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Seminars are held on Mondays from 11:30 am – 12:30 pm (Central time) in Innovative Learning Classroom Building (ILCB 224) unless noted otherwise (**).  For questions, email EEB Program Coordinator Heather Baldi.

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Date Speaker, Seminar Title/Topic, Host, Notes
aug 25 EEBL 681 Course Orientation – Students Only
Host:  EEB Seminar Chair
sept 1 Labor Day – No Seminar
sept 8 EEB General Meeting
Heath Blackmon, EEB Chair
Host:  EEB Executive Committee
sept 15 Ian Ausprey
Texas A&M University, ECCB
Title:  Light, heat, and the fate of wild bird populations in the Alps and Andes
Host:  EEB Core Faculty
sept 22 Brian Davis Brian Davis
Texas A&M University, VTPB
Title: Towards “complete” genomes and advancing comparative genomics in domestic mammals
Host:  EEB Core Faculty
sept 29 Prashant Sharma
University of Wisconsin at Madison
Title: Reciprocal illumination between genomes, phylogeny, and development in the evolutionary biology of the arachnids
Host:  Greg Sword (ENTO)
oct 6 Eric Duell
Texas A&M University, ECCB
Title:  The many roles of the plant-soil microbiome: From individuals to ecosystems
Host: EEB Core Faculty
oct 13 Fall Break – No Seminar
oct 20 Amanda Koltz
University of Texas
Title:  Species interactions and ecosystems in a changing world
Host:  Jessica Light (ECCB)
oct 27 Antonio M.M. Rodrigues
Texas A&M University, ECCB
Title: Social evolution and ecology
Host: EEB Core Faculty
nov 3 Rauri Bowie
University of California, Berkeley
Title:  From Ice to Islands: Unraveling the evolutionary journey of penguins
Host:  Gary Voelker (ECCB)
nov 10 Jacqueline Webb
University of Rhode Island
Title:  Evolution of the Lateral Line System of Fishes: Let’s not forget about all those superficial neuromasts
Host:  Kevin Conway (ECCB)
nov 17
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Barrett Klein
University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse
Title:  The Insect Epiphany: How Our Six-legged Allies Shape Human Culture
Host:  Juliana Rangel (ENTO) / EEB
** This seminar co-hosted with the Department of Entomology.
nov 24 Thanksgiving Holiday – No Seminar
dec 1 Andrea Sweigart
University of Georgia
Title:  Genetics of speciation in Mimulus
Host:
  Courtney Fitzpatrick (BIOL) /  Alan Pepper (BIOL)

 

Past Seminars