EEB Seminar Series – Spring 2020
UPDATE: Due to nationwide precautions instituted for protections against coronavirus, the remainder of the EEB Spring Seminar Series (March 16-April 27) has been cancelled.
See University Updates for more information on University-wide restrictions.
- All seminars are held on Mondays at 4 pm unless otherwise noted.
- Location: HFSB 102
- Refreshments served before start.
January 27
Graduate Student Talks
Presenter: Alyson Brokaw
Title: Finding Fruit: Olfactory Foraging in Neotropical Fruit Bats
Presenter: Mackenzie Tietjen
Title: Host-associated differentiation in the tick Dermacentor variabilis (Acari: Ixodidae)
February 3
An extraordinary response by honey bee to mass attack by giant wasps
Presenter: Heather Mattila, Wellesley College
Host: Juliana Rangel
February 10
Saving bats around the world: Integrating science and conservation planning to address major threats to a diverse, data-deficient, and imperiled fauna
Presenter: Winifred Frick, University of California Santa Cruz
Co-hosted with ABS
February 17 ** Note location change to ILSB Auditorium
**Note location change: ILSB Auditorium
Understanding biodiversity through adaptive radiations
Presenters: Rosemary and Peter Grant, Princeton University
Host: Giri Athrey / Leif Andersson
February 24
Diversification of didelphid marsupials: a window into South America’s “Splendid Isolation”
Presenter: Sharon Jansa, University of Minnesota
Host: Jessica Light
March 2
Decolonizing Evolutionary Theory: Lessons from Hominin Evolution in South Asia
Presenter: Sheela Athreya, Texas A&M University
Host: Gil Rosenthal
March 9
No seminar, Spring Break
March 16
Whole genome sequencing reveals subspecies taxonomic affinities (or misidentification) for peregrine falcon
Presenter: Jeff Johnson, University of North Texas
Host: Giri Athrey
March 23
Inbreeding, herbivory and plant defenses: Lessons from Solanaceae and Hornworms
Presenter: Rupesh Kariyat, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Host: Anjel Helms
March 30
No seminar, Ecological Integration Symposium
April 6
No seminar, Ecological Integration Symposium
April 13
Antagonistic coevolution of farmers and plant disease vectors
Presenter: Tom Chappell, Texas A&M University
Host: Micky Eubanks
April 20
Multidisciplinary research for the domestication of alligator gar in Mexico
Presenter: Roberto Mendoza, Universidad Autonoma de Nueveo Leon
Host: Milton Torres/Masami Fujiwara
April 27
Predatory Fish Invasions: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Presenter: Keith Gido, Kansas State University
Co-hosted with ABS