Thursday, January 10, 2008,
1:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
French Science room 2237
Jeff Townsend (host- Francois Lutzoni) (Yale University)
"Using molecular evolutionary pattern to profile the phylogenetic informativeness of gene and taxon sampling"
Monday, January 14, 2008,
4:15pm,
Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Dan Tracey, PhD., Duke University Medical Center (host-David Sherwood)
"Circuitry and selective pressures generating larval escape behavior in Drosophila."
Tuesday, January 15, 2008,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Science room 4219
John Prather
"TBA"
Friday, January 18, 2008,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science room 2237
Nicki Cagle, Graduate student, Program in Ecology (Duke University)
"Final seminar: A multiscale analysis of snake species-habitat relationships and conservation in the tallgrass prairie of Illinois"
Monday, January 21, 2008,
4:15pm,
Biology Seminar
tba
MLK DAY
"---no seminar"
Thursday, January 24, 2008,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
David Lowry, Willis lab
"Adaptation of monkeyflowers to environmental stress and outstanding questions of species formation in Angiosperms"
Friday, January 25, 2008,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
John King, Assistant Professor, Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, North Carolina State University (North Carolina State University)
"Net primary production, residue biochemistry and decomposition dynamics regulate northern forest ecosystem response to atmospheric change"
Monday, January 28, 2008,
4:15pm,
Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
TBA
"Systems Biology search candidate TBA"
Tuesday, January 29, 2008,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Science room 4219
Lauren McCall
"Vertebrate brain sizes, diets and locomotor strategies"
Thursday, January 31, 2008,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Laurie Stevison
"Multilocus test for gene flow between Macaca mulatta and M. fascicularis"
Friday, February 1, 2008,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Todd BenDor, Assistant Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning, UNC - Chapel Hill
"Modeling the wetland mitigation process and its dynamic effects on no net loss policy"
Monday, February 4, 2008,
4:15pm,
IGSP Center for Systems Biology/Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Marian Walhout, Ph.D, Associate Professor (University of Massachusetts)
"C. elegans regulatory networks"
Tuesday, February 5, 2008,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Science room 4219
Susan Alberts (Duke University)
"Noninvasive and minimally invasive methods for studying baboon behavior, ecology and genetics in the wild"
Thursday, February 7, 2008,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Emily Moran
"Parentage and Dispersal Estimation in Northern Red Oak (Quercus rubra)"
Friday, February 8, 2008,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Elizabeth Losos, Adjunct Professor, Environmental Sciences & Policy, Nicholas School; President and CEO (Organization for Tropical Studies)
"Seeing the forest for the trees: Changing tropical ecosystems"
Monday, February 11, 2008,
4:15pm,
Faculty candidate, Center for Systems Biology/Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Suzanne Gaudet (Harvard Medical School, Harvard University)
"“Regulation of apoptosis by death-receptor ligands: a systems perspective”"
Tuesday, February 12, 2008,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Science room 4219
Brian Hare, BAA (Duke University)
"Comparing chimpanzees and bonobos in African sanctuaries"
Thursday, February 14, 2008,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Valentines Day
"Take your special someone out and/or eat chocolate"
Friday, February 15, 2008,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Emily Stanley, Associate Professor, Department of Zoology (Graduate host-Elizabeth Sudduth) (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
"On the receiving end: nitrogen in Wisconsin streams"
Monday, February 18, 2008,
4:15pm,
Faculty candidate, Center for Systems Biology/Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Amy Schmid, Institute for Systems Biology (University of Washington (Seattle).)
"Systems biology in archaea: anatomy of cell state transitions in response to oxygen."
Tuesday, February 19, 2008,
3:30pm,
Special Biology Seminar
French Science room 4219
Kirsten Bomblies, Postdoctural Fellow (Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tubingen Germany.)
"Too much of a good thing? Genetic incompatibility and the plant immune system"
Thursday, February 21, 2008,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Julien Ayroles, NC State
"A systems approach to genetic dissection of complex traits"
Friday, February 22, 2008,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Jeff Vincent, Clarence F. Korstian Professor of Forest Economics and Management, Nicholas School (Duke University)
"Storm protection services of mangroves: Evidence from Orissa"
Monday, February 25, 2008,
4:15pm,
Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Catherine O'Reilly (Bard College, NY.)
