Thursday, March 25, 2004,
3:30pm,
Seminars Seminar
205 Language Center
Louis D'Amico (Duke University)
"title this one"
Monday, April 5, 2004,
2:45pm,
Dissertation Presentation
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Yu Zhang (Duke University)
"The evolution of sexual polymorphisms in plants."
Monday, April 5, 2004,
4:00pm,
EEOB/Biology Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Fredric Berger (ENS, Lyon, France)
"Polycomb group genes control developmental timing of Arabidopsis reproduction."
Tuesday, April 6, 2004,
2:00pm,
Faculty Candidate Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Mohamed A. F. Noor (Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge)
"Speciation and the Noor lab: prospects and directions."
Wednesday, April 7, 2004,
4:00pm,
Dissertation Presentation
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Louis D'Amico (Duke University)
"How to make a fatter-pillar: the physiology and evolution of body size in Manduca sexta."
Wednesday, April 7, 2004,
4:00pm,
Developmental Biology Colloquium--Host Fehon
147 Nanaline Duke
Spyros Artavanis-Tsokanis (Harvard University)
"Notch signaling and cell proliferation."
Thursday, April 8, 2004,
12:40pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Christopher W. Schadt (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
"Digging deeper: tracking microbial and fungal communities and functions in soils using molecular methodologies."
Thursday, April 8, 2004,
7:00pm,
PopBio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Ed Venit (Duke University)
"Plan 9 from Colony Space: cross-taxonomic division-of-labor patterns in colonial marine invertebrates and a (sort of) new way to ask questions in biology."
Friday, April 9, 2004,
12:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Jukka Jernvall (University of Helsinki)
"Are developing teeth competing for resources?"
Friday, April 9, 2004,
4:00pm,
University Program in Ecology Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Matt Wallenstein (Duke University)
"Effects of nitrogen fertilization on nitrogen cycling and microbial community structure--why biology matters in biogeochemistry."
Monday, April 12, 2004,
11:30am,
Biology Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Nina Tang Sherwood (California Institute of Technology)
"Spastin, the major gene underlying Autosomal Dominant Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia, is necessary for normal motor function in Drosophila melanogaster."
Monday, April 12, 2004,
4:00pm,
Dissertation Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Noland Martin (Duke University)
"Evolution and maintenance of reproductive isolation in Mimulus."
Wednesday, April 14, 2004,
4:00pm,
Molecular Genetics and MicroBiology-Distinguished Lecture Series
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Eric Lander (Whitehead Institute and M.I.T.)
"The human genome and beyond."
Wednesday, April 14, 2004,
4:00pm,
Developmental Biology Colloquium--Host Bejsovec
147 Nanaline Duke
Kathyrn Anderson (Sloan Kettering)
"Patterning during mouse gastrulation."
Thursday, April 15, 2004,
7:00pm,
PopBio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Young Wha Lee (Duke University)
"Comparative genetic mapping of intra-population, inter-population and inter-specific floral QTLS in the Mimulus guttatus species complex."
Friday, April 16, 2004,
4:00pm,
University Program in Ecology
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Robert McDonald (Duke University)
"Forest fragmentation and forest response in the North Carolina Piedmont."
Monday, April 19, 2004,
4:00pm,
EEOB/Biology Seminar--Host Wilson
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Andre M. de Roos (Population Biology-University of Amsterdam)
"Understanding and predicting cannibalistic fish populations' dynamics from individual life history characteristics."
Wednesday, April 21, 2004,
4:00pm,
Dissertation Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Andrew Yang (Duke University)
"Division of labor in ant colonies: variations in form and function of a superorganism."
Wednesday, April 21, 2004,
4:00pm,
Developmental Biology Colloquium-Host McClay
147 Nanaline Duke
Doug DeSimone (University of Virginia)
"Cell adhesion in Xenopus morphogenesis."
Thursday, April 22, 2004,
12:40pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Gordon Burleigh (University of California, Davis)
"Statistical approaches for resolving the seed plant tree of life."
Thursday, April 22, 2004,
4:00pm,
Annual Oosting Lecture--Biology, NSOE, and Earth Sciences
B101LSRC/Love Aud.
F. Stuart Chapin III (Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska)
"Limits to sustainability in a directionally changing world: planning for change."
Thursday, April 22, 2004,
7:00pm,
PopBio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Andrea Sweigart (Duke University)
"The genetics of hybrid male sterility in Mimulus."
Friday, April 23, 2004,
4:00pm,
University Program in Ecology
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Monique Rocca (Duke University)
"Spatial heterogeneity in fire effects: causes and consequences for plant diversity."
Monday, April 26, 2004,
12:30pm,
Special Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
Robin L. Chazdon (University of Connecticut, Editor of Biotropica)
"Regeneration of tropical secondary forests: new paradigms for new forests."
Thursday, April 29, 2004,
7:00pm,
PopBio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Beth Archie (Duke University)
"Genetic relatedness predicts social associations among wild African elephants."
Thursday, May 6, 2004,
2:00pm,
Special Biology Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Zemer Gitai (Stanford University)
"Understanding the mechanisms that determine cell polarity."
Tuesday, May 18, 2004,
3:30pm,
Biology Seminar
205 Language Center
Speaker unknown
"Latest and Greatest"
Friday, August 27, 2004,
2:50pm,
DCMB Fall Seminars
A247-LSRC
Ann Umbach (Siedow Lab) and Dong Wang (Dong Lab) (Duke University)
"Ann's: Searching for cyanide-reistant alternative oxidase function in whole plants. Dong's: Induction of systemic acquired resistance by NPR1 involves coordinated activation of genes in the protein secretion pathway."
Wednesday, September 1, 2004,
4:00pm,
Dissertation Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Matt Rockman (Duke University)
"Positive selection on cis-regulatory DNA in human origins, diversity, and disease."
Thursday, September 2, 2004,
7:00pm,
PopBio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Arielle Cooley (Willis Lab) (Duke University)
"Evolution, ecology and genetics of a flower color diversification in Mimulus"
Friday, September 3, 2004,
1:15pm,
Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
Barney Caton (USDA, ARS Raleigh)
"Invasion pathways of nonindigenous pests: the example of hitchhiking insects on cargo aircraft in Miami."
Friday, September 3, 2004,
2:50pm,
DCMB Fall Seminars
A247-LSRC
Ruhang Tang (Pei Lab) and Dr. John York (Pharmacology and Cancer Biology). (Duke University)
"Ca2+ signaling and floral initiation in Arabidopsis. York on metabolomics project in his laboratory."
Thursday, September 9, 2004,
7:00pm,
PopBio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Erica Tsai (Manos Lab) (Duke University)
"Do hosts and parasites migrate together? Plans for comparative phylogeographies of the parasitic plant, Epifagus virginiana, with its host, Fagus grandifolia."
Friday, September 10, 2004,
1:15pm,
Graduate Program in Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
Karin Pfenning (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
"Evolution of mate recognition: from individual decisions to macroevolutionary consequences."
Friday, September 10, 2004,
2:50pm,
DCMB Fall Seminars
A247-LSRC
Sushmita Maitra (Fehon Lab) and Eric Schuettpelz (Pryer Lab) (Duke University, both)
"Sushmita: Merlin and expanded function cooperatively to modulate signalling pathways that regulate proliferation. Eric: Ferns diversified in the shadow of angiosperms."
Monday, September 13, 2004,
4:00pm,
Seminars Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Marc Weissburg (Georgia Institute of Technology)
"The ecology of yum: the role of chemically-mediated attractance in structuring predation in marine benthic organisms."
Wednesday, September 15, 2004,
12:30pm,
Dissertation Seminar
Marine Lab, Beaufort
Jonathan Cohen (Duke University)
"Visual sensitivity and diel vertical migration in the marine copepod calanopia americana"
Thursday, September 16, 2004,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Amy Zanne (Tufts University)
"Does seed size matter: relations with ecology and phylogeny."
Thursday, September 16, 2004,
7:00pm,
PopBio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Olivier Fedrigo (Wray Lab) (Duke University)
"Protein structure, distribution of homoplasy and phylogenetic inference."
Friday, September 17, 2004,
1:15pm,
Graduate Program in Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
Jeffrey E. Herrick (USDA - ARS Las Cruces, NM)
"Comprehending complexity together with the public science-based strategies for improving conservation restoration and management of arid and semi-arid ecosystems."
Friday, September 17, 2004,
2:50pm,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Andrea Case (Willis Lab) & Junqi Song(Dong Lab) (Duke University)
"Andrea:The genetics of cytoplasmic male sterility in Mimulus. Song: Gene RB cloned from Solanum bulbocastanum confers broad spectrum resistance to potato late blight."
Thursday, September 23, 2004,
11:45am,
Systematic and Final Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Becky Yahr (Vilgalys Lab, Duke.)
"Geographic variation in composition of lichen associations points to ecological, not evolutionary, specialization."
Thursday, September 23, 2004,
4:30pm,
BAA/Search for Director of Primate Center Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Anne D. Yoder (Yale University)
"Using genetic tools and phylogenetic methods to place Malagasy lemurs in evolutionary and biogeographic context."
Thursday, September 23, 2004,
7:00pm,
PopBio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Shannon LaDeau (Clark Lab) (Duke University)
"Evaluating reproductive success in a pine population exposed to elevated CO2."
Friday, September 24, 2004,
1:15pm,
Graduate Program in Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
Jed Sparks (Cornell University, Ithaca)
"Biosphere atmosphere interactions: terrestrial processes driving atmospheric chemistry."
Friday, September 24, 2004,
2:50pm,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Zhong Wang (Lin Lab) and Sun Yong Jeong (Sun Lab). (Duke University)
"Wang: The divivision of Drosophila germline stem cells and their precursors requires a specific cyclin. Jeong: Arabidopsis RanGAP1 traffics to the growing cell plate by a WPP-domain dependent but microtubule-binding independent mechanism."
Monday, September 27, 2004,
4:00pm,
EEOB/Biology Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Marcy Uyenoyama (Duke University)
"Likelihoods from Summary Statistics"
Thursday, September 30, 2004,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Mike Alfaro (Washington State University.)
"How redundant mapping of form to function influences evolutionary dynamics: an example using the labrid four-bar mechanism."
Thursday, September 30, 2004,
7:00pm,
PopBio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Kyle Dexter (Cunningham Lab) (Duke University)
"Ecological drift in lesser Antillean birds."
Friday, October 1, 2004,
12:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Jim Balhoff (Wray Lab) (Duke University)
"Molecular evolution of the endo-16 promoter within a family of sea urchins."
Friday, October 1, 2004,
1:15pm,
Graduate Program in Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
William A. Hoffmann (North Carolina State University)
"Can evolutionary feedbacks explain the nature of tropical savannas and forest boundaries?"
Friday, October 1, 2004,
2:50pm,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Cynthia Bradham (McClay Lab) and Mark Chee (Haase Lab). (Duke University)
"Bradham: p38 MAPK is required for axial specification and skeletal patterning in sea urchin embryos. Chee: Kinesin-5 motors and their role in the budding yeast Spindle Pole Body cycle."
Thursday, October 7, 2004,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Nicholas McLetchie (University of Kentucky.)
"Sex specific life history and its impact on population sex ratios in clonal species: a tropical plant example."
Thursday, October 7, 2004,
4:30pm,
BAA/Director of Primate Center Search Seminar
Christopher Beard (Carnegie Museum of Natural History Section of Vertebrate Paleontology)
"Biogeography and early primate evolution"
Thursday, October 7, 2004,
7:00pm,
PopBio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Michael Hood (Antonovics Lab) (University of Virginia)
"Consequences of genomic parasites for sex chromosome evolution."
Friday, October 8, 2004,
1:15pm,
Graduate Program in Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
Ted Simons (North Carolina State University)
"Modeling wildlife habitat relationships - issues of scale and accuracy."
Friday, October 8, 2004,
2:50pm,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Ann Rouse (Wray Lab) (Duke University)
"Evolution of cis-regulatory DNA in Saccharomyces cerevisiae."
Friday, October 8, 2004,
3:20pm,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Jennifer Croce (McClay Lab) (Duke University)
"Frizzled signalling is involved in endoderm differenciation and gastrulation movements in the sea urchin embryo."
Thursday, October 14, 2004,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Vicki Funk (Smithsonian Institution)
"Everywhere but Antarctica: constructing a supertree and using it to understand the evolution of the Compositae (daisy family)."
Thursday, October 14, 2004,
7:00pm,
PopBio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Leonie Moyle (University of California, Davis)
"Salad speciation: genetics of hybrid incompatibility in Lycopersicon."
Friday, October 15, 2004,
12:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Andrea Sweigart (Duke University)
"Genetic dissection of Mimulus hybrid male sterility."
Friday, October 15, 2004,
1:15pm,
Graduate Program in Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
Norman Myers (Oxford University)
"The biotic crisis and disruption of future evolution."
Friday, October 15, 2004,
2:50pm,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Hongchong Cui (Benfey Lab) (Duke University)
"A ChIP-chip approach to dissecting the transcriptional network that controls radial patterning in the Arabidopsis roots."
Friday, October 15, 2004,
3:20pm,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Alice Rodriguez (Kiehart Lab) (Duke University)
"A study of the forces that drive dorsal closure during Drosophila morphogenesis."
Monday, October 18, 2004,
4:00pm,
EEOB Seminars
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Deborah M. Gordon (Host Klopfer) (Stanford University)
"Ants at work: from colony behavior to population ecology in harvester ants."
Thursday, October 21, 2004,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
David Hearn (University of Arizona)
"Evolution of growth form diversification in Adenia (Passifloraceae) and a model for the evolution of stem succulence."
Thursday, October 21, 2004,
4:30pm,
BAA/Director of Primate Center Search Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Patricia Wright (State University of New York, Stony Brook)
"Long term research on lemurs: where is it taking us?"
Thursday, October 21, 2004,
7:00pm,
PopBio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Renee Duckworth (Duke University)
"When the environment of selection becomes the selected environment: evolutionary causes and consequences of variation in behavior."
Friday, October 22, 2004,
2:50pm,
DCMB Fall Seminars
A247-LSRC
Sarah Hughes (Fehon Lab) (Duke University)
"Title TBA"
Monday, October 25, 2004,
4:00pm,
EEOB/Biology Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Elizabeth A. Hadly (Stanford University)
"Genetic response of small mammals to holocene climatic change."
Thursday, October 28, 2004,
4:30pm,
BAA/Director of Primate Center Search Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Matt Ravosa (Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.)
"Evolutionary morphology of stepsirrhines: An integrative perspective."
Thursday, October 28, 2004,
7:00pm,
PopBio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Corbin Jones (University of North Carolina)
"Adaptive evolution of a chimeric fusion gene in Drosophila"
Friday, October 29, 2004,
12:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Ian Dworkin (North Carolina State University)
"Evolution and functional genomics of wing shape in Drosophila."
Friday, October 29, 2004,
1:15pm,
Graduate Program in Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
Shannon LaDeau (Duke University)
"Forest tree fecundity: Community diversity & response to global change."
Friday, October 29, 2004,
2:50pm,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Whitney Jones (Bejsovec Lab) (Duke University)
"The role of RacGap50C in the wingless pathway during embryonic development in Drosophila."
Friday, October 29, 2004,
3:20pm,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Rodolfo Zentella (Sun Lab) (Duke University)
"Hormone signaling pathways in barley seeds."
Monday, November 1, 2004,
4:00pm,
Super Speaker Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Mary Jane West-Eberhard (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute/Costa Rica)
"Evolution by genetic accommodation."
Tuesday, November 2, 2004,
11:45am,
Super Speaker Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Mary Jane West-Eberhard (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute/Costa Rica)
"Moderated discussion: the role of developmental plasticity in evolution."
Thursday, November 4, 2004,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Vanessa Jackson (Florida State University)
"A computer simulation study of the accuracy of alternative maximum-likelihood methods for estimating ancestral states for discrete characters on phylogenetic trees."
Thursday, November 4, 2004,
7:00pm,
PopBio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Kyle Van Houtan (Duke University)
"What can mist-net data tell us about bird behavior? What does behavior tell us about persistence in habitat fragments?"
Friday, November 5, 2004,
1:15pm,
Graduate Program in Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
Tom Rufty (North Carolina State University)
"The mechanism of Al tolerance: New insights on Al localization using lumogallion staining."
Friday, November 5, 2004,
2:50pm,
DCMB Fall Seminars
A247-LSRC
Wendy Beane (McClay Lab) (Duke University)
"The small GTPase PhoA is required for gastrulation in the sea urchin."
Friday, November 5, 2004,
3:20pm,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Juliette Colinas (Benfey Lab) (Duke University)
"The relative role of non-coding sequences in regulation of mRNA expression level and breadth."
Monday, November 8, 2004,
4:00pm,
EEOB/Biology Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Steven S. Perakis (USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center & Dept. of Forest Science, Oregon State University)
"Nitrogen cycling in terrestrial ecosystems: the implications of leaky plumbing." [abstract]
Thursday, November 11, 2004,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Nico Cellinese (Yale University)
"Specimens, images, morphology, and genes: harvesting botanical data and navigating the Tree of Life."
Thursday, November 11, 2004,
7:00pm,
PopBio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Philip Awadalla (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
"Does recombination explain all haplotype variation in populations?"
Friday, November 12, 2004,
12:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Greg Wray (Duke University)
"Evolution of the early embryonic gene network of the purple sea urchin, S. purpuratus."
Friday, November 12, 2004,
1:15pm,
Graduate Program in Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
Christina Burch (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
"Mutational effects and interactions: What are the consequences of complexity?"
Friday, November 12, 2004,
2:50pm,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Brad Pistorio (George McLendon Lab) (Chemistry Dept., Duke)
"Chemotherapeutics for the treatment of HIV."
Friday, November 12, 2004,
3:20pm,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Tal Nawy (Benfey Lab, Duke)
"The arabidopsis root stem cell population: from reverse genetics to genomics."
Monday, November 15, 2004,
4:00pm,
EEOB/Biology Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Phil Newmark (Host Benfey) (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
"Functional genomic approaches to study regeneration in planarians." [abstract]
Thursday, November 18, 2004,
7:00pm,
PopBio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Maria Pia Miglietta (Duke University)
"Heterochronic events and life cycle evolution in Hydrozoa (Cnidaria)."
Friday, November 19, 2004,
1:15pm,
Graduate Program in Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
Viney P. Aneja (North Carolina State University)
"The environmental consequences of altered nitrogen cycling resulting from animal agricultural production."
Friday, November 19, 2004,
2:50pm,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Kate Walton (McClay Lab) (Duke University)
"Hedgehog signaling in the sea urchin, Lytechinus variegatus."
Friday, November 19, 2004,
3:20pm,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Eric Spana and Jeremy Erickson, DCMB (Duke University)
"An overview of model system genomics."
Monday, November 22, 2004,
4:00pm,
EEOB/Biology Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Sarah Tishkoff (University of Maryland, College Park)
"May not be coming--stand by for update" [abstract]
Thursday, November 25, 2004,
7:00pm,
PopBio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Thanksgiving
"Title TBA"
Monday, November 29, 2004,
4:00pm,
EEOB/Biology Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
James Skeath (Dept of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis)
"No two neurons are alike: asymmetric cell division and neuronal fate determination in the Drosophila CNS."
Tuesday, November 30, 2004,
11:45am,
Systematics Discussion Group
Carla Rydholm (Duke University)
"Title TBA"
Thursday, December 2, 2004,
7:00pm,
PopBio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Dagan Loisel (Duke University)
"Evolution of MHC regulatory and coding sequences in wild baboons."
Friday, December 3, 2004,
12:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Willow Gabriel (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
"Developing tardigrades as a new model for evo-devo studies."
Friday, December 3, 2004,
1:15pm,
Graduate Program in Ecology Seminar
A158-LSRC room change today!!
Steven N. Handel (State University of New Jersey)
"Can we restore natural habitats to urban areas? Experiments on degraded lands."
Friday, December 3, 2004,
2:50pm,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Kim Gallagher (Benfey Lab)
"Analysis of SHR movement."
Friday, December 3, 2004,
3:20pm,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Jody Franke (Kiehart Lab)
"Rod mutations associated with MYH9-related disorders disrupt non-muscle myosin-IIA assembly."
Monday, December 6, 2004,
4:00pm,
EEOB/Biology Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Helen Piontkivska (Host Uyenoyama) (University of South Carolina)
"Selection and HIV: Between-host evolution of CTL epitopes in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)."
Tuesday, December 7, 2004,
11:45am,
Systematics Discussion Group Seminar
Jonathan Shaw and Cymon Cox (Duke University)
"Latitudinal trends in moss diverstiy."
Thursday, December 9, 2004,
7:00pm,
PopBio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Kentaro Shimizu (Purugganan Lab) (North Carolina State University)
"Arabidopsis sexual reproduction: Darwinian selection on a selfing locus, and Dobzhansky-Muller incompatibility."
Monday, December 13, 2004,
4:00pm,
Dissertation Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Joshua S. Rose (Duke University)
"Integration of invading species into guilds of indigenous dragonflies (Odonata: Anisoptera)."
Thursday, January 13, 2005,
4:30pm,
Biology Seminar Series
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Bruce Edgar (Host Nijhout) (Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center)
"Growth and cell cycle control in Drosophila."
Friday, January 14, 2005,
1:15pm,
University Program in Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
Justin Wright (Biology Dept., Duke University)
"Biodiversity in a patchy landscape: the role of organisms as ecosystem engineers."
Monday, January 17, 2005,
4:00pm,
EEOB/Biology Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Lois Weisman (Biochemisty, University of Iowa, Iowa City)
"Yeast vacuole inheritance: Insights into the regulation of organelle movement."
Friday, January 21, 2005,
1:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Yuichiro Suzuki (Duke University)
"The greening of dark caterpillars: The evolution of a larval color polyphenism in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta."
Friday, January 21, 2005,
1:15pm,
University Program in Ecology Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Sheila M. Palmer (Biology Dept. and Center on Global Change, Duke Univ.)
"Long-term change and spatial pattern in the biogeochemistry of aluminum at Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest."
Monday, January 24, 2005,
3:00pm,
Mathematics Seminar
114 Physics Bldg.
Lani Wu (Genomics Institute, Harvard)
"Dissecting overlapping feedback mechanisms in budding yeast."
Monday, January 24, 2005,
4:15pm,
Biology Seminar Series
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Sean Carroll (Host Wray) (Molecular Biology, Genetics, and Medical Genetics and Howard Hughes Invesitgator, University of Wisconsin, Madison.)
"Chance caught on the wing: Cis-regulatory evolution and the origin of novel traits."
Monday, January 24, 2005,
4:30pm,
Mathematics Seminar
113 Physics Bldg.
Steven Altschuler (Genomics Institute, Harvard)
"Making microscopy computable."
Thursday, January 27, 2005,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Alberto Lindner (Duke University)
"Deep-sea origin of shallow water marine diversity."
Friday, January 28, 2005,
1:15pm,
University Program in Ecology Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Charles E. Mitchell (University of North Carolina)
"Pathogen control of plant community productivity and diversity."
Monday, January 31, 2005,
4:15pm,
Biology Seminar Series
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Jeff Brodsky (Host Kiehart) (University of Pittsburg)
"The life and death of proteins in the early secretory pathway."
Tuesday, February 1, 2005,
4:00pm,
Systematics Discussion Group
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Marcy Uyenoyama (Duke University)
"Estimating introgression rates."
Wednesday, February 2, 2005,
4:00pm,
Developmental Biology Colloquium
147 Nanaline Duke
Trish Labosky (University of Pennsylvania)
"Control of patterning in mammalian development."
Thursday, February 3, 2005,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Paul Wolf (Utah State University)
"Getting to the roots of plant phylogeny: Evidence from organelle genomes."
Thursday, February 3, 2005,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Cynthia Riginos (Duke University)
"Natural selection and gene duplication of a gamete recognition gene in mussels"
Friday, February 4, 2005,
1:15pm,
University Program in Ecology Final Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Kenneth J. Feeley (Biology Dept. Duke University)
"How monkey dung can help solve the 'paradox of tropical luxuriance'."
Monday, February 7, 2005,
4:15pm,
Biology Seminar Series
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Jorge Vivanco (Host: Benfey & Jackson) (Rhizosphere Biology, Dept. Horticulture, Colorado State University)
"How plants communicate using the underground information superhighway."
Wednesday, February 9, 2005,
4:00pm,
Developmental Biology Colloquium
147 Nanaline Duke
David Raible (University of Washington)
"Reiterated signaling in Zebrafish neural crest development."
Thursday, February 10, 2005,
11:45am,
Systematics Final Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Jay Horn (Duke University)
"Overturning botanical dogma: new perspectives in the structural biology and phylogeny of the plant family, Dilleniaceae."
Thursday, February 10, 2005,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Kim Ryall (Duke University)
"Fungal endophytes of mosses: why are wood decomposers living in non-vascular plants?"
Friday, February 11, 2005,
1:15pm,
University Program in Ecology Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Daniel D. Richter (Nicholas School of Environment, Duke Univ.)
"The rhizosphere reconsidered: from narrowly conceived microsite to major driver of soil formation and ecosystem function."
Monday, February 14, 2005,
4:15pm,
Biology Seminar Series
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Xuemei Chen (Host: Xinnian Dong) (Waksman Institute, Rutgers University)
"Flowers show and tell: cell fate specification and microRNA biogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana."
Wednesday, February 16, 2005,
4:00pm,
Developmental Biology Colloquium
147 Nanaline Duke
Larysa Pevny (University of North Carolina)
"Gene dosage functions for SOX2 signaling during neural progenitor differentiation."
Thursday, February 17, 2005,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Brian Wiegmann (North Carolina State University)
"Flies in the tree of life: mining the molecular, anatomical and fossil records."
Thursday, February 17, 2005,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Christy Henzler (Duke University)
"Testing hypotheses of Pleistocene glaciation with North Atlantic amphipods."
Friday, February 18, 2005,
1:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Leo DiNapoli (Capel Lab, Cell Biology Dept.) (Duke University)
"Sex determination in the red eared slider turtle, T. scripta."
Friday, February 18, 2005,
1:15pm,
University Program in Ecology Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Harald Beck (Center for Tropical Conservation, Duke Univ.)
"The impact of disturbances on population dynamics and species diversity."
Monday, February 21, 2005,
4:15pm,
Biology Seminar Series
111 Bio Sci Bldg
David Kovar (Hosts Kiehart & Benfey) (Yale University)
"Fission yeast cytokinesis: Formin' actin filaments de novo that cannot be capped."
Tuesday, February 22, 2005,
12:00pm,
Biology Seminar Series
144 Bio Sci Bldg
David Kovar (Yale University)
"Further research in fission yeast cytokinesis: Formin' actin filaments de novo that cannot be capped."
Wednesday, February 23, 2005,
4:00pm,
Developmental Biology Colloquium
147 Nanaline Duke
Linheng Li (Stowers Institute)
"Regulation of adult stem cell development."
Wednesday, February 23, 2005,
4:15pm,
Dissertation Biology Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Jim Balhoff (Duke University)
"Molecular evolution of the endo 16 cis-regulatory sequence."
Thursday, February 24, 2005,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Julia Clarke (North Carolina State University)
"Fossil evidence for the timing and pattern of crown clade avian diversification."
Thursday, February 24, 2005,
7:00pm,
Special Pop Bio Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Graham Bell (McGill University)
"The present status of neutral theory in community ecology."
Friday, February 25, 2005,
1:15pm,
University Program in Ecology Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Elizabeth R. Smith (Dir. Regional Vulnerability Assessment Program, EPA, RTP)
"Regional vulnerability assessment: using existing data and model results to target risk management activitities."
Monday, February 28, 2005,
4:15pm,
Biology Seminar Series
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Shou-wei Ding (Host: Xinnian Dong) (University of California, Riverside)
"siRNAs, miRNAs and RNA silencing in host responses to viruses."
Wednesday, March 2, 2005,
4:00pm,
Developmental Biology Colloquium
147 Nanaline Duke
John Eppig (Jackson Lab, Duke University)
"Oocyte control of Follicular somatic cell function."
Thursday, March 3, 2005,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Jason Stajich (Duke University)
"Patterns of intron loss, gain, and retention in fungal genomes reveals ancient and novel introns."
Friday, March 4, 2005,
1:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Julia Bowsher (Duke University)
"Brush up on novel appendages."
Friday, March 4, 2005,
1:15pm,
University Program in Ecology Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
W. L. (Bill) Bauerle (Dept. of Horticulture, Clemson University)
"Intraspecific variation in thermal and water stress responses: predicting carbon uptake and water use of terrestrial C3 forest systems."
Tuesday, March 8, 2005,
11:45am,
Systematics Discussion Group
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Anne Weil (Biological Anthropology & Anatomy, Duke University)
"The dinosaur-eating mammal Repenomamus and its fascinating jaws and ears."
Wednesday, March 9, 2005,
4:00pm,
Developmental Biology Colloquium
147 Nanaline Duke
Ulrike Gaul (Rockefeller University)
"Gene networks om Drosphila segmentation"
Thursday, March 10, 2005,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Dave Des Marais (Duke University)
"Tracing the evolutionary fates of duplicate genes in Ipomoea."
Friday, March 11, 2005,
1:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Zeev Pancer (Duke University)
"Origin of vertebrate adaptive immunity."
Friday, March 11, 2005,
1:15pm,
University Program in Ecology Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
John F. Bruno (Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
"Metacommunity dynamics of cobble beach plant communities."
Wednesday, March 23, 2005,
4:00pm,
Developmental Biology Colloquium
147 Nanaline Duke
Billie Swalla (Host: Dave McClay) (University of Washington, Seattle)
"Man is but a worm. . . .chordate origins."
Thursday, March 24, 2005,
11:45am,
Systematics Final Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Christine Davis (Duke University)
"A peek inside the black box of liverwort-associated endophytes: unexpectedly rich communities and complex patterns of distribution and host affinity."
Thursday, March 24, 2005,
4:15pm,
Evo Devo Special Seminar
130 Bio Sci Bldg
Billie Swalla (University of Washington, Seattle)
"Tunicate tales of innate immunity."
Thursday, March 24, 2005,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Ines Ibanez (Duke University)
"Role of interannual climatic variability on tree species recruitment: Implications under global change."
Friday, March 25, 2005,
1:15pm,
University Program in Ecology Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Paul R. Moorcroft (Dept. of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University)
"Mechanistic home range analysis: developing a predictive theory of animal home range patterns."
Friday, March 25, 2005,
4:00pm,
Biological Anthropology & Anatomy Seminar
143 Jones Building
Kim Wallen (Dept. of Psychology, Emory University and Yerkes National Primate Research Center.)
"Desire and risk: the behavioral neuroendocrinology of sexual behavior."
Monday, March 28, 2005,
4:15pm,
Robertson Scholar Lecture
111 Bio Sci Bldg.
Sue Wessler (Host Benfey) (University of Georgia, Athens)
"Transposable elements: teaching old genomes new tricks."
Tuesday, March 29, 2005,
11:45am,
Systematics Discussion Group
107 Bio Sci Bldg
David Schindel (Consortium for the Barcode of Life, Smithsonian Institution)
"DNA barcoding and the democratization of taxonomy."
Wednesday, March 30, 2005,
4:00pm,
Developmental Biology Colloquium
147 Nanaline Duke
Kathryn Anderson (Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center)
"Cilia and hedgehog signaling in the mouse."
Wednesday, March 30, 2005,
4:15pm,
Biology Dissertation Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Megan Hall (Duke University)
"The genetics of adaptation in annual and perennial Mimulus guttatus."
Thursday, March 31, 2005,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Mark Fishbein (Mississippi State University)
"Phylogenetic relationships of Asclepias (milkweeds): some implications for taxonomy, biogeography, and the evolution of plant defense traits."
Thursday, March 31, 2005,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Mario Vallejo Marin (Duke University)
"The evolution of male flowers is driven, in part, by higher female reproductive success."
Friday, April 1, 2005,
1:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Simon Wu (Biology Dept., Duke University)
"Epithelial-mesenchymal transition and mesoderm development: follow Snail's trail, but not at Snail's pace."
Friday, April 1, 2005,
1:15pm,
University Program in Ecology Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Will Wilson (Biology Dept. Duke University)
"Model communities of non-neutral resources and consumers: empirical predictions from linearized species interactions."
Tuesday, April 5, 2005,
11:45am,
Systematics Discussion Group
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Paul Manos (Duke University)
"Levels of genetic cohesion in rainforest tree species across different geographic scales."
Wednesday, April 6, 2005,
4:00pm,
Developmental Biology Colloquium
147 Nanaline Duke
Yi Zhong (Cold Spring Harbor Lab)
"Genetic dissection of learning and memory in Drosophila."
Wednesday, April 6, 2005,
4:15pm,
Biology Dissertation Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Tracy Feldman (Duke University)
"Can one plant species 'rescue' another from Allee effects?"
Thursday, April 7, 2005,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Herve Phillipe (Universite de Montreal)
"Phylogenomics of animals."
Thursday, April 7, 2005,
7:00pm,
Special Pop Bio Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Hopi Hoekstra (Host Arielle Cooley) (University of California, San Diego)
"Genetic basis of adaptive color patterning in beach mice."
Friday, April 8, 2005,
1:15pm,
University Program in Ecology Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Kevin Gross (Biomathematics/Statistics North Carolina State University)
"Does extinction order matter? Modeling the functional consequences of random vs. ordered extinction."
Friday, April 8, 2005,
3:00pm,
Special Biology Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Hopi Hoekstra (Host Cooley) (University of California, San Diego)
"Ecological genetics of coloration in vertebrates: candidate genes for simple traits."
Monday, April 11, 2005,
4:15pm,
Biology Dissertation Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Stuart McDaniel (Duke University)
"The evolutionary genetics of sexual dimorphism in the moss Ceratodon purpureus."
Tuesday, April 12, 2005,
1:30pm,
Biology Seminar
130 Bio Sci Bldg
Ottoline Leyser (University of York, United Kingdom)
"Auzin and the control of shoot branching in Arabidopsis."
