| Date |
Title |
Speaker's Name, Affiliation |
Host |
Time, Room, Hall |
|
Jan. 14 |
SEE
"Fungal endophytes from the tropics to the
tundra: clues to
the evolution of plant-fungal symbioses" |
Betsy Arnold,
Dept. of Plant Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson,
AZ |
Demetra Kandelepas |
1:00pm, Life Sciences Annex Auditorium
(A101Life Sciences) |
|
Jan. 21 |
Martin Luther King Holiday
|
|
|
|
| Jan. 28 |
SEE
“Niche and Neutral Controls Over Coexistence in Plant Communities” |
Jonathan Levine, Dept. Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA |
Kyle Harms |
1:00pm, Life Sciences Annex Auditorium
(A101Life Sciences) |
| Feb. 4 |
Mardi Gras Holiday |
|
|
|
| Feb. 11 |
SEE
"Pattern, process, and maintenance of megadiversity in New Guinea" |
Chris Austin, Museum of Natural Science and Department of Biological Sciences, LSU |
Tenure & Promotion Seminar |
1:00pm, Life Sciences Annex Auditorium
(A101Life Sciences) |
| Feb. 18 |
SEE
"Avian speciation in the Neotropical landscape" |
Robb Brumfield, Museum of Natural Science and Department of Biological Sciences, LSU |
Tenure & Promotion Seminar |
1:00pm, Life Sciences Annex Auditorium
(A101Life Sciences) |
| Feb. 25 |
SEE
“Using models to infer process from pattern in the gypsy moth invasion” |
Derek Johnson, University of Louisiana, Lafayette |
Jim Cronin |
1:00pm, Life Sciences Annex Auditorium
(A101Life Sciences) |
| Mar. 3 |
SEE
“Comparative phylogeography and speciation in the Oriental Basin, Mexico” |
Jesus Fernandez, Museum of Natural Science and Department of Biological Sciences, LSU |
Advisor:
Mark Hafner |
1:00pm, Life Sciences Annex Auditorium
(A101Life Sciences) |
| Mar. 3 |
BMB/CDIB
“Visual Analysis of Genes Transcribed by RNA Polymerase I and III” |
Ann Beyer, Department of Microbiology, University of Virginia Health System |
Pat DiMario |
3:40pm, Life Sciences Annex Auditorium
(A101Life Sciences) |
| Mar. 10 |
SEE
"A study of the diverse microbial communities found in the highly compartmentalized gut of Odontotaenius disjunctus" |
Stephanie Gross, Department of Biological Sciences, LSU |
Advisor:
Meredith Blackwell |
1:00pm, Life Sciences Annex Auditorium
(A101Life Sciences) |
| Mar. 10 |
BMB/CDIB
“Role of TGF-b receptors in vascular development and diseases” |
Paul Oh, Department of Physiology & Functional Genomics, University of Florida |
Joo Kim |
3:40pm, Life Sciences Annex Auditorium
(A101Life Sciences) |
| Mar. 17 |
Spring Break |
|
|
|
| Mar. 24 |
SEE
"Effects of strong disturbance on the genetic diversity of landward invading salt marsh plants" |
Erin Lawrence, Department of Biological Sciences, LSU |
Advisor:
Bill Platt |
1:00pm, Life Sciences Annex Auditorium
(A101Life Sciences) |
| Mar. 24 |
BMB/CDIB
"Sweetening the Fat cell" |
Matthew Brady, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago |
Jackie Stephens |
3:40pm, Life Sciences Annex Auditorium
(A101Life Sciences) |
| Mar. 31 |
SEE
TBA |
David Johnson, Department of Biological Sciences, LSU |
Advisor:
John Fleeger |
1:00pm, Life Sciences Annex Auditorium
(A101Life Sciences) |
| Mar. 31 |
BMB/CDIB
“A BIOS progress report: How Successful is the Biology Boot Camp?” |
Bill Wischusen, Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University |
|
3:40pm, Life Sciences Annex Auditorium
(A101Life Sciences) |
| Apr. 7 |
SEE
“Ecotoxicogenomics: Data-rich tools provide interesting new perspectives in ecotoxicology and environmental quality assessment” |
Kurt Gust, Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), US Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, MS |
John Fleeger |
1:00pm, Life Sciences Annex Auditorium
(A101Life Sciences) |
| Apr. 7 |
BMB/CDIB
TBA |
Janet Braam, Department of Biochemistry, Rice University |
Sue Bartelett |
3:40pm, Life Sciences Annex Auditorium
(A101Life Sciences) |
| Apr. 11 |
SEE
"Diversity and demographic impact of seed-infecting fungi in tropical forest soil seed banks." |
Jim Dalling, Dept. of Plant Biology, University of Illinois |
Kyle Harms |
Note: special date (Friday) and time (2 pm in A101) |
| Apr. 14 |
SEE
"From chromosomes to landscapes: understanding the processes
affecting speciation in small mammals" |
Verity Mathis, Museum of Natural Science and Department of Biological Sciences, LSU |
Advisor:
Robb Brumfield |
1:00pm, Life Sciences Annex Auditorium
(A101Life Sciences) |
| Apr. 14 |
BMB/CDIB
“Innate Immune Responses to Microsporidia” |
Hollie Hale-Donze, Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University |
|
3:40pm, Life Sciences Annex Auditorium
(A101Life Sciences) |
| Apr. 21 |
SEE
"The evolutionary assembly of a species rich biota: Avian speciation and differentiation in the Andes" |
Andres Cuervo, Museum of Natural Science and Department of Biological Sciences, LSU |
Advisor:
Mark Hafner |
1:00pm, Life Sciences Annex Auditorium
(A101Life Sciences) |
| Apr. 21 |
BMB/CDIB
"Structural characterization of metabolite-binding mRNAs" |
Robert Batey, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado at Boulder |
Fareed Aboul-ela |
3:40pm, Life Sciences Annex Auditorium
(A101Life Sciences) |
| Apr. 28 |
SEE
"Multiple determinants of species richness patterns" | Sebastian Tello, Department of Biological Sciences, LSU |
Advisor:
Richard Stevens |
1:00pm, Life Sciences Annex Auditorium
(A101Life Sciences) |
| Apr. 28 |
BMB/CDIB
TBA | Khaled Bodoor, Visiting Fulbright Scholar, University of Jordan |
Fareed Aboul-ela |
3:40pm, Life Sciences Annex Auditorium
(A101Life Sciences) |
