetics (GENE). *** Location BCBP 108 (4:05 PM). |
| nov 25 | |
No Seminar – Thanksgiving Holiday |
| **** dec 2 |
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Natasha Bloch University of Los Andes Colombia Title: From transcriptomics to gene editing: finding candidate genes underlying mating behavior in guppies Host: Rachel Moran (BIOL) **** THIS SEMINAR HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR SPRING 2025**** |