Wednesday, April 13, 2005,
4:00pm,
Developmental Biology Colloquium
147 Nanaline Duke
Sarah Millar (Penn State)
"WNT signaling in the development of skin appendages: hair follicles, mammary glands and teeth."
Wednesday, April 13, 2005,
4:15pm,
Biology Dissertation Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Julie Hollister-Smith (Duke University)
"Reproductive behavior in male African elephants (Loxodonta africana) and the role of musth: a genetic and experimental analysis."
Thursday, April 14, 2005,
11:45am,
Systematics Final Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Daniel Henk (Duke University)
"Coevolutionary diversification of Septobasidium, a fungal symbiont of scale insects."
Thursday, April 14, 2005,
4:15pm,
35th Annual Henry J. Oosting Memorial Lecture in Ecology
Schiciano Aud. CIEMAS Building
Stuart G. Fisher (School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University)
"Natural history of a desert-stream landscape-ecosystem."
Thursday, April 14, 2005,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Yuichiro Suzuki (Duke University)
"The evolution of a color polyphenism by genetic accommodation."
Friday, April 15, 2005,
1:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Lisa M. Goering (North Carolina State University)
"Investigating the genetic basis of phenotypic variation of Drosophila eggshell patterning."
Friday, April 15, 2005,
1:15pm,
University Program in Ecology Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Kirsten S. Hofmockel (University Program in Ecology, Duke Univ.)
"Belowground carbon-nitrogen interactions at the Duke Forest FACE site."
Friday, April 15, 2005,
4:00pm,
Duke Divinity School and Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences Seminar
Duke Divinity School
Ken Miller/response Ellen Davis (Professor of Biology and Evolution, Brown University)
"Only a theory? Evolution and the struggle for America's soul." [abstract]
Saturday, April 16, 2005,
9:30am,
Duke Divinity School and Biology Panel Discussion
Duke Divinity School
Susan Alberts, Sheryl Broverman, Paula Lemons, & Michael Northcutt (Professors of Biology and Ethics, Duke & Edinburgh)
"Evolution and Religion" [abstract]
Wednesday, April 20, 2005,
4:00pm,
Developmental Biology Colloquium
147 Nanaline Duke
Sam Pfaff (Salk Institute)
"Regulation of spinal cord development."
Wednesday, April 20, 2005,
4:15pm,
Biology Dissertation Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Beth Archie (Duke University)
"Kinship and social behavior in wild African elephants: are they related?"
Thursday, April 21, 2005,
11:45am,
Systematics Final Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Valerie Reeb (Duke University)
"The lichen family acarosporaceae: circumscription, origin of divergence and evolution of group I intron encoded HEG."
Thursday, April 21, 2005,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Justin Wright (Duke University)
"Causes and consequences of changes in biodiversity: a functional perspective."
Friday, April 22, 2005,
1:15pm,
University Program in Ecology Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Ragan (Ray) M. Callaway (Biological Sciences, University of Montana)
"The novel weapons hypothesis for exotic invasion: allelopathic and antimicrobial effects of root exudates."
Monday, April 25, 2005,
4:15pm,
Biology Seminar Series
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Scott Wing, (Host Roth) (Smithsonian Institution)
"Paleontological evidence for the origin of neotropical rainforest--from Inferno to Paradiso."
Tuesday, April 26, 2005,
11:45am,
Systematics Discussion Group
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Scott Wing, (Host Roth) (Smithsonian Institution)
"Response of mid-latitude vegetation to rapid global warming 55 million years ago."
Wednesday, April 27, 2005,
4:00pm,
Developmental Biology Colloquium
147 Nanaline Duke
Zhingang He (Harvard University)
"Mechanisms regulating axon regeneration."
Wednesday, April 27, 2005,
4:15pm,
Biology Dissertation Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Robin Smith (Duke University)
"Adaptive evolution of prezygotic isolation in the ivyleaf morning glory."
Wednesday, June 8, 2005,
1:00pm,
Dissertation Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Ryan Range (DCMB, Duke University)
"The roles of LvGroucho, LvNumb and LvIroquois during endomesoderm specification in the sea urchin embryo."
Wednesday, August 24, 2005,
10:30am,
DCMB Seminar
A312-LSRC
Javier Paz-Ares (Host Benfey) (Centro Nacional de Biotecnolgia, Madrid, Spain)
"Phosphate inducible genes in Arabidopsis."
Wednesday, August 31, 2005,
4:15pm,
Dissertation Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Kai Jung Chi (Duke University)
"Nature's Shoes: Form, Functions, Biomechanics and Scaling of Mammalian Footpads."
Thursday, September 1, 2005,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
David Penny (Allan Wilson Center for Molecular Ecology and Evolution, Massey University.)
"Are microevolutionary processes sufficient for macroevolution: birds, mammanls, dinosaurs and pterosaurs?"
Friday, September 2, 2005,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
Graduate students! (Duke University)
"Pizza and welcome to the new graduate students"
Friday, September 9, 2005,
11:45am,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Kim Gallagher (Benfey Lab) (Duke University)
"Analysis of SHORT-ROOT MOVEMENT."
Friday, September 9, 2005,
12:15pm,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Xiaorong Lin (Joe Heitman lab, MGM) (Duke University)
"Sexual reproduction between partners of the same mating-type in Cryptococcus neoformans."
Friday, September 9, 2005,
1:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Alison Sweeney (And introductory meeting) (Duke University)
"Evolving refractive index: how lens protein evolution contributed to high resolution squid vision."
Friday, September 9, 2005,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
Rich Phillips (Bernhardt lab) (Biology Dept., Duke University)
"Rhizosphere carbon flux and rhizophere effects on microbial activity and nutrient availability in northern hardwood forests."
Thursday, September 15, 2005,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Russ Van Horn (Duke University)
"Savannah splits: social group fission among female baboons."
Friday, September 16, 2005,
11:45am,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Daniele Armaleo (Biology, Duke University)
"Lichen symbiosis and DNA methylation."
Friday, September 16, 2005,
12:15pm,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
David Sherwood (DCMB, Duke University)
"Dissection of cell invasion in vivo: Anchor cell invasion in C. elegans."
Friday, September 16, 2005,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
Peter Abrams (Host Wilson) (Zoology, University of Toronto)
"Coexistence and coevolution of specialists and generalists."
Monday, September 19, 2005,
4:15pm,
Super Speakers Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg.
Michael Donoghue (host , Nowak and grad students) (Yale University)
"Radiation of the flowering plant clade Dispacales."
Tuesday, September 20, 2005,
4:15pm,
Super Speakers Seminar
130 Bio Sci Bldg (Note location!)
Michael Donoghue (host Nowak) (Yale University)
"A short presentation and discussion on the Phylocode."
Thursday, September 22, 2005,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Dave Padgett (University of North Carolina, Wilmington)
"A new approach to revising the systematics of the Saprolegniales based on ITS and 26S sequencing."
Thursday, September 22, 2005,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Laura Kavanaugh (Duke UPGG/MGM)
"Large Scale Horizontal Gene Transfer between Subspecies in an Opportunistic Human Pathogen."
Friday, September 23, 2005,
11:45am,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Adrienne Wells (Kiehart Lab) (Duke University)
"The canthus in dorsal closure: how epithelial sheets seam together."
Friday, September 23, 2005,
12:15pm,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
David Orlando (Haase Lab) (Duke University)
"Modeling the cell cycle in S. cerevisiae."
Friday, September 23, 2005,
1:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
David W. Pfenning (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
"Maternally inherited plasticity as a facilitator of evolution."
Friday, September 23, 2005,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
Anne Hershey (Host Bernhardt) (Julia Taylor Morton Distinguished Professor, University of North Carolina, Greensboro)
"Effects of urbanization and restoration on the ecology of Piedmont streams."
Thursday, September 29, 2005,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
John Walker (Appalachian State University)
"Diversity, composition and spatiotemporal dynamics in mycorrhizal fungus communities: Molecular studies in temperate, alpine and arctic systems."
Friday, September 30, 2005,
11:45am,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Andrew Seeds (York Lab, Pharmacology and Cancer Biology) (Duke University)
"A developmental role for the inositol kinase lpk2 in Drosophila melanogaster."
Friday, September 30, 2005,
12:15pm,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Laura Simmons (Hasse Lab) (Duke University)
"Cell cycle control of spindle pole body duplication."
Friday, September 30, 2005,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
Don Brightsmith (Research Associate Biology, Duke University)
"Breeding, migration and phenology: the real dirt on parrot clay use in southeastern Peru."
Wednesday, October 5, 2005,
1:00pm,
Dissertation Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Alberto Lindner/Note special time! (Duke University)
"Onshore-offshore patterns and the evolution of benthic marine biodiversity."
Thursday, October 6, 2005,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Heath O'Brien (Duke University)
"A new model system for studying plant-fungal symbioses."
Friday, October 7, 2005,
10:30am,
Systematics Seminar (Note different day and time!)
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Terry Henkel (Humboldt State University)
"Ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity of the Guiana Shield"
Friday, October 7, 2005,
11:45am,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Wendy Beane (McClay Lab) (Duke University)
"RhoA: Connecting morphogenesis and specification in the sea urchin."
Friday, October 7, 2005,
12:15pm,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Hongchang Cui (Benfey Lab) (Duke University)
"Functional interdependence between SHR and SCR in radial patterning in the Arabidopsis root."
Friday, October 7, 2005,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
Barry Osmond (Former dir. Biosphere 2 and Adjunt Biology Dept., Duke University)
"Remotely sensing and imaging photosynthetic efficiency in forest canopies."
Thursday, October 13, 2005,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Frank Xie (North Carolina State University)
"Speciation in Rhagoletis pomonella Flies: sympatric or allopatric?"
Thursday, October 13, 2005,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Kathryn Perez (Duke University)
"Reisdent aliens, foreign nationals and neighbors you didn't know you had. A phylogenetic study of the invasive land snail species Praticolella griseola (Gastropoda: Pulmonata)."
Friday, October 14, 2005,
11:45am,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Amanda Moehring (Noor Lab) (Duke University)
"Gene expression disruptions in Drosophila hybrids."
Friday, October 14, 2005,
12:15pm,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Michelle Turski (Thiele Lab, Pharmacology) (Duke University)
"Characterization of Drosophila CTR1A: Insights into the role copper plays in development."
Thursday, October 20, 2005,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Tom Near (University of Tennessee)
"Fossil calibrations in dating the tree of life: examples for turtles and centrarchid fishes."
Thursday, October 20, 2005,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Scotland Leman (Duke Statistics Department)
"Time Series-based Approach to the Analysis of Nosocomial Infections."
Friday, October 21, 2005,
11:45am,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Zhonglin Zhang (Sun Lab) (Duke University)
"The rice WRKY71 gene encodes a transcriptional repressor of GA response in aleurone cells."
Friday, October 21, 2005,
12:15pm,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Natalie Weaver (Dong Lab) (Duke University)
"A search for new regulators of plant disease resistance."
Friday, October 21, 2005,
1:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Anna Keyte (Duke University)
"What makes marsupials tick? The evolution of the embryonic segmentation clock in vertebrates."
Friday, October 21, 2005,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
Curt Richardson (NSOE, Duke University)
"The importance of wetlands to global biogeochemistry."
Thursday, October 27, 2005,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Greg Chandler (University of North Carolina, Wilmington)
"Apiales, asterales and beyond--a journey through the higher plant orders."
Friday, October 28, 2005,
11:45am,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Cyndi Bradham (McClay Lab) (Duke University)
"Specification and patterning in sea urchin embryos."
Friday, October 28, 2005,
12:15pm,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Dave Des Marais (Rausher Lab) (Duke University)
"Functional evolution following gene duplication in morning glories."
Friday, October 28, 2005,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
Tim Bleby (Research Associate Jackson Lab, Duke University.)
"New insights about the hydraulic architecture of semi-arid Australian eucalypts."
Thursday, November 3, 2005,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Rob Wallace (Iowa State University)
"The botany of beer."
Thursday, November 3, 2005,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Amy Bouck (Duke University)
"Using ESTs to uncover past genome duplications in Mimulus."
Friday, November 4, 2005,
11:45am,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Simon Wu (McClay Lab) (Duke University)
"Snail repressor is required for ingression of primary mesenchym cells in the sea urchin embryo."
Friday, November 4, 2005,
12:15pm,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Steven Spoel (Dong Lab) (Duke University)
"Fine-tuning plant defense signaling: regulation and function of NPR1."
Friday, November 4, 2005,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
Paul Baker (NSOE-EOS Duke University)
"Tropical paleoclimate and climate."
Thursday, November 10, 2005,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Nikolai P. Kandul (Research Associate Noor Lab, Duke University)
"Speciation in the genus Agrodiaetus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae): reinforcement of prezypotic isolation and karyotypic diversification."
Thursday, November 10, 2005,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Eric Schranz (Research Associate Mitchell-Olds Lab, Duke University)
"Independent ancient polyploidy events in the sister families Brassicaceae and Capparaceae."
Friday, November 11, 2005,
11:45am,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Alice Rodriguez (Kiehart Lab) (Duke University)
"Dynamic analysis of forces driving Drosophila dorsal closure."
Friday, November 11, 2005,
12:15pm,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Ralph Haygood (Wray Lab) (Duke University)
"Promoter variation in sea urchins."
Friday, November 11, 2005,
1:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Yui Suzuki (Duke University)
"Evolution by genetic accommodation of hormonal regulation."
Friday, November 11, 2005,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
Tim Coulson (Host Morris) (Population Biology, Imperial College, London)
"Demography, dynamics and microevolutionary change in large mammals."
Thursday, November 17, 2005,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Olivier Fedrigo (Duke University)
"Choosing the best genes for the job."
Thursday, November 17, 2005,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Jenny Tung (Duke University)
"Gene expression variation in wild baboons: a gateway towards understanding genotype-phenotype."
Friday, November 18, 2005,
11:45am,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Jiaming Li (Pei Lab) (Duke University)
"Calcium circadian rhythms and flowering."
Friday, November 18, 2005,
12:15pm,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Akio Masumoto (Jonathan Stamler Lab, Medicine) (Duke University)
"Screening for NO-dependent protein-protein interactions."
Friday, November 18, 2005,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
Dan Ritschoff (Duke Marine Lab, NSOE, Duke)
"Reproductive biology of Blue Crabs."
Thursday, December 1, 2005,
2:30pm,
Dissertation Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Cynthia Willson (Duke University)
"Vulnerability to xylem cavitation in Juniperus (cupressaceae)."
Thursday, December 1, 2005,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Arielle Cooley (Willis Lab) (Duke University)
"Genetics of color patterning in Mimulus and kittens."
Friday, December 2, 2005,
11:45am,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Rodolfo Zentella (Sun Lab) (Duke University)
"Gibberellin signaling repression: searching for RGA's helpers."
Friday, December 2, 2005,
12:15pm,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Dagan Loisel (Alberts Lab) (Duke University)
"Functional cis-regulatory polymorphism in the immune gene, MHC-DQA1, is maintained across speciation events in primates."
Friday, December 2, 2005,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
Amy Rosemond (Host Bernhardt) (Institute of Ecology, University of Georgia)
"Why bottoms matter: variation in resources affects consumers, food webs and ecosystem function."
Thursday, December 8, 2005,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Patrick Nosil (Simon Frasier University)
"Outstanding questions in the ecology of speciation."
Friday, December 9, 2005,
11:45am,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Yasuomi Tada (Dong Lab) (Duke University)
"Cellular redox changes control plant systemic acquired resistance."
Friday, December 9, 2005,
12:15pm,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Whitney Jones (Bejsovec Lab) (Duke University)
"RacGap50C is a negative regulator of the Wingless pathway."
Friday, December 9, 2005,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
Jason Fridley (Host Wright) (Biology, University of North Carolina)
"Diversity, invasion and the scale-dependent assembly of southeastern US plant communities."
Thursday, December 15, 2005,
11:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Dr. William Henley (Host Rytas Vilgalys) (Dept. of Botany, Oklahome State University)
"Algae from the Great Salt Plains, OK: unexpected range of diversity and halotolerance."
Friday, December 16, 2005,
1:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Willow Gabriel (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
"Developing tardigrades as a new model organism for studies on evolution of development."
Thursday, January 12, 2006,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Dagan Loisel (Alberts Lab, Duke University)
"Signatures of balancing selection in the 5' cis-regulatory region of MHC-DQA1 in primates."
Friday, January 13, 2006,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Jack Brookshire (Host Bernhardt) (Biology Dept., Virginia Tech)
"Shifting atmospheric contributions to forest nitrogen cycling and loss."
Tuesday, January 17, 2006,
12:00pm,
NESCENT Seminar
Nescent seminar room at Erwin Mill Bldg.
Peter Keightley (Host Adam Eyre-Walker) (University of Edinburgh)
"Genome-wide deleterious mutation in nematodes and fruit flies--causes and evolutionary consequences."
Wednesday, January 18, 2006,
4:00pm,
Developmental Biology Colloquium Seminar
147 Nanaline Duke
Olivier Pourquoi (Host Blanche Capel) (Stowers)
"Vertebrate somitogenesis"
Thursday, January 19, 2006,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Scott Davidson (Alberts Lab, Duke University)
"In fair-weather or foul: the effect of environmental variation on baboons."
Friday, January 20, 2006,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Phil Townsend (Forest Ecology & Management, University of Wisconsin)
"Erosion, sedimentation and long-term landscape change on Southeastern floodplains."
Wednesday, January 25, 2006,
4:00pm,
Developmental Biology Colloquium Seminar
147 Nanaline Duke
Deborah Yelon (Host Ken Poss) (New York University Skirball Institute)
"Building the zebrafish heart: from progenitor selection to chamber expansion."
Thursday, January 26, 2006,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Brian Counterman (Noor Lab, Duke University)
"Multilocus test for introgression between cactophilic Drosophila species."
Friday, January 27, 2006,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Richard Mack (School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University)
"Invasion! Immigration routes and ecological genetics of Bromus tectorum (cheatgrass) in North America."
Wednesday, February 1, 2006,
4:00pm,
Developmental Biology Colloquium Seminar
147 Nanaline Duke
Mark Peifer (Host Dave McClay) (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
"Building the body plan: the miracle of morphogenesis."
Thursday, February 2, 2006,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Matt Streisfeld (Rausher Lab, Duke University)
"Ecological genetics of adaptive floral differentiation in bush monkeyflower."
Friday, February 3, 2006,
1:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Tami McDonald (Lutzoni Lab, Duke University)
"The epigenetics of fungal symbiosis."
Friday, February 3, 2006,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Weijun Shen (Nicholas School of Environment, Duke University)
"Rainfall mediation effects on desert ecosystem responses to elevated CO2: a modeling analysis.."
Wednesday, February 8, 2006,
4:00pm,
Developmental Biology Colloquium Seminar
147 Nanaline Duke
Zhi-Chun Lai (Host Xiao-Fan Wang) (Penn State University)
"Mob-mediated growth inhibition and tumor suppression in drosophila."
Friday, February 10, 2006,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Sujay Kaushal (University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) Appalachian Laboratory.)
"Influence of land use on sources and transformations of nitrogen in streams."
Sunday, February 12, 2006,
2:00pm,
NESCENT Open House
2024 West Main St. Suite 200A
National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NSF funded project, co-hosted by Duke, NC State, UNC-CH, and AIBS)
"New Quarters and a Celebration of Darwin's Birthday"
Wednesday, February 15, 2006,
4:00pm,
Developmental Biology Colloquium Seminar
147 Nanaline Duke
Raphael Kopan (Host Brigid Hogan) (Washington University)
"Notch signaling in the vertebrate kidney and the somite: them and variations."
Thursday, February 16, 2006,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Elizabeth Lacey (University of North Carolina, Greenville)
"A role for temperature in the evolution of floral design."
Friday, February 17, 2006,
1:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Ian Dworkin (Greg Gibson Lab, NC State University)
"Genetic and genomic approaches to the study of subtle and cryptic phenotypic variation."
Friday, February 17, 2006,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Bill Fagan (Dept. of Biology, University of Maryland)
"Growth rate variation and its consequences for ecological dynamics."
Wednesday, February 22, 2006,
4:00pm,
Developmental Biology Colloquium Seminar
147 Nanaline Duke
Paul Trainor (Host Kathleen Smith) (Stowers Institute)
"Neural crest stem cell patterning during normal craniofacial development and in Treacher Collins syndrome."
Thursday, February 23, 2006,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
David Kidd (National Evolutionary Synthesis Center)
"Pleistocene climate change drives phylogenetic niche diversification and convergence in the European bushcricket genus Ephippiger."
Thursday, February 23, 2006,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Jason Stajich (Duke University MGM)
"Stories from fungal genomes: Are gene family expansions adaptive?"
Friday, February 24, 2006,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Final Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Michael Dietze (UPE grad student, Duke University)
"Regeneration dynamics in large forest gaps."
Monday, February 27, 2006,
4:15pm,
Biology Seminar
Schiciano Auditorium CIEMAS
Yijun Qi (Host Dan Kiehart) (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York)
"RNA silencing in plants."
Wednesday, March 1, 2006,
4:00pm,
Developmental Biology Colloquium Seminar
147 Nanaline Duke
Rick Padgett (Host Brigid Hogan) (Waksman Institute)
"Control of growth by TGFB and microRNAs."
Thursday, March 2, 2006,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Kyle Dexter (Cunningham Lab, Duke University)
"The ecology of tropical tree communities."
Friday, March 3, 2006,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Final Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Emily Minor (UPE grad student, Duke University)
"The effects of urbanization on forest birds in the North Carolina Piedmont."
Monday, March 6, 2006,
4:15pm,
Biology Seminar
Schiciano Auditorium CIEMAS
Allison Mallory (Host Dave McClay) (Whitehead Institute, MIT, Cambridge)
"Small RNA-directed gene regulation in plants."
Wednesday, March 8, 2006,
4:00pm,
Developmental Biology Colloquium Seminar
147 Nanaline Duke
Lila Solnica-Krezel (Host John Klingensmith) (Vanderbilt University)
"Genetic regulation of morphogenesis in zebrafish."
Thursday, March 9, 2006,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Joey Spatafora (Oregon State University)
"Evolution of fungal parasitism of arthropods: a Cretaceous radiation?"
Thursday, March 9, 2006,
4:15pm,
Biology Dissertation Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Mario Vallejo-Marin (Rausher Lab, Duke University)
"The adaptive role of male flowers in Solanum carolinense."
Thursday, March 9, 2006,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Tony Long (University of California, Irvine)
"The genetic architecture of complex traits."
Friday, March 10, 2006,
1:00pm,
Pop BioSeminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Tony Long (University of California, Irvine)
"The genetic basis of adaptation in bacteria and butterflies."
Tuesday, March 21, 2006,
10:30am,
Evo Devo Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Patricia Wittkopp (University of Michigan)
"Genomic sources of regulatory divergence."
Wednesday, March 22, 2006,
4:00pm,
Developmental Biology Colloquium Seminar
147 Nanaline Duke
Kate Millen (Host John Klingensmith) (University of Chicago)
"Congenital cerebellar malformations in mice and humans: using genetics to define CNS patterning mechanisms."
Wednesday, March 22, 2006,
4:15pm,
Biology and Evo Devo Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Patricia Wittkopp (University of Michigan)
"Molecular mechanisms underlying regulatory evolution."
Thursday, March 23, 2006,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
John Freudenstein (Ohio State University)
"Character homologies, classification and branch support: lessons from phylogenetic studies of Orchidaceae."
Thursday, March 23, 2006,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Elizabeth Derryberry (Nowicki Lab, Duke University)
"Song evolution in white-crowned sparrows: testing salience and potential sources of selection."
Friday, March 24, 2006,
12:00pm,
NESCENT Brown Bag Lunch Seminar
Ninth St., Erwin Mill, Suite A200
Drs. Jory Weintraub and Kristin Jenkins (NESCent Educational and Outreach Group)
"Postdoc professional development series: Session 2--Critical thinking and the nature of science."
Friday, March 24, 2006,
1:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Simon Wu (McClay Lab, Duke University)
"Find your way out: evolution of the epithelial-mesenchymal transition network in development."
Friday, March 24, 2006,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Scott Davidson (Research Associate Alberts Lab, Duke University)
"Population dynamical consequences of environmental variation on baboons."
Monday, March 27, 2006,
4:15pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
John Finnerty (Host Paul Magwene) (Boston University)
"Are we descended from a sessile, bilateral bottom dweller? An augument based on development, phylogeny and functional morphology."
Wednesday, March 29, 2006,
4:00pm,
Developmental Biology Colloquium Seminar
147 Nanaline Duke
Maureen Barr (Host Dave Sherwood) (University of Wisconsin)
"Human ciliary disease models in C. elegans."
Wednesday, March 29, 2006,
4:15pm,
Biology Dissertation Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Renee Duckworth (Nowicki Lab, Duke University)
"Evolutionary ecology of avian behavior: from individual variability to geographical range shifts."
Thursday, March 30, 2006,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Louise Lewis (University of Connecticut)
"Evolution, diversity, and physiology of desert green algae, the other land plants."
Thursday, March 30, 2006,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
David Lowry (Willis Lab, Duke University)
"Landscapes and copper mines: tales of adaptation and reproductive isolation."
Friday, March 31, 2006,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Final Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Mike Wolosin (UPE & Biology grad student, Duke University)
"Measuring 3D tree structure in closed canopies to understand growth."
Wednesday, April 5, 2006,
4:00pm,
Developmental Biology Colloquium Seminar
147 Nanaline Duke
Terry Magnuson (Host Blanche Capel) (University of North Carolina)
"A mechanism of cellular memory maintenance by a mouse polycomb group protein."
Thursday, April 6, 2006,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Paul Lewis (University of Connecticut)
"Model choice in Bayesian phylogenetics: moving beyond MrModeltest."
Thursday, April 6, 2006,
4:30pm,
36th Annual Henry J. Oosting Lecture in Ecology
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Monica Turner (Dept. of Zoology, University of Wisconsin, Madison)
"Disturbance, heterogeneity and ecosystem function: lessons from the 1988 Yellowstone fires."
Thursday, April 6, 2006,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Ping Zhou (Shaw Lab, Duke University)
"Systematics and speciation of Sphagnum macrophyllum and S. cribrosum."
Friday, April 7, 2006,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Monica Turner (Dept. of Zoology, University of Wisconsin, Madison.)
"Frontiers in landscape ecology--discussion with graduate students."
Wednesday, April 12, 2006,
4:00pm,
Developmental Biology Colloquium Seminar
147 Nanaline Duke
Gary Wessel (Host Dave McClay)) (Brown University)
"Intracellular trafficking during oogenesis and following fertilization."
Wednesday, April 12, 2006,
4:15pm,
Super Speakers Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
David Jablonski (University of Chicago)
"The biogeography of extinction: Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide."
Thursday, April 13, 2006,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Kirsten Fisher (National Evolutionary Synthesis Center)
"Lineages vs. clades: can the PhyloCode cope with the species rank?"
Thursday, April 13, 2006,
1:00pm,
Super Speakers Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
David Jablonski (University of Chicago)
"Dynamics of the latitudinal diversity gradient: Are the tropics a cradle or a museum?"
Thursday, April 13, 2006,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Eric Von Wettberg (Brown University)
"Mechanisms and landscape patterns of local adaptation in shade avoidance responses in Impatiens capensis."
Friday, April 14, 2006,
1:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Cris Ledon-Rettig (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
"Development basis of polyphenism in amphibians."
Friday, April 14, 2006,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Final Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Ines Ibanez (UPE & Biology grad student, Duke University)
"Recruitment dynamics of tree species. Implications under global climate change."
Wednesday, April 19, 2006,
4:00pm,
Developmental Biology Colloquium Seminar
147 Nanaline Duke
Tim Schedl (Host Dave Sherwood) (Washington University)
"Identification of targets of MPK-1 Erk that control germline development in C. elegans."
Thursday, April 20, 2006,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Diana Percy (University of British Columbia)
"Cophylogenetic analyses: examples using jumping plant-lice and their host plants."
Thursday, April 20, 2006,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Cynthia Riginos (Duke University)
"Evaluating sources of selection on a gamete compatibility gene."
Friday, April 21, 2006,
1:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
David McCauley (University of Oklahoma)
"A role for SoxE genes and neural crest in development and evolution of the lamprey pharynx."
Friday, April 21, 2006,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Final Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Curtis Smith (UPE & Biology grad student, Duke University)
"Evolution of dispersal distance in pattern-forming systems."
Monday, April 24, 2006,
2:30pm,
Department of Biology/DCMB Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Dong Wang (Xinnian Dong Lab, Duke University)
"Genomic and genetic approaches reveal important components of plant systemic acquired resistance."
Tuesday, April 25, 2006,
4:15pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Andrea Sweigart (Willis Lab, Duke University)
"The genetics of hybrid sterility in Mimulus."
Wednesday, April 26, 2006,
4:00pm,
Developmental Biology Colloquium Seminar
147 Nanaline Duke
William Theurkauf (Host Robin Wharton) (University of Massachusetts)
"DNA damage, RNAi and embryonic axis specification."
Wednesday, April 26, 2006,
4:15pm,
Biology Dissertation Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Yui Suzuki (Nijhout Lab, Duke University)
"The evolution of a polyphenism by genetic accommodation."
Thursday, April 27, 2006,
11:45am,
Systematics Final Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Carla Rydholm (Lutzoni Lab, Duke University)
"Population, mating system and systematic biology of the common mold Aspergillus fumigatus and its close relatives."
Thursday, April 27, 2006,
1:00pm,
Systematics Final Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Heath O'Brien (Lutzoni Lab, Duke University)
"Phylogenetics of heterocystous cyanobacteria and the evolution of specificity and selectivity in cyanolichen symbioses."
Thursday, April 27, 2006,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Tom Juenger (University of Texas, Austin)
"Natural variation in the whole-plant physiology of Arabidopsis thaliana: exploring drought adaptation in a model plant."
Friday, April 28, 2006,
10:00am,
Dissertation DCMB Seminar
A247 LSRC
Ludmila Tyler (Sun Lab, Duke University)
"An analysis of potential negative and positive components of theGibberellin signaling pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana."
Friday, April 28, 2006,
1:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Todd Twigg (Benfey Lab, Duke University)
"Tissue specific gene regulation in the root--two works in progress: RootArrays and microRNAs."
Friday, April 28, 2006,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Rob Dunn (Dept. of Zoology, North Carolina State University)
"Biogeographic consequences of a seed-dispersal mutualism."
Thursday, August 31, 2006,
4:15pm,
Biology Dissertation Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg.
Jennifer Nelson, Wilson Lab (Duke University)
"Predator prey dynamics: The interaction among intraspecific competition, predator avoidance and spatial distributions."
Friday, September 1, 2006,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
Judie Bronstein (EEOB, University of Arizona)
"The dark side of mutualism"
Monday, September 4, 2006,
4:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
no speaker (Duke)
"Labor Day"
Tuesday, September 5, 2006,
12:00pm,
UPE Dissertation Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Jeri Parrent (Morris & Vilgalys Labs, Duke University)
"Global climate change and the ectomycorrhizal symbiosis: Consequences for fungal communities and nutrient transport regulation."
Thursday, September 7, 2006,
5:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
Nescent seminar room at Erwin Mill Bldg.
Fredrik Ronquist (Florida State University)
"Dating phylogenies with incompletely preserved fossils: A Bayesian approach."
Thursday, September 7, 2006,
5:30pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Amy Bouk (Willis Lab, Duke University)
"tba"
Friday, September 8, 2006,
11:45am,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Karolina Mukhtar (Dong Lab) (Duke University)
"Molecular cloning and functional dissection of a novel QTL controlling Jasmonic acid biosysnthesis and pathogen resistance in potato."
Friday, September 8, 2006,
12:00pm,
NESCENT Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Joel Kingsolver (Assoc. Dir. Science and Synthesis, NESCent)
"Real evolution has curves: Understanding function-valued traits."
Friday, September 8, 2006,
12:15pm,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Mark Chee (Haase Lab) (Duke University)
"Kinesin-5 motors in the budding yeast Spindle Pole Body duplication cycle."
Friday, September 8, 2006,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Final Seminar
A247-LSRC
Paul Stoy (UPE and Biology, Duke University)
"The interplay between the carbon and water cycles along a successional gradient in the southeastern U.S."
Thursday, September 14, 2006,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
open
"no talk this week"
Thursday, September 14, 2006,
5:30pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Kevin Wright (Willis/Rausher Lab, Duke University)
"The evolution of copper tolerance in Mimulus Guttatus."
Friday, September 15, 2006,
11:45am,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Chandra Tucker (Center for Model Organisms) (Duke University)
"A yeast genetic approach to pharmacological rescue of protein misfolding."
Friday, September 15, 2006,
12:15pm,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Kate Walton (McClay Lab, Duke University)
"Hedgehog signaling in endoderm and mesoderm development of the sea urchin embryo."
Friday, September 15, 2006,
1:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Anna Keyte (Smith Lab, Duke University)
"How to polish those guns: precocial limb development in the opossum."
Friday, September 15, 2006,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
Nigel Roulet (Dept. of Geography, McGill University)
"Northern peatlands, carbon cycling and climate change."
Wednesday, September 20, 2006,
4:15pm,
Biology Dissertation Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Mike Dickison (Roth Lab, Duke University)
"The allometry of giant flightless birds."
Thursday, September 21, 2006,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Derrick Zwickl (NEScent Postdoctoral Fellow)
"An algorithmic quantum leap: bringing maximum likelihood phylogenetic analyses into the 21st century."
Thursday, September 21, 2006,
5:30pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Audrey Chang (Noor Lab, Duke University)
"The genetics of hybrid male sterility in Drosophila pseudoobscura."
Friday, September 22, 2006,
11:45am,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Simon Wu (McClay Lab, Duke University)
"Leaving the neighborhood: The EMT network in sea urchin embryo."
