Spring 2015
Department of Biology Seminar Series
Spring 2015
Food, Glorious Food!
Unless otherwise noted below, seminars are held on Fridays at 2 p.m. in Room 303 Shoemaker Hall.
| Feb. 6 |
Dr. Anastazia Banaszak, Unidad Académica de Sistemas Arrecifales Puerto Morelos, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, “Food for thought: the role of Acropora palmata in the ecology of Caribbean reefs in the context of global climate change” (hosted by Dr. Tammy Goulet) |
| Feb. 13 | Dr. Don Shepard, Dept. of Biology, University of Central Arkansas “Niche Evolution and Species Diversification in Eastern North American Salamimanders” (hosted by Tim Colston) |
| Feb. 20 | Dr. Ashley Robinson, Dept. of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Mississippi Medical Center “Population Genomics of the Big Enchiladas of Epidemic Staphylococci” (hosted by Dr. Colin Jackson) |
| Feb. 27 |
Dr. Rich Moore, Dept. of Biology, Miami University “Papaya, the secret war within each bite” (hosted by Dr. John Kiss) |
| Mar. 6 |
open |
| Mar. 13 |
No seminar (Spring Break) |
| Mar. 16 (Monday) |
Reese Worthington, Ph.D. student dissertation prospectus, “A review of Serica (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) of western North America and Phylogeny of North American Sericini” |
| Mar. 17 , 1:00pm (Tuesday) |
Emily McCann, M.S. student thesis prospectus, “Seasonal Changes in Biomass of Common Freshwater Plants: Sequestration of Phosphorous” (Room 213 Shoemaker, 1:00PM) |
| Mar. 25 (Wednesday) |
Chase Bailey, M.S. student thesis defense, “Negative Effects of Common Mycorrhizal Networks on Oak Seedlings in Open-Canopy Woodlands and Closed-Canopy Forests” |
| Mar. 27 |
Jamie Wood, Ph.D. student dissertation defense, “Fruit fly loops: Evidence for autoregulation of reversed polarity in Drosophila glial cells” |
| Mar. 30, 1:00pm (Monday) |
Mariah Meachum, M.S. student thesis prospectus, “Mellow Mushroom: Genetic and Temporal Variation in Resource Prices of a Mycorrhizal Market” |
| Apr. 3 |
No seminar (Good Friday) |
| Apr. 8 (Wednesday) |
Megan Overlander, M.S. student thesis defense, “Strawberry (Plains) Flambe: Influence of current year fire and leaf litter species on litter decomposition rates and microbial enzyme activity in forests undergoing ecological restoration” |
| Apr. 10 |
Dr. Christina Staudhammer, Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama, “Separating the wheat from the chaff in frequently recorded, long-term data: a case study of longleaf pine forest carbon dynamics and resiliency” (hosted by Dr. Colin Jackson) |
| Apr. 13 (Monday) |
Lauren Eveland, M.S. student thesis defense, “Oviposition Site Selection by Mosquitoes: Predator-Released Kairomones, and Responses to Different Taxa” |
| Apr. 14, 12:00pm (Tuesday) |
Ísis Arantes, PhD. student dissertation prospectus, “Looking into the past: the dynamics of amphibians in the Neotropical savannas” (323 Shoemaker, 12:00pm) |
| Apr. 15 (Wednesday) |
Jennifer Bell, M.S. student thesis defense, “Soil bacterial community structure and function associated with the invasive grass M. vimineum and two native grasses” |
| Apr. 17 |
Dr. Matt Brown, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University “Evolutionary histories of amoeboid protists: phylogenomics and development ” (hosted by Dr. Colin Jackson) |
| Apr. 22, 3:00pm (Wednesday) |
Zanethia Choice, PhD. student dissertation prospectus, “Effects of impoundments on community assemblage and gene flow of stream crayfish” |
| Apr. 24, 2:00pm and 3:15pm |
Dr. Christopher Leary, Dept. of Biology, University of Mississippi “Hormones, neurons and acoustic communication in frogs” Caleb Aldridge, M.S. student thesis prospectus, “Quantifying the “road-effect zone” on stream-dwelling salamander assemblages” (3:15pm) |
| May 1 | Dr. Kevin Young, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences “Making morphology: Why and how bacteria invent specific cell shapes” (hosted by Drs. Patrick Curtis and Wayne Gray) |
| Please contact Colin Jackson in the Department of Biology to schedule an appointment with a speaker. Page last updated 11/3/14. | |
