Spring 2013 Seminar Series

The Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Science and Mathematics has established distinguished lecture series to provide a forum for the presentation of topics in the biological and environmental sciences. All seminars will be held on Monday at 1:25pm in Room 206 Fawcett.

Jan 7, 2013
Dr. Issac Winkler, Wright State University
Title: Dance flies and diversity
Host: Dr. John Stireman

Jan 14, 2013
Dr. Garth Spellman, Black Hills State University
Title: Speciation in North American Birds: Did the Pleistocene Glacial Cycles Promote Ecological Divergence in Allospecies?
Host: Dr Jeff Peters

Jan 21, 2013
University Closed

Jan 28, 2013
Faculty Candidate

Feb 4, 2013
Faculty Candidate

Feb 8, 2013
Dr. Jason Weinberg, University of Michigan
Title: Mouse Models of Adenovirus Pathogenesis: Eicosanoids,
Neonates, and More
Host: Dr. Kate Excoffen

Feb 11, 2013
Faculty Candidate

Feb 18, 2013
Faculty Candidate

Feb 25, 2013
University Closed

Mar 4, 2013
Dr. Jeff DaCosta, Boston University
Title: A Genomic Assessment of Evolutionary History & Population Structure of Brood Parasitic Indigobirds
Host: Dr. Jeff Peters

Mar 11, 2013
Dr. Cindy Harley, University of Minnesota
Title: You can't always get what you want. But if you crawl sometimes, you might just find, you get what you need.
Hosts: Drs Melissa Schen & Lynn Hartzler

Mar 18, 2013
Dr. Bob Ricklefs, University of Missouri
Carmichael Lecture in Environmental Sciences
Title: Diversity and distribution of avian malarial parasites: a model system for pathogen-host interactions
Seminar will be at 6pm in the Gandhi Auditorium of White Hall
Reception in the lobby at 5pm

Mar 25, 2013
Dr. Robert Espinoza, California State University, Northridge
Title: Speciation & Phylogeny of Austral South American Lizards
Host: Dr. Lynn Hartzler

Apr 1, 2013
Dr. Chet Cooper, Youngstown State University
Title: Morphogenesis of the Pathogenic Fungus, Penicllium mameffei: AMolecular Perspective
Host: Dr. Dan Krane

Apr 8, 2013
Dr. William Karasov, University of Wisconsin
Title: Physiological effects & Ecological Impact of Plant Secondary Metabolites on Mammalian & Avian Herbivores
Host: Dr. Yvonne Vadeboncoeur

Apr 15, 2013
Dr Maria Castro, University of Michigan
Title: TBA
Host: Dr. Kate Excoffen