Friday, September 22, 2006,
12:00pm,
NESCENT Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Greg Wray (Biology Dept. & Dir. of Ctr. for Evolutionary Genomics, Duke University)
"Finding the mutations that make us human: from genome to nucleotide."
Friday, September 22, 2006,
12:15pm,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Eric Schranz (Mithell-Olds Lab, Duke University)
"Comparative genetic mapping and QTL analysis of glucosinolate production in Boechera stricta, a close relative of Arabidopsis."
Thursday, September 28, 2006,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Antonis Rokas (Research Scientist, The Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA)
"Describing the Tree of Life: Attainable goal or stuff of dreams?"
Thursday, September 28, 2006,
5:30pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Arietta Fleming-Davies (Morris Lab, Duke University)
"Interactions among plants that share mutualist ants."
Friday, September 29, 2006,
11:45am,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Woohyun Yoon (Goldstein Lab, Inst. for Genome Science & Policy, Duke U.)
"Splicing modifiers for alternative splicing: Nova2 regulates the alternative splicing of exon 5 in sodium channel SCN1A."
Friday, September 29, 2006,
12:15pm,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Ji-Young Lee (Benfey Lab, Duke University)
"Gene expression and development of vascular tissues in Arabidopsis roots."
Friday, September 29, 2006,
1:15pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Kevin Preuss (Nijhout Lab, Duke University)
"Size doesn't matter; it's how you use it that counts."
Friday, September 29, 2006,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
UPE Faculty Speed Seminars (Ecology Professors, Duke University)
"Labs affiliated with UPE have two minutes and two slides to explain who they are and what they do. Hilarity ensues."
Tuesday, October 3, 2006,
1:30pm,
Behavioral, Population and Community Ecology Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Russ Van Horn (Alberts Lab, Duke University)
"Opportunities for kin selection and the risk of inbreeding among savannah baboons. So what if 'Rocky' was a champion but 'Elvis' struck out?"
Thursday, October 5, 2006,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Stacey Smith (Rausher Lab, Duke University)
"Concordance analysis: a new approach for estimating evolutionary history from multiple genes."
Thursday, October 5, 2006,
5:30pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Clifford Zeyl (Wake Forest University)
"Backward slowly, fast forward, or status quo: yeast experiments with ploidy and sex."
Friday, October 6, 2006,
11:45am,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Whitney Jones (Bejsovec Lab, Duke University)
"The role of RacGap50C in the wingless pathway in Drosophila."
Friday, October 6, 2006,
12:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Nescent seminar room at Erwin Mill Bldg.
Sally Otto (Sabbatical Scholar, University of British Columbia)
"Genomic structure and rates of evolution."
Friday, October 6, 2006,
12:15pm,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Terri Long (Benfey Lab, Duke University)
"Deciphering root regulatory network responses to iron deficiency."
Friday, October 6, 2006,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
Jeannine Cavender-Bares (EEOB, University of Minnesota)
"Ecophysiological and genetic differentiation of live oaks from the tropics to the temperate zone."
Tuesday, October 10, 2006,
1:30pm,
Behavioral, Population and Community Ecology Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Arietta Fleming-Davies (Grad student Morris Lab, Duke University)
"Effects of sharing mutualists: interactions among plants that share mutualist ants."
Thursday, October 12, 2006,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
David Kidd (NEScent Postdoctoral Fellow)
"Phylogeographical information systems."
Thursday, October 12, 2006,
5:30pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
no speaker
"Fall break"
Friday, October 13, 2006,
11:45am,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Todd Cohen (Pang Yao Lab, Pharmacology, Duke University)
"Regulation of skeletal muscle remodeling."
Friday, October 13, 2006,
12:00pm,
NESCent Brown-Bag Lunch Seminar
Nescent seminar room at Erwin Mill Bldg.
Brian Sidlauskas (Nescent Postdoctoral Fellow)
"Hyperdisparate headstanders and static slime-suckers: uncovering rates and trends of morphological diversification in tropical Characin fishes."
Friday, October 13, 2006,
12:15pm,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Corey Causey (Eric Toone Lab, Chemistry, Duke University)
"Expanding the synthetic utility of KDPG and KDPGal Aldolases."
Friday, October 13, 2006,
1:15pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Daniel Speiser (Sonke Johnsen Lab) (And Julia Bowsher (F. Nijhout lab))
"Eye origins, scallops and box jellies: can we reconcile developmental genetics and morphology?"
Friday, October 13, 2006,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
Alun Lloyd (Mathematics Dept., North Carolina State University)
"Within and between host dynamics of rhinoviruses: drug resistance in a multistrain setting."
Tuesday, October 17, 2006,
1:30pm,
Behavioral, Population and Community Ecology Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Dr. Jeanne Altman (Professor, Princeton University)
"Hands off but getting under the skin: investigations into endocrine mechanisms of adaptation and selection in wild baboons."
Tuesday, October 17, 2006,
4:15pm,
Biology Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Barbara Ballentine (Nowicki Lab, Duke University)
"Implications of production constraints for the function of vocal performance in mate choice."
Wednesday, October 18, 2006,
12:00pm,
Special Evo Devo Seminar
113 Bio Sci Bldg
Wallace Arthur (Greg Wray host) (Professor of Zoology, National University of Ireland, Galway)
"The evolution of animal complexity: segmentation and beyond."
Thursday, October 19, 2006,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Brice Noonan (Yoder lab, Biology Dept. Duke University)
"Identifying refugia and refuting the refuge hypothesis: Diversification of the Neotropical biota."
Thursday, October 19, 2006,
5:30pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Amber Rice (D. Pfennig Lab, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
"Tadpoles prefer shrimp and other stories: Competition and its consequences in spadefoot toad tadpoles."
Friday, October 20, 2006,
11:45am,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Cyndi Bradham (McClay Lab, Duke University)
"Neural specification in sea urchin embryos."
Friday, October 20, 2006,
12:15pm,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Siobhan Brady (Benfey Lab, Duke University)
"Spatiotemporal gene expression in the Arabidopsis root."
Friday, October 20, 2006,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
Carol Horvitz (Biology Dept., University of Miami)
"Plant-animal interactions in random environments."
Friday, October 20, 2006,
1:45pm,
Biology & Program in Genetics and Genomics Dissertation Seminar
147 Nanaline Duke
Juliette Colinas (Benfey Lab, Duke University)
"Non-coding DNA sequences and gene regulation."
Tuesday, October 24, 2006,
1:30pm,
Behavioral, Population and Community Ecology Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Dr. Anne Bronikowski (Iowa State University, Ames)
"The evolutionary ecology of demographic divergence in garter snake populations."
Thursday, October 26, 2006,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Samantha Hopkins (NESCENT Postdoctoral Fellow)
"The evolution of burrowing mammals: convergence, evolutionary ratchets, and dead-end adaptations."
Thursday, October 26, 2006,
5:30pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Aaron Windsor (Research Associate, Mitchell-Olds Lab, Duke University)
"Genetic and computational approaches to understanding genome evolution and phenotypic diversity in the Brassicaceae."
Friday, October 27, 2006,
11:45am,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Jianhong Hu (Sun Lab, Duke University)
"Roles of GA 3-oxidases in Gibberellin biosynthesis in Arabidopsis."
Friday, October 27, 2006,
12:15pm,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Christine Byrum ((McClay Lab, Duke University)
"Roles of Dishevelled in endomesoderm formation."
Friday, October 27, 2006,
1:15pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Simon Wu (McClay Lab, Duke University)
"Conservation and divergence of EMT Network: Lesson from PMCs in sea urchins."
Friday, October 27, 2006,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
Todd Dawson (Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley)
"The manner and magnitude by which trees impact the hydrological cycle."
Tuesday, October 31, 2006,
1:30pm,
Behavioral, Population and Community Ecology Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Kim Rosvall (Nowicki Lab, Duke University)
"Evolution of aggressive behavior in female tree swallows: a cost-benefit approach."
Thursday, November 2, 2006,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Matthew Smith (Research Associate University of California, Davis)
"Ectomycorrhizal community structure in a xeric Quercus woodland as inferred from rDNA sequence analysis of bulked EM roots and sporocarps."
Thursday, November 2, 2006,
5:30pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Joe Hereford (NESCent Research Fellow, Duke University)
"Conventional wisdom bows to results: a meta-analysis of local adaptation."
Friday, November 3, 2006,
11:45am,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Jeni Croce (McClay Lab, Duke University)
"Tails of Brachyury: from endoderm to mesoderm specifier."
Friday, November 3, 2006,
12:15pm,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Junqi Song (Dong Lab, Duke University)
"Arabidopsis SNI1 complex regulates both gene transcription and DNA recombination during the defense response."
Friday, November 3, 2006,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
Amy Austin (Research Scientist, University of Buenos Aires and IFEVA, Argentina)
"Sunshine, waterbugs and real estate: unique controls on litter decomposition in arid ecosystems."
Tuesday, November 7, 2006,
1:30pm,
Behavioral, Population and Community Ecology Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Justin Wright (Biology Dept. Duke University)
"Building a mechanistic understanding of the role of biodiversity in regulating ecosystem functioning."
Thursday, November 9, 2006,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Juan Carlos Morales (Division of Environmental Biology, National Science Foundation)
"Sulawesi mammals and biogeography."
Thursday, November 9, 2006,
5:30pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Laura Reed (Post Doc, Greg Gibson Lab, NC State University)
"Evolutionary genetics of hybrid male sterility in cactophilic Drosophila."
Friday, November 10, 2006,
11:45am,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Audrey Howell (Danny Lew Lab, Pharmacology & CancerBiology, Duke University)
"Cell polarization in S. cerevisiae."
Friday, November 10, 2006,
12:00pm,
Biology Seminar
Nescent seminar room at Erwin Mill Bldg.
Maria Servedio (Biology Dept. University of North Carolina, CH and NESCent Scholar)
"Male mate choice during polygyny."
Friday, November 10, 2006,
12:15pm,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Kohji Murase (Sun Lab, Duke University)
"Functional analysis of Arabidopsis gibberellin receptor."
Friday, November 10, 2006,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Final Seminar
A247-LSRC
Catarina Moura (Biology and UPE, Duke Uniersity)
"From the atmosphere to the transcriptome: loblolly pine trees FACE a rise in CO2."
Monday, November 13, 2006,
6:00pm,
Biology Seminar
Nescent seminar room at Erwin Mill Bldg.
Patty Gowaty (Host Susan Alberts) (Biology Dept., University of Georgia)
"Reproductive compensation for lowered offspring viability under constrained mate preferences: Tests of assumptions and predictions."
Thursday, November 16, 2006,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Ester Gaya (Lutzoni Lab, Biology Dept. Duke University)
"What are the beautiful orange lichens? Phylogeny and taxonomy of a species complex within the teloschistaceae (ascomycota)."
Thursday, November 16, 2006,
5:30pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Sarah Joseph (Post Doc, Christina Burch Lab, University of North Carolina, CH)
"Experimental evolution of [PSI+] yeast: Does prioninduced mistranslation promote adaptation?"
Friday, November 17, 2006,
11:45am,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Anna Keyte (Kathleen Smith Lab, Duke University)
"Precocial limb development in the opossum."
Friday, November 17, 2006,
12:00pm,
NESCent Brown-Bag Lunch Seminar
Nescent seminar room at Erwin Mill Bldg.
Kristin Jenkins & Jory Weintraub (Nescent Educational and Outreach Group)
"Session 8 "Classroom management, dealing with difficult students.""
Friday, November 17, 2006,
12:15pm,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Wendy Beane (McClay Lab, Duke University)
"The role of RhoA in specifying endomesoderm."
Friday, November 17, 2006,
1:15pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Robert Reed (Nijhout & Wray Labs, Duke University)
"Quantitative analysis of variation and divergence in developmental pattern formation."
Friday, November 17, 2006,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
Rachel Noble (Institute of Marine Sciences, University of North Carolina)
"Use of novel molecular approaches to solve estuarine and coastal water quality problems."
Monday, November 20, 2006,
2:45pm,
Biology Dissertation Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Ryan Bartlett (Morris Lab, Duke University)
"Ecological and evolutionary interactions among plant resistance, herbivores and predators."
Thursday, November 23, 2006,
4:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Thanksgiving (n/a)
"no seminar"
Friday, November 24, 2006,
4:00pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
no speaker (n/a)
"Thanksgiving break"
Tuesday, November 28, 2006,
1:30pm,
Behavioral, Population and Community Ecology Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Rindy Anderson (Post Doc, Nowicki Lab, Duke University)
"Speak softly carry a big stick: receiver response to soft song in the song sparrow."
Wednesday, November 29, 2006,
4:15pm,
Department of Biology Dissertation Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Christine Henzler (Cunningham Lab, Duke University)
"Rafting and refugia in North Atlantic amphipods: understanding the effects of Pleistocene climate change on low-dispersal marine species."
Thursday, November 30, 2006,
5:30pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Megan Hall (Post Doc, Purugganana Lab, NC State University)
"Genetics of developmental stability in Arabidopsis thaliana."
Friday, December 1, 2006,
11:45am,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Jose Dinneny (Benfey Lab, Duke University)
"Exploring how environmental stress and development regulate gene expression."
Friday, December 1, 2006,
12:15pm,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Jinyoung Yang (Pei Lab, Duke University)
"Extracellular Ca2+ -sensing receptor (CAS), Abscisic Acid (ABA), and drought."
Friday, December 1, 2006,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
Lars Hedin (EEOB, Princeton University)
"The challenge of representing nitrogen cycling in global biogeochemical models."
Tuesday, December 5, 2006,
1:30pm,
Behavioral, Population and Community Ecology Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Nikolai Kandul (Post Doc, Noor Lab, Duke University)
"Genetics of interspecific mating discrimination in Drosophila pseudoobscura: update."
Thursday, December 7, 2006,
5:30pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
140 Bio Sci Bldg
Stacey Smith (Post Doc, Rausher Lab, Duke University)
"Floral diversification and comparative pollination biology in the Andean clade lochrominae (Solanaceae)."
Friday, December 8, 2006,
11:45am,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Ginger Miley (Sherwood Lab, Duke University)
"Role of SPARC in cell invasion through basement membranes in C. elegans."
Friday, December 8, 2006,
12:00pm,
NESCent Brown-Bag Lunch Seminar
Nescent seminar room at Erwin Mill Bldg.
Joseph Fail, Jr. (Dept. Natural Science, Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, NC)
"Evolution by natural selection in elementary science curricula: an approach for its inclusion and instruction."
Friday, December 8, 2006,
12:15pm,
DCMB Seminar
A247-LSRC
Daniela Caldelari-Guex (Research Associate, Dong Lab, Duke University)
"A comprehensive study of Arabidopsis lipoxygenases."
Friday, December 8, 2006,
1:15pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Mike Shapiro (Assist. Professor, Dept. of Biology, University of Utah)
"Genetic origins of convergent evolution in stickleback fish."
Friday, December 8, 2006,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
John Terborgh (Nicholas School of Environment, Duke University)
"Maintenance of tree diversity in tropical forests: an affirmation of Janzen-Connell."
Tuesday, December 12, 2006,
12:00pm,
NESCent Brown-Bag Lunch Seminar
Nescent seminar room at Erwin Mill Bldg.
Charles F. Baer (University of Florida)
"Standing and mutational variation for fitness in Caenorhabditis."
Friday, December 15, 2006,
12:00pm,
NESCent Brown-Bag Lunch Seminar
Nescent seminar room at Erwin Mill Bldg.
Samantha Hopkins (Postdoctoral fellow, NESCent)
"Down the rabbit hole: convergence and dead-end adaptation in the evolution of fossoriality."
Friday, January 12, 2007,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
Kevin Arrigo (Professor of Geophysics, Stanford University)
"Variability in air-sea CO2 flux in the Ross Sea, Antarctica: an ecosystem model analysis."
Tuesday, January 16, 2007,
1:30pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Keith Sockman (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
"Neural orchestration of mate-choice flexibility in songbirds."
Wednesday, January 17, 2007,
4:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
147 Nanaline Duke
Erik Jorgensen (University of Utah, Salt Lake City)
"Syntaxin, a molecule for fast fusion."
Thursday, January 18, 2007,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science room 3232
Jeni Cork (Purugganan Lab/NC State University)
"Identification and analysis of candidate balanced polymorphisms in Arabidopsis thaliana."
Friday, January 19, 2007,
12:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Patricia Gensel (Dept of Biology, University of North Carolina, CH)
"Tales from deep time--early land plant evolution."
Tuesday, January 23, 2007,
1:30pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Christine Drea (Biological Anthropology & Anatomy, Duke University)
"Sensory mechanisms of foraging in lemurs: seeing and smelling red."
Wednesday, January 24, 2007,
4:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
147 Nanaline Duke
Frank Conlon (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
"Proliferation and maintenance of cardiac progenitors."
Thursday, January 25, 2007,
3:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Seth J. Davis (Host Tai-ping Sun) (Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany)
"In and around the plant circadian clock."
Thursday, January 25, 2007,
5:30pm,
Pop Bio Special Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Aneil Agrawal (University of Toronto)
"Exploring plasticity in genomic processes."
Friday, January 26, 2007,
12:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Jory Weintraub and Brian Rybarczyk (Jory is Educational and Outreach Group; Brian is Dir. of Educational Support Programs Graduate School, UNC)
"Effective teaching via video teleconference including a demo between NESCent and UNC-Chapel Hill."
Friday, January 26, 2007,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
Melany Fisk (Professor of Biology, Appalachian State University)
"Belowground insights into nutrient limitation in a northern hardwood forest."
Friday, January 26, 2007,
1:30pm,
Department of Biology Informal Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Seth J. Davis (Host Tai-ping Sun) (Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany)
"Hormonal control of timing in plants."
Friday, January 26, 2007,
3:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
Bio Sci 130
Aneil Agrawal (University of Toronto)
"Parasites, population genetics and sex."
Tuesday, January 30, 2007,
1:30pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Brian Powell (Manuel Leal lab, Duke University)
"An exploration of neuroecology in Anolis."
Wednesday, January 31, 2007,
1:00pm,
Biology Dissertation Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Wendy Beane (McClay Lab, Duke University)
"Deploying small GTPases in development: the role of RhoA in specification and gastrulation."
Wednesday, January 31, 2007,
4:00pm,
Developmental Biology Colloquium Seminar
147 Nanaline Duke
Takashi Mikawa (University of California, San Francisco)
"Blood vessel patterning along the embryonic midline axis."
Wednesday, January 31, 2007,
4:15pm,
Biology Dissertation Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Brian Counterman (Noor Lab, Duke University)
"Studies of genomic divergence among closely related drosophila species."
Thursday, February 1, 2007,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Special Seminar
French Science room 4219
David Lowry (Willis Lab, Duke University)
"Adaptation and geographic race formation in Mimulus guttatus, patterns of biodiversity to gene networks."
Friday, February 2, 2007,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
Rafe Sagarin (Assoc. Director for Ocean and Coastal Policy, NSOE, Duke)
"From the tidepool to the stars and back: natural history and environmental change."
Tuesday, February 6, 2007,
1:30pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Elizabeth Derryberry (Nowicki Lab, Duke University)
"The space-time continuum: placing response to historical song in the context of response to geographical variation in song."
Wednesday, February 7, 2007,
4:00pm,
Developmental Biology Colloquium Seminar
147 Nanaline Duke
Dominique Bergmann (Stanford University, Stanford, CA)
"Regulation of stomatal development and pattern."
Thursday, February 8, 2007,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Special Seminar
French Science room 4219
Young Wha Lee (Willis Lab, Duke University)
"Maintenance of standing genetic variation for flower size in Mimulus Guttatus."
Friday, February 9, 2007,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
Marcelo Ardon (Postdoc Research Associate Bernhardt Lab, Duke University)
"Organic matter processing and phosphorus cycling in tropical headwater streams and temperate riverine wetlands."
Monday, February 12, 2007,
1:00pm,
NESCent and Evolutionary Genomics Seminar
Nescent seminar room at Erwin Mill Bldg.
Greg Wray, Ralph Dean, Corbin Jones, David Goldstein (Duke University, UNC-CH, and NCSU)
"From pangenesis to pathogenicity//Evolution of fungal pathogenicity//Drosophila population genetics//Evolutionary genomics in the interpretation of genetic association studies."
Wednesday, February 14, 2007,
4:00pm,
Developmental Biology Colloquium Seminar
147 Nanaline Duke
Deborah Gumucio (University of Michigan)
"Got guts! The role of hedghog signals in intestinal morphogenesis."
Thursday, February 15, 2007,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science room 4219
Dave McCauley (Vanderbilt University)
"Sex ratio evolution in a gynodioecious plant: Influences of population structure and mitochondrial heteroplasmy."
Friday, February 16, 2007,
12:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Kristin Jenkins and Jory Weintraub (Educational and Outreach Group, NESCent)
"Applying and interviewing for faculty jobs in evolutionary biology (part 2)---A roundtable discussion with NESCent sabbatical scholars and directors."
Friday, February 16, 2007,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
James D. Nichols (Wildlife Biologist, USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center)
"Inference methods for the statics and dynamics of species occurrence."
Tuesday, February 20, 2007,
1:30pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Scott Davidson (Alberts Lab, Duke University)
"Baboon life histories and contributions to fitness."
Wednesday, February 21, 2007,
4:00pm,
Developmental Biology Colloquium Seminar
147 Nanaline Duke
Joel Rothman (University of California, Santa Barbara)
"Specification and reprogramming of cell identity in C. elegans embryos."
Thursday, February 22, 2007,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar Series
2237 French Family Science Center
Alan Weakley (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
"Why does a new regional flora matter?: serving the new taxomony for a diverse audience."
Thursday, February 22, 2007,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science room 4219
Matt Streisfeld (Rausher Lab, Duke University)
"Ecological and functional genetic approaches to characterizing adaptive divergence: flower color evolution in Mimulus and beyond."
Friday, February 23, 2007,
12:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Ganesh Ganapathy (Postdoc fellow, NESCent)
"Pattern identification in biogeography.."
Friday, February 23, 2007,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
Anne Pringle (Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University)
"Last chance to know? Using the literature and a genome to build the biogeography of an introduced microbe."
Tuesday, February 27, 2007,
1:30pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Jon Prather (Postdoc Fellow, Duke Neurobiology Dept.)
"Neuroethology of categorical perception in vocal communications."
Wednesday, February 28, 2007,
4:00pm,
Developmental Biology Colloquium Seminar
147 Nanaline Duke
Phillip Newmark (University of Illinois, Champaign Urbana, IL)
"Germ cell development and regeneration in Planaria."
Thursday, March 1, 2007,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar Series
2237 French Family Science Center
Samantha Price (Postdoc Fellow, National Evolutionary Synthesis Center)
"Perissodactyla (odd-toed hoofed mammals) Plylogenetics through Data Combination."
Thursday, March 1, 2007,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science room 4219
Kyle Dexter (Cunningham Lab, Duke University)
"The effects of dispersal on macroecological patterns: examples from birds and trees."
Friday, March 2, 2007,
12:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Sally Otto (Sabbatical Scholar, NESCent from University of British Columbia)
"Identifying and applying for faculty positions in evolutionary biology: a roundtable discussion with NESCent directors and sabbatical scholars."
Friday, March 2, 2007,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
Rick Ostfeld (Senior Scientist, Institute of Ecosystem Studies)
"The function of biodiversity in zoonotic disease risk: The cases of Lyme disease and West Nile Virus."
Friday, March 2, 2007,
4:00pm,
Super Speakers Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Brian Charlesworth (Host Audrey Chang) (University of Edinburgh, UK)
"Some ways of estimating selection on synonymous and nonsynonymous variants."
Monday, March 5, 2007,
4:15pm,
Super Speakers Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Brian Charlesworth (Host Audrey Chang) (University of Edinburgh, UK)
"The evolution of Y chromosomes."
Tuesday, March 6, 2007,
1:30pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Patrick Chiyo (Alberts Lab, Duke University)
"Social structure in male elephants: group sizes and association patterns."
Wednesday, March 7, 2007,
4:00pm,
Developmental Biology Colloquium Seminar
147 Nanaline Duke
Nathan Lawson (University of Massachusetts)
"How to build a blood vessel."
Thursday, March 8, 2007,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar Series
2237 French Family Science Center
David Weisrock (Yoder Lab, Duke University)
"The evolutionary dynamics of speciation among model organisms and their naturual relatives: Axolotols and North American tiger salamanders."
Thursday, March 8, 2007,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science room 4219
Jessica Hardesty (UPE grad student, Duke University)
"It's seasonality in equatorial birds; individuals, populations and communities."
Friday, March 9, 2007,
12:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Dr. Linda Horth (Old Dominion University)
""The Synthesis of Ecology, Evolution and Genetics Best Explains the Persistence of Very Rare Melanic Mosquitofish in Nature""
Friday, March 9, 2007,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
Manuel Leal (Biology Dept., Duke University)
"A lizard's squeezer approach to study visual ecology."
Friday, March 16, 2007,
12:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Nescent seminar room at Erwin Mill Bldg.
Dr. Lauren McCall (Duke University)
"What is Biological About Cultural Evolution?"
Monday, March 19, 2007,
1:15pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science room 2237
Simon Wu and Bill Morris (Duke University)
"Frontiers in Biology" [abstract]
Tuesday, March 20, 2007,
1:30pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Kyle Dexter (Duke University)
"Determinants of the distribution and abundance of tropical tree species"
Wednesday, March 21, 2007,
4:00pm,
Developmental Biology Colloquium
147 Nanaline Duke
Andrea McClatchey (Harvard University)
"Membrane organization in tissue morphogenesis and tumorigenesis"
Thursday, March 22, 2007,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar Series
2237 French Family Science Center
Douglas J. Eernisse (California State University at Fullerton)
"Diversification of chitons in the northern Pacific since the Miocene."
Thursday, March 22, 2007,
4:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Dave Ackerly (University)
"Climate and plants in California: Past, present and future."
Thursday, March 22, 2007,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science room 4219
Robin Hopkins (Duke University)
"An investigation of reproductive character displacement in Phlox drummondii"
Friday, March 23, 2007,
12:00pm,
Brown-Bag Lunch Series
Nescent seminar room at Erwin Mill Bldg.
Mark Rausher (Biology Dept., Duke University)
"Genetics of Flower Color Evolution"
Friday, March 23, 2007,
1:15pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Erica Crespi (Vassar)
"Linking resource availability to metamorphic timing in amphibians."
Friday, March 23, 2007,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
A247-LSRC
Mary Eubanks (Biology Dept., Duke University)
"Resurrecting ancient genes for sustainable maize agriculture"
Monday, March 26, 2007,
4:00pm,
Department of Biology Superspeaker Seminar
French Science room 2231
Richard Lenski (Michigan State University)
"Phenotypic and genomic evolution during a long-term experiment with E. coli"
Monday, March 26, 2007,
5:00pm,
Triangle Complex Systems Seminar
103 Bryan Research Building
Marc Kirschner (Harvard Medical School)
"Facilitated Variation"
Tuesday, March 27, 2007,
11:30am,
Department of Biology Superspeaker Seminar
French Science room 2237
Richard Lenski (Michigan State University)
"Experiments with digital organisms on the evolution of complexity"
Tuesday, March 27, 2007,
1:30pm,
Behavioral, Population and Community Ecology
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Anne Starling (Duke University)
"Female social dominance and physiological stress: Interpreting fecal glucocorticoid levels in ringtailed lemurs."
Wednesday, March 28, 2007,
4:00pm,
Developmental Biology Colloquium Seminar
147 Nanaline Duke
Nipam Patel (University of California, Berkeley)
"The Evolution of Cell Lineages During Animal Development"
Thursday, March 29, 2007,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar Series
2237 French Family Science Center
Toby Pennington (Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh)
"The history of neotropical seasonally dry forests: inferences from plant diversity patterns, phylogenesis and population genetic structure."
Thursday, March 29, 2007,
7:00pm,
PopBio Seminar
French Science room 4219
Bao-Hua Song (Mitchell-Olds Lab, Duke University)
"The Pattern of Polymorphism in the Arabidopsis wild relative Boechera stricta"
Friday, March 30, 2007,
12:00pm,
Brown-Bag Lunch Series
Nescent seminar room at Erwin Mill Bldg.
Bob Peet (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
"Intellectual Property and the Information Commons: A Discussion for Scientists"
Tuesday, April 3, 2007,
1:30pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Courtney Fitzpatrick (Alberts Lab, Duke University)
"Variation in baboon sex skin swellings: proposed field methods."
Tuesday, April 3, 2007,
2:00pm,
Duke University Marine Lab
Marine Lab, Beaufort
Hal Caswell (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute)
"Perspectives in Conservation Demography: Complexity, Sensitivity, and Stochasticity"
Wednesday, April 4, 2007,
4:00pm,
Developmental Biology Colloquium
147 Nanaline Duke
Justin Kumar, Ph.D. (Indiana University)
"Building an Eye of the Fly"
Thursday, April 5, 2007,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar Series
2237 French Family Science Center
Jim Leebens-Mack (University of Georgia)
"Sex determination and the origin of dioecy in the genus Asparagus."
Thursday, April 5, 2007,
7:00pm,
PopBio Seminar
French Science room 4219
Dan Speiser (Johnsen Lab, Duke University)
"Invertebrate vision: how do you see without a brain?"
Friday, April 6, 2007,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
A247 LSRC
Chris Craft (Indiana University)
"Challenges of restoring wetlands in natural, agricultural and urban landscapes"
Tuesday, April 10, 2007,
1:30pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Will Wilson (Duke University)
"The argument for urban trees"
Wednesday, April 11, 2007,
4:00pm,
Developmental Biology Colloquium
147 Nanaline Duke
Claude Desplan (New York University)
"Fly Development"
Wednesday, April 11, 2007,
4:15pm,
Dissertation Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg.
Julia Bowsher (Duke University)
"Getting a leg up: the evolution of abdominal appendages in sepsid flies"
Thursday, April 12, 2007,
11:45am,
Systematics Seminar Series
2237 French Family Science Center
Gordon Burleigh (National Evolutionary Synthesis Center)
"Assembling the Tree of Life with incomplete data sets."
Friday, April 13, 2007,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
A247 LSRC
Miguel Schwartz (NSEES, Duke University)
"Stands in the place where you live"
Monday, April 16, 2007,
12:00pm,
Dissertation Seminar
B101LSRC/Love Aud.
Dagan Loisel (Alberts Lab, Duke University)
"Evolutionary genetics of immune system genes in a wild primate population"
Tuesday, April 17, 2007,
1:30pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
107 Bio Sci Bldg
Jessica Hardesty (Duke University)
"Seasonality and trophic partitioning in cloud forest birds"
Wednesday, April 18, 2007,
4:00pm,
Developmental Biology Colloquium
147 Nanaline Duke
Dr. Hubert Amrein (Duke University)
"Pheromones, Genes and Sex: A genetic basis for discriminating a male from a female"
Wednesday, April 18, 2007,
4:15pm,
Dissertation Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Ed Venit (Duke University)
"Evolutionary Trends in the Individuation and Polymorphism of Colonial Marine Invertebrates."
Thursday, April 19, 2007,
11:45am,
Systematics Dissertation Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Eric Schuettpelz (Pryer Lab, Duke University)
"The evolution and diversification of epiphytic ferns."
Thursday, April 19, 2007,
2:00pm,
Dissertation Seminar
French Science room 2231
Shu-Yu (Simon) Wu (McClay Lab, Duke University)
"Leaving the Neighborhood: Gene Regulatory Networks Controlling an Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition"
Thursday, April 19, 2007,
4:00pm,
Annual Oosting Lecture
Love Auditorium, B101 LSRC
Pam Matson (Dean of Science of Earth Studies, Stanford University, CA)
"Agricultural intensification in the Yaqui Valley, Mexico: will it spare land for nature?"
Thursday, April 19, 2007,
5:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Brandon Gaut (University of CA - Irvine)
"Population genetics, transposable elements and local adaptation in Arabidopsis species"
Friday, April 20, 2007,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
A247 LSRC
Jessica Hardesty (NSEES, Duke University)
"Seasonality and trophic partitioning in equatorial cloud forest birds"
Monday, April 23, 2007,
1:30pm,
Dissertation Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Ann Rouse (Wray Lab, Duke University)
""Natural Variation in a Yeast Transcriptional Regulatory Network"""
Wednesday, April 25, 2007,
4:00pm,
Developmental Biology Colloquium
147 Nanaline Duke
Martin Cohn, Ph.D. (University of Florida)
"The Evolution and Development of Vertebrate Appendages"
Wednesday, April 25, 2007,
4:15pm,
Dissertation Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Alison Sweeney (Johnsen Lab, Duke University)
"Evolution of Vision in Coleoid Cephalopods"
Thursday, April 26, 2007,
11:45am,
Systematics Dissertation Series
2237 French Family Science Center
Norm Douglas (Manos Lab, Duke University)
"Diversification in the deserts: inferences from the Four o'clock family (Nyctaginaceae) and the genus Boerhavia"
Friday, April 27, 2007,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
A247 LSRC
Sarah Hobbie (University of Minnesota)
"The influence of tree species on biogeochemistry: Interactions among litter chemistry, earthworms and microbes"
Wednesday, May 2, 2007,
4:00pm,
Developmental Biology Colloquium Seminar
147 Nanaline Duke
Yash Hiromi (TBA)
"Localization of Membrane Proteins in Sub-segments"
Friday, September 7, 2007,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg.
Nick Gotelli (Graduate host-Kyle Dexter)
"Community assembly: from small to large spatial scales"
Friday, September 7, 2007,
3:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Hongchang Cui (Benfey Lab) / Einat Hazkani-Covo( NESCent)
"Radial Patterning in the Arabidopsis root - A tale of two transcriptional regulators."/"Evolutionary study provides insight into the mechanism of double strand break repair"
Tuesday, September 11, 2007,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population and Community Ecology Seminar
French Science room 4219
Irene Liu
"Neophobia in the Florida Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens): correlates of response"
Thursday, September 13, 2007,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
139 Bio Sci Bldg
David Remington (University of North Carolina at Greensboro.)