"Ecosystem shifts: how lakes and rivers are responding to climate change"
Tuesday, February 26, 2008,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Science room 4219
Kim Rosvall, Nowicki lab (Duke University)
"Behavioral trade-offs in tree swallows: can your mate pick up the slack?"
Thursday, February 28, 2008,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
James Beck, Pryer lab (Duke University)
"Investigating the early stages of polyploid evolution in the star-scaled cloak ferns (Astrolepis)"
Friday, February 29, 2008,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Miles Silman, Associate Professor of Biology (Wake Forest University)
"Thinking outside the hectare: climate change, humans, and tree diversity in the Tropical Andes biodiversity hotspot"
Monday, March 3, 2008,
4:15pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Paul Dryer (Host Tami McDonald) (University of Nottingham)
"Lichen fungi: Sex, the Antarctic and the Genome"
Tuesday, March 4, 2008,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Science room 4219
Melissa Hughes, Associate Professor (College of Charleston)
"Does tenure matter? Relationships between male territorial behavior and fledging success: trying to make sense of long-term data"
Tuesday, March 4, 2008,
2:00pm,
Dissertation Seminar
147 Nanaline Duke
Whitney Jones, Bejsovec Lab (Duke University)
"RacGap50C is a Novel Negative Regulator of the Wnt Pathway"
Thursday, March 6, 2008,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Jonathan Pritchard (University of Chicago)
"Recombination and linkage disequilibbrium: models and data""
Friday, March 7, 2008,
11:10am,
Pop Bio Invited Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Jonathan Pritchard (University of Chicago)
"Natural selection and evolution in human populations"
Friday, March 7, 2008,
12:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Science room 4219
David McCandlish (Magwene/McShea labs) (Duke University)
"Geometric models for the evolution of development"
Friday, March 7, 2008,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
David Pfennig, Professor of Biology (University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill)
"Ecology, development, and the origins of biological diversity"
Monday, March 10, 2008,
2:00pm,
Dissertation Seminar
French Science room 2237
Steven Spoel (Dong Lab)
"Fine-tuning Plant Defense Signaling: Regulation and Function of NPR1"
Monday, March 10, 2008,
4:15pm,
Biology Seminar
tba
Spring Break
"no Biology Seminar"
Tuesday, March 11, 2008,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Science room 4219
no seminar
"spring break"
Thursday, March 13, 2008,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
no Popio seminar
"Spring Break"
Friday, March 14, 2008,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
Spring Break
"no Ecology seminar"
Monday, March 17, 2008,
4:15pm,
Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Eric Warrant (Sonke Johnson host, Johnson/Leal labs)
"Seeing in the dark: Vision and landmark orientation in a tropical nocturnal bee"
Tuesday, March 18, 2008,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Science room 4219
Robert Lachlan, Nowicki lab (Duke University)
"The curious case of the progressive disappearance of bird song syntax along a chain of islands: field data and a model that might explain them"
Thursday, March 20, 2008,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Rafael Rubio de Casas (Harvard University)
"Evolution of the genus Olea: olive oil, oceanic islands and the aridification of Africa"
Friday, March 21, 2008,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Bob Hall, Associate Professor, Dept. of Zoology and Physiology (Faculty host-Emily Bernhardt) (University of Wyoming)
"Controls of nitrate removal and denitrification in U.S. streams"
Monday, March 24, 2008,
4:15pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
David Haig (Host-Kathleen Pryer) (Harvard University)
"Prader-Willi syndrome and the evolution of human childhood"
Tuesday, March 25, 2008,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Science room 4219
Courtney Fitzpatrick, Alberts lab (Duke University)
"Notes from the field: sexual swellings in the baboons of Amboseli"
Thursday, March 27, 2008,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Kevin Wright, Rausher lab (Duke University)
"The Evolution of Copper Tolerance in Mimulus"
Friday, March 28, 2008,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Ariana Sutton-Grier Graduate Student, University Program in Ecology, Nicholas School (Duke University)
"Final seminar: The role of plant functional diversity and soil amendments in regulating plant biomass and soil biogeochemistry in restored wetlands in the North Carolina Piedmont"
Monday, March 31, 2008,
4:15pm,
Department of Biology Seminar-Super Speaker
French Science Auditorium 2231
Geerat Vermeij (Rebecca Sealfon host) (University of California, Davis)
"Contingency and history: are there unique events in the history of life?"
