Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences [Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources]

Program in Ecology and Evolution Speaker Series

Unless otherwise noted, seminars are held at 4pm on Thursdays in the Alampi Room in the Marine Sciences Building, with refreshments at at 3:30. 
If you can't be there in person, you may also view the live broadcasts using either QuickTime or RealPlayer

 

Wednesday, January 20, 4pm FORAN HALL, Room 138A
Dr. Stewart Rood, University of Lethbridge, Alberta , Canada
"Sex discrimination in trees: How male and female cottonwoods differ, and why." 

Jan. 28 Dr. Martin Ferris, UNC.
"Dissecting the complex genetic architecture of virus-host interactions during influenza virus infection." 

Feb. 4 Dr. S. Luke Flory, Dept. of Biology, Indiana University
"Causes and consequences of a non-native grass invasion in eastern forests." 

Feb. 11 Dr. Sam Droege 

Feb. 18 Dr. Olaf Jensen, IMCS, Rutgers
"Fisheries as ecosystem-scale experiments: using stock assessment to understand the dynamics of exploited marine ecosystems." 

Feb. 25 Dr. Kevin Chen, Dept. of Genetics, Rutgers
"Evolution of MicroRNA and transcription factor binding sites." 

March 4 Dr. Deborah Goldberg, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, U. of Michigan
"Clonality and Plant Invasion"
Presented in conjunction with the Ecologies in the Balance seminar series 

March 11 Dr. Robert Raguso, Dept. of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell 

March 18 Spring Break 

March 25 Dr. Anthony Ricciardi, McGill School of Environment, McGill.
"Playing Ecological Roulette with Assisted Colonization: Relocating Species as a Conservation Strategy"
Presented in conjunction with the Ecologies in the Balance seminar series 

April 1 Dr. Charles Canhan, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies 

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