"Opening the Resource Allocation "Black Box": Genetic Insight from Arabidopsis lyrata"
Friday, September 14, 2007,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2237
Katia Koelle (Graduate host-Meredith Barrett)
"Modeling the dynamics and phylogenetics of antigenically variable pathogens"
Friday, September 14, 2007,
3:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Steven Spoel(Dong Lab) / Arielle Cooley( Willis Lab)
"Signal-Induced Phosphorylation Regulates NPR1 Stability to Activate Plant Systemic Acquired Resistance" / "Genetics of color patterning in Chilean monkeyflowers"
Monday, September 17, 2007,
4:15pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Nick Haddard (Host-Susan Alberts) (North Carolina State, Department of Zoology)
"The conservation value of landscape corridors"
Tuesday, September 18, 2007,
1:30pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Science room 4219
Caitlin Kight (PhD Student, Dept. of Applied Science , College of William and Mary)
"Effects of human disturbance on Eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis)"
Thursday, September 20, 2007,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2237
Susan Kalisz (University of Pittsburgh)
"The evolution of selfing and mixed mating: Insights from the genus Collinsia"
Friday, September 21, 2007,
12:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Science room 4219
Kevin Preuss, Nijhout Lab
"Insect physiology: Ecology, evolution, and development"
Friday, September 21, 2007,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Hong Qian (Graduate host-Kyle Dexter)
"Biogeography and species diversity of vascular plants in eastern Asia and North America"
Friday, September 21, 2007,
2:45pm,
DCMB Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2237
Chaoyang Xue,Ph.D , Heitman Lab, MGM, Duke Medical Center / Emily Ozdowski, Nina Sherwood Lab ,IGSP
"The human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus can complete its sexual cycle during a pathogenic association with plants"/ "Spastin regulation and its role in the Drosophila nervous system"
Monday, September 24, 2007,
4:15pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Dr. Mary Baylies (Host-Amy Bejsovec) (Sloan Kettering)
"Making Muscle in Fly and Mammals: Actin cytoskeletal rearrangements are critical at the site of myoblast fusion"
Tuesday, September 25, 2007,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Science room 4219
Alex Gunderson
"Interactions between avian coloration and feather-degrading bacteria"
Thursday, September 27, 2007,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2237
Donald Levin (University of Texas, Austin)
""Why is polyploidy so rampant in flowering plants?""
Friday, September 28, 2007,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
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Friday, September 28, 2007,
3:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2237
Joshua Ziel(Sherwood lab)/ Shui Wang (Dong lab)
"UNC-6/Netrin orients the Anchor Cell for invasion"/"Chip-based cloning of SSN3 gene, which is required for plant defense"
Monday, October 1, 2007,
4:15pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
TBA
"TBA"
Tuesday, October 2, 2007,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Science room 4219
Rindy Anderson (Nowicki lab, Duke University)
"Testing female song preferences: repeatability of preferences compared between operant and solicitation display assays"
Thursday, October 4, 2007,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2237
Suzanne Joneson (Duke University)
"Dissecting Lichen Symbiosis"
Friday, October 5, 2007,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
J.Emmet Duffy (Graduate host- Jenny Wang)
"Biodiversity effects on ecosystem functioning: are they important in the real world?"
Friday, October 5, 2007,
3:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Dave Des Marais , Rausher lab /Yasuomi Tada , Dong lab
"Gene Duplication Allows Substrate Specialization in an Anthocyanin Biosynthesis Enzyme " / "Cellular Redox Changes Modify NPR1 to Activate Plant Defense"
Friday, October 12, 2007,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2237
Pat Megonigal (Graduate host-Jen Morse) (Senior Scientist, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center)
"Priming the microbial pump: Enhanced soil organic matter decomposition at elevated CO2"
Friday, October 12, 2007,
3:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Adrienne Wells(Kiehart lab)/Matt Streisfeld(Rausher lab)
"The Emergence of Dorsal Closure from a Program of Biomechanical and Morphological Events in Drosophila Embryogenesis"/"Gene regulatory interactions contribute to adaptive flower color evolution in Mimulus aurantiacus"
Monday, October 15, 2007,
4:15pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Joe Yost, Professor of Oncological Sciences, (Host-Dave McClay) (University of Utah)
"Biological Asymmetry and Cell Signaling Networks in Left-Right Development."
Tuesday, October 16, 2007,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Science room 4219
Marylene Boulet (Drea lab, BAA and Biology, Duke)
"Integrative use of spatial, genetic, and demographic analyses for investigating genetic connectivity caribou ecotypes"
Thursday, October 18, 2007,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2237
Annette Baudisch (Duke University)
"The remarkable scope of aging"
Friday, October 19, 2007,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2237
Valerie Eviner (Graduate host-Sean Berthrong) (University of California Davis)
"Embracing variability to improve our understanding and management of ecosystems"
Friday, October 19, 2007,
3:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2237
Rodolfo Zentella (Sun lab)/Kate Walton(McClay lab)
"Early Gibberellin Signaling in Arabidopsis"/"Hedgehog Signaling Patterns Mesoderm in the Sea Urchin"
Monday, October 22, 2007,
4:15pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Dr. Sheng Luan (Host-Zhen-Ming Pei) (UC Berkley)
"Regulation of a potassium channel by a calcium"
Tuesday, October 23, 2007,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population and Community Ecology
French Science room 4219
Tom Hahn (UC Davis)
"Evolution of avian environmental cue response mechanisms"
Thursday, October 25, 2007,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2237
Dan Weinreich (Brown University)
"Reruns on the mutational tape of life. Why? and Why care?"
Friday, October 26, 2007,
12:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Science room 4219
Jenny Tenlen, Goldstein Lab, UNC
"Understanding cell fate specification in the tardigrade Hypsibius dujardini"
Friday, October 26, 2007,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2237
Michael Piehler (Graduate host-Jen Morse)
"Stable states and ecosystem function: Science to support management of shallow coastal lakes"
Friday, October 26, 2007,
3:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Jenifer Croce( McClay lab)/ David Garfield (Wray lab)
"Maternal Determinants in the Vegetal Cortex of the Sea Urchin Eggs are Required to Activate the Endomesoderm Gene Regulatory Network"/"Codon Bias, Polymorphism, and Evolution in a (the?) Sea Urchin""
Friday, October 26, 2007,
4:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science room 2237
Daniel M. Weinreich (Brown University)
"Mutational trajectories, fitness landscapes and the permutahedron"
Monday, October 29, 2007,
4:15pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Lisa Donovan (host -Rob Jackson) (University of Georgia)
"Evolutionary ecophysiology of nutrient relations in a desert sunflower of hybrid origin."
Tuesday, October 30, 2007,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Science room 4219
Annette Baudisch, Max Planck Institute
"The remarkable scope of aging"
Thursday, November 1, 2007,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science room 2237
Ping Zhou (Duke University)
"Interpreting the shared polymorphisms between the sibling Sphagnum species using comparative approaches"
Friday, November 2, 2007,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Keith Clay(Graduate Host-Michelle Hersh) (Indiana University)
"Community and ecosystem consequences of endophyte symbiosis with tall fescue"
Friday, November 2, 2007,
3:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2237
Laura Simmons, Haase lab/ Cyndi Bradham and Xinnian Dong
"A SPB-intrinsic and a CDK regulated mechanism inhibiting SPB reduplication."/"How to give a talk if your life depends on it"
Monday, November 5, 2007,
4:15pm,
Department of Biology Seminar-Super Speaker
French Science Auditorium 2231
Peter Reich (Host-Carl Salk) (University of Minnesota)
"Linking plant traits, community and ecosystem dynamics, and global change: Keys to a predictive ecology?"
Tuesday, November 6, 2007,
12:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Jim Edwards, Mark Westneat and David Patterson from the
"The Encyclopedia of Life"
Tuesday, November 6, 2007,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Science room 4219
Jeanetta Selier (University of Pretoria)
"The Population and Social Dynamics of the Tuli Elephants"
Thursday, November 8, 2007,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2237
Audrey Chang (Duke University)
"Epistasis modifies dominance of loci causing hybrid male sterility between Drosophila persimilis and D. pseudoobscura bogotana"
Friday, November 9, 2007,
12:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Marcy Uyenoyama (Duke University, Dept. of Biology)
"Multilocus Measures of Association"
Friday, November 9, 2007,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2237
Brian Enquist (Faculty host-Jim Clark) (University of Arizona)
"Toward a general quantitative scaling theory: Building from traits to communities to ecosystems"
Friday, November 9, 2007,
3:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2237
Dongdong Kong (Pei lab)/Courtney Babbitt (Wray lab)
"Functional Analysis of Glutamate Receptors in Arabidopsis"/ "Functional analysis of cis-regulatory evolution in humans and other primates"
Monday, November 12, 2007,
4:15pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Dick Lewontin (Host Robert Brandon) (Harvard)
"The Effect of Density and Specific Genotype Interactions on the Course of Natural Selection"
Tuesday, November 13, 2007,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Science room 4219
Marie Charpentier, Drea/Alberts labs (Duke)
"Smelling right: the scent of male lemurs advertises genetic quality and relatedness"
Thursday, November 15, 2007,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2237
Tom Chappell (Duke University)
"Local Adaptation in a Plant-Fungus Pathosystem"
Friday, November 16, 2007,
12:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
Fordham Hall room 512 at UNC
Anna Keyte, Smith Lab (Duke University)
"Evolution of mammalian limb development: building a marsupial neonate"
Friday, November 16, 2007,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2237
Marianna Vale (Faculty host-Pimm) (Graduate Student, University Program in Ecology, Duke)
"Bird distribution and conservation in the Amazon"
Friday, November 16, 2007,
3:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2237
Zhong-Lin Zhang (Sun lab)/Rosangela (Ross) Sozzani (Benfey lab)
"Characterization of putative DELLA direct targets SCL3 and XERICO"/"Radial Patterning in the Arabidopsis root: Exploring for new SHR target genes"
Monday, November 19, 2007,
10:00am,
Biology Dissertation Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Cecile Gueidan, Lutzoni lab (Duke University)
"Systematics and evolution of the lichen family Verrucariaceae"
Tuesday, November 20, 2007,
4:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Rudolf Meier (National University of Singapore)
"DNA Taxonomy and DNA Barcoding: Opportunities, Pitfalls, and Why We Need An"
Tuesday, November 27, 2007,
12:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Dr. Brian Sidlauskas, NESCent, Postdoctoral Fellow
"The Results of a Replicate Radiation: Reconstructing ParallelEcomorphological Diversification in African and South American Characiform Fishes"
Tuesday, November 27, 2007,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Science room 4219
Dan Speiser, Sonke Johnsen lab (Duke University)
"Function and evolution of vision in Pectinid bivalves: ScallopTV, optics, and comparative eye morphology"
Wednesday, November 28, 2007,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Science room 4219
Manuel Leal (Duke University)
"Hybridization, time-budget, and homing behavior in anoles"
Thursday, November 29, 2007,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2237
Bao-Hua Song, Mitchell-Olds lab (Duke University)
"Population genomics of Boechera stricta---a wild relative of Arabidopsis"
Friday, November 30, 2007,
11:00am,
Special Mycology Seminar
French Science room 4219
Terri McLennon Porter, Dept of Botany, University of Toronto
"Fungal diversity in a hemlock forest and phylogenetic placement of a new Ascomycota subphylum"
Friday, November 30, 2007,
12:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Science room 4219
Courtney Babbitt (Wray Lab),Olivier Fedrigo (Wray Lab) (Duke University)
"Developmental systematics: using developmental characters in phylogeny"/"Dissecting the Phylogenetic Signal: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"
Friday, November 30, 2007,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2237
Gene Likens, Distinguished Senior Scientist, Ecologist, (Institute of Ecosystem Studies)
"Ecosystem science, environmental change and society: a personal view"
Friday, November 30, 2007,
3:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2237
Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi (Benfey lab)/ Elliott Hagedorn (Sherwood lab)
"Cell-type specific responses to acidic stress in the Arabidopsis root"/ "Time-lapse analysis of anchor cell invasion in C.elegans"
Tuesday, December 4, 2007,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Science room 4219
Manuel Leal (Duke University)
"Hybridization, time-budget, and homing behavior in anoles"
Thursday, December 6, 2007,
7:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2237
Tonya Kossler (Duke University)
"Understanding how flower color variation is maintained within and among populations of Ipomoea lacunosa"
Friday, December 7, 2007,
1:00pm,
Dissertation Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2237
Katherine Walton, McClay lab (Duke University)
"Segregating and Patterning Mesoderm from Segregating and Patterning from Endoderm during Development: Emerging Roles for Hedgehog and FoxA"
Friday, December 7, 2007,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Corbin Jones (Graduate host-Courtney Fitzpatrick) (University of North Carolina)
"A genomic view of host specialization and its consequences"
Friday, December 7, 2007,
3:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2237
Todd Twigg (Benfey lab)/ Vinay Singh (Kiehart lab)
"Developing a "root array" for dynamic spatio-temporal gene expression studies"/"Investigating the role of crinkled (ck)/Myosin VIIA in the morphogenesis of actin-rich cellular projections in Drosophila melanogaster"
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"
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"
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"
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"
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"
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"
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"
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"
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"
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"
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,
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"
Friday, August 22, 2008,
12:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Mark Batzer , Mary Lou Applewhite Distinguished Professor (Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA)
"no seminar-canceled"
Tuesday, August 26, 2008,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Katharina Foerster (University of Neuchatel, Switzerland)
"Good males would make bad females: sexually antagonistic selection an its consequences"
Friday, August 29, 2008,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
UPE Faculty
"Speed Presentations"
Tuesday, September 2, 2008,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Alex Gunderson (Duke University)
"Third eyes and UV signal design in anoles"
Wednesday, September 3, 2008,
4:15pm,
Dissertation Seminar
French Science room 2231
David Des Marais, Rausher lab
"Pleiotropy and the Evolution of Anthocyanin Biosynthesis in Morning Glories"
Friday, September 5, 2008,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Richard A. Houghton, Senior Scientist (Woods Hole Research Center)
"Terrestrial sources and sinks of carbon and climate change"
Friday, September 5, 2008,
3:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
French Science room 2237
David Orlando(Haase lab)/Zhengqing Fu (Dong lab)
"Global control of cell-cycle transcription by coupled CDK and network oscillators"/"Pseudomonas syringae type III secretion system and effectors"
Monday, September 8, 2008,
4:15pm,
Department of Biology Seminar-Super Speaker
French Science Auditorium 2231
Dolph Schluter, Professor and Canada Research Chair, Alex Gunderson (host) (The University of British Columbia)
"Adaptation and the origin of species"
Tuesday, September 9, 2008,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
none this week
"none this week"
Friday, September 12, 2008,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Alex Pfaff, Associate Professor of Public Policy Studies (Duke University)
"Evaluating policy impacts on tropical deforestation"
Friday, September 12, 2008,
3:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
French Science room 2237
Departmental Retreat
"none this week"
Monday, September 15, 2008,
4:15pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science room 2231
Kelly Dyer, Assistant Professor, (Mohamed Noor-host) (University of Rochester)
"Evolutionary conflict within the genome: X-chromosome drive in Drosophila"
Tuesday, September 16, 2008,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Alicia Frame (UNC-Chapel Hill)
"A model of Global Climate Change and Sympatric Speciation in Migratory Birds"
Thursday, September 18, 2008,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Dave Swofford, (Duke/NESCent)
"Polytomies and your posteriors"
Thursday, September 18, 2008,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Matt Streisfeld, Post-doctoral Researcher (Duke University)
"Insights into the genetics of adaptation: the role of gene expression during evolutionary transitions in flower color"
Friday, September 19, 2008,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Dean Hesterberg, Professor (North Carolina State, Department of Soil Science)
"Mechanisms of potential phosphate mobilization following conversion of agricultural lands to wetlands"
Friday, September 19, 2008,
3:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
French Science room 2237
Lisa Pang (Tang Lab)/ Kohji Murase (Sun lab)
"Roles of Katanin in the Drosophila Nervous System"/"Structural basis for gibberellin perception and DELLA protein recognition by Arabidopsis gibberellin receptor."
Monday, September 22, 2008,
4:15pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science room 2231
Brooke McCartney, Bejsovec(host) (Carnegie Mellon University)
"Changing shape: the molecular basis for morphogenesis during development"
Tuesday, September 23, 2008,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science Center 4219
Rindy Anderson (Duke University)
"Song preferences in female swamp sparrows: new insights using operant conditioning"
Thursday, September 25, 2008,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Brian Sidlauskas (NEScent)
"Morphological diversification of fishes: Phylomorphospace"
Thursday, September 25, 2008,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Jennifer Modliszewski, Willis lab (Duke University)
""Polyploid evolution in Mimulus: insights from the field, the lab, and the greenhouse""
Friday, September 26, 2008,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Gillian Lewis, Associate Professor (University of Auckland)
"The microbial foodweb in shallow streams."
Friday, September 26, 2008,
3:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
French Science room 2237
Hongchang Cui (Benfey Lab) /Adrienne Wells (Kiehart Lab)
"A Systems Approach Reveals Dual Roles of SCARECROW in Plant Development and Glucose Signaling"/"The "Other" Cytoskeleton in Morphogenesis: Microtubules are Required for Native Dynamics and Geometry of Dorsal Closure in /Drosophila /Embryos"
Tuesday, September 30, 2008,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Jamie Baldwin (Duke University)
""Pining for Pinups: the importance of color in mate choice of the blue crab (Callinectes sapidus)""
Thursday, October 2, 2008,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
Sequencing Facility-119 Bio Sci
Lisa Bukovnik (Duke University)
"The machine that goes "ping." Aka limited edition guided tour of the sequencing facility."
Friday, October 3, 2008,
12:15pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Bob Goldstein (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
"The Little-Studied Phylum Tardigrada (Water Bears) as Evo-Devo Models"
Friday, October 3, 2008,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Sara Chun, Graduate Student, University Program in Ecology, Nicholas School (Duke University)
"Final seminar: Using digital aerial surveys to determine the population and distribution of Dipteryx panamensis, the key food and nesting tree of the endangered Great Green Macaw in Costa Rica"
Friday, October 3, 2008,
3:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
French Science room 2237
Daniele Armaleo/Natalie Breakfield (Benfey Lab) (Duke University)
"Interacting genomes in the lichen Cladonia Grayi: a first glimpse" /"Identifying miRNA regulatory circuits in Arabidopsis roots"
Monday, October 6, 2008,
4:15pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Harmit Malik, Principal Investigator, Audrey Chang, Noor lab-host (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center)
"Genetic conflict: the usual suspects and beyond"
Tuesday, October 7, 2008,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Kendra Sewall, Ph.D. (UNC-Chapel Hill)
"Age depended call learning in red crossbills: implications for social and population dynamics"
Wednesday, October 8, 2008,
4:15pm,
Dissertation Seminar
French Science room 2231
Kyle Dexter, Cunningham and Terborgh Labs
"Species Diversity in Tropical Tree Communities"
Thursday, October 9, 2008,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Trina Roberts, postdoctural fellow (NEScent)
"Mixture models"
Thursday, October 9, 2008,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Tony Dean, Professor, Dept. of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior (University of Minnesota)
"Metabolic Control of Fitness"
Friday, October 10, 2008,
12:15pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Dan McIntyre, McClay lab (Duke University)
"TBA"
Friday, October 10, 2008,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Ted Schuur, Assistant Professor of Ecosystem Ecology (University of Florida, Dept. of Botany)
"Permafrost carbon and climate feedbacks in a warmer world"
Friday, October 10, 2008,
3:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
French Science room 2237
David Lowry ( Willis lab)/ Meina Li (Chen lab)
"Ecological and genetic mechanisms of local adaptation in the yellow monkeyflower, Mimulus guttatus"/"Phytochrome mediated chloroplast differentiation""
Tuesday, October 14, 2008,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Samuel Caro (UNC- Chapel Hill)
"Physiological correlates of the adaptive timing of reproduction in blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus)"
Thursday, October 16, 2008,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Carl Rothfels, Pryer lab (Duke University)
"Help Carl think about polyploidy and diversification in a hellacious reticulate fern complex, so that he can pass his prelims"
Friday, October 17, 2008,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
George Gilchrist, Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Sabbatical Scholar at NESCent (College of William & Mary)
"Flies in the face of adversity: remodeled developmental plasticity among rapidly evolving invaders"
Friday, October 17, 2008,
3:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
French Science room 2237
David Garfield ( Wray lab)/Chuanli Ju (Pei Lab)
"Population Genetics From a Network Perspective "/"Nitric oxide regulates iron homeostasis by folate metabolism in arabidopsis"
Monday, October 20, 2008,
4:15pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Terri Long, Benfey Lab (Duke University)
"High-resolution Transcriptional Profiling Reveals Two Novel Regulators of Iron Deficiency Response in Arabidopsis Roots"
Tuesday, October 21, 2008,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Dr. James H. Hunt (NC State University)
"Understanding social evolution in wasps: from natural history to genomics"
Thursday, October 23, 2008,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Blanka Shaw (Duke University)
"Duke Herbarium & Biodiversity Data"
Thursday, October 23, 2008,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Stacey Smith, Ph.D. (Duke University)
"It ain't easy being red: The evolutionary genetics of red flowers in Iochroma"
Friday, October 24, 2008,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Mike Antolin, Professor, Department of Biology (Colorado State University)
"Searching for plague reservoirs: Vast lakes or tiny trickles?"
Friday, October 24, 2008,
3:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
French Science room 2237
Joshua Ziel(Sherwood lab)/ Anna Keyte (Smith lab)
"Extracellular Cues for cell invasion: Unc-6 (netrin) orients the"/"Building a marsupial neonate: evolution of the limb development program in opossum"
Tuesday, October 28, 2008,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Laurie Stevison, Noor Lab (Duke University)
"Can males alter female recombination rates in Drosophila?"
Thursday, October 30, 2008,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Michaela Schmull (Farlow Herbarium)
"The lichen genus Lecidea s. lat.: How widely are species of this heterogeneous group distributed within the Lecanoromycetes?"
Thursday, October 30, 2008,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Carrie Wessinger, Rausher Lab (Duke University)
"The Genetic Basis of Parallel Flower Color Evolution in Penstemon"
Friday, October 31, 2008,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Antonio Manzaneda, Mitchell-Olds lab (Duke University)
"Ecology of the seed dispersal by ants in Helleborus foetidus: Geographical variation in ant-plant interactions"
Friday, October 31, 2008,
3:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
French Science room 2237
Zhong-Lin Zhang (Sun lab)/Rosangela Sozzani (Benfey lab)
"Functional analysis of DELLA proteins, repressors of the gibberellin signaling pathway in Arabidopsis"/"Radial Patterning in the Arabidopsis root:transcriptional effects of SHR and SCR at cell-type resolution"
Tuesday, November 4, 2008,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Katia Koelle, Assistant Professor (Duke University)
"Math models to understand the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of flu"
Thursday, November 6, 2008,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Nico Devos (Duke University)
"Awesome pictures"
Thursday, November 6, 2008,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Kristi Montooth, PhD. (Indiana University)
"Functional and evolutionary consequences of mitochondrial-nuclear epistasis for metabolic fitness in flies"
Friday, November 7, 2008,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Pat Mullholland, PhD (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
"Streams as nitrogen filters in the landscape: results of a large inter-site 15N addition study of NO3 uptake in streams"
Friday, November 7, 2008,
1:30pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
4219 French Family Science Center
Kristi Montooth, PhD. (Indiana University)
"Mapping and modeling genetic variation in ecologically-relevant physiological performance"
Friday, November 7, 2008,
3:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
French Science room 2237
David Matus (Sherwood Lab)/ Shunping Yan (Dong lab)
"Dissecting the Gene Regulatory Network underlying C. elegans anchor cell invasion"/"SNI1 regulates plant development and defense response through chromatin remodeling"
Monday, November 10, 2008,
4:15pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
none this week
"no Biology Seminar"
Tuesday, November 11, 2008,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Neeltje Boogert (McGill University)
"The role of cognition in sexual selection and speciation"
Thursday, November 13, 2008,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Robert Lucking (Field Museum)
"Evolution, Biogeography, Ecology, and Importance of Lichenized Fungi: What can tropical lineages contribute?"
Friday, November 14, 2008,
12:15pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Corbin Jones, PhD. (UNC- Chapel Hill)
"Finding the right stuff: surprising sources of adaptive genetic variation"
Friday, November 14, 2008,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Jessica Metcalf (Duke University)
"When should you flower, if flowering kills you?"
Friday, November 14, 2008,
3:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
French Science room 2237
Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi (Benfey Lab)/ Hokyung Rho ( McClay Lab)
"New Approaches for Understanding Root System Architecture"/"The role and regulation of FoxN2/3 in the skeletogenic mesenchyme cells duringsea urchin development"
Tuesday, November 18, 2008,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
George Gilchrist, Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Sabbatical Scholar at NESCent (College of William and Mary)
"Adaptation in a changing world: lessons from some little flies."
Thursday, November 20, 2008,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Lauren Chan, Yoder lab (Duke University)
"' Aliciella' in Wonderland and the case of the captured chloroplasts: conservation genetics of the Mussentuchit Gilia""
Thursday, November 20, 2008,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Dylan Burge, Manos lab (Duke University)
"Evolution of nickel (Ni) hyper-accumulation in the Australasian plant genus 'Stackhousia'('Celastraceae')"
Friday, November 21, 2008,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Bob Sinsabaugh, Associate Professor (University of New Mexico)
"Stoichiometry of microbial nutrient acquisition"
Friday, November 21, 2008,
3:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
French Science room 2237
Miquel Moreno-Risueno (Benfey Lab)/Ginger Miley (Sherwood Lab)
"A Systems biology approach to understanding the root clock in Arabidpsis"/"TBARole of SPARC in basement membrane composition and cell invasion in C. elegans"
Tuesday, November 25, 2008,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
TBA
"TBA"
Thursday, November 27, 2008,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Thanksgiving break
"none"
Friday, November 28, 2008,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
no seminar
"Thanksgiving Break"
Monday, December 1, 2008,
4:15pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Arielle Cooley, Willis lab (Duke University)
"Genetics and Ecology of Floral Color Patterning in Chilean Mimulus"
Tuesday, December 2, 2008,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population and Community Ecology
French Family Science- room 4219
Irene Liu, Nowicki lab (Duke University)
"Male song-type matching and female eavesdropping in a songbird"
Thursday, December 4, 2008,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Jola Miadlikowska (Duke University)
"The new and marvelous Mesquite"
Thursday, December 4, 2008,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Thomas Chappell, (Duke University)
"Evolutionary Inferences from Infectivity Patterns in Morning Glories and Rust"
Friday, December 5, 2008,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Rafe Sagarin, Associate Director for Ocean and Coastal Policy (Nicholas Institute, Duke University)
"Natural security: Evolutionary and ecological insights for an uncertain world"
Friday, December 5, 2008,
3:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
French Science room 2237
Raj Mohan , PhD, Dong Lab/Josh Granek, PhD, Magwene Lab (Duke University)
"The role of NPR1 in Induced Systemic Resistance in Arabidopsis"/"Complex Colony Morphology and Other Development in Yeast"
Tuesday, December 9, 2008,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
TBA
"TBA"
Thursday, December 11, 2008,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Lacey Knowles, Associate Professor (University of Michigan)
"Estimating species trees: working towards a new paradigm for 21st century phylogenetics."
Monday, January 12, 2009,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Fred Janzen (Iowa State University)
"Adapt or perish: the evolutionary interplay of sex ratio and environmental sex determination in a changing global climate"
Thursday, January 15, 2009,
11:30am,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Robert T. Pennock, associate professor (Michigan State University)
"This is Not a Simulation: Experimental Evolution with Digital Organisms"
Thursday, January 15, 2009,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Marcy Uyenoyama, Professor (Duke University)
"Expected site frequency spectra from genomic SNP surveys"
Friday, January 16, 2009,
12:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Randy Jirtle, PhD, Department of Radiation Oncology (Duke University)
"Epigenetics in Mammalian Evolution and Disease Susceptibility"
Friday, January 16, 2009,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Nancy Knowlton, (University of California, San Diego)
"Coral reefs - canary in the environmental coal mine"
Friday, January 23, 2009,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Alexia Kelley, Ph.D. (Duke University)
"Biogeochemistry and vegetation in Arctic patterned ground ecosystems"
Friday, January 23, 2009,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum seminar series
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Mario Izaguirre-Sierra (UNC- Chapel Hill)
"A Genetic Approach to Dissect Cajal Body Structure and Function"
Monday, January 26, 2009,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Allen Rodrigo (University of Auckland)
"The challenge of diversity presents a diversity of challenges: new research directions in computational evolutionary biology."
Tuesday, January 27, 2009,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Christine Drea, Associate Professor (Drea lab, BAA and Biology, Duke)
"Cooperative problem solving in a social carnivore"
Thursday, January 29, 2009,
11:30am,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
William Joiner, Ph.D. (Univ of Pennsylvania)
"Genes and Circuits That Regulate Sleep in Drosophila"
Thursday, January 29, 2009,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Jill Anderson, PhD, Mitchell-Olds Lab (Duke University)
"Fruit-eating fishes: Vectors of long-distance seed dispersal"
Friday, January 30, 2009,
12:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Rick Dilling, Nijhout lab (Duke University)
"How to make over a wing: the evolutionary origins of fly halteres"
Friday, January 30, 2009,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Line Rochefort (Universite Laval)
"Sphagnum peatland restoration: how to overcome abiotic filters impeding revegetation"
Friday, January 30, 2009,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum seminar series
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Steve Clouse (NCSU)
"The role of receptor kinase phosphorylation in Arabidopsis signal transduction pathways"
Monday, February 2, 2009,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Sreekanth Chalasani, Ph.D (Rockefeller University, NYC)
"Dissecting neural circuits controlling behavior in C.elegans."
Tuesday, February 3, 2009,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Rob Aldredge (UNC Chapel Hill)
"Hatching asynchrony occurs as a byproduct of maintaining egg viability"
Thursday, February 5, 2009,
11:30am,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Vikas Bhandawat, Ph.D. (Harvard University)
"Olfactory processing in Drosophila"
Friday, February 6, 2009,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Andre Boustany, Postdoctoral Research Associate (Duke University)
"The science, management and conservation of Atlantic bluefin tuna"
Friday, February 6, 2009,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum seminar series
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Hironaka Tsukagoshi (Benfey lab) (Duke University)
"Analyzing a rapid expansion of the root cell"
Monday, February 9, 2009,
4:00pm,
Department of Biology & Department of Neurobiology Seminar
103 Bryan Research Building
Rebecca Yang, PhD. (University of California, San Francisco)
"Drosophila female reproductive behaviors as systems to study simple decision-making processes"
Tuesday, February 10, 2009,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Brian Powell, Leal Lab, (Duke University)
"Homing in Anolis: Return of the pop tart boxes"
Thursday, February 12, 2009,
11:30am,
Department of Biology and Duke Institute of Brain Sciences Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Dylan Clyne, PhD. (Yale University)
"Love at First Light: Sex-Specific Control and Tuning of the Courtship Song in Drosophila"
Thursday, February 12, 2009,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Jason Kamilar, PhD. (Washington University)
"Using GIS and phylogenetic approaches to understand primate macroecology"
Friday, February 13, 2009,
12:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Kevin Preuss, Nijhout Lab (Duke University)
"There are many ways to get bigger: size determination in the genus Tribolium"
Friday, February 13, 2009,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Lauren Buckley, assistant professor (UNC- Chapel Hill)
"Mechanistic species range models for changing environments"
Monday, February 16, 2009,
4:30pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg.
**** NOORFEST (****)
"***" [abstract]
Tuesday, February 17, 2009,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos (University of Queensland)
"Breakdown of coevolution during sunflower hybridisation"
Thursday, February 19, 2009,
11:30am,
Department of Biology & Department of Neurobiology Seminar Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Michael Orger, PhD. (Harvard University)
"Neural circuits underlying innate visually guided behaviors in zebrafish"
Thursday, February 19, 2009,
1:00pm,
Systematic Biology Seminar Series and SDG
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Joe Williams (University of Tennessee)
"Pollination to fertilization in angiosperms: a focal period of ancient and modern flowering plant innovation"
Thursday, February 19, 2009,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Luke Harmon, Assistant Professor (University of Idaho)
"Causes and effects of adaptive radiations"
Friday, February 20, 2009,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Bill Laurance, staff scientist (Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Brazil)
"Islands of survival: will tropical nature reserves be arks for imperiled species?"
Friday, February 20, 2009,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum seminar series
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Imara Perera (NCSU)
"A role for InsP3-mediated signaling in plant responses to stress"
Monday, February 23, 2009,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology and Duke Institute for Brain Sciences Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Pelin Cayirlioglu, Ph.D. (UCLA)
"A microRNA pathway involved in the evolution of CO2 sensory circuit assembly in insects."
Tuesday, February 24, 2009,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Michael F. Antolin, PhD. (Colorado State University)
"Paradigms gone bad and plague transmission by fleas"
Thursday, February 26, 2009,
11:30am,
Department of Biology and Duke Institute for Brain Sciences Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Robert Gegear, PhD. (University of Mass. Medical School)
"Plastic minibrains: A neuroethological approach to sensory processing and integration in insects"
Thursday, February 26, 2009,
1:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg.