Tuesday, April 1, 2008,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Science room 4219
Susan Alberts (Duke University)
"Behavioral and demographic modifiers of reproductive skew in male baboons"
Thursday, April 3, 2008,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
David Garfield, Wray lab (Duke University)
"Natural selection in a developmental model system : Preliminary analyses of whole-genome scans for selection in Strongylocentrotid sea urchins"
Friday, April 4, 2008,
12:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Science room 4219
Kriti Sharma, Magwene lab (Duke University)
"See it again, for the first time': how factors become effectors in the evolution of E. coli populations"
Friday, April 4, 2008,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
David Skelly, Professor of Ecology, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Yale University)
"Frogs in a changing world: contemporary evolution across a temperature gradient"
Friday, April 4, 2008,
3:00pm,
Dissertation Seminar
French Science room 4219
Jinyoung Yang Barnaby , Pei lab (Duke University)
"Molecular Mechanisms for Plant Response to Drought and Pathogens"
Monday, April 7, 2008,
4:15pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Brian Husband (Jennifer Modliszewski host, Willis lab)
"Evolutionary dynamics of genome duplication: implications for rapid speciation"
Tuesday, April 8, 2008,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Science room 4219
Brian Powell, Leal lab (Duke University)
"Brains and Pop-Tart Boxes: Neuroecology and homing in Anolis"
Thursday, April 10, 2008,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Young-Wha Lee, Willis lab (Duke University)
"Genetic Analysis of Standing Variation for Floral Morphology and Fertility; Components in a Natural Population of Common Monkeyflower"
Friday, April 11, 2008,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Varun Swamy, Nicholas School of Environment and Earth Sciences (Duke University)
"Fruit to sapling: an integrated study of tree recruitment in an Amazonian rainforest"
Monday, April 14, 2008,
11:30am,
Dissertation Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Erin Tripp, Manos lab (Duke University)
"Systematics and Pollination System Evolution in the species-rich genus Ruellia (Acanthaceae)"
Monday, April 14, 2008,
4:15pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Curt Lively (Marc Johnson host, Rausher lab)
"Through the looking glass: host-parasite coevolution and sex"
Tuesday, April 15, 2008,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Science room 4219
Kyle Dexter, Cunningham lab (Duke University)
"DNA barcoding, phylogeography, and community ecology of tropical tree communities in Amazonian Peru."
Thursday, April 17, 2008,
4:00pm,
38th Annual Henry J. Oosting Memorial Lecture in Ecology
Love Auditorium, B101 LSRC
Bill Schlesinger, President (Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies)
"More than a beast, but much less than an angel"
Thursday, April 17, 2008,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Jenny Tung, Wray and Alberts labs (Duke University)
"Allelic imbalance and the evolutionary genetics of wild baboons"
Monday, April 21, 2008,
4:15pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Jack Williams (Erica Tsai host, Manos/Clark labs) (University of Wisconsin - Madison)
"Novel and Disappearing Climates: Lessons from the late Quaternary"
Tuesday, April 22, 2008,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Science room 4219
Jordi Galbany, Alberts lab (Duke University)
"Dental microwear in primates"
Thursday, April 24, 2008,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science room 2237
Robin Hopkins, Rausher lab (Duke University)
"The genetics of reproductive character displacement in Phlox drummondii"
Friday, April 25, 2008,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Dalia Amor Conde,(Faculty host-Christensen) (Duke University)
"Past, present and future of the Mayan forest: Impact of road investments on deforestation and jaguar habitat"
Monday, April 28, 2008,
4:15pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Chris Lowe (David Garfield host, Wray lab)
"Molecular genetic insights into early deuterostome evolution from hemichordates"
Tuesday, April 29, 2008,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Science room 4219
Marylene Boulet, post-doc, Drea lab (Duke University)
"The sweet smell of success: do scent marks advertise the genetic quality of female lemurs?"
Wednesday, April 30, 2008,
12:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Science room 4219
Chris Lowe (David Garfield host, Wray lab) (University of Chicago)
"Insights into the early evolution of deuterostome endomesoderm"
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