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Biology Seminar Series |
Spring 2008
| January 14 | Nancy Mangini, Indiana University School of Medicine (Garcia) | CA ions |
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January 21 |
Holiday | |
| January 28 | TBA | TBA |
| February 4 | Susan Schwinning, TSU (Tomasso) | Ecohydrological research in the recharge zone of the Edwards Plateau |
| February 11 | Clay Green, TSU (Tomasso) | Dimorphism, disturbance, and diet: implication for the ecology and conservation of a rare waterbird |
| February 18 | Nihal Dharmasiri, TSU (Tomasso) | Dissecting the Molecular Mechanisms of Auxin Signaling in Plants |
| February 25 | Weston Nowlin, TSU (Tomasso) | Resource Dynamics across Terrestrial and Freshwater Ecosystems: Carbon, Contaminants, and Catfish |
| March 3 | Taylor Feild, University of Tennessee (Upchurch) | Ecophysiology of the early angiosperms |
| March 10 | Spring Break | |
| March 17 | Volker Rudolf, Rice University (Zhang) | The influence of cannibalism and size-structure on the dynamics of communities |
| March 24 | Manuel Torres, University of Georgia (Garcia) | Integration of Genetic, BAC Hybridization, and BAC-End Sequence Data Toward a Physical Map of Rapid-Cycling Brassica oleracea |
| March 31 | Janice Moore, Colorado State University (Garcia) | Parasites that Change Host Behavior: Who Wins? |
| April 7 | Steve Juliano, Illinois State University (Aspbury) | The integration of invaders into a community: Diverse biotic interactions in small aquatic systems |
| April 14 | Michael Marchetti, Cal State-Chico (Nice) | TBA |
| April 21 | Ray Arnold, Copper Development Association (Tomasso) | Modelling copper bioavailability to freshwater organisms: the science behind the policy |
| April 28 | Julian Olden, University of Washington (Grad students) | Environmental Flows and the Ecological Consequences of River Regulation by Dams |
Fall 2007 Seminar Schedule
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August 27 |
Faculty Meeting | |
| September 3 | Labor Day | TBA |
| September 10 | Colleen Kelly, Merton College and University of Oxford (Schwinning) | Phylogenies, niches, relative abundance and community structure |
| September 17 | Floyd Weckerly, TSU (Tomasso) | Niche divergence and social behavior in size dimorphic ruminants |
| September 24 | Andy Gluesenkamp, UT Austin/Arlington (Rose/Gabor) | Diversity in the Dark: phylogeography and morphological evolution in central Texas Eurycea |
| October 1 | Susan Bertram, Carleton University (Gabor) | Understanding Variation in Sexually Selected Traits: A Cricket Model |
| October 8 | Steve Wolverton, University of North Texas (Huston) | Applied Paleozoology of White-tailed Deer in Texas |
| October 15 | Mike Arnold, Univ. of Georga Athens (Martin) | The Genetic Architecture of Introgression and Reproductive Isolation in Louisiana Irises |
| October 22 | Karen Carleton, University of Maryland-College Park (Garcia) | Visual systems of cichlid fishes : Using opsin genes to get a cichlid eye view |
| October 29 | David Zamora, UTHSC (Koke) | Vascular Endothelial Cell Heterogeneity and its Role in Ocular Disease |
| November 5 | Valerie Sponsel, UT San Antonio (Dharmasiri) | Gibberellin (GA) homeostasis in Arabidopsis seedlings: multiple levels of regulation of GA biosynthesis |
| November 12 | Andy Sih, UC Davis (Gabor) | Behavioral syndromes: an evolutionary ecology perspective |
| November 19 | Alan Hitch, Auburn University (Green) | Habitat relationships and probabilistic distributions of breeding birds and small mammals using occupancy analysis in the Cumberland Plateau |
| November 26 | Lauren Mashburn-Warren, UT Austin (Mclean) | Special Delivery: The Use of Outer Membrane Vesicles for Bacterial Cell Signaling |
Spring 2007
| January 22 | Tara Maginnis, St. Edwards University (Gabor) | The tradeoffs associated with leg regeneration in stick insects (Insecta: Phasmida). pdf |
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January 29 |
Enamul Huq, UT Austin, (Dharmasiri) | Light signal transduction in plants |
| February 5 | TBA | |
| February 12 | Phil DeVries, University of New Orleans (Martin) | Ecology and Evolution of Butterfly-Ant Symbioses |
| February 19 | Kara Warner, Oregon State University (Koke) | Environmental Estrogens and Vertebral Deformities in a Fish Model of Vertebrate Developmental Toxicity (abstract) |
| February 26 | Thomas Wood, Texas A & M (Mclean) | Deciphering Cell Signaling in Bacterial Biofilms: The Role of Indole |
| March 5 | Cancelled | |
| March 12 | Spring Break | |
| March 19 | Blake Matthews, Univ. of British Columbia (Nowlin) | Food web ecology of lake zooplankton communities (pdf 1, pdf 2, pdf 3) |
| March 26 | Carla Penz, Univ. of New Orleans (Martin) | Butterflies as a model group: integrating systematics, ecology, and evolution (pdf) |
| April 2 | Roland Roberts, Towson University (Lemke) | Gene tales: Is it rabbitbrush or not? |
| April 9 | CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS | TBA |
| April 16 | Jun Xu, Louisiana State Univ. (Zhang) | Challenges and Opportunities in Research on Watershed Processes and Land-water Interactions in the West Gulf Coastal Plain |
| April 23 | Tomas Hardy, Utah State University (Graduate students/Williams & Herrod) | ESP of Instream Flows |
| April 30 | Phil Fay, USDA (Schwinning) | Ecosystem responses to CO2, temperature and rainfall manipulations in grasslands |
Fall 2006 Seminar Schedule
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August 28 |
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| September 4 | Labor Day | |
| September 11 | Dittmar Hahn, Texas State (Tomasso) | Interactions between uncultured bacterial populations in the environment |
| September 17 | Mike Forstner, Texas State (Tomasso) | Stewardship at the edge of extinction |
| September 25 | Chris Nice, Texas State (Tomasso) | The Contribution of Hybridization to Biodiversity |
| October 2 | Jorge Vivanco, Colorado State University (Garcia) | The How and Why of Root Exudation- pdf 1; pdf2 |
| October 9 | Tim Bonner, Texas State University (Tomasso) | Texas Fishes of Conservation Concern |
| October 16 | Randy Simpson, Texas State University (Tomasso) | Exotic, Invasive, Endangered - A Tangled Web |
| October 23 | Stan Roux, UT Austin (Dharmasiri) | A newly discovered class of plant growth regulators: extracellular nucleotides |
| October 30 | TBA | |
| November 6 | Gil Rosenthal, Texas A & M (Gabor) | Mate choice and the evolutionary dynamics of hybrid zones, pdf |
| November 13 | Ken Krauss, USGS-NWRC (Green) | Tidal freshwater swamps in the Southeastern United States: ecophysiological control of soil and leaf gas exchange |
| November 20 | Dave Hambright, University of Oklahoma (Nowlin) | Microbial Consumers in Freshwater Food Webs |
| November 27 | Julie Jackson, Texas State University (West) | Life events that spark and sustain science |
| December 4 | TBA - possibly taken |
Spring 2006 Seminar Schedule
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January 30 |
Leonard Sax, MD & PhD (West) |
The Emerging Science of Sex Differences: the genetic basis of sex differences in sensation and perception |
| February 6
Monday 3pm Supp 112 |
Departmental Chair Search Seminar |
Monday 3pm Supp 112 |
| February 6 | Peter Bednekoff, Eastern Michigan University (Gabor) | Sentinel behavior: From general theory to specific test with Florida scrub-jays. pdf1, pdf2 |
| February 7
Tuesday 9:15 am RFM 3241 |
Meet with Faculty | Administrative Philosophy Seminar |
| February 9
Thursday 4pm RFM 3241 |
Departmental Chair Search Seminar |
Thursday 4pm RFM 3241 |
| February 10
Friday 9:15 am RFM 3241 |
Meet with Faculty | Administrative Philosophy Seminar |
| February 13 | Charles Brown, University of Tulsa (Green) | Long-term studies of coloniality and social behavior in the cliff swallow; pdf1; pdf2 |
| February 21
Tuesday 4pm RFM 3241 |
Departmental Chair Search Seminar |
Tuesday 4pm RFM 3241 |
| February 22
Wednesday 9 am RFM 3241 |
Meet with Faculty | Administrative Philosophy Seminar |
| February 27 | TBA | |
| March 2 | Stream Ecology Seminar #1 | Supple 112- 4pm |
| March 6 | Doug Slack, Texas A & M University (Green) | Whooping crane recovery and water needs in Texas |
| March 7 | Stream Ecology Seminar #2 | Tentative |
| March 9 | Stream Ecology Seminar #3 | Tentative |
| March 13 | Spring Break | Tentative |
| March 20 | Mary Power, UC Berkeley (Graduate Students) | Ecological change down river drainage networks: towards predictive mapping |
| March 22 | Stream Ecology Seminar #4 | Tentative |
| March 27 | Matthew Chumchal, University of Oklahoma (Nowlin) | Mercury in fish: An unnatural problem in Texas' only natural lake (pdf) |
| April 3 | Alan Lloyd, University of Texas, Austin (Dharmasiri) | The co-regulation of hair, color and slime in plants |
| April 10 | Paul Keddy, Southeastern Louisiana University (Huston) | Ecological Assembly Rules for Landscape Management: A Six Model Approach (pdf1, pdf2) |
| April 11 | Plant Biology Seminar #1 | Supple 112 4pm |
| April 17 | Jerry Melbye, Texas State, (Koke) | Dead men do tell tales: Speaking for the dead |
| April 18 | Plant Biology Seminar #2 | Supple 112 4pm |
| April 24 | Seminar Cancelled | |
| April 25 | Plant Biology Seminar #3 | Supple 112 4pm |
| April 27 | Plant Biology Seminar #4 | Supple 112 4pm |
| May 1 | Tracy Toliver-Kinsky, UT Medical Branch (Koke) |
Immunomodulation After Severe Thermal Injury by the Hemopoietic Cytokine Fms-Like Tyrosine Kinase-3 Ligand, pdf |
| May 2 | Plant Biology Seminar #5 | Supple 112 4pm |
Fall 2005 Seminar Schedule
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August 29 |
FACULTY MEETING |
No seminar |
| September 5 | Labor Day | |
| September 12 | Grad committee meeting | |
| September 19 | Grad committee meeting | |
| September 26 | Norman Horner, Midwestern State University (Mclean) | Araneology, the fascinating world of spiders |
| October 3 | Jayne Belnap, USGS Moab (Schwinning) | Biological Soil Crusts. pdf1; pdf2 |
| October 10 | Phil Bennett, UT Austin (Uliana) | Role of Chemoautotrophic Microorganisms in Karstification |
| October 17 | Francis Rose, Texas State University (Koke) | Site fidelity of an ambush predator (Agkistrodon piscivorous leucostoma) inhabiting a catastrophic environment: Results of an 11-year study. |
| October 24 | Dan Bolnick, UT Austin (Nice) | The evolution of reproductive isolation in sunfish, bass, and their relatives. pdf1; pdf2 |
| October 31 | Matthew Leibold, UT Austin (Nowlin) | Metacommunity dynamics in pond ecosystems. pdf1 |
| November 7 | Lauren Ancel Meyers, University of Texas, Austin (Mclean) | Evolution, cooperation and conflict in microbial communities |
| November 14 | Adam Jones, Texas A & M University (Gabor) | Morphological innovation in seahorses and pipefishes: The evolution of male pregnancy and the body plan. pdf1; pdf2 |
| November 21 | David C. Goodrich, USDA-ARS-SWRC (Lopes) | Sustainable Management of Water in the San Pedro Basin for Human and Ecosystem Needs |
| November 28 | Jeff Gross, UT Austin (Garcia) | A Genetic Analysis of Vertebrate Eye Development. pdf |
| December 5 | Renato Aguilera, UTEP (Garcia) | Mechanisms involved in DNA degradation during cell death. pdf1; pdf2 |
Spring 2005 Seminar Schedule
| January 24 | Marinus Otte (Arsuffi) | Biogeochemistry and metal tolerance in wetland plants-implications for the evolution of metal tolerance in all plants |
| January 27 | Joe Holomuzki (Arsuffi)
Thursday- Mitte Bldg, Rm 3241 |
Effects and control of the invasive giant reed, Phragmites australis, in Lake Erie coastal wetlands |
| January 31 | Weston Nowlin (Arsuffi) | The relative importance of 'new' and 'recycled' phosphorus sources in freshwater ecosystems |
| February 7 | Butch Weckerly (Koke) | Ongoing study of a Roosevelt elk population: Adult sex ratio variation and meadow selection |
| February 10
(4pm) |
Audrey Christiansen (Garcia)
Thursday- Mitte Bldg, Rm 3241 |
Genetic regulation of sexual dimorphism in the Drosophila genitalia |
| February 14
1500 |
Paul Leberg, University of Louisiana, Lafayette (Weckerly) | Assessing population processes with molecular markers: insights for conservation and ecology |
| February 14 1630 | Alexander Shingleton (Garcia) | Insulin, developmental plasticity and the evolution of size and shape in Drosophila |
| February 17
(4pm) |
Seo-Hee Cho (Garcia)
Thursday- Mitte Bldg, Rm 3241 |
The function of canonical Wnt signaling in developing vertebrate eye |
| February 21 | Recruitment | |
| February 28 | Recruitment | |
| March 7 | Raelynn Deaton, University of Oklahoma (Gabor) | Tales of a livebearing fish: a closer look at the Gambusia mating system |
| March 9 | Brian Pierce (Baccus) | The integration of spatial technology and statistics in ecology: data gathering with GIS and DISTANCE |
| March 14 | Spring Break | |
| March 21 | A. Townsend Peterson, University of Kansas (Graduate students) | Biodiversity and the Geography of Geography of Infectious Diseases (pdf1) , (pdf2) |
| March 28 | Jeffrey O. Dawson, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (Hahn) | Frankia of Lake Michigan sand dunes (pdf1) , (pdf2) |
| April 4 | Will Turner (Baccus) | Why aren't there quail in my yard? Two approaches to conservation in human-dominated landscapes |
| April 6 | Matthew Uliana (Upchurch)
Wed -Supp 116 4 pm |
Factors controlling the development of desiccation fractures in the high-smectite clay soils of central Texas |
| April 7 | Jianhang Jia (Garcia)
Thursday- Mitte Bldg, Rm 3241 |
Hedgehog Signaling Mechanism in Development |
| April 11 | Clay Green (Baccus) | Sociality, coloniality, and coloration: implications for the ecology and conservation of wading birds. |
| April 18 | Tim Carter (Baccus) | Critical steps in the recovery of the endangered Indiana bat |
| April 21 | Nihal Dharmasiri (Garcia)
Thursday- Mitte Bldg, Rm 3241 |
Auxin Signaling in Plants; The Quest for the Auxin Receptor |
| April 25 | Arthur M. Shapiro, University of California, Davis (Nice) | Exotic plants and the future of North American butterfly faunas (pdf1), (pdf 2) |
| May 2 | Claus Holzapfel, Rutgers University-Newark, (Hahn) | On cooperation, good neighbors and playing games: a plant's perspective |
Fall 2004 Seminar Schedule
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