Taina Price (Duke University)
"Phemeranthus: A North American xerophytic genus"
Friday, February 27, 2009,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Kevin Lafferty, research scologist (USGS Channel Islands Field Station)
"Parasites: from ecosystems to human culture"
Tuesday, March 3, 2009,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Cliff Cunningham, Associate Professor (Duke University)
"Community Assembly in Lesser Antillean Anolis"
Thursday, March 5, 2009,
11:30am,
Department of Biology and Duke Institute of Brain Sciences Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Shana Geffeney, Ph.D. (Stanford University School of Medicine)
"Danger: Linking noxious stimuli and aversive behavior in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans"
Thursday, March 5, 2009,
1:00pm,
Systematics Discussion
111 Bio Sci Bldg.
Hannah Reynolds, Vilgalys lab (Duke University)
"The Elaphomycetaceae -- a widespread truffle family with some surprising relations."
Thursday, March 5, 2009,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Charles Mitchell, Ph.D. (UNC-Chapel Hill)
"Pathogen Species Richness over Continents and Centuries"
Friday, March 6, 2009,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Bill Chameides, Dean of Nicholas School (Duke University)
"A link between air pollution, photosynthesis, and productivity?"
Monday, March 9, 2009,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
no seminar
"Spring Break-no seminar"
Friday, March 13, 2009,
12:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
David Weisblatt, Ph.D., Professor (UC Berkeley)
"D Quadrant Specification and D/V Patterning in Leech Embryos"
Friday, March 13, 2009,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
no seminar
"Spring Break-no seminar"
Friday, March 13, 2009,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum seminar series
French Science room 2237
Jianping Hu (Michigan State University)
"Using genetics and proteomics to understand peroxisome proliferation and function"
Monday, March 16, 2009,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
none this week
"none this week"
Tuesday, March 17, 2009,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Dan Speiser, Sonke Johnsen lab (Duke)
"Scallop visual ecology: spectral tuning, the double-retina problem, and how vision evolves in filter-feeders"
Thursday, March 19, 2009,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Matt Johnson, Team Sphagnum (Duke University)
"Exploration of Species Tree Reconstruction with Real and Simulated Data"
Thursday, March 19, 2009,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Maureen Stanton (UC Davis)
"Coexistence and context-dependence in a guild of four acacia-ants"
Friday, March 20, 2009,
11:00am,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Maureen Stanton
"Some things I'd really, really like to know about how plant populations respond to heterogeneous environments"
Friday, March 20, 2009,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Dissertation Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Michelle Hersh, graduate student (Duke University)
"The role of fungal seedling pathogens in temperate forest dynamics"
Friday, March 20, 2009,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum seminar series
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Yashwanti Mudgil (UNC-Chapel Hill)
"Arabidopsis N-MYC DOWN-REGULATED-LIKE1, a Positive Regulator of Auxin Transport, in a G-Protein-mediated Sugar-sensing Pathway"
Monday, March 23, 2009,
9:00am,
Dissertation Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Audrey Chang,(Noor lab) (Duke)
"The Genetic Architecture of Hybrid Male Sterility in the Drosophila Pseudoobscura Species Group"
Monday, March 23, 2009,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Merritt Turetsky, (Jon Shaw- host) (University of Guelph)
"Vulnerability of high latitude ecosystems to changing climate and disturbance regimes"
Tuesday, March 24, 2009,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Lucas N. Joppa, Pimm Lab (Duke Nicholas School of the Environment)
"Unraveling Darwin’s Tangled Bank: The role of reciprocal specialization"
Thursday, March 26, 2009,
12:00pm,
Systematic Biology Seminar Series and SDG
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Doug Soltis (University of Florida)
"Genetic-genomic consequences of polyploidy and the recurrent origin of species"
Thursday, March 26, 2009,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Laurie Stevison, Noor Lab (Duke,)
"Genomic analysis of recombination rate in Drosophila persimilis"
Friday, March 27, 2009,
12:15pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Courtney Babbitt , Ph.D., Wray lab. (Duke University)
"Evolution and development of an unusual morphology: abdominal loss in caprellid crustaceans"
Friday, March 27, 2009,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Dissertaion Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Rob Schick, graduate student (Duke University)
"Animal movement in pelagic ecosystems: from communities to individuals"
Friday, March 27, 2009,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum seminar series
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Dongdong Kong , Pei lab (Duke University)
"Identifying Plant Calcium Signaling Components by Ca2+ Image-based Mammalian System"
Monday, March 30, 2009,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Josh Schimel Ph.D., professor, Emily Bernhardt-host (Ecology, Evolution & Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara)
"The Arctic plant-soil feedback loop: linkages to the Arctic system"
Tuesday, March 31, 2009,
1:00pm,
Dissertation Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Kimberly Rosvall, Nowicki lab (Duke)
"Costs and benefits of intrasexual aggression in females"
Thursday, April 2, 2009,
12:00pm,
Systematic Biology Seminar Series and SDG
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Amanda Chunco (UNC Chapel Hill)
"Ecology, biogeography, and hybridization in the spadefoot toads"
Thursday, April 2, 2009,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Tanya Kossler, Rausher lab (Duke University)
"Understanding how flower color variation is maintained within and among populations of _Ipomoea lacunosa"
Friday, April 3, 2009,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Dissertation Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Julie Demeester, graduate student (Duke University)
"Feedback loops of nitrogen cycling and the invasive species Microstegium vimineum in riparian wetlands"
Friday, April 3, 2009,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum seminar series
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Rajinikanth Mohan, Dong lab (Duke University)
"The role of NPR1 in Induced Systemic Resistance"
Monday, April 6, 2009,
9:00am,
Dissertation Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Alexandra Tobler, Nijhout lab (Duke University)
"The regulation of body and wing disk growth in Manduca sexta"
Monday, April 6, 2009,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Dissertation Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Young Wha Lee, Willis Lab (Duke University)
"Standing Genetic Variation in a Natural Population of Common Monkeyflower"
Tuesday, April 7, 2009,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Jason Jackson, Vigalys/Richter Labs (Duke)
"Land use change drives fungal community change in soils"
Wednesday, April 8, 2009,
4:15pm,
Dissertation Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Suzanne Joneson, Lutzoni lab (Duke)
"Molecular Biology of Lichen Symbiosis and Development"
Thursday, April 9, 2009,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Stacey Smith, Ph.D., Rausher lab (Duke University)
"Effects of flower color transitions on diversification: Adventures with BISSE"
Thursday, April 9, 2009,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Emily Moran, Clark lab (Duke University)
"Dispersal, hybridization, and spatial genetic structure in two populations of red oak"
Friday, April 10, 2009,
12:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Science room 4219
Rui Wang, Jarvis lab (Duke University)
"Dissecting the genetic basis for the complex trait of vocal learning"
Friday, April 10, 2009,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Dissertation Seminar
A 158-LSRC
Sean Berthrong, Jackson lab (Duke University)
"Forests out of context: effects of afforestation on soils and microbes at multiple scales"
Friday, April 10, 2009,
3:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
none this week
"cancelled this week"
Monday, April 13, 2009,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Ray Huey, Ph.D.,Professor and Chair (University of Washington, Seattle (host: Manuel Leal))
"Ecological and evolutionary responses to climate warming"
Tuesday, April 14, 2009,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Mukta Chakraborty, Burmeister lab (UNC Chapel Hill)
"TBA"
Thursday, April 16, 2009,
12:00pm,
Systematic Biology Seminar Series and SDG
144 Bio Sci Bldg
papers (clade analysis)
"Nested clade analysis and you , a foray into the contentious world of nested clade analysis"
Thursday, April 16, 2009,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Dan Speiser, Johnsen lab (Duke University)
"Scallop color vision: Insights on the double-retina problem and the origin and maintenance of opsin diversity"
Friday, April 17, 2009,
1:15pm,
2009 Oosting Memorial Lecture
B101 LSRC- Love Auditorium.
Thomas E. Lovejoy (President, Heinz Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment)
"Climate change: prospects for nature" [abstract]
Friday, April 17, 2009,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum seminar series
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Rafaelo Galvao (Chen lab) (Duke University)
"The mechanism and significance of PHYTOCHROME A degradation in plant light signaling"
Monday, April 20, 2009,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Richard Mooney, Dept. of Neurobiology (Duke University)
"Visualizing and manipulating neural mechanisms for learned birdsong"
Tuesday, April 21, 2009,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Carlos Botero, Post-doctoral Fellow, NESCENT (Duke University)
"The evolution of personality in the context of animal communication"
Thursday, April 23, 2009,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Carrie Olson-Manning, Mitchell-Olds lab (Duke University)
"The Evolution of a Novel Glucosinolate in the 'Brassicaceae'"
Friday, April 24, 2009,
12:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Viviane Callier, Nijhout Lab (Duke University)
"A mathematical model for larval molting in 'Manduca sexta'"
Friday, April 24, 2009,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Jack Liu, professor (Michigan State University)
"Pandas, people, and policies: complex interactions and insights for multi-scale coupled human and natural systems"
Friday, April 24, 2009,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum seminar series
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Shui Wang (Dong lab) (Duke University)
"TBA"
Monday, April 27, 2009,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Colleen Webb, Assistant Professor, (Justin Wright-host) (Colorado State University)
"New Models Reveal Mechanisms of Plague Spread and Persistence in Wild Rodent Hosts"
Tuesday, April 28, 2009,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Jim Moody, Associate Professor, Dept. of Sociology, and David Banks, Professor of the Practice, Dept. of Statistical Science (Duke University)
"Social Network Analysis of Baboon Troops"
Friday, May 1, 2009,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum seminar series
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Anjali Iyer-Pasuzzi (Benfey lab) (Duke University)
"TBA"
Monday, August 24, 2009,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Steve Haase, Assistant Professor (Duke University)
"Cell Cycle Control: Cycling without Cyclins"
Monday, August 31, 2009,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Chantal Reid, Assistant Professor of the Practice (Duke University)
"Dynamic plant carbon allocation in a changing world: what can we learn from short-lived radioisotopes?"
Thursday, September 3, 2009,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Lisa Pokorny, Shaw lab (Duke, University)
"Backbone Phylogeny Of The Order Hookeriales (Bryopsida)"
Friday, September 4, 2009,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Rafaelo Galvao (Chen lab)/ Abdelaty Saleh (Dong lab)
"Mechanism and Significance of Phytochrome A Degradation "/"Epigenetic Regulation of Gene Expression by Arabidopsis homologs of trithorax (ATXs) Family"
Monday, September 7, 2009,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Open
"TBA"
Tuesday, September 8, 2009,
7:15pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Dave Steinberg, Leal Lab (Duke University)
"“To see or not to see: the effects of receiver distance on a lizard's visual display”"
Thursday, September 10, 2009,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Professor Dietmar Quandt (Nees Institute for Plant Biodiversity, Bonn University, Germany)
"An introduction to PhyDE and associated programs"
Thursday, September 10, 2009,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Cheng-Ruei Lee, Graduate Student, Mitchell-Olds Lab (Duke University)
"Comparing allopatric versus sympatric niche differentiation of two 'subspecies' within Boechera stricta - Ecology inside the computer and beyond"
Friday, September 11, 2009,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Ken Glander, Phd (Duke University)
"Use of GPS for direct field estimation of energy costs in monkeys"
Friday, September 11, 2009,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Hongchang Cui (Benfey Lab) / Josh Granek (Magwene Lab) (Duke University)
"The origin of root and the root of SHORT-ROOT and SCARECROW function"/"The Genetics of Yeast Colony Morphology"
Monday, September 14, 2009,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Steven Allison, URI (host:Emily Bernhardt)
"Cheating, heating, and substrate constraints on microbial decomposition"
Tuesday, September 15, 2009,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Carlos Botero, PhD, NESCent (NESCent, Duke University)
"That's hot! Climatic variability may explain why good learners are sexy beasts"
Thursday, September 17, 2009,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar and Discussion Group
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Michael Windham, Curator of Vascular Plants (Duke University)
"Taxonomic complexity in Arabis s.l. (Brassicaceae): Implications for research and conservation"
Thursday, September 17, 2009,
4:15pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Dan Runcie, Wray Lab, and Adam Navis, Bagnat Lab, Cell Bio (Duke University)
"Kick-off Meeting"
Thursday, September 17, 2009,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Daniel Runcie, Wray Lab (Duke University)
"Genetic diversity suggests rapid evolutionary responses to climate change are possible in the Purple Sea Urchin"
Friday, September 18, 2009,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Anne Yoder, PhD. (Duke University)
"Working at the intersection of genetics and GIS to explore species distributions in Madagascar"
Friday, September 18, 2009,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
L. Ryan Baugh, Assistant Professor (Duke University)
"Nutritional Control of C. elegans Post-embryonic DevelopmentL"
Monday, September 21, 2009,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Fred Gould (host:Bill Morris) (North Carolina State University)
"Can Genetically Engineered Pests Decrease Human Diseases and Increase Biodiversity?"
Tuesday, September 22, 2009,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Jenny Tung, Wray and Alberts labs (Duke University)
"Before and after the swarm: hybridization in the Amboseli baboons"
Wednesday, September 23, 2009,
2:30pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology: Weekly Seminars
4233 French Family Science Center
Jin Wang, Chemistry & Physics (SUNY)
"Landscape and Flux Framework for Global Understanding of Biological Networks"
Thursday, September 24, 2009,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
David Swofford, Research Scientist (Duke University)
"A glimpse at Phycas and an update on PAUP"
Thursday, September 24, 2009,
4:15pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
none this week
"none this week"
Thursday, September 24, 2009,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Arielle Cooley, PhD, Wittkopp Lab. (U of Michigan)
"What would you do with a nucleotide? Speculation on pigment evolution in Drosophila americana"
Friday, September 25, 2009,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Kenneth Reckhow, Professor and Eric Money, PhD (Nicholas School, Duke University)
"TBA"
Friday, September 25, 2009,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Rodofo Zentella(Sun Lab)/ Arielle Cooley (Trisha Wittkopp's Lab;U.Michigan)
"Post-Translational Modifications and Important Motifs Controlling DELLA Protein Activity"/"Finding functional variants in natural populations: Pigment evolution in Drosophila americana & D. novamexicana"
Monday, September 28, 2009,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar-Super Speaker
French Science Auditorium 2231
Mercedes Pascual, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (University of Michigan(host: Meredith Barrett))
"Malaria and climate: a population dynamics perspective"
Tuesday, September 29, 2009,
12:00pm,
Super Speakers Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Mercedes Pascual, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (University of Michigan, (host: Meredith Barrett))
"Self-organization and criticality in cholera epidemic dynamics and other spatial systems."
Tuesday, September 29, 2009,
1:00pm,
Special Biology Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
David F. Garvin, Research Geneticist (University of Minnesota (host: Thomas Mitchell-Olds))
"Intraspecific Character Displacement: Do Competition and Ecological Opportunity Promote"
Tuesday, September 29, 2009,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Ryan Martin, Pfennig Lab (UNC Chapel Hill)
"Intraspecific Character Displacement: Do Competition and Ecological Opportunity Promote"
Thursday, October 1, 2009,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Amanda Grusz, Pryer lab (Duke University)
"Secret sex in the desert: Polyploidy, hybridization, and recombination in myriopterid ferns"
Thursday, October 1, 2009,
4:15pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Kevin Preuss, Nijhout Lab (Duke University)
"Evolution of Metamorphosis: Variations on a Theme"
Thursday, October 1, 2009,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Jenny Boughman, PhD. (University of Wisconsin Madison (host: Stacey Smith))
"The evolution of sexual isolation in sticklebacks"
Friday, October 2, 2009,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
B101 LSRC- Love Auditorium.
Andrew Gronewald , Nicholas School (Duke University)
"TBA"
Friday, October 2, 2009,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
David Weiss (host: Tai-ping Sun) (Hebrew University)
"Reciprocal negative interaction between gibberellin and cytokinin"
Monday, October 5, 2009,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Fall Break
"no Biology Seminar"
Tuesday, October 6, 2009,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Fall Break
"no seminar this week"
Wednesday, October 7, 2009,
2:30pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology: Weekly Seminars
FFSC 4233
Nick Buchler, Duke CSB, Physics & Biology (Duke University)
"Degrading the monomers: The effect of differential proteolysis on the function of genetic circuits"
Thursday, October 8, 2009,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Charlie Willis, Donohue Lab (Duke University)
"Phylogeny and phenology: Linking evolutionary history with species' response to climate change"
Thursday, October 8, 2009,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Jessica Selby, Willis lab (Duke University)
"Serpentine tolerance in the Mimulus guttatus species complex"
Friday, October 9, 2009,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Stuart Hurlbert, Professor of Biology (San Diego State University)
"The logical incoherence of modern statistical practice"
Friday, October 9, 2009,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Josh Ziel ( D.Sherwood Lab)
"Mechanisms of netrin receptor function during cell invasion in C. elegans"
Monday, October 12, 2009,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Peter Abrams, Professor (University of Toronto, (host- Will Wilson))
"Density dependence and the structure of ecological theory"
Tuesday, October 13, 2009,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Dr. Keith Sockman, Biology Department (UNC Chapel Hill)
"Reproductive Decisions in an Unpredictable Environment: An Integration of Avian Ecology, Ethology, and Neurobiology"
Thursday, October 15, 2009,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Terry Henkel, Associate Professor (Humboldt State University)
"Ectomycorrhizal fungal diversity of the Guiana Shield"
Thursday, October 15, 2009,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
David McCandlish (Magwene/McShea labs) (Duke University)
"Visualizing fitness landscapes"
Friday, October 16, 2009,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Dan Richter, PhD, Professor of Soils and Forest Ecology (Duke University)
"Rekindling Wood Energy in America"
Friday, October 16, 2009,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Elliott Hagedorn (D. Sherwood Lab)/ Zhengqing Fu (Dong Lab)
"/"Proteasome-mediated degradation of NPR1 and systemic acquired resistance"
Monday, October 19, 2009,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Rob Dunn , Asst. Professor of Ecology , (host: Susan Alberts) (NC State University)
"Global Climate and the Societies of Ants--Big Collaborations, Big Experiments and Wild Speculation"
Wednesday, October 21, 2009,
2:30pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Family Science Center 4233
Jeff Hasty, Associate Professor (UCSD Bioengineering)
"Genetic clocks from engineered oscillators"
Thursday, October 22, 2009,
12:00pm,
Systematics -Dissertation- Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Greg Bonito, Vilgalys lab (Duke University)
"Systematics and ecology of truffles (Tuber)"
Thursday, October 22, 2009,
4:15pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
David Garfield, Wray lab (Duke University)
"Selection and constraint in the evolution of Strongylocentrotid sea urchins"
Thursday, October 22, 2009,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Peter Szovenyi,PhD, Shaw lab (Duke University)
"Differential gene expression and molecular evolution in a bryophyte model system"
Friday, October 23, 2009,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Nate Sanders, PhD (University of Tennessee)
"Testing macroecological theory with the little things that run the world"
Friday, October 23, 2009,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Robin Hopkins (Rausher Lab)/ Ho Kyung Rho (McClay Lab) (Duke University)
"Identification of two regulatory changes underlying species reinforcement in Phlox"/"The role and regulation of FoxN2/3 in the skeletogenic cells during sea urchin development"
Monday, October 26, 2009,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Elizabeth Lacey, Professor of Biology (UNC-Greensboro)
"Floral Reflectance, Color, and Thermoregulation: What Really Explains Geographic Variation in Thermal Acclimation Ability of Ectotherms?"
Tuesday, October 27, 2009,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Jeremy Crawford, Drea lab (Duke University)
"Confounded by Contraception: Birth Control Alters Critical Female Odor Cues"
Wednesday, October 28, 2009,
2:30pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology: Weekly Seminar
4233 French Family Science Center
Steve Haase Group (Duke University)
"TBA"
Thursday, October 29, 2009,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Starri Heidmarsson, Ph. D. (Icelandic Institute of Natural History)
"Phylogeny and taxonomy of Dermatocarpon (Verrucariales, lichenized Ascomycota)"
Thursday, October 29, 2009,
4:15pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Jenny Tenlen, Goldstein Lab (UNC Chapel Hill)
"Efficacy of RNA interference in the tardigrade Hypsibius dujardini"
Thursday, October 29, 2009,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Rafael Rubio de Casas, PhD., Donohue Lab (Duke University)
"Seed dormancy influence on flowering time"
Friday, October 30, 2009,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Allen Hurlbert, PhD, Assistant Professor (UNC Chapel Hill)
"TBA"
Friday, October 30, 2009,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Meina Li, PhD. (Chen Lab)/ Todd Twigg (Benfey Lab) (Duke University)
"HMR mediates photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis"
Monday, November 2, 2009,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Karen Carleton, PhD, Assistant Professor (host: Sonke Johnsen) (University of Maryland)
"Seeing through the eyes of a fish: Genetics of cichlid visual systems"
Thursday, November 5, 2009,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Kathryn Picard, Lutzoni Lab (Duke University)
"TBA"
Thursday, November 5, 2009,
4:15pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Amy Schmid, PhD, Assistant Professor (Duke University)
"Systems biology in archaea: response and evolution in the face of environmental extremes"
Thursday, November 5, 2009,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Katie Ferris, Willis Lab (Duke University)
"The genetics and adaptive significance of leaf shape in Mimulus laciniatus"
Friday, November 6, 2009,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Dan Binkley, PhD, Assistant Professor (Colorado State University)
"Fascinating things about the efficiency of resource use in trees and forests"
Friday, November 6, 2009,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Laura Simmons, Haase Lab/ Andrea Stewart, Sherwood Lab (Duke University)
"Redefining the role of Cyclin-Dependent Kinases in the cell cycle"/"Katanin60-L1 functions in the development of larval multi-dendtritic sensory neurons and nociception"
Monday, November 9, 2009,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Maria Uriate , PhD., Ecology, Evolution & Env. Biology (host: Jim Clark) (Columbia University)
"Effects of Human and Natural Disturbance on Forested Landscapes at Multiple Spatial Scales"
Monday, November 9, 2009,
3:00pm,
Dissertation Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Anna Keyte, Kathleen Smith lab (Duke University)
"How to build a marsupial neonate: lessons from Monodelphis on the evolution of development"
Tuesday, November 10, 2009,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Dan Speiser, Johnsen lab (Duke University)
"The function, morphology, and visual ecology of the eyes of polyplacophoran molluscs"
Thursday, November 12, 2009,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Peter Szovenyi, PhD, Shaw Lab (Duke University)
"Generation-Specific Gene Expression and Molecular Evolution in a Bryophyte Model System"
Thursday, November 12, 2009,
4:15pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Laura Mathies, Genetics (NC State University)
""Duplication and divergence of a hunchback and Ikaros-like gene family in C. elegans""
Thursday, November 12, 2009,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Kevin Wright, Willis lab (Duke University)
"Parallel Evolution of Copper Tolerance in Mimulus guttatus"
Friday, November 13, 2009,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Norm Christensen, Professor of Ecology Nicholas School of the Environment (Duke University)
"Reconstructing Holocene Fire History in the Southern Appalachians" [abstract]
Friday, November 13, 2009,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Wei Wang (Dong Lab)/ Jianhong Hu , PhD,(Sun lab) (Duke University)
"D-Day's battle: oomycete's Normandy Landings on Arabidopsis--time matters"/"Identification of a novel DELLA interacting factor in Arabidopsis"
Monday, November 16, 2009,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Marc Johnson, PhD, Assistant Professor (host: Justin Wright) (Norht Carolina State University)
"Ecological and evolutionary consequences of plant sex"
Tuesday, November 17, 2009,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Cynthia Tedore, Johnsen Lab (Duke University)
"Visual posturing in male-male agonistic enounters of the jumping spider Lyssomanes viridis"
Wednesday, November 18, 2009,
2:30pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology: Weekly Seminar
French Family Science Center 4233
David Garfield and Daniel Runcie, Biology Department (Duke University)
"Heritability and Evolvability within a Sea Urchin Developmental Gene Regulatory Network"
Thursday, November 19, 2009,
12:00pm,
Dissertation Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Yi-Hsin Erica Tsai, Manos lab (Duke University)
"Host constraints on the post-glacial migration history of the parasitic plant, Epifagus virginiana"
Thursday, November 19, 2009,
4:15pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Dan Speiser, Johnsen lab (Duke University)
"The evolution of opsins and the origin of the metazoan eye development network: Insights from the eyeless sea anemone 'Nematostella vectensis'"
Thursday, November 19, 2009,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Carrie Wessinger, Rausher lab (Duke University)
"Parallel genetic changes might underlie parallel phenotypic shifts in Penstemon"
Friday, November 20, 2009,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Taylor Ricketts, PhD, Director of WW F’s Conservation Science Program (World Wildlife Fund)
"Putting ecosystem services on the map"
Friday, November 20, 2009,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Karolina Mukhtar (Dong Lab)/ Zhong-Lin Zhang (Sun Lab)
"TBF1 Transcription Factor Plays a Key Role in Multiple Plant Defense Responses"/"TBA"
Monday, November 23, 2009,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Thanksgiving week (Duke University)
"no seminar today"
Monday, November 30, 2009,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
James P. Evans, MD, Ph.D., Editor-in-Chief; Genetics in Medicine (host: Cook-Deegan) (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
"From Darwin to Pharmacogenomics: The emergence of Evolutionary Medicine"
Tuesday, December 1, 2009,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Patrick Chiyo, Alberts Lab (Duke University)
"Social structure and associations patterns of male African elephants"
Thursday, December 3, 2009,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar-Super Speaker
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Dr. Vincent Savolainen, Professor of Organismic Biology (Imperial College London)
"Understanding the origin and possible future of the southern African biodiversity hotspot"
Thursday, December 3, 2009,
4:15pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Hongchang Cui, PhD, Benfey lab (Duke University)
"The origin of root and the root of SHORT-ROOT and SCARECROW function"
Thursday, December 3, 2009,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
none
"cancelled"
Friday, December 4, 2009,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Rose Cory, Assistant Professor, Environmental Sciences and Engineering (UNC Chapel Hill)
"Why dissolved organic 'matters' for carbon cycling and water quality"
Friday, December 4, 2009,
4:00pm,
BioGrad Super Speaker Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg.
Dr. Vincent Savolainen, Professor of Organismic Biology (Imperial College London)
"Sympatric speciation on an oceanic island"
Thursday, December 10, 2009,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Mariana Ricca, Shaw lab (Duke University)
"Allopolyploidy,interploidal and homoploid hybridization in the Sphagnum subsecundum complex"
Thursday, December 10, 2009,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Bao-Hua Song, PhD, Mitchell-Olds Lab (Duke University)
"Evolution and Fitness of a Complex Trait Locus in Undisturbed Natural Populations"
Friday, December 11, 2009,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Christine Drea, PhD, Associate Professor (Duke University)
"The secret in secretions: Scent marks advertise the genetic traits of lemurs"
Tuesday, January 12, 2010,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Jason Brown, PhD, Yoder lab (Duke University)
"A key ecological trait drove the evolution of monogamy and biparental care in a Peruvian poison frog"
Thursday, January 14, 2010,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Dylan Burge, Manos Lab (Duke University)
"Evolution of edaphic endemism in the North American shrub genus Ceanothus."
Friday, January 15, 2010,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Alan M. Jones, PhD, Professor of Biology (UNC Chapel Hill)
"How Arabidopsis Challenges the G protein Cycling Paradigm In Animals"
Monday, January 18, 2010,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
none
"Open-Martin Luther King Holiday"
Tuesday, January 19, 2010,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Caroline van Heijningen, PhD and Sita ter Haar, PhD (Leiden University, Netherlands)
"ABBA revisited: can songbirds really detect syntactic structure?"/"Perceptual biases for universal speech sounds in human infants"
Wednesday, January 20, 2010,
2:50pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology: Weekly Seminars
4233 French Family Science Center
Natalie Breakfield, Duke UPGG & Jalean Petricka, Duke Biology (Duke University)
"Ground tissue networks in Arabidopsis: transcription factors, proteins, and miRNAs"
Thursday, January 21, 2010,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Jason Brown, PhD, Yoder lab (Duke University)
"Integrating GIS, species distribution models and phylogeography"
Thursday, January 21, 2010,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Michael Turelli, PhD, Professor of Evolution and Ecology (UC Davis)
"Cytoplasmic incompatibility and the rapid spread and evolution of Wolbachia infections: data, theory and a possible application"
Friday, January 22, 2010,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Lydia Olander, PhD, Research Scientist, and Tim Profeta, JD, Dir of Nicholas Inst for Envir Pol Solutions (Nicholas School, Duke University)
"TBA"
Friday, January 22, 2010,
3:00pm,
Pop Bio Special Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Michael Turelli, PhD, Professor of Evolution and Ecology (UC Davis)
"Pattern and process in the evolution of intrinsic postzygotic isolation: Simple models of Dobzhansky-Muller incompatibilities"
Friday, January 22, 2010,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Anna Stepanova (NC State University)
"Molecular aspects of the ethylene response plasticity in Arabidopsis"
Monday, January 25, 2010,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Tom Cronin, Presidential Research Professor, Department of Biological Sciences , (host: Sonke Johnsen) (University of Maryland Baltimore County)
"A different view: Polarization signaling in mantis shrimps."
Tuesday, January 26, 2010,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Bill Morris, PhD, Professor (Duke University)
"Demographic variability in wild primate populations"
Wednesday, January 27, 2010,
4:00pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology: Weekly Seminars
French Family Science Center 4233
Walter Fontana (Harvard University)
"TBA"
Wednesday, January 27, 2010,
4:15pm,
Duke University Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Colloquium 2010
147 Nanaline Duke
Gabrielle Kardon (Univ. of Utah)
"Development of Vertebrate Skeletal Muscle: the Role of Tcf4 and Connective Tissue Fibroblasts"
Thursday, January 28, 2010,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Michael S. Rosenberg,Associate Professor, now on sabbatical at NESCent (Arizona State University)
"Phylogenetics, alignment, and taxon sampling"
Thursday, January 28, 2010,
4:15pm,
Dissertation Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
David Lowry, Willis lab (Duke University)
"Integrating genetics, geography, and local adaptation to understand ecotype formation in the yellow monkeyflower"
Thursday, January 28, 2010,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Ben Blackman, PhD, Willis lab (Duke University)
"Mechanisms of flowering time evolution in sunflower and monkeyflower"
Friday, January 29, 2010,
1:00pm,
Dissertation Seminar
Love Auditorium, B101 LSRC
Jenny Tung, Wray and Alberts labs (Duke University)
"Functional and evolutionary genetics of a wild baboon population"
Friday, January 29, 2010,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Carlos Peres, PhD, Professor (University of East Anglia, UK)
"Bottom-up control of mammal biomass in hunted and nonhunted neotropical forests"
Friday, January 29, 2010,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Jeonghwa Lee, PhD (U of Mass Amherst)
"The Role of TOC Receptor Interactions in Controlling Protein Import into Chloroplasts"
Monday, February 1, 2010,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science room 2231
Stan Faeth, Biology Dept. (host: Bill Morris) (UNC Greensboro)
"Asexual endophytes in native grasses: tiny symbionts with big effects"
Tuesday, February 2, 2010,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Vicky Tu, PhD (University of Maryland)
"Decoding budgerigar warble: Perception and production of complex vocalizations"
Wednesday, February 3, 2010,
3:00pm,
Department of Biology Special Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Erika Edwards, PhD, Professor of Biology (Brown University)
"Evolutionary origins of C4 grasses and C4 grasslands"
Wednesday, February 3, 2010,
4:10pm,
Duke University Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Colloquium 2010
147 Nanaline Duke
Fabio Piano, Genomics, genetics, evolution of early C. elegans Development (NYU, (host- Ryan Baugh))
"Early embryogenesis in C. elegans and related nematodes"
Thursday, February 4, 2010,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
TBA
"Paper discussion: TBA"
Thursday, February 4, 2010,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Erika Edwards, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biology (Brown University)
"Succulence and niche evolution in cacti and their lesser-known oddball relatives"
Friday, February 5, 2010,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
James S. Clark, PhD (Duke University)
"Individuals and the variation needed for high species diversity in forest trees" [abstract]
Friday, February 5, 2010,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Junqi Song, Dong Lab (Duke University)
"Arabidopsis SNI1-SSN2 Complex Directly Regulates Gene Transcription During the Defense Response"
Monday, February 8, 2010,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Jim Clark, PhD, (Duke University)
"Global change vulnerability of competing species: climate, CO2, and competition interactions" [abstract]
Tuesday, February 9, 2010,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Brian Powell, Leal Lab (Duke University)
"Habitat Complexity and Neuroanatomy in Anolis"
Wednesday, February 10, 2010,
2:50pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology: Weekly Seminar
French Family Science Center 4233
CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER Jason Papin, Biomedical Engineering (University of Virginia)
"Network analysis of microbial pathogens"
Wednesday, February 10, 2010,
4:10pm,
Duke University Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Colloquium 2010
147 Nanaline Duke
Sarah Liljegren, Arabidopsis development (UNC-Chapel Hill, (Host:David Sherwood))
"Moving parts: Traffic and signaling control cell adhesion in Arabidopsis flowers"
Thursday, February 11, 2010,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Jeff Pippen,Nicholas School of Environment (Duke University)
"NC butterfly identification: What do we know and what is waiting to be discovered?"
Thursday, February 11, 2010,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Matt Johnson, Shaw lab (Duke University)
"Incest is Best: a tale of promiscuity, inbreeding, and betrayal in Sphagnum"
Friday, February 12, 2010,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Ben Colman, PhD, Bernhardt Lab (Duke University)
"Biotic and abiotic drivers of microbial carbon and nitrogen cycling in soils at the continental scale."
Friday, February 12, 2010,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum
French Science Conference Rm 2237
DeYu Xie (NC State University)
"Understanding the mechanism of how the regulatory function of Arabidopsis PAP1/MYB75 is controlled"
Monday, February 15, 2010,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
2231 French Family Science Center
Open
"OPEN"
Tuesday, February 16, 2010,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Meredith Barrett, Yoder Lab (Duke University)
""Investigating human, animal and ecosystem interactions in Madagascar: Two case studies""
Wednesday, February 17, 2010,
2:50pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology: Weekly Seminar
French Family Science Center 4233
Sandy Anderson, Moffitt Cancer Center, Integrative Mathematical Oncology
"Microenvironmental Independence in Tumor Progression: An Integrated Approach"
Wednesday, February 17, 2010,
4:10pm,
Duke University Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Colloquium 2010
147 Nanaline Duke
Brad Merrill, Tcf & role in development and stem cell maintenance (U of I, Chicago, (host-Terry Lechler-STEM CELL))
"Elaborating a Basic Body Plan from a Group of Pluripotent Cells: Functions of Tcfs and Stem Cell Factors"
Thursday, February 18, 2010,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Dylan O. Burge and Kaila D. Davis, Manos lab (Duke University)
"Diversification of the succulent plant genus Pachypodium (Apocynaceae) in Madagascar and southern Africa."
Thursday, February 18, 2010,
4:15pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Bruce Kirchoff ,PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Biology) (UNCG)
"A new character concept: The use of standardized images in research and teaching"
Thursday, February 18, 2010,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Paul Wilson, Professor (California State University, Northridge)
"Evolutionary shifts between bee- and bird-pollination"
Friday, February 19, 2010,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Robb Dunn, PhD, Assistant Professor (NC State University)
"TBA"
Friday, February 19, 2010,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Kevin Folta (U of Florida)
"Strawberry: A Functional System for Plant Genomics"
Tuesday, February 23, 2010,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Nick Brandley, Johnsen Lab (Duke University)
"Danger is Sexy: Possible widespread predator-elicited display vocalizations in the Fairy-wrens"
Wednesday, February 24, 2010,
2:50pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology: Weekly Seminar
French Family Science Center 4233
Scott Schmidler, Duke Statistical Science (Duke University)
"POSTPONED"
Wednesday, February 24, 2010,
4:10pm,
Duke University Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Colloquium 2010
147 Nanaline Duke
Anna-Katerina Hadjantonakis, Morphogenesis of the early mammalian embryo (Sloan-Kettering (host: Blanche Capel-DSCB PROGRAM))
"Imaging cell lineage determination in the early mouse embryo"
Thursday, February 25, 2010,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Dan Rabosky, PhD, Miller Research Fellow, Dept. of Integrative Biology (UC Berkeley)
"Diversification rate, ecological limits, and the variation in species richness among clades and regions"
Thursday, February 25, 2010,
4:15pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Miriam Ashley-Ross, PhD, Associate Professor (Wake Forest University)
"From water to land: what salamanders can teach us about the evolution of locomotion"
Thursday, February 25, 2010,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Alex Gunderson, Leal Lab (Duke University)
"Physiological ecology and reproductive isolation in Anolis"
Friday, February 26, 2010,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Ron Sutherland
"Trophic dynamics along gradients of urbanization"
Friday, February 26, 2010,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Sanja Roje (Washington ST)
"Flavin nucleotide metabolism: Understanding the biosynthesis and hydrolysis of FMN and FAD in plants"
Monday, March 1, 2010,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Open
"TBA"
Tuesday, March 2, 2010,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Irene Liu, Nowicki Lab (Duke University)
"Mating behavior, sperm competition and the adaptive evolution of avian reproductive proteins"
Wednesday, March 3, 2010,
2:50pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology: Weekly Seminar
French Family Science Center 4233
John Tyson,PhD (Virginia Tech)
"Reaction Motifs and Functional Modules in Protein Regulatory Networks"
Wednesday, March 3, 2010,
4:10pm,
Duke University Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Colloquium 2010
147 Nanaline Duke
Brigid Hogan, Stem Cells in the Lung (Duke University, (Host: Fan Wang-DSCB PROGRAM))
"Morphogenesis, differentiation and renewal of the airway epithelium"
Thursday, March 4, 2010,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
none (Duke University)
"cancelled"
Thursday, March 4, 2010,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Adi Livnat, PhD (UC Berkeley)
"Mixability theory: A new approach to the problem of sex"
Friday, March 5, 2010,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Liam Revell,PhD, NESCent (Duke University)
"Alternative paradigms in phylogenetic comparative biology"
Friday, March 5, 2010,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Shui Wang (Dong lab) (Duke University)
"The Arabidopsis BRCA2/RAD51 complex is involved in defense gene transcription during plant immune responses"
Monday, March 8, 2010,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
none this week
"Spring Break"
Wednesday, March 10, 2010,
4:10pm,
Duke University Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Colloquium 2010
147 Nanaline Duke
none this week
"Spring Break"
Friday, March 12, 2010,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Robert Franks, PhD (NC State University)
"Carpel Margin Meristem Development in Arabidopsis"
Monday, March 15, 2010,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Eric Palkovacs, PhD, host Katia Koelle (Duke Marine Lab)
"Contemporary Evolution as an Agent of Ecological Change"
Tuesday, March 16, 2010,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Sarah Zylinski, PhD, Johnsen Lab (Duke University)
"Cuttlefish, crypsis and chromatophores: What can dynamic camouflage tell us about non-human visual perception?"
Wednesday, March 17, 2010,
2:50pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology: Weekly Seminar
French Family Science Center 4233
Jeff Chang PhD, IGSP (Duke University)
"Dissecting the growth signaling network"
Wednesday, March 17, 2010,
4:10pm,
Duke University Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Colloquium 2010
147 Nanaline Duke
David Traver, Hemapoietic stem cells in zebrafish (UCSD, ( host: Ken Poss-STEM CELL PROGRAM))
"Development of the vertebrate hematopoietic program"
Thursday, March 18, 2010,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Marc Lajeunesse, PhD., NESCent (Duke University)
"The saturation of host phylogenetic diversity among generalist aphids and avian brood parasites"
Thursday, March 18, 2010,
4:15pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Liana Burghardt, Donohue Lab (Duke University)
"Oscillating temperatures alter flowering time and growth of *A. thaliana* in a genotype and temperature dependent manner"
Thursday, March 18, 2010,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Juliette de Meaux (Max Planck Institute)
"The molecular underpinnings of life-history evolution in Arabidopsis thaliana"
Friday, March 19, 2010,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Emilie Lefevre (University of Alabama)
"Planktonic fungi in lakes: Potential roles in pelagic food webs and development of molecular techniques for their study"
Friday, March 19, 2010,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Enamul Huq (UT Austin)
"Derepression of photomorphogenesis by the light-induced degradation of Phytochrome Interacting Factors in Arabidopsis"
Monday, March 22, 2010,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Craig Hunter, PhD, (host: Ryan Baugh) (Harvard University)
"Systemic RNAi and Intercellular RNA Transport in C. elegans"
Wednesday, March 24, 2010,
2:50pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology: Weekly Seminars
French Family Science Center 4233
Eric D. Kolaczyk, Professor (Boston University)
"Predicting gene targets of perturbations via network-based filtering of mRNA expression compendia"
Wednesday, March 24, 2010,
4:10pm,
Duke University Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Colloquium 2010
147 Nanaline Duke
Isabella Graef, Neural stem cells and neural development (Stanford University, (Host: Fan Wang-STEM CELL PROGRAM))
"The role of calcium/calcineurin/ NFAT signaling in neurogenesis"
Thursday, March 25, 2010,
10:00am,
Special Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Nicholas Holland, PhD, Professor of Marine Biology (Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
"Homology in the Age of Devo-Evo"
Thursday, March 25, 2010,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Pam Soltis, PhD, Curator, Molecular Systematics & Evolutionary Genetics (U. of Florida)
"Reconstructing the Plant Branch of the Tree of Life"
Thursday, March 25, 2010,
2:30pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum
French Science Auditorium 2231
Jeff Dangl, PhD, Professor of Biology (UNC-Chapel Hill)
"The plant immune system"
Thursday, March 25, 2010,
4:15pm,
Evo Devo Dissertation Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2237
Kevin Preuss, Nijhout Lab (Duke University)
"The Role of Threshold Size in Insect Metamorphosis and Body Size Regulation"
Thursday, March 25, 2010,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Stacey Smith, PhD, Rausher lab (Duke University)
"Gene loss and the evolution of flower color"
Friday, March 26, 2010,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology-Dissertation Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Jen Morse, Bernhardt lab (Duke University)
"Farm fields to wetlands: biogeochemical consequences of re-flooding in coastal plain agricultural lands"
Friday, March 26, 2010,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum
French Science Auditorium 2237
Miguel Moreno-Risueno, PhD, Benfey lab (Duke University)
"An oscillatory network establishes competence for periodic branching in the Arabidopsis Root"
Monday, March 29, 2010,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Jason Lieb, Associate Professor (UNC-Chapel Hill (host: Ryan Baugh))
"Epigenetics and chromatin organization in development and disease"
Tuesday, March 30, 2010,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology- Dissertation Seminar
Physics Building, Room 128
Patrick I Chiyo, Alberts Lab (Duke University)
"Socio-ecology and Behavior of Crop-raiding Elephants in the Amboseli Ecosystem, Kenya"
Wednesday, March 31, 2010,
2:50pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology: Weekly Seminar
French Family Science Center 4233
Scott Schmidler (Duke Statistical Science)
"Statistical and Stochastic Issues in Modeling Dynamical Systems"
Wednesday, March 31, 2010,
4:10pm,
Duke University Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Colloquium 2010
147 Nanaline Duke
Doug Desimone, Morphogenesis/Gastrulation in Xenopus (UVA, (Host: Terry Lechler, DSCB PROGRAM))
"Adhesion-Dependent Mechanotransduction and the Regulation of Morphogenesis"
Thursday, April 1, 2010,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Mike Nowak, Yoder lab (Duke University)
"The phylogeny of Madagascan Coffea (Rubiaceae)"
Thursday, April 1, 2010,
4:15pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
David Matus, PhD, D. Sherwood Lab (Duke University)
"Insights into the evolution of cell invasive behavior during nematode larval development"
Thursday, April 1, 2010,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Rob Colautti, PhD,Mitchell-Olds' lab (Duke University)
"Genetic constraints on local adaptation during plant invasion: purple loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) in eastern North America"
Friday, April 2, 2010,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Tom Gillespie, PhD, Assistant Professor (Emory)
"The ecology of infection: zoonotic exchange among people, primates, and livestock"
Friday, April 2, 2010,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Jaimie Van Norman, PhD, Benfey lab (Duke University)
"Exploring the root clock as a molecular mechanism for lateral root formation"
Friday, April 2, 2010,
4:00pm,
Second Annual Knut Schmidt-Nielsen Memorial Lecture
French Science Auditorium 2231
Sonke Johnsen, PhD, Professor of Biology (Duke University)
"Hide and Seek in the Open Sea"
Monday, April 5, 2010,
10:00am,
Dissertation Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Kevin Wright, Willis lab (Duke University)
"Parallel Evolution of Copper Tolerance in Mimulus guttatus"
Monday, April 5, 2010,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Janis Antonovics, PhD, Lewis and Clark Professor of Biology (UVA, (Host: Rytas Vilgalys))
"Disease and population range limits"
Monday, April 5, 2010,
4:00pm,
Special Department of Biology Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Butch Brodie, PhD (Mt Lake Biological Station, University of Virginia (host: Manuel Leal))
"Time to change the channel: The ecology, evolution, and genetics of tetrodotoxin resistance"
Tuesday, April 6, 2010,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Laurie S. Stevison, Noor lab (Duke University)
"Breaking up is hard to do: How male Drosophila influence crossover rates in females"
Wednesday, April 7, 2010,
2:50pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology: Weekly Seminars
French Family Science Center 4233
Ben Scheres (Utrecht University Biology)
"Plant Development from Multilevel Networks"
Wednesday, April 7, 2010,
4:10pm,
Duke University Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Colloquium 2010
147 Nanaline Duke
Doug Menke, Evolution of Vertebrate Morphogenesis (UGA, (Host: Blanche Capel-DSCB PROGRAM))
"Tbx genes for limb development and evolution"
Thursday, April 8, 2010,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Hannah Reynolds, Vilgalys Lab (Duke University)
"False truffles, ambiguous alignments, and recent phylogenetic software"
Thursday, April 8, 2010,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Carrie Olson-Manning, Mitchell-Olds Lab (Duke University)
"Evolution of a novel phenotypes: The role of promiscuous enzyme function in adaptation"
Friday, April 9, 2010,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology DissertationSeminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Emily Moran, Clark Lab (Duke University)
"Seed dispersal, gene flow, and hybridization in red oak"
Friday, April 9, 2010,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Rafaelo Galvao, PhD, Chen lab (Duke University)
"Mechanism and significance of phytochrome A degradation"
Monday, April 12, 2010,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Sarah Mathews, PhD (Harvard)
"Phytochrome evolution: Insights from candidate genes in the age of genomics"
Monday, April 12, 2010,
2:30pm,
Dissertation Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Dan Speiser, Johnsen lab (Duke University)
"Eyes and photodetection in marine invertebrates: Multifunctionality and trade-offs"
Tuesday, April 13, 2010,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Manuel Leal, PhD, Professor (Duke University)
"Are lizards smarter than those of us who study them?"
Wednesday, April 14, 2010,
2:50pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology: Weekly Seminars
French Family Science Center 4233
Chao Tang (UCSF Pharmacology)
"Circuit topology, not multisite phosphorylation, ensures a robust switch-like destruction of the CDK inhibitor Sic1"
Wednesday, April 14, 2010,
4:10pm,
Duke University Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Colloquium 2010
147 Nanaline Duke
Ed Munro, Mathmatical modeling of early C. elegans Development (University of Washington-(Co-invite with UNC/Dave Sherwood- BIOLOGY/UNC))
"Dynamics of cellular morphogenesis in ascidians: Models and experiments"
Thursday, April 15, 2010,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Jonathan Losos, PhD, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology (Harvard University)
"Seeing the forest for the trees: the limitations of phylogenies in comparative biology"
Thursday, April 15, 2010,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Charlie Willis, Donohue lab (Duke University)
"The evolution of reproductive isolation in the genus Cakile (Brassiceae)"
Friday, April 16, 2010,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Kirk Moloney
"Exploring the native-invasive dialectic: a geo-demographic approach"
Friday, April 16, 2010,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Suqin Fang, PhD, Benfey lab (Duke University)
"Quantification of 3D Root System Architecture Based on Image Reconstruction"
Monday, April 19, 2010,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar -Super Speaker (sponsored by the Wainwright Endowment)
French Science Auditorium 2231
Sally Otto, PhD.,Dept. of Zoology (University of British Columbia)
"The Evolutionary Enigma of Sex"
Tuesday, April 20, 2010,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar -Super Speaker (sponsored by the Wainwright Endowment)
Physics Building, Room 128
Sally Otto, PhD (University of British Columbia)
"Inferring the past for traits that alter speciation and extinction rates"
Wednesday, April 21, 2010,
2:50pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology: Weekly Seminars
French Family Science Center 4233
Elliott Meyerowitz (CalTech)
"Canceled"
Wednesday, April 21, 2010,
4:10pm,
Duke University Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Colloquium 2010
147 Nanaline Duke
Elliott Meyerowitz. Arabidopsis Flower development & Shoot Growth (Caltech,(HOST: Philip Benfey,SYSTEMS))
"canceled"
Thursday, April 22, 2010,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Trina Roberts, PhD, NESCent (Duke University)
"Sticky tips and misplaced roots: Are models leading us astray in intraspecific phylogenies?"
Friday, April 23, 2010,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Jason Jackson, Vilgalys/Richter labs (Duke University)
"Soil Fungal Communities and Land Use Change"
Friday, April 23, 2010,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Bill Thompson, PhD (NC State University)
"DNA Replication Programs in Arabidopsis and Rice"
Tuesday, April 27, 2010,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
David Kikuchi (UNC Chapel Hill)
"High model abundance may permit the gradual evolution of Batesian mimicry"
Wednesday, April 28, 2010,
2:50pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology: Weekly Seminars
French Family Science Center 4233
Jason Papin, PhD (University of Virginia)
"Network analysis of microbial pathogens"
Wednesday, April 28, 2010,
4:10pm,
Duke University Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Colloquium 2010
147 Nanaline Duke
Esther Verheyen, Drosophila developmental genetics and signal transduction (Simon Fraser University, (HOST: Amy Bejsovec-BIOLOGY))
"Control of developmental patterning and growth by Nemo and Hipk protein kinases"
Thursday, April 29, 2010,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Norman Wickett, PhD (Penn. State)
"Using stage-specific transcriptome sequencing to explore the causes and consequences of parasitism in plants"
Thursday, April 29, 2010,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Jannice Friedman, PhD, Willis lab (Duke University)
"To bee or not to bee: the evolution of reproductive transitions in flowering plants"
Friday, April 30, 2010,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Bill McDowell (UNH)
"Biogeochemistry of Suburban Basins – Putting people into the Landscape"
Thursday, May 6, 2010,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Discussion of paper (Wood et al. 2009, PNAS 106 (33):13875–13879)
"The frequency of polyploid speciation in vascular plants."
Friday, May 7, 2010,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Dongdong Kong, Pei Lab (Duke University)
"Functional analysis of glutamate receptors in Arabidopsis"
Thursday, May 13, 2010,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Nicolas Devos, PhD, Shaw Lab (Duke University)
"Phylogeny and biogeographic patterns in the genus Radula (Liverwort)"
Thursday, May 13, 2010,
4:15pm,
Evo Devo Special Seminar
French Science room 2237
Dr. Lennart Olsson (University of Jena, Germany)
"A comparative perspective on cranial neural crest and somite cell migration and fate in amphibians and lungfishes"
Friday, May 14, 2010,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Shahid Mukhtar, PhD. (UNC)
"TBA"
Thursday, May 20, 2010,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Juan C. Santos, PhD, NESCent (Duke)
"Metabolic Rates and Molecular Evolution in Poison Frogs"
Wednesday, August 4, 2010,
11:00pm,
Dissertation Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Michael Nowak, Anne Yoder Lab (Duke University)
"A Molecular Phylogenetic Study of Historical Biogeography and the Evolution of Self-Incompatibility RNases in Indian Ocean Coffea (Rubiaceae)"
Wednesday, August 11, 2010,
1:00pm,
Dissertation Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Thomas Chappell, Mark Rausher lab (Duke University)
"Ecology and Coevolution of the _Ipomoea-Coleosporium_Natural Plant-Fungus Pathosystem"
Monday, August 30, 2010,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
2231 French Family Science Center
Kerry Bloom, Thad L. Beyle Distinguished Professor, Department of Biology (host: Dan Kiehart) (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
"Tension management in the Kinetochore"
Friday, September 3, 2010,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Get Together/Lisa Bukovnik(DNA Seq. Lab) (Duke)
"TBA"
Wednesday, September 8, 2010,
2:30pm,
Systems Biology seminar
4233 French Family Science Center
Neelanjan Mukherjee, UPGG/MGM (Duke)
"Integrative regulatory mapping reveals that the RNA-binding protein HuR shapes the transcriptome"
Thursday, September 9, 2010,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Carl Rothfels, Pryer lab (Duke University)
"An accelerated rate of molecular evolution spans all three genomes in vittarioid ferns"
Friday, September 10, 2010,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Varun Swamy, Ph.D., Nicholas School (Duke University)
"Forest compositional & spatial patterns across an 80,00 square-km western Amazonian river basin."
Friday, September 10, 2010,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Yan Xue (Pei Lab)/Elise Van Buskirk (Chen Lab) (Duke)
"The identification of the thermal sensors in plants"/"Color vision: finding new links between light signaling and chloroplast differentiation"
Monday, September 13, 2010,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
2231 French Family Science Center
Jerry Eichler, PhD., Dept of Life Sciences (Ben Gurion University, Israel (host: Amy Schmid))
"Protein glycosylation in Archaea: Sweet to the extreme."
Tuesday, September 14, 2010,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- Room 4219
Sandra Cooke, PhD, Postdoctoral Researcher, Johnsen Lab (Duke University)
"Effects of chromophoric dissolved organic matter on zooplankton communities in UV-transparent lakes"
Wednesday, September 15, 2010,
2:30pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology: Weekly Seminars
4233 French Family Science Center
Daniel J. Lew, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology (DUMC)
"Insights into polarity establishment from mathematical modeling of vesicular traffic of polarity regulators"
Thursday, September 16, 2010,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Joel Nitta
"Reticulate evolution in the Crepidomanes minutum species complex (Hymenophyllaceae)"
Friday, September 17, 2010,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Bill Morris, PhD, Professor (Duke University)
"Demographic compensation and tipping points in climate-induced range shifts"
Friday, September 17, 2010,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Xiao-yu Zheng (Dong Lab)/Lisa Bukovnik (Bio Sci 119) (Duke University)
"A phytohormone signaling cascade mediating pathogenic manipulation of plant defense"
Monday, September 20, 2010,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
2231 French Family Science Center
Karin Pfennig, PhD, Associate Professor, (UNC-Chapel Hill, (Host: Mohamed Noor))
"The evolutionary and ecological implications of fitness trade-offs in mate recognition"
Tuesday, September 21, 2010,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Arietta Fleming-Davies, Bill Morris lab (Duke University)
"Competition for mutualists: Effects on plant performance and population dynamics in a facultative plant-ant mutualism"
Wednesday, September 22, 2010,
2:30pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology: Weekly Seminars
4233 French Family Science Center
Xin Guo, Department of Computer Science (Duke)
"Branching process deconvolution algorithm reveals a detailed cell-cycle transcriptional program"
Thursday, September 23, 2010,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Kathryn Picard, Lutzoni lab (Duke University)
"Phylogenomic Evidence for Separate Acquisition of Plastids in Cryptophytes, Haptophytes, and Stramenopiles"
Thursday, September 23, 2010,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Todd Vision, PhD, Professor (University of NC-Chapel Hill)
"Approaching data publication as part of the scholarly communication enterprise: some obstacles, some solutions"
Friday, September 24, 2010,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Emily Bernhardt, PhD., Associate Professor (Duke University)
"Biogeochemical tradeoffs in wetland restoration"
Friday, September 24, 2010,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Jalean Petricka, PhD., (Benfey Lab) (Duke University)
"Transcriptional Regulation of Arabidopsis Ground Tissue Patterning"
Monday, September 27, 2010,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
2231 French Family Science Center
Alexander Hartemink, PhD., Associate Professor (host: Amy Schmid) (Duke)
"Vignettes on the Role of Computation in Genomics and Systems Biology"
Tuesday, September 28, 2010,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Javier del Barco-Trillo, PhD., Evolutionary Anthropology, Christine Drea Lab (Duke University)
"Learning to avoid interspecific mating during adulthood in two hamster species"
Wednesday, September 29, 2010,
2:30pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology: Weekly Seminars
4233 French Family Science Center
Klaus Hahn (UNC Chapel Hill)
"and poking at GTPase signaling in living cells - multiplexed biosensors and caged proteins"
Thursday, September 30, 2010,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Luke Mahler, PhD, Harvard/NESCent (Duke University)
"Characterizing convergence in the replicated adaptive radiation of Anolis lizards"
Friday, October 1, 2010,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Bill Holman , Director of State Policy at Nicholas Institute (Duke University)
"Falls Lake: A Lab for Watershed Management"
Friday, October 1, 2010,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Ginger Hunter (Kiehart Lab)/ Martha Alonzo (Kirby Lab) (Duke University)
"Role of mechanically gated ion channels in Drosophila morphogenesis"/"A New Perspective on the Origins and Derivatives of Cardiac Neural Crest in Zebrafish"
Monday, October 4, 2010,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
2231 French Family Science Center
Joe Kieber, PhD., Professor of Biology (UNC-Chapel Hill, (Host: Meng Chen))
"The ins and outs of cytokinin signaling in Arabidopsis"
Tuesday, October 5, 2010,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Rob Lachlan, PhD, Nowicki lab (Duke)
"Chain shifts in bird song? The role of categories and syntax in the divergence of swamp sparrow song"
Thursday, October 7, 2010,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
John Pormann, PhD, Director for the Scalable Computing Support Center (SCSC) (Duke)
"The Duke Shared Cluster Resource, and How to Use It"
Thursday, October 7, 2010,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Diana Fusco, Uyenoyama lab (Duke University)
"Modeling patterns of neutral variation under sex-specific incompatibility selection"
Friday, October 8, 2010,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Xavier Basurto, PhD, Duke University Marine Lab (Duke)
"Under what conditions will people overexploit or conserve marine resources?"
Friday, October 8, 2010,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Yuanjie Jin (Haase Lab)/ Robert Hughes (Tucker Lab) (Duke University)
"A role for a transcription factor network in controlling cell-cycle period"/"Adapting plant photoreceptor proteins for synthetic biology"
Monday, October 11, 2010,
4:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
2231 French Family Science Center
Fall Break
"none"
Tuesday, October 12, 2010,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Fall Break
"none"
Thursday, October 14, 2010,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Boon-Chuan Ho, PhD, Jon Shaw Lab (Duke University)
"Evolution and Diversification of the order Hookeriales (Bryopsida) with emphasis on Distichophyllum (Daltoniaceae"
Thursday, October 14, 2010,
4:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Anna Keyte, PhD, Kirby Lab (Duke)
"TBA"
Thursday, October 14, 2010,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Dave Des Marais, PhD (University of Austin - Texas)
"The evolution of abiotic stress response in plants"
Friday, October 15, 2010,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Nick Haddad, PhD, Associate Professor, Dept. of Biology (NCSU)
"Habitat fragmentation and the diversity of plant and insect communities"
Friday, October 15, 2010,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
David Matus (David Sherwood)/ Emily Ozdowski (Nina Sherwood Lab) (Duke University)
"Insight into the gene regulatory network overlying anchor cell Invasion during C. elegans larval development"/"Interaction between microtubule and actin regulation in the Drosophila nervous system"
Monday, October 18, 2010,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
2231 French Family Science Center
Paul Magwene, PhD, Assistant Professor( host: Amy Schmid) (Duke University)
"The mechanistic basis and genomic consequences of a life-history trade-off in yeast"
Tuesday, October 19, 2010,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Rob Aldredge, Keith Sockman Lab (UNC-CH)
"Documenting the endocrine correlates of avian reproductive effort"
Wednesday, October 20, 2010,
2:30pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology: Weekly Seminars
French Science Conference Rm 4233
Markus Covert, Assistant Professor, Bioengineering (Stanford)
"Heterogeneous cellular responses via noisy paracrine signals"
Thursday, October 21, 2010,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Carl Rothfels, Pryer lab (Duke)
"Fast rates, short internodes, long roots, and the backbone of the eupolypods II phylogeny"
Thursday, October 21, 2010,
4:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
David Garfield, Wray Lab (Duke University)
"Evolvability and Robustness within A Sea Urchin Regulatory Network"
Thursday, October 21, 2010,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Kevin Wright, PhD, (Duke)
"TBA"
Friday, October 22, 2010,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Ram Oren, Nicholas Professor of Earth System Science (Duke)
"Effects of Increasing Atmospheric CO2 and Changing Climate on Forest Ecosystems: Mostly speculations"
Friday, October 22, 2010,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Qingyun Li (Volkan Lab)/ Lindsay Saunders (McClay Lab) (Duke University)
"Molecular mechanisms of pheromone circuit assembly in Drosophila"/"Connecting the Sea Urchin Gene Regulatory Network to the Cell Biology of Ingression"
Monday, October 25, 2010,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
2231 French Family Science Center
Amy M. Grunden, PhD, Associate Professor(Host: Amy Schmid) (North Carolina State University)
"Use of Extremophile Reactive Oxygen Detoxification Enzymes to Control Stress Responses in Plant Systems"
Tuesday, October 26, 2010,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Nick Brandley, Sonke Johsen Lab (Duke)
"The black widow's secret red"
Wednesday, October 27, 2010,
2:30pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology: Weekly Seminars
French Family Science Center 4233
Robert Calderbank, A&S Dean of Natural Sciences (Duke University)
"Network Anomaly Detection"
Thursday, October 28, 2010,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Jason Slot, PhD (Vanderbilt University)
"Acquisition and evolution of ecological function in fungal genomes: vignettes and patterns."
Thursday, October 28, 2010,
4:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
David Rogers, UPGG/DSCB, McClay Lab (Duke University)
"Establishing sharp boundaries: TGF- beta signaling during sea urchin development"
Thursday, October 28, 2010,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Lex Flagel, PhD, Willis Lab (Duke University)
"TBA"
Friday, October 29, 2010,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
James Elser, PhD (Arizona State University)
"Biological stoichiometry of nutrient limitation in ecology, evolution, and beyond"
Friday, October 29, 2010,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Rodolfo Zentella, PhD, Sun Lab/ Zhengqing Fu, PhD, Dong Lab (Duke University)
"SPY and SECRET AGENT alter plant development through the gibberRegulation of systemic acquired resistance by protein degradation and phosphorylationellin pathway"/"" [abstract]
Monday, November 1, 2010,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
2231 French Family Science Center
Katie Peichel, PhD, (host: John Willis) (Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center)
"Genetics of adaptation and speciation in sticklebacks"
Tuesday, November 2, 2010,
11:00am,
Biology Department Dissertation Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Arietta Fleming-Davies, Morris Lab (Duke University)
"The ecology of sharing mutualists: consequences for plant performance and population dynamics"
Tuesday, November 2, 2010,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Casey Klofstad, PhD, Assistant Professor in Political Science, and Rindy Anderson, PhD, Nowicki Lab (University of Miami/ Duke)
"The Effect of Candidate Physiology on Vote Choice"
Thursday, November 4, 2010,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Mark Kirkpatrick, PhD. (University of Texas, Austin)
"Sex antagonism, local adaptation, and genome evolution"
Friday, November 5, 2010,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Curt Richardson, PhD (DUke University)
"TBA"
Friday, November 5, 2010,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Shunping Yan, Dong Lab/ Josh Ziel, David Sherwood Lab (Duke University)
"SNI1 links DNA damage response to plant immunity"/"TBA"
Monday, November 8, 2010,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
2231 French Family Science Center
Markus Kronforst, PhD.,(host: Philip Benfey) (Harvard University)
"Exploring the evolution and genetics of adaptation and speciation in tropical butterflies"
Tuesday, November 9, 2010,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Suzanne McGaugh, PhD, Noor lab (Duke University)
"Micro-evolutionary potential of temperature dependent sex determination"
Wednesday, November 10, 2010,
4:00pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology: Weekly Seminars
4233 French Family Science Center
Paul Magwene, PhD & Kevin Gonzales (Duke University)
"Modeling mutant phenotypes and oscillatory dynamics in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae cAMP-PKA pathway"
Thursday, November 11, 2010,
4:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Courtney Babbitt, Wray Lab (Duke University)
"Strong contrasts between adaptive coding and non-coding changes during human evolution"
Thursday, November 11, 2010,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Dr. Nadia Singh, PhD, Assistant Professor of Genetics (NC State University)
"Ultra-fine scale recombination variation estimation in Drosophila melanogaster"
Friday, November 12, 2010,
12:30pm,
Biology Department Dissertation Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Robin Hopkins, Rausher Lab (Duke University)
"The Genetica and Evolution of Reinforcement in Phlox drummondi"
Friday, November 12, 2010,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Claire O'Dea, Norm Christensen lab (Duke University)
"TBA"
Friday, November 12, 2010,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Yutao Chen (Baugh Lab)/ Fang Yuan (Pei Lab) (Duke University)
"Insulin-like Peptides in Nutritional Control of Development in C. elegans"/"Identification of Drought Sensors in Arabidopsis"
Tuesday, November 16, 2010,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Dan Speiser, PhD, Johnsen Lab (Duke)
"Seeing through rocks: Chitons use aragonite lenses to form image"
Thursday, November 18, 2010,
4:00pm,
Evo Devo Genomics Invited Seminar
4233 French Family Science Center
Dr. Cassandra Extavour, PhD, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology (Harvard University)
"What are the roles of Notch signaling in arthropod segmentation? Reexamining criteria for evolutionary hypotheses"
Thursday, November 18, 2010,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Dr. Brian Langerhans, Assistant Professor of Biology (NC State University)
"Ecological speciation with magic traits"
Friday, November 19, 2010,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Chris Topp (Benfey Lab)/ Wolfgang Busch (Benfey Lab) (Duke University)
"High resolution imaging and quantitative genetic analysis of root system architecture"/""
Friday, November 26, 2010,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
no seminar
"Thanksgiving Day"
Monday, November 29, 2010,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
2231 French Family Science Center
Zachary Johnson, PhD, Assistant Professor (Duke University)
"The abundance, diversity and activity of Prochlorococcus, a globally dominant marine cyanobacteria"
Tuesday, November 30, 2010,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Susan Alberts, PhD, Professor (Duke University)
"TBA"
Thursday, December 2, 2010,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
William Godsoe, PhD (NIMBioS, University of Tennessee)
"Regional variation exaggerates ecological divergence in niche models"
Thursday, December 2, 2010,
4:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Joshua Granek, PhD, Magwene lab (Duke University)
"Colony Morphology: Development in Yeast??"
Friday, December 3, 2010,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Oswald Schmitz , PhD, Oastler Professor of Population and Community Ecology (Yale)
"Landscape of fear and the ecosystem: predation risk effects on ecosystem nutrient cycling"
Friday, December 3, 2010,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Zheng Wang (David Sherwood Lab) (Duke University)
"TBA"
Monday, December 6, 2010,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Arnin Moczek, PhD, Dept of Biology, (host-Fred Nijhout) (Indiana University)
"On the origins of novelty and diversity in development and evolution: a case study on beetle horns"
Thursday, December 9, 2010,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Mariana Ricca, Shaw lab (Duke)
"Interploidal hybridization in Sphagnum"
Thursday, December 9, 2010,
4:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
David Q Matus, Phd, David Sherwood lab (Duke University)
"Anchor cell invasion during vulval development across the Nematoda"
Thursday, December 9, 2010,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Young Wha Lee, PhD, Willis Lab (Duke University)
"Maintenance of Standing Variation in a Natural Population of Common Monkeyflower"
Tuesday, January 18, 2011,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Yakir Gagnon, PhD, Johnsen lab (Duke University)
"Colorfully fishy optics: Fish lenses compensate for chromatic blur."
Wednesday, January 19, 2011,
2:30pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology: Weekly Seminars
4233 French Family Science Center
Meta Kuehn, Associate Professor of Biochemistry (Duke University)
"A genetic approach to understanding vesicle-mediated secretion by Gram-negative bacterial pathogens"
Thursday, January 20, 2011,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Charles Willis, Donohue Lab (Duke University)
"The evolution of heterocarpy in the tribe Brassiceae: break it up you kids"
Thursday, January 20, 2011,
7:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Jill Anderson, PhD, Mitchell-Olds Lab (Duke University)
"Unraveling when to reproduce: Environmental signals and genetic factors that promote flowering in Boechera stricta"
Friday, January 21, 2011,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Bob Peet, PhD (UNC-Chapel Hill)
"The Carolina Vegetation Survey"
Friday, January 21, 2011,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Jason Reed, PhD, Associate Professor (UNC-Chapel Hill, (Host: Meng Chen))
"Auxin response and Arabidopsis reproduction"
Monday, January 24, 2011,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Dana Hunt, PhD., (host: Amy Schmid) (Duke University Marine Laboratory)
"Microbiology at the bacterial scale: the importance of microenvironments in microbial ecology"
Tuesday, January 25, 2011,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Matt Johnson, Shaw Lab (Duke University)
"Sexual selection: a bryophyte perspective"
Wednesday, January 26, 2011,
2:30pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology: Weekly Seminars
4233 French Family Science Center
Charles Gersbach, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering (Duke)
"TBA"
Thursday, January 27, 2011,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
David Rasmussen, Rausher Lab (Duke University)
"'Viral phylodynamics: Inferring disease dynamics from gene genealogies"
Thursday, January 27, 2011,
4:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Dan Runcie, Wray Lab (Duke)
"Mining transcriptomes to understand physiological and evolutionary responses of sea urchins to environmental change"
Thursday, January 27, 2011,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Jen Modliszewski, Willis Lab (Duke)
"Evolution post-polyploidization: what can be learned from the whole genome of a single, naturally-occuring allotetraploid Mimulus"
Friday, January 28, 2011,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
David Buchwalter, PhD, Assistant Professor (NC State)
"Evolutionary perspectives in trace element bioaccumulation in stream insects"
Friday, January 28, 2011,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum 2011
2237 French Family Science Center
Hong Qiao, PhD (Salk Institute)
"Hormone dependent organelle signaling in plant development"
Monday, January 31, 2011,
1:00pm,
Department Of Biology Seminar
2231 French Family Science Center
Zhenglong Gu, PhD, Assistant Professor, Division of Nutritional Sciences (host: Paul Magwene) (Cornell Center for Comparative and Population Genomics, Cornell University)
"Using Yeast as a Model for Evolutionary Research"
Tuesday, February 1, 2011,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Manuel Leal, PhD, Assistant Professor (Duke University)
"Jack of all trades"
Wednesday, February 2, 2011,
2:30pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology: Weekly Seminars
4233 French Family Science Center
Gabriel Weinreb, PhD, Assistant Professor (UNC Chapel Hill)
"Causal mapping (CMAP) as a standardized method to Model biological systems"
Thursday, February 3, 2011,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Nimrod Rubinstein, visiting student at NESCent (Tel Aviv University)
"Evolutionary models accounting for layers of selection in protein coding genes and their impact on the inference of positive selection."
Thursday, February 3, 2011,
4:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Martha Alonzo, Kirby Lab (Duke University)
"A New Perspective on the Origins of Cardiac Neural Crest in Zebrafish"
Thursday, February 3, 2011,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
David Garfield, Wray Lab (Duke University)
"The Developmental Origins of Selectable Genetic Variation"
Friday, February 4, 2011,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Ingrid Burke, PhD, Department of Forest, Rangeland and Watershed Stewardship (Colorado State University)
"TBA"
Friday, February 4, 2011,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Masashi Yamada, PhD., Benfey lab (Duke University)
"The role of the CLE genes in root meristem development in Arabidopsis"
Monday, February 7, 2011,
1:00pm,
Department Of Biology Seminar Seminar
2231 French Family Science Center
Robin Smith, PhD, (host: Susan Alberts) (NESCent, Duke)
"Common concerns about media outreach, and why you should do it anyway"
Tuesday, February 8, 2011,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Kendra Sewall, PhD, Nowicki Lab (Duke University)
"Coping with Change: Neural, physiological and behavioral responses to changing social conditions in songbirds"
Wednesday, February 9, 2011,
2:30pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology: Weekly Seminars
4233 French Family Science Center
Katia Koelle, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biology (Duke University)
"A dimensionless number for understanding the evolutionary dynamics of antigenically variable RNA viruses"
Thursday, February 10, 2011,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Erin Sigel, Pryer lab (Duke University)
"Species Relationships and Farina Evolution in the Cheilanthoid Fern Genus Argyrochosma (Pteridaceae)"
Thursday, February 10, 2011,
4:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Alexandra Tobler, PhD, Volkan Lab (Duke University)
"Evolution of the neural circuitry for CO2 sensing in insects"
Friday, February 11, 2011,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Ashley Helton, PhD, Bernhardt Lab (Duke University)
"Flow paths to floodplains: Scaling biogeochemical cycling in rivers"
Friday, February 11, 2011,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Marcela Rojas-Pierce, PhD., Assistant Professor (NCSU)
"Trafficking Pathways for Arabidopsis Tonoplast Proteins"
Monday, February 14, 2011,
1:00pm,
Department Of Biology Seminar Seminar
2231 French Family Science Center
Dan McShea, PhD, Professor of Biology (Duke University (host: Amy Schmid))
"Complexity is Easy: A new null model for the evolution of evolotion of biological complexity"
Tuesday, February 15, 2011,
1:00pm,
Dissertation Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Ho Kyung Rho, McClay lab (Duke University)
"A Systems Level Analysis of the Transcription Factor FoxN2/3 and FGF Signal Transduction in Sea Urchin Larval Skeleton Development and Body Axis Formation"
Tuesday, February 15, 2011,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Rindy Anderson, PhD, Nowicki Lab (Duke University)
"Birdsong, reliability, and the evolution of communication systems"
Wednesday, February 16, 2011,
2:30pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology: Weekly Seminars
4233 French Family Science Center
Danny Lew, Duke Pharmacology & Cancer Biology (Duke University)
"Polarity, gradient tracking, and oscillations in the yeast pheromone response"
Thursday, February 17, 2011,
4:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Viviane Callier, Nijhout Lab (Duke University)
"Molt initiation in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta"
Thursday, February 17, 2011,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Katie Ferris, Willis Lab (Duke University)
"The ecology and genetics of leaf shape divergence in Mimulus"
Friday, February 18, 2011,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Larry Band (UNC)
"TBA"
Friday, February 18, 2011,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Wei Wang, Dong Lab (Duke University)
"Timing of plant immune responses by a central circadian regulator CCA1"
Monday, February 21, 2011,
1:00pm,
Department Of Biology Seminar Seminar
2231 French Family Science Center
Ty Hedrick, PhD, Assistant Professor, (host:Vikas Bhandawat) (UNC-Chapel Hill)
"Animal Flight Dynamics and Control"
Tuesday, February 22, 2011,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Alex Gunderson, Manuel Leal Lab (Duke University)
"The evolution of thermal physiology in the genus Anolis"
Wednesday, February 23, 2011,
2:30pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology: Weekly Seminars
4233 French Family Science Center
Xinnian Dong, PhD; Biology Department (Duke University)
"Global anaylsis of plant immune mechanisms"
Thursday, February 24, 2011,
1:00pm,
Systematics Seminar -Bio Super Speaker
Physics Building, Room 128
Anthony Ives, PhD, Professor (UW-Madison)
"Canceled"
Thursday, February 24, 2011,
4:15pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Chris Topp, PhD, Benfey Lab (Duke University (host: Amy Schmid))
"TBA"
Thursday, February 24, 2011,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Rafael Rubio de Casas, NESCent (Duke University)
"Niche construction, division of labor and phenotypic divergence in Mediterranean schlerophylls"
Friday, February 25, 2011,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar-Bi o Super Speaker
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Anthony Ives, PhD, Professor (UW-Madison)
"Canceled"
Friday, February 25, 2011,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Jose Alonzo, PhD, Associate Professor (NCSU)
"High-throughput recombineering for studying transcriptional networks"
Monday, February 28, 2011,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
2231 French Family Science Center
No seminar this week
"none"
Tuesday, March 1, 2011,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
No seminar this week
"none"
Wednesday, March 2, 2011,
2:30pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology: Weekly Seminars
4233 French Family Science Center
No seminar this week
"none"
Thursday, March 3, 2011,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Kathryn Picard, Lutzoni Lab (Duke University)
"discussion of a recent paper by Yu et al.:Coalescent Histories on Phylogenetic Networks and Detection of Hybridization Despite Incomplete Lineage Sorting"
Thursday, March 3, 2011,
4:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Rick Dilling, Nijhout Lab (Duke University)
"Function follows form?: Haltere evolution as a two-step process"
Thursday, March 3, 2011,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Carrie Olson-Manning, Mitchell-Olds lab (Duke University)
"The evolution of the glucosinolate pathway: A view of the forest and the trees"
Friday, March 4, 2011,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Steve Hart, PhD, Professor, School of Natural Sciences (UC-Merced)
"The Substrate Age Gradient of Arizona (SAGA)-Testing ecosystem theory in a semi-arid climate"
Friday, March 4, 2011,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Rafaelo Galvao, PhD, Chen lab (Duke University)
"Significance of the interplay between HEMERA and Phytochrome during photomorphogenesis"
Monday, March 7, 2011,
4:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
No seminar this week
"Spring Break"
Wednesday, March 9, 2011,
2:30pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology: Weekly Seminars
4233 French Family Science Center
No seminar this week
"Spring Break"
Friday, March 11, 2011,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Shui Wang, PhD, Dong Lab (Duke University)
"A puzzle in plant immunity: what roles would DNA repair proteins play in plant defense?"
Tuesday, March 15, 2011,
10:00am,
Department of Biology Dissertation Seminar
113 Bio Sci Bldg
Carl Salk, Jim Clark Lab (Duke University)
"Will the Timing of Temperate Deciduous Trees’ Budburst and Leaf Senescence Keep up with a Warming Climate?"
Tuesday, March 15, 2011,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Courtney Fitzpatrick, Alberts Lab (Duke University)
"No choice in the matter: a synthetic refinement of intersexual selection"
Friday, March 18, 2011,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
James Umbanhowar (UNC)
"Simple interaction modules containing resource supply mutualisms, some theory about coexistence and stability"
Friday, March 18, 2011,
2:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar
4233 French Family Science Center
Rosangela Sozzanni, PhD, Benfey lab (Duke University)
"Radial Patterning in the Arabidopsis root: transcriptional effects of SHR and SCR at cell-type resolution"
Monday, March 21, 2011,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
2231 French Family Science Center
Manu Prakash, Junior Fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows (Harvard)
"Hydraulic constraints on life: Ratcheting shorebirds, hungry flies and cavitation during morphogenesis"
Tuesday, March 22, 2011,
1:00pm,
Dissertation Seminar
3232 French Family Science Center
Brian Lutz, Bernhardt lab (Duke University)
"Understanding Effects of Anthropogenic Activities on Element Cycling in Temperate Forest Watersheds"
Tuesday, March 22, 2011,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
4219 French Family Science Center
Danielle Crain, Nicholas School (Duke University)
"Right or Left? The 'handedness' of humpback whales"
Wednesday, March 23, 2011,
2:30pm,
Systems Biology Colloquium
4233 French Family Science Center
Pablo Iglesias, PhD, Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Applied Mathematics & Statistics (Johns Hopkins University, (Host: Buchler))
"Excited about directional migration"
Thursday, March 24, 2011,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Andrii Gryganskyi, PhD, (Duke University)
"Entomophthorales phylogeny - return of the prodigal son"
Thursday, March 24, 2011,
4:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Tatiana Mucyn, PhD, Dangl Lab (UNC-Chapel Hill)
"Phylogenic analysis of Pseudomonas syringae HrpL virulence regulons"
Thursday, March 24, 2011,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar-Invited Speaker
2231 French Family Science Center
Johanna "Annie" Schmitt, PhD (Brown)
"Mapping adaptation to climate in Arabidopsis thaliana"
Friday, March 25, 2011,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Kimberly A Novick, Research Ecologist, USDA Forest Service (Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory)
"Carbon transfer and storage in Southeastern U.S. ecosystems: New results from long-term experiments in the Duke Forest"
Friday, March 25, 2011,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Jaime Van Norman, Ph D, Benfey lab (Duke University)
"Exploring the root clock as a molecular mechanism for lateral root formation"
Monday, March 28, 2011,
1:00pm,
Dissertation Seminar
2231 French Family Science Center
Laurie Stevison, Noor lab (Duke University)
"How recombination makes and shapes species"
Tuesday, March 29, 2011,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Joe Petty, Drea Lab (Duke University)
"Investigating the Neuroendocrinology of Female Dominance"
Wednesday, March 30, 2011,
10:00am,
Dissertation Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Dylan Orion Burge, Paul Manos lab (Duke University)
"Evolution of edaphic ecology in Ceanothus (Rhamnaceae)"
Thursday, March 31, 2011,
12:00pm,
Systematics Dissertation Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Brendan P. Hodkinson, Lutzoni Lab (Duke University)
"A Phylogenetic, Ecological, and Functional Characterization of Non-Photoautotrophic Bacteria in the Lichen Microbiome"
Thursday, March 31, 2011,
4:00pm,
Evo-Devo-Genomics Invited Speaker Seminar
French Family Science- room 4233
Dr. Jonathan Q. Henry, PhD, Dept. of Cell and Developmental Biology (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
"A Twist of Fates: Cell Lineage and Specification of the Organizer in the Slippersnail Crepidula"
Thursday, March 31, 2011,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Dan Runcie, Wray lab (Duke University)
"Genetics and Robustness of a Developmental Network under Environmental Change"
Friday, April 1, 2011,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology -Dissertation Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Elizabeth Sudduth, Bernhardt Lab (Duke)
"Effects of Urbanization on Stream Ecosystem Functions"
Friday, April 1, 2011,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Zhong-Lin Zhang, PhD, Sun lab (Duke University)
"" SCARECROW-LIKE 3 promotes gibberellin signaling by antagonizing master growth repressor DELLA in Arabidopsis"
Monday, April 4, 2011,
1:00pm,
Department Of Biology Seminar
2231 French Family Science Center
Dean Smith, MD, PhD, Associate Professor Departments of Pharmacology and Neuroscience (host: Pelin Volkan) (UT Southwestern)
"A Unique signal transduction mechanism underlies volatile pheromone sensitivity in Drosophila"
Tuesday, April 5, 2011,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Lauren Brent, PhD, Michael Platt lab (Duke University)
"Indirectly connected: Social networks, stress and cooperation in rhesus macaques"
Tuesday, April 5, 2011,
1:30pm,
Department of Biology Seminar-Special
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Chris Pires, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences (University of Missouri-Columbia)
"Impact of Whole Genome Duplications on Diversification and Network Evolution"
Wednesday, April 6, 2011,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar-Special
2231 Fench Family Science Center
Alice Barkan, PhD, Professor (U of Oregon (host: Meng Chen))
"Toward a mechanistic understanding of the role of pentatricopeptide repeat proteins in organellar gene expression"
Thursday, April 7, 2011,
1:00pm,
Dissertation Seminar
A 158-LSRC
Meredith A. Barrett, Yoder Lab (Duke University)
"Understanding Environmental and Anthropogenic Drivers of Lemur Health in Madagascar: The Importance of a One Health Perspective’"
Thursday, April 7, 2011,
3:30pm,
40th Annual Oosting Lecture in Ecology
Griffith Film Theater, Bryan University Center
Dr. Chris Field, Director of Carnegie Institution's Department of Global Ecology and Professor of Biology and Earth System Science (Stanford University)
"The Velocity of Climate Change"
Thursday, April 7, 2011,
4:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Megan Martik, McClay lab (Duke University)
"Telescoping:characterizing a new cellular movement ingastrulation"
Thursday, April 7, 2011,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar-Invited Speaker
111 Bio Sci Bldg.
Graham Coop, PhD (University of CA, Davis)
"Geographic patterns of adaptation"
Friday, April 8, 2011,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
TBA
"Oosting Presentations by Students"
Friday, April 8, 2011,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Natalie Breakfield, Benfey lab (Duke University)
"Small RNA Discovery in Arabidopsis thaliana Roots"
Monday, April 11, 2011,
1:00pm,
Department Of Biology Seminar
2231 French Family Science Center
David Weisrock, PhD, Associate Professor, (host: Anne Yoder) (University of Kentucky)
"Overcoming obstacles in population genomic and phylogenomic analyses of non-model organisms"
Tuesday, April 12, 2011,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Jacob Moorad, PhD, Alberts lab (Duke University)
"Mating system and selection for long-life in a historical human population"
Wednesday, April 13, 2011,
2:30pm,
Systems Biology Seminar
4233 French Family Science Center
Greg Reeves, Chemical & Biomedical Engineering (NC State University)
"Studying tissue patterning and gene networks from three directions"
Thursday, April 14, 2011,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Fay-Wei Li, Pryer lab (Duke University)
"rbcL and matK Earn a Thumbs Up as the Core DNA Barcode for Ferns"
Thursday, April 14, 2011,
4:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Daniel McIntyre, McClay lab (Duke University)
"Understanding the Role of the Border Ectoderm GRN Sub-circuit in Lytechinus variagatus Development"
Thursday, April 14, 2011,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Jessica P. Selby, Willis lab (Duke University)
"The genetic basis of local adaptation: serpentine tolerance in Mimulus guttatus"
Thursday, April 14, 2011,
7:00pm,
Biology Majors' Union's Annual Knut Schmidt-Nielsen Lecture Series
B101 LSRC- Love Auditorium.
Erich Jarvis, PhD, Associate Professor (Duke University)
"Brain Evolution: How Birds Learn to Sing and Talk"
Friday, April 15, 2011,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Chris Oishi (Duke University)
"Carbon use efficiency in forest ecosystems"
Friday, April 15, 2011,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Meina Li, Chen Lab (Duke University)
"HEMERA mediates photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis"
Monday, April 18, 2011,
1:00pm,
Department Of Biology Seminar
2231 French Family Science Center
Brian Langerhaus, PhD, Assistant Professor(host: Manuel Leal) (North Carolina State University)
"Predictable evolution and ecological speciation in Gambusia fishes"
Tuesday, April 19, 2011,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science Center- Room 4219
Ian Gilby, PhD, Senior Research Scientist, Department of Evolutionary Anthropology (Duke University)
"Simple explanations for complex social behavior: Hunting and meat sharing among wild chimpanzees"
Wednesday, April 20, 2011,
2:30pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology: Weekly Seminars
4233 French Family Science Center
Ed Rietman (The Dana Farber Cancer Institute)
"What works and what doesn't work on large and small system models"
Thursday, April 21, 2011,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Gregory Bonito, PhD, Vilgalys lab (Duke University)
"Genotypic and edaphic factors on rhizosphere associates of Populus deltoides"
Thursday, April 21, 2011,
4:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
speaker rescheduling
"None this week"
Thursday, April 21, 2011,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Outi Savolainen, PhD (University of Oulu, Finland)
"Analyzing genetics of local adaptation in Arabidopsis lyrata"
Friday, April 22, 2011,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Eric Ward
"TBA"
Friday, April 22, 2011,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Rajinikanth Mohan, PhD, Dong Lab (Duke University)
"Regulation of salicylic acid metabolism in Arabidopsis"
Tuesday, April 26, 2011,
4:00pm,
Center for Systems Biology Seminar Series-Special Seminar
4233 French Family Science Center
Lucy Bai, PhD (Rockefeller University)
"Single-Cell Biophysical Study on Nucleosome-Depleted Region and Gene Regulation"
Wednesday, April 27, 2011,
12:00pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology: Weekly Seminars
4233 French Family Science Center
Yiannis Kaznessis, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science (University of Minnesota)
"TBA"
Thursday, April 28, 2011,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Tal Pupko, PhD, Visiting Scholar at NESCent (Tel Aviv University)
"The complexity hypothesis revisited: connectivity rather than function constitutes a barrier to horizontal gene transfer"
Thursday, April 28, 2011,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Caiti Smukowski, Noor lab, (Duke University)
"Evolution of Recombination"
Friday, April 29, 2011,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Michelle Sauther (University of Colorado - Boulder)
"Paradise Lost? How Lemurs Respond to Ecological Change in Madagascar"
Friday, April 29, 2011,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Sanja Roje, PhD, Assistant Professor (Washington State)
"TBA"
Thursday, May 5, 2011,
4:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Louisa Liberman, PhD, Benfey Lab (Duke University)
"Cross-kingdom communication: how growth promoting bacteria influence Arabidopsis thaliana development"
Monday, June 6, 2011,
9:45am,
Biology Department Dissertation Seminar
4219 French Family Science Center
Si-Yi "Jenny" Wang, Justin Wright Lab (Duke University)
"Causes and Functional Consequences of Denitrifying Bacteria Community Structure in Streams Affected to Varying Degrees by Watershed Urbanization"
Tuesday, July 19, 2011,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Dissertation Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
David A. Garfield, Gregory Wray lab (Duke University)
"Population Genetic Approaches to Understanding the Evolution of Sea Urchin Development"
Tuesday, July 26, 2011,
2:30pm,
Department of Biology Dissertation Seminar
4233 French Family Science Center
Natalie Breakfield, Philip Benfey lab (Duke University)
"Sequencing and characterization of non-coding small RNAs controlling development in Arabidopsis thaliana roots"
Wednesday, July 27, 2011,
2:00pm,
Department of Biology Dissertation Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Joshua Ziel, Dave Sherwood lab (Duke University)
"Roles for UNC-6/Netrin Signaling during Anchor Cell Invasion in C. elegans"
Friday, July 29, 2011,
1:15pm,
Department of Biology Dissertation Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
John Kim, Robert Jackson lab (Duke University)
"Trading carbon and water through vegetation shifts"
Friday, September 2, 2011,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Philip Benfey, PhD, Professor of Biology (Duke University)
"Development rooted in emergent properties of regulatory networks"
Tuesday, September 6, 2011,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Erin McKenney, Yoder Lab (Duke University)
"Characterizing the microflora in captive primate and carnivore species"
Wednesday, September 7, 2011,
1:30pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology: Weekly Seminars
French Science Conference Rm 4233
Jaimie Van Norman, PhD, Benfey Lab (Duke University)
"Exploring the root clock as a molecular mechanism for periodic branching in Arabidopsis roots"
Wednesday, September 7, 2011,
4:00pm,
Special NESCent-hosted Seminar
2231 French Family Science Center
Dr. Mark Stoneking, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Dept. of Evolutionary Genetics
"Admixture from Extinct Hominins and the Migration History of Modern Humans"
Thursday, September 8, 2011,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science room 3232
Suzanne McGaugh, PhD, Noor lab (Duke University)
"Impacts of inversions and recombination in maintaining diversity and divergence on a genomic scale"
Friday, September 9, 2011,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
David Sherwood, PhD and Nina Sherwood, PhD, Professors of Biology (Duke University)
"Nutritional regulation of late larval development in C. elegans"/"Microtubule severing proteins sculpt the nervous system: three proteins in thirty minutes"
Tuesday, September 13, 2011,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Mercy Akinyi , Susan Alberts lab (Duke University)
"Potential Health Benefits of Grooming in a Wild Baboon Population"
Wednesday, September 14, 2011,
1:30pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology: Weekly Seminars
4233 French Family Science Center
Michael MayhewHartemink/Haase labs (Duke University)
"A generalized model for multi-marker analysis of cell-cycle progression in synchrony experiments"
Thursday, September 15, 2011,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science room 3232
Doug Soltis, PhD, Professor (University of Florida)
"A tale of two Tragopogons: new insights into the early stages of allopolyploid evolution"
Friday, September 16, 2011,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Zhen-Ming Pei, PhD, Professor of Biology (Duke University)
"Environment sensing in plants"
Monday, September 19, 2011,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Cliff Cunningham, Professor of Biology (Duke University)
"Dispersal and Equilibrium in Deep Sea Vents and Amazonian Trees"
Tuesday, September 20, 2011,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Clint Francis, PhD, NESCent (Duke University)
"The effects of noise pollution on diversity, predation patterns and ecological services"
Wednesday, September 21, 2011,
12:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Dena Smith , NESCent Sabbatical Scholar (University of Colorado)
"Fossil Insects: Preservation, Ecology and Evolution"
Wednesday, September 21, 2011,
1:30pm,
Duke IGSP Center for Systems Biology Seminar
French Family Science Center 4233
Jeremy Purvis, Postdoctoral Fellow (Duke University)
"p53 Oscillations control gene expression and cell fate decisions"
Thursday, September 22, 2011,
4:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Sarah Fausett, Klingensmith Lab (Duke University)
"Unexpected roles for BMP antagonism in proper development of the mammalian trachea and esophagus"
Thursday, September 22, 2011,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science room 3232
Carrie Olson-Manning, Mitchell-Olds lab (Duke University)
"The evolution of flux control in the glucosinolate pathway"
Friday, September 23, 2011,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Paul Baker, PhD, Professor, Nicholas School (Duke University)
"Climate of tropical South America on evolutionary timescales"
Friday, September 23, 2011,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Xinnian Dong, PhD, Professor of Biology (Duke University)
"Design principles of plant immune responses"
Monday, September 26, 2011,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Amy Burgin, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences (Wright State University)
"Consequences of Climate Change for Wetland Ecosystems"
Tuesday, September 27, 2011,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Courtney L. Fitzpatrick, Alberts Lab (Duke University)
"Expanded Bateman Gradients: using male mate choice to refine sexual selection theory"
Wednesday, September 28, 2011,
12:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Jory P Weintraub, PhD, Assistant Director of Education and Outreach, NESCent (Duke University)
"Postdoc Professional Development - Mentoring Undergraduates"
Wednesday, September 28, 2011,
1:30pm,
Duke IGSP Center for Systems Biology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4233
Steve Haase, PhD, Associate Professor of Biology (Duke University)
"Checkpoint Control of The Transcription Network Oscillator in Budding Yeast"
Thursday, September 29, 2011,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Bruce Rannala and Ziheng Yang (UC Davis, and University College London)
"TBA"
Thursday, September 29, 2011,
4:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Andrea Stewart, Nina Sherwood Lab (Duke University)
"The microtubule severing protein Kat-60L1 specifically promotes dendrite complexity and function"
Thursday, September 29, 2011,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science room 3232
Pamela Soltis, PhD, Professor (University of Florida)
"Tragopogon, the Sequel: Gene Loss and Altered Gene Expression in Recent Allotetraploids"
Friday, September 30, 2011,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Shuijin Hu, PhD, Associate Professor (North Carolina State University)
"Re-examining the role of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in soil carbon dynamics"
Friday, September 30, 2011,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
David McClay, PhD, Professor of Biology (Duke University)
"Searching for home: migratory primordial germ cells"
Monday, October 3, 2011,
4:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
none
"none this week"
Tuesday, October 4, 2011,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Suzanne McGaugh, PhD, Noor lab (Duke University)
"Comparative species-wide population genetics of three endemic aquatic turtles in the desert ecosystem of Cuatro Cienegas, Mexico"
Wednesday, October 5, 2011,
12:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Peter Unmack, PhD, NESCent (Duke University)
"How Can Sea Level Change Data Inform our Understanding of Phylogeographic Patterns in Aquatic Organisms?"
Wednesday, October 5, 2011,
1:30pm,
Duke IGSP Center for Systems Biology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4233
Geoff Ginsburg, Director, IGSP Center for Genomic Medicine (Duke University)
"The Host Response to Infectious Diseases - A Paradigm for Developing Novel Biomarkers of Health and Disease"
Wednesday, October 5, 2011,
3:00pm,
Department of Biology Dissertation Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Viviane Callier, Nijhout Lab (Duke University)
"Critical Weight and Leaky Prothoracic Glands: Size-dependent and Size-independent Mechanisms of Molt Initiation"
Thursday, October 6, 2011,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Hannah Reynolds, Vilgalys lab (Duke University)
"Phylogeography and dispersal of Elaphomycetaceae stag truffles"
Thursday, October 6, 2011,
4:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Adam Schindler, PhD, Dave Sherwood Lab (Duke University)
"Identification of novel nutritional checkpoints in C. elegans larval development"
Thursday, October 6, 2011,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science room 3232
Joel Adamson, Servedio Lab (UNC-Chapel Hill)
"Evolution of age-dependent sexual signals under female choice"
Friday, October 7, 2011,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Meg Mobley, Nicholas School of the Environment (Duke University)
"An ecosystem approach to dead plant carbon over 50 years of old-field forest development"
Friday, October 7, 2011,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Meng Chen, PhD, Professor of Biology (Duke University)
"Light signaling and plant development"
Monday, October 10, 2011,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
postponed to October 31
"Fall Break"
Wednesday, October 12, 2011,
1:30pm,
Duke IGSP Center for Systems Biology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 4233
Dave MacAlpine, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology & Cancer Biology (Duke University)
"A nucleotide resolution view of the chromatin landscape and insights into the establishment of the DNA replication program"
Thursday, October 13, 2011,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Lisa Pokorny, Shaw Lab (Duke University)
"Bayesian analysis of molecular variance in pyrosequences quantifies population genetic structure across the genome of Lycaeides butterflies"
Thursday, October 13, 2011,
4:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Shannon McDermott, Noor Lab (Duke University)
"Directly testing an association between meiotic drive and hybrid male sterility"
Thursday, October 13, 2011,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science room 3232
Liana Burghardt, Donohue Lab (Duke University)
"Modeling how environmentally influenced life-cycle transitions determine life history patterns"
Friday, October 14, 2011,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Iliana Baums, PhD, Assistant Professor (Pennsylvania State University)
"Gene flow, clonal reproduction and cryptic species in the massive reef-building corals"
Friday, October 14, 2011,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Pelin Volkan, PhD, Professor of Biology (Duke University)
"From Sensory Receptors to Functional Neuronal Networks: Constructing and deconstructing the olfactory circuitry in Drosophila"
Monday, October 17, 2011,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Paul Magwene, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biology (Duke University)
"Genotype-Network-Phenotype Models for Understanding the Evolution of Complex Traits"
Tuesday, October 18, 2011,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Tom Struhsaker, PhD, Adjunct Professor in Ev Anth (Duke University)
"The Red Colobus Monkeys and How they Expand our Knowledge of Primate Biology" [abstract]
Wednesday, October 19, 2011,
12:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Mira Han, PhD ,Indiana University-Bloomington (NESCent)
"Transposed Genes in the Drosophila Genomes"
Wednesday, October 19, 2011,
1:30pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology: Weekly Seminars
French Science Conference Rm 4233
Jack Keene, PhD, JBD Professor of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology (Duke University)
"The Challenge of Understanding Global RNA Dynamics"
Thursday, October 20, 2011,
4:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
David Pfennig, PhD, Associate Professor (UNC- Chapel Hill)
"Polyphenism and diversification: from molecular evolution to innovation and speciation"
Thursday, October 20, 2011,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science room 3232
Jannice Friedman, PhD, Willis lab (Duke)
"Ecological Genomics of Complex Traits in Life History Transitions in Mimulus Guttatus"
Friday, October 21, 2011,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Dave Moore (University of Arizona)
"The impact of Bark Beetle outbreak on carbon cycling in forests of the Mountain West"
Friday, October 21, 2011,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Alejandro Aballay, PhD, Professor of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology (Duke Medical Center)
"Intelligent command of defenses is a no-brainer: Innate immunity and its regulation by the C. elegans nervous system"
Monday, October 24, 2011,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Chris Bowler, PhD, Environmental and Evolutionary Genomics Section (host: Meng Chen) (Institut de Biologie de l'Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France)
"Genome-Enabled Explorations of Evolutionary Ecophysiology in Marine Diatoms"
Tuesday, October 25, 2011,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Elise Knowlton, Leal Lab (Duke University)
"Arachnid sensory physiology: probing scorpion tongues, spider ears, and solpugid papillae"
Wednesday, October 26, 2011,
12:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Craig R. McClain, PhD, NESCent (Duke University)
"Postdoc Professional Development - Best Practices for Collaborative Writing/Avoiding Coauthorship Issues"
Wednesday, October 26, 2011,
1:30pm,
Duke IGSP Center for Systems Biology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4233
Dave McClay, PhD, Professor of Biology (Duke University)
"Cell Fate Switch in Gene Regulatory Networks"
Thursday, October 27, 2011,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Matt Johnson, Shaw Lab (Duke University)
"Evolution of multivariate microhabitat variation in Sphagnum"
Thursday, October 27, 2011,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science room 3232
Dan Runcie, Wray Lab (Duke University)
"Consequences of ocean acidification for sea urchin development"
Friday, October 28, 2011,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Zackary Johnson, PhD, Assistant Professor (Duke University Marine Lab)
"The population and community ecology of the cyanobacteria Prochlorococcus, the most abundant photosynthetic marine microbe"
Friday, October 28, 2011,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Tso-Pang Yao, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology (Duke Medical Center)
"Protein acetylation and mitochondrial quality control - from metabolic adaptation to neurodegenerative disease"
Monday, October 31, 2011,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Dave Sherwood, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biology (Duke University)
"Breaching the basement membrane: Anchor cell invasion in C. elegans"
Tuesday, November 1, 2011,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Rindy Anderson, PhD and Susan Peters of the Nowicki Lab, Casey Klofstad, PhD, Professor (Duke University, and University of Miami)
"Voice pitch influences perception of leadership capacity: a progress report"
Wednesday, November 2, 2011,
12:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Mike Wade, PhD, Professor of Biology (Indiana University)
"The Evolution of Sociality in Resource-Limited Environments"
Wednesday, November 2, 2011,
1:30pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology: Weekly Seminars
French Science Conference Rm 4233
Anirudh Natarajan & Danielle Maatouk, Capel Lab (Duke University)
"TBA"
Thursday, November 3, 2011,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Tim James, PhD, Assistant Professor (University of Michigan)
"What the genome of the endoparasite Rozella can tell us about the most recent common ancestor of fungi"
Thursday, November 3, 2011,
4:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Michael Czerwinski, Capel Lab (Duke University)
"Genetic Determinants of Temperature Sensitive Sex Determination in the turtle T. scripta elegans?"
Thursday, November 3, 2011,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science room 3232
Chris Castorena, Koelle Lab (Duke University)
"The implications of social contact structure for disease control"
Friday, November 4, 2011,
4:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Michael Pace, PhD, Professor of Environ. Sciences (University of Virginia)
"Early Warning Indicators of Regime Shifts: A Whole Lake Experiment"
Friday, November 4, 2011,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Dan Kiehart, PhD, Professor of Biology (Duke University)
"Dissecting Morphogenesis with Lasers, Drugs and Mutants"
Tuesday, November 8, 2011,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Cynthia Tedore, Johnsen Lab (Duke University)
"The evolution of species- and sex-specific signals in the jumping spider Lyssomanes viridis"
Thursday, November 10, 2011,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Rafael Rubio de Casas. PhD, NESCent (Duke University)
"The evolutionary ecology of limited dispersal in plants"
Thursday, November 10, 2011,
4:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Tonia Schwartz (Iowa State University)
"Divergent transcriptomic and physiological responses to heat stress in garter snake life-history ecotypes"
Thursday, November 10, 2011,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science room 3232
Dan Warner, (host: Suzanne McGaugh) (Iowa State)
"Developmental plasticity and parental effects in reptiles: experimental tests of adaptive significance"
Friday, November 11, 2011,
12:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Lisa Matisoo-Smith, PhD, Professor of Biological Anthropology (University of Otago)
"Tracking Polynesian Origins and Migrations Using Ancient DNA"
Friday, November 11, 2011,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology -Exit Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
David Bell (Duke University)
"Longterm approaches to assessing tree community responses to resource limitation and climate variation"
Friday, November 11, 2011,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Amy Schmid, PhD, Professor of Biology (Duke University)
"Transcriptional regulatory network dynamics in response to environmental extremes"
Monday, November 14, 2011,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Thomas Mitchell-Olds, PhD, Professor of Biology (Duke University)
"Phenotypes phirst: complex traits in complex environments"
Tuesday, November 15, 2011,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Lydia Greene, Drea lab (Duke University)
"Sending mixed signals: olfactory communication in Coquerel's sifakas, Propithecus coquereli"
Wednesday, November 16, 2011,
12:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Christina M Caruso, PhD, Associate Professor (University of Guelph, Canada)
"The evolutionary ecology of genetic conflict in plants"
Wednesday, November 16, 2011,
1:30pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology: Weekly Seminars
French Family Science- room 4233
Daniel Runcie, Greg Wray lab (Duke University)
"Environmental influences on the sea urchin gene regulatory network"
Thursday, November 17, 2011,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Priscila Chaverri, PhD, Assistant Professor (University of Maryland)
"Trichoderma systematics, evolution, and ecology"
Thursday, November 17, 2011,
4:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Jennifer Wygoda, McClay and Wray labs (Duke University)
"Metamorphosis in the Sea Urchin Lytechinus variegatus"
Thursday, November 17, 2011,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science room 3232
Cheng-Ruei Lee, Thomas Mitchell-Olds lab (Duke University)
"A polymorphic chromosomal inversion in Boechera stricta - Molecular mechanisms, breakpoints, and local adaptive sweep"
Friday, November 18, 2011,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Vanessa Ezenwa, PhD, Assistant Professor (University of Georgia)
"Parasites and host behavior: direct, indirect and complex effects"
Friday, November 18, 2011,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Ryan Baugh, PhD, Professor of Biology (Duke University)
"Epigenetic effects of starvation on growth rate, lifespan and other life history traits"
Monday, November 21, 2011,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science room 2231
Robert Anholt, PhD, William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor of Biology and Genetics (North Carolina State University)
"The Genetic Architecture of Behavior in Drosophila"
Monday, November 28, 2011,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Anne Yoder, PhD, Professor of Biology (Duke University)
"Hidden biodiversity in cryptic species: lessons from Madagascar's mouse lemurs"
Tuesday, November 29, 2011,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Brian J. Powell, Leal Lab (Duke University)
"Can Living in a Tree Make You Smarter? Anole Habitat, Neuroanatomy, and Cognition"
Wednesday, November 30, 2011,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Dissertation Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Tami McDonald, Lutzoni lab (Duke University)
"Genomic insights into the Evolution and Development of the Lichen Symbiosis: Cladonia grayi as a Model Lichen"
Wednesday, November 30, 2011,
1:30pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology: Weekly Seminars
French Family Science Center 4233
Amy Schmid lab (Duke University)
"TBA"
Thursday, December 1, 2011,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Peter Unmack, PhD, NESCent, (Duke University)
"Using GIS to Predict Phylogeographic Patterns: How Can Sea Level Change"
Thursday, December 1, 2011,
4:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Jennifer Tenlen, PhD, Goldstein Lab (University of NC-Chapel Hill)
"Evolution of germline development: lessons from water bears"
Thursday, December 1, 2011,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science room 3232
Elizabeth Lacey, PhD, Professor of Biology/ Adjunct Professor (UNC-Greensboro/Duke)
"Variable fitness effects of thermoregulation in a thermally changing environment"
Friday, December 2, 2011,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
T. Michael Anderson, PhD, Assistant Professor of Biology (Wake Forest University)
"Ecological insights from studying complex natural gradients in the Serengeti ecosystem"
Friday, December 2, 2011,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Nick Buchler, PhD, Professor of Biology (Duke University)
"Cyclin phylogeny: gene duplication, bottlenecks, and parallel evolution in the Fungi and beyond"
Monday, December 5, 2011,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Allen Rodrigo, PhD, Professor and Director of NESCent (Duke University)
"The Challenge of Diversity presents a Diversity of Challenges – Part 2"
Wednesday, December 7, 2011,
12:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Cesar Nufio, Adjoint Curator, Entomology Section of the Museum (University of Colorado at Boulder)
"The Effects of Climate Change on the Grasshoppers of the Southern Rocky Mountains of Colorado"
Wednesday, December 7, 2011,
1:30pm,
Duke IGSP Center for Systems Biology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4233
Fernando Bonassi, Ioanna Manolopoulou, and Mike West, Statistical Science (Duke University)
"Statistics and dynamic models in single cell biological studies - Two vignettes"
Thursday, December 8, 2011,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Andrew Eckert, PhD, Assistant Professor (Virginia Commonwealth University)
"Signatures of natural selection across conifer genomes"
Thursday, December 8, 2011,
4:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Stacy Kaltenbach, PhD, McClay Lab (Duke University)
"A provisional GRN for sea urchin coelomic pouch specification"
Thursday, December 8, 2011,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science room 3232
Paul Durst, Roth Lab (Duke University)
"Classification tree methods shed light on factors influencing insular body size evolution in rodents"
Friday, December 9, 2011,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Greg Ames, Wright Lab (Duke University)
"Using plant traits to predict community structure in North American grasslands"
Monday, December 12, 2011,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Kirsten Bomlies, PhD, Assistant Professor of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology (Harvard)
"Genomics of autotetraploid /Arabidopsis arenosa/"
Wednesday, December 14, 2011,
12:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Tami Cruickshank, PhD, NESCent (Duke University)
"Maternal Effects, Maternal-Offspring Interactions and the Evolution of Early Development"
Wednesday, December 14, 2011,
1:00pm,
Dissertation Seminar
143 Jones Building
Andrea Stewart Nina Sherwood Lab (Duke University)
"Microtubule Severing Protein Regulation of Sensory Neuron Form and Function in Drosophila melanogaster"
Wednesday, December 14, 2011,
1:30pm,
Duke IGSP Center for Systems Biology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4233
Greg Crawford, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics and IGSP (Duke University)
"Towards a comprehensive atlas of open chromatin"
Thursday, December 15, 2011,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science room 3232
Lex Flagel, PhD, Willis lab (Duke)
"Genome-enabled analysis of adaptation in Mimulus"
Wednesday, January 11, 2012,
12:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Hafiz Maherali, PhD, Associate Professor (University of Guelph, Canada)
"Phylogenies, Functional Trait Evolution and Community Assembly: Perspectives from Plant-Mycorrhizal Interactions"
Thursday, January 12, 2012,
4:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4233
Elaine Seaver, PhD, Associate Researcher, Kewalo Marine Lab (University of Hawaii)
"You Can't Get There From Here: The Spiralian Developmental Paradox"
Thursday, January 12, 2012,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science room 3232
Thiago Lima, Willet lab (UNC-Chapel Hill)
"Patterns of polymorphism and divergence of a candidate gamete recognition gene in the Mytilus edulis species complex"
Friday, January 13, 2012,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Christian Breuer, PhD, Keiko Sugimoto lab (Riken, Japan)
"Transcriptional regulation of ploidy-dependent cell growth in Arabidopsis"
Tuesday, January 17, 2012,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
David Steinberg, Leal lab (Duke University)
"Signal flexibility in Anolis lizards"
Wednesday, January 18, 2012,
12:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Josh Rosenau, PhD, National Center for Science Education
"Sciences Under Attack: Evolution and Climate Change Denial"
Thursday, January 19, 2012,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Paul Harnik , PhD, NESCent (Duke University)
"Macroevolutionary consequences of rarity in the marine fossil record"
Thursday, January 19, 2012,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science room 3232
David Rasmussen, Koelle Lab (Duke University)
"Inferring population structure in the face of complex ecological dynamics"
Friday, January 20, 2012,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Doug Nowacek, DUML
"Foraging Ecology of Humpback Whales along the Western Antarctic Peninsula"
Friday, January 20, 2012,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Christian Fankhauser, PhD, Professor, Center for Integrative Genomics (University of Lausanne)
"A network of bHLH transcription factors regulates plant growth in a changing environment"
Tuesday, January 24, 2012,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Jessica Yorzinski, Gail Patricelli's lab, Department of Evolution and Ecology, College of Biological Sciences (UC- Davis)
"Selective attention in peahens during courtship"
Wednesday, January 25, 2012,
12:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Jory P Weintraub, PhD, NESCent (Duke University)
"Postdoc Professional Development - Negotiating Your First Faculty Position"
Wednesday, January 25, 2012,
2:00pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology: Weekly Seminars
French Family Science- room 4233
Sayan Mukherjee, PhD, Associate Professor of Statistical Science (Duke)
"Integrating genetic and gene expression evidence into genome-wide association analysis of gene sets"
Thursday, January 26, 2012,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Carl Rothfels, Pryer lab (Duke University)
"Polyploids are evolutionary failures"
Thursday, January 26, 2012,
3:30pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Lomax Boyd, Greg Wray lab (Duke University)
"Leveraging functional and evolutionary genomics to understand human brain evolution and development"
Thursday, January 26, 2012,
4:45pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Michael Lynch, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Biology (Indiana University)
"Mutation and Evolution"
Friday, January 27, 2012,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Michelle Schroeder-Moreno, PhD, Assistant Professor (North Carolina State University)
"An agroecological approach to arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi research and applications in sustainable agriculture"
Friday, January 27, 2012,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Yongjian Qiu, PhD,Chen lab (Duke University)
"The Function of Calreticulin in Plant Immunity: New Discoveries of An Old Protein"
Tuesday, January 31, 2012,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Alex Gunderson, Leal lab (Duke University)
"Ecophysiology of Anolis lizards"
Wednesday, February 1, 2012,
12:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Adam Smith, PhD, NESCent (Duke University)
"Combined Phylogenetic Analysis of Pan-Alcidae (Aves, Charadriiformes): the Contribution of Fossils to the Resolution of Avian Systematic Relationships and Divergence Estimation"
Wednesday, February 1, 2012,
2:00pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology Seminars
French Science Conference Rm 4233
Huntington Willard, Director of IGSP and Nanaline H. Duke Professor of Genome Sciences (Duke University)
"Cleaning the attic: Searching for order, sense and function in 'junk' DNA"
Thursday, February 2, 2012,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Jolanta Miadlikowska, PhD, Lutzoni lab (Duke University)
"Novel molecular markers and their utility in molecular systematics of Fungi"
Friday, February 3, 2012,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Maria Soledad Benitez Ponce, PhD
"TBA"
Friday, February 3, 2012,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Nuria Sanchez Coll,PhD, Dangl lab (University of NC-Chapel Hill)
"Control of cell death in plants by the metacaspase family"
Monday, February 6, 2012,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Chris Marx, PhD, Associate Professor of Biology (Harvard)
"Experimental evolution of metabolic systems: epistasis, optimality and tradeoffs"
Tuesday, February 7, 2012,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Sarah Zylinski, PhD, Johnsen lab (Duke University)
"On art, illusion and cuttlefish"
Wednesday, February 8, 2012,
2:00pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology: Weekly Seminars
French Family Science- room 4233
Arjun Raj, Assistant Professor of Bioengineering (University of Pennsylvania)
"Taking a picture of transcriptional activity along a chromosome"
Thursday, February 9, 2012,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Cliff Cunningham, PhD, Professor of Biology (Duke University)
"Body size and speciation in lesser Antillean anoles (lizards)"
Thursday, February 9, 2012,
4:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Inderpreet Jalli, Nijhout lab (Duke University)
"Revisiting Homocysteine Toxicity in E. coli"
Thursday, February 9, 2012,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science room 3232
Katie Ferris, Willis lab (Duke University)
"The genetics of adaptation to a harsh granite outcrop environment in Mimulus"
Friday, February 10, 2012,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Rob Schick, PhD, Clark Lab (Duke University)
"Estimating body condition in right whales and elephant seals as a key link between disturbance and population level consequences"
Friday, February 10, 2012,
3:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
George Allen, PhD, Research Associate Professor (North Carolina State University)
"seminar postponed-speaker unable to present"
Monday, February 13, 2012,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Christopher Clark,PhD (Yale University)
"'Singing' hummingbird feathers and the costs of extreme courtship"
Tuesday, February 14, 2012,
9:00am,
Department of Biology
139 Bio Sci Bldg
Christopher Clark,PhD (Yale University)
"Chalk Talk"
Tuesday, February 14, 2012,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Irene Liu, Nowicki lab (Duke University)
"Genetic diversity, sperm competition and the hunt for reproductive proteins in Agelaius blackbirds"
Wednesday, February 15, 2012,
12:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Jennifer Verdolin, PhD, NESCent (Duke University)
"Using Community Detection to Construct Social Networks"
Thursday, February 16, 2012,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Steven Wu, PhD, Rodrigo lab (Duke University)
"Estimating evolutionary parameters using site-frequency spectra"
Thursday, February 16, 2012,
4:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Horia Todor, Schmid Lab (Duke University)
"TBA"
Thursday, February 16, 2012,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
Nanaline Duke 147
Michael Nachman, PhD, Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (University of Arizona)
"The genetic basis of speciation in house mice"
Friday, February 17, 2012,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Hafiz Mahareli (University of Guelph)
"Phylogenies, functional trait evolution and community assembly: perspectives from plant-mycorrhizal interactions"
Friday, February 17, 2012,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Xiaoyu Zheng, Dong lab
"Dissection of the coronatine-signaling pathway that promotes Pseudomonas syringae virulence in plants"
Monday, February 20, 2012,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science room 2231
Sheila Patek, PhD, Assistant Professor (University of Massachusetts at Amherst)
"Power plays in the evolution of fast movements"
Tuesday, February 21, 2012,
9:00am,
Department of Biology
139 Bio Sci Bldg
Sheila Patek, PhD, Assistant Professor (University of Massachusetts at Amherst)
"Chalk Talk"
Tuesday, February 21, 2012,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Geoff Adams, Michael Platt's lab, Neurobiology (Duke University)
"The Neuroethology of Social Attention in Primates"
Wednesday, February 22, 2012,
12:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Jessica Yorzinski, Patricelli Lab (UC Davis)
"Selective Attention in Peahens During Courtship"
Wednesday, February 22, 2012,
2:00pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4233
Josh Socolar, PhD, Professor of Physics (Duke University)
"Modeling developmental gene regulatory networks"
Thursday, February 23, 2012,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Andrii Gryganskyi, PhD, Vilgalys lab (Duke University)
"Molecular phylogeny of Entomophthoromycota"
Thursday, February 23, 2012,
1:10pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
Sociology Psych 130 (Zener Auditorium)
Emma Schachner, PhD (University of Utah)
"New insights into the evolution and development of the archosaurian respiratory system"
Thursday, February 23, 2012,
4:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Meghan Morrissey, Dave Sherwood lab (Duke University)
"Hemicentin Links the Uterine and Vulval Basement Membranes during Anchor Cell Invasion in C. Elegans"
Thursday, February 23, 2012,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science room 3232
Sumit Dhole, Karin Pfennig's/Maria Servedio's labs (UNC -Chapel Hill)
"Sperm competition and the evolution of male ejaculate composition"
Friday, February 24, 2012,
9:00am,
Department of Biology
139 Bio Sci Bldg
Emma Schachner, PhD (University of Utah)
"Chalk Talk"
Friday, February 24, 2012,
12:00pm,
Duke University Medical Center Biochemistry Seminar Series
147 Nanaline Duke
Martin Buck, FSB FRS, Professor of Molecular Microbiology, Division of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Host: Richard Brennan (Imperial College, London, England)
"Activating gene expression using a molecular machine"
Friday, February 24, 2012,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Alison Appling, Bernhardt and Jackson labs (Duke University)
"Biogeochemical exchanges between floodplains and their rivers: Implications for ecosystem function"
Friday, February 24, 2012,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Dana Schroeder, PhD, Assistant Professor (University of Manitoba, Canada)
"DDB1 Complexes in Arabidopsis Visible and UV Light Response"
Monday, February 27, 2012,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Allyson Hindle, PhD (University of Colorado)
"Environmental stressors and physiology: skeletal muscle preservation tactics in wild mammals"
Tuesday, February 28, 2012,
9:00am,
Department of Biology
139 Bio Sci Bldg
Allyson Hindle, PhD (University of Colorado)
"Chalk Talk"
Tuesday, February 28, 2012,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Frances Sheller Sivakoff, PhD, Nick Haddad's lab (NC State University)
"Long distance dispersal and colonization processes of a generalist pest in an agricultural mosaic"
Tuesday, February 28, 2012,
4:00pm,
Department of Biology Super Speaker Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Ben Bolker, PhD, Professor, Departments of Mathematics & Statistics and Biology (McMaster University)
"Transient virulence of emerging pathogens: models and speculations"
Wednesday, February 29, 2012,
12:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Sacha Vignieri, PhD, Associate Editor, Science Magazine
"Postdoc Professional Development - Scientific Publishing from the Inside Out"
Wednesday, February 29, 2012,
2:00pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology Seminars
French Family Science- room 4233
Dave Schaeffer, PhD, James B. Duke Professor of Mathematics (Duke University)
"Musings on the Hopf bifucation"
Thursday, March 1, 2012,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Gerry Moore (Gerry Moore, Natural Resources Conservation Service of USDA)
"An overview of U.S.D.A.’s National Plant Database (plants.usda.gov)"
Thursday, March 1, 2012,
1:10pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
Love Auditorium, B101 LSRC
Monica Daley, PhD (Royal Veterinary College)
"Life in rough terrain: Mechanical, neuromuscular and energetic factors in how animals move through terrestrial environments"
Thursday, March 1, 2012,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science room 3232
Cathy Rushworth, Mitchell-Olds lab (Duke University)
"The maintenance and spread of apomixis in Boechera"
Friday, March 2, 2012,
9:00am,
Department of Biology
139 Bio Sci
Monica Daley, PhD (Royal Veterinary College)
"Chalk Talk"
Friday, March 2, 2012,
1:00pm,
Dissertation Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg
Jamie Baldwin Fergus, Johnsen Lab (Duke University)
"The Role of Vision in Sexual Signaling in the Blue Crab, Callinectes sapidus"
Friday, March 2, 2012,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Cynthia Riginos, PhD (University of Queensland)
"Reproductive strategies of reef fishes predict both within-species genetic differentiation and within-family species richness"
Friday, March 2, 2012,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Heidi Cederholm, Benfey lab (Duke University)
"Tissue-specific responses to phosphate deprivation in Arabidopsis thaliana"
Monday, March 5, 2012,
11:00am,
Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar-Special Talk
2237 French Family Science Center
Akira Iwase, PhD, Keiko Sugimoto lab (Riken, Japan)
"WIND1: a key molecular switch for plant cell dedifferentiation"
Monday, March 5, 2012,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Super Speaker Seminar
French Science room 2231
Douglas Futuyma, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Ecology and Evolution (Stony Brook University)
"Macroevolution and the Evolutionary Synthesis"
Tuesday, March 6, 2012,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
none this week
"Spring Break"
Wednesday, March 7, 2012,
12:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Jon Shik, PhD, (North Carolina State University)
"Using Metabolic Ecology to Build a Comparative Physiology of Ant Societies"
Wednesday, March 7, 2012,
2:00pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4233
none this week
"Spring Break"
Thursday, March 8, 2012,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
none this week
"Spring Break"
Thursday, March 8, 2012,
4:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Eric Earley, Jones lab (UNC-Chapel Hill)
"Genetics of a Behavioral Adaptation in an Ecological Specialist"
Thursday, March 8, 2012,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science room 3232
Courtney Fitzpatrick, Alberts Lab (Duke University)
"The Expanded Bateman Gradient; How sexual selection might rescue itself from theoretical malaise"
Friday, March 9, 2012,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
none this week
"Spring Break"
Friday, March 9, 2012,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Rodolfo Zentalla, PhD, Sun lab (Duke University)
"The role of protein O-GlcNAcylation in gibberellin dependent plant growth"
Monday, March 12, 2012,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science room 2231
Kenneth Catania, PhD, Stevenson Professor of Biological Sciences (host: Nina Sherwood) (Vanderbilt University)
"Stars, Whiskers, and Tentacles - Sensory Specializations and Behaviors in Some Rare Predators"
Tuesday, March 13, 2012,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Rob Lachlan, PhD, Nowicki lab (Duke University)
"Song type prototypicality and the function of accurate song learning in the swamp sparrow"
Wednesday, March 14, 2012,
12:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Tyler Curtain, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of English and Comparative Literature (UNC -Chapel Hill)
"Darwin, Nietzsche, Theory: the Evolutionary Problem of Language"
Wednesday, March 14, 2012,
2:00pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 4233
Anastasia Deckard, CBB grad student, Harer Lab (Duke University)
"A comparison of quantitative methods for finding periodicity in gene expression data"
Thursday, March 15, 2012,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Olivier Fedrigo, PhD, Associate Director of the Genome Sequencing & Analysis Core Facility (Duke)
"Application of next gen technologies for phylogenetics"
Thursday, March 15, 2012,
1:00pm,
Dissertation Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Shannon McDermott, Noor lab (Duke University)
"Hybrid Sterility and Segregation Distortion in Drosophila pseudoobscura and Drosophila persimilis"
Thursday, March 15, 2012,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science room 3232
Irene Liu, Nowicki lab (Duke University)
"The role of mating system in sperm competition and protein evolution in Agelaius blackbirds"
Friday, March 16, 2012,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Ray Callaway, PhD, Professor (University of Montana)
"Biochemical novelty and exotic plant invasions"
Friday, March 16, 2012,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Zhengqing Fu, PhD, Dong lab (Duke University)
"NPR proteins, salicylic acid and systemic acquired resistance"
Monday, March 19, 2012,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Corbin Jones, Associate Professor, host Pelin Volkan (UNC -Chapel Hill)
"Evolving to your host -- insights from flies and viruses"
Tuesday, March 20, 2012,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Evan MacLean, Brian Hare's lab, Evolutionary Anthropology (Duke University)
"Group Size and Social Intelligence in Lemurs"
Wednesday, March 21, 2012,
12:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Elizabeth J Sbrocco, PhD, NESCent (Duke University)
"Climate Change, Ecological Divergence, and Species Boundaries in a Marine Biodiversity Hotspot"
Wednesday, March 21, 2012,
2:00pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology Seminars
French Science Conference Rm 4233
Robert P. Smith, PhD, Biomedical Engineering (Duke University)
"The Inoculum Effect and Band-pass Bacterial Response to Periodic Antibiotic Treatment"
Thursday, March 22, 2012,
4:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Ryan Kerney, PhD (,AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow)
"Exploring the developmental diversity of amphibians"
Thursday, March 22, 2012,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science room 3232
Juan Santos, PhD, NESCent (Duke University)
"Molecular evolution and life history traits in poison frogs"
Friday, March 23, 2012,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Nicolas Cassar, PhD, Assistant Professor/Julia Kornegay, PhD, Professor (Duke University/ NCSU)
"Multiple constraints on net community production and its regulating factors in the Southern Ocean"/" TBA"
Friday, March 23, 2012,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Benjamin Byeon, Pei lab (Duke University)
"Feeling the outside : Mechanosensing in Arabidopsis"
Monday, March 26, 2012,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar-CSB/CBB Joint seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Alexander van Oudenaarden, PhD, Professor of Physics, Professor of Biology (MIT)
"Controlling Gene Expression Fluctuations During Development"
Tuesday, March 27, 2012,
10:00am,
Dissertation Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
David McCandlish, Magwene and McShea labs (Duke University)
"Evolution on Arbitrary Fitness Landscapes when Mutation is Weak"
Tuesday, March 27, 2012,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Elizabeth Hassell, Brian Langerhans lab (NCSU)
"Predators, urbanization, and phenotypic divergence in stream fish"
Wednesday, March 28, 2012,
12:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Craig R McClain, PhD, NESCent (Duke University)
"Postdoc Professional Development - Responding to Critiques of your Publications"
Thursday, March 29, 2012,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Ashley Egan. PhD, Assistant Professor (East Carolina University)
"Parsing Phylogenetic Signal Within and Among Linked Nuclear Genes in Subtribe Glycininae (Leguminosae): A Case of Phylogenetic Incongruence"
Thursday, March 29, 2012,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science room 3232
David Houle, PhD, Professor (Florida State University)
"Connecting genotype and phenotype in the fly wing"
Friday, March 30, 2012,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Julia Kornegay, PhD, Professor (NSCU)
"Paths Toward Greater Sustainability of US Agriculture"
Friday, March 30, 2012,
2:00pm,
Dissertation Seminar
Nello L Teer Building, Room 115
Mark Kuan Leng Chee, Haase lab (Duke University)
"B-cyclin/CDK Regulation of Mitotic Spindle Assembly through Phosphorylation of Kinesin-5 Motors in the Budding Yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae"
Friday, March 30, 2012,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Terri Long, PhD, NCSU (Duke University)
"Iron Deficiency: Molecular Mechanisms for Sensing and Response in Plants"
Monday, April 2, 2012,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Trudy MacKay, PhD, -unable to persent this date
"postponed until the fall"
Tuesday, April 3, 2012,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Mike Wade, PhD, Professor of Biology (Indiana University)
"Female choice in a complex world"
Wednesday, April 4, 2012,
12:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Rafael F Rubio de Casas, PhD, NESCent (Duke University)
"Keeping the Kids at Home: Why and How Some Plants Do Not Disperse Their Seeds"
Wednesday, April 4, 2012,
2:00pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology Seminars
French Science Conference Rm 4233
David Goldstein, Director, Center for Human Genome Variation and Professor of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology (Duke University)
"....postponed due to speaker's scheduling conflict..."
Thursday, April 5, 2012,
12:00pm,
Dissertation Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Cristina Isabel Pokorny Montero, Shaw Lab (Duke University)
"Pleurocarpous Mosses in Space and Time: Biogeography and Evolution of the Hookeriales"
Thursday, April 5, 2012,
4:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Lisa Pfefferle, Wray lab (Duke University)
"Uncovering differences in white adipose tissue between humans and chimpanzees"
Thursday, April 5, 2012,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science room 3232
Amanda Grusz, Pryer lab (Duke University)
"Investigating the origins of genetic variation in apomictic desert ferns"
Friday, April 6, 2012,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Nancy Grimm, PhD, Professor (Arizona State University)
"Hydrogeomorphic drivers and resilience to climate change of stream ecosystem structure and function in deserts and grasslands"
Friday, April 6, 2012,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Shunping Yan, PhD, Dong lab (Duke University)
"DNA damage signaling potentiates plant immunity"
Monday, April 9, 2012,
1:10pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Chentao Lin, PhD, Professor, Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology (UCLA)
"How cryptochromes work: a case study in Arabidopsis"
Tuesday, April 10, 2012,
1:00pm,
Dissertation Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Brian Powell, Leal Lab (Duke University)
"A Comparative Study of Habitat Complexity, Neuroanatomy, and Cognitive Behavior in Anolis Lizards"
Tuesday, April 10, 2012,
2:00pm,
Dissertation Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 4233
Vinay Singh, Kiehart lab (Duke University)
"Analysis of Crinkled Function in Drosophila melanogaster Hair and Bristle Morphogenesis"
Wednesday, April 11, 2012,
12:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Juan C Santos, PhD, NESCent (Duke University)
"Molecular Evolution and Mating Calls as Life Histories and Phenotypic Networks in Poison Frogs"
Thursday, April 12, 2012,
10:00am,
Dissertation Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Ginger Hunter, Kiehart Lab (Duke University)
"The Role of Mechanically Gated Ion Channels in Dorsal Closure During Drosophila Morphogenesis"
Thursday, April 12, 2012,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Patricia G. Gensel, PhD, Professor (UNC -Chapel Hill)
"Delving into the Devonian- innovations and new discoveries"
Thursday, April 12, 2012,
4:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Science room 4230
David Rogers, McClay lab (Duke University)
"A concentrated analysis of Delta signaling in pre-and post-gastrular sea urchin embryos"
Friday, April 13, 2012,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Emily Bernhardt, PhD, Associate Professor (Duke University)
"Effects of surface coal mining on the rivers of Appalachia"
Friday, April 13, 2012,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Meina Li, PhD, Chen lab (Duke University)
"HEMERA mediates photomorphogenesis by regulating the accumulation and activity of phytochrome-interacting factors"
Monday, April 16, 2012,
6:00pm,
Knut Schmidt-Nielsen Memorial Lecture -2012
CIEMAS Schiciano Auditorium B (on the E-quad)
Brian Hare, PhD, Assistant Professor, Evolutionary Anthropology, (host:Biology Majors' Union) (Duke University)
"Canine and Primate Cognition"
Tuesday, April 17, 2012,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Paul Durst, Roth lab (Duke University)
"Humongous Hamsters and Pint-Sized Porcupines: Examining Insular Size Change in the Order Rodentia"
Wednesday, April 18, 2012,
12:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Clinton D Francis, PhD, NESCent (Duke)
"Variation and Adaptation of Acoustic Signals in Heterogeneous and Novel Environments"
Wednesday, April 18, 2012,
2:00pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology-Via Skype
French Science Conference Rm 4233
Andrew Millar, Chair & Director, Centre for Systems Biology (University of Edinburgh)
"Systems analysis of biological timing in Arabidopsis"
Thursday, April 19, 2012,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
130 Bio Sci Bldg (Note location!)
Paul Durst, Roth lab (Duke University)
"A different kind of tree: using CART methods to predict insular body size in rodents"
Thursday, April 19, 2012,
4:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Rick Dilling, Nijhout lab (Duke University)
"TBA"
Thursday, April 19, 2012,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science room 3232
Caiti Smukowski, Noor lab (Duke University)
"Sequence motifs and recombination rate variation: The fruit (fly) falls far from the mammalian tree"
Friday, April 20, 2012,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Helen Hsu-Kim, PhD, Assistant Professor, Engineering (Duke University)
"Coal Ash Waste Storage: Mobilization and Geochemical Transformations of Trace Element Contaminants"
Friday, April 20, 2012,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Wenjing Zhang, PhD, Kieber lab (University of NC-Chapel Hill)
"The interaction between cytokinin and auxin transport in the maintenance of root meristem function"
Tuesday, April 24, 2012,
11:00am,
NESCent Director's Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Keith Crandall, PhD (Brigham Young University)
"Bioinformatic Approaches to DNA Sequence Analysis"
Wednesday, April 25, 2012,
12:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Craig R McClain, PhD, NESCent (Duke University)
"Postdoc Professional Development - Discussing Synthesis in Evolution"
Wednesday, April 25, 2012,
2:00pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 4233
Stefano Di Talia, Molecular Biology postdoc, (Host: Nick Buchler) (Princeton University)
"Time-keeping mechanisms during Drosophila embryonic development"
Thursday, April 26, 2012,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Jose Eduardo Meireles, Manos lab (Duke University)
"Another Dimension to Tree Visualization"
Thursday, April 26, 2012,
4:00pm,
Evo Devo Genomics Invited Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 4233
William Browne, PhD, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology (University of Miami)
"Ctenophores: new insights from the genome of an ancient lineage"
Thursday, April 26, 2012,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
French Science room 3232
Dr. Joel Kingsolver (UNC-Chapel Hill)
"Insects evolving rapidly: local adaptation, species invasions, and climate change"
Friday, April 27, 2012,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Melissa McHale, PhD, Assistant Professor of Urban Ecology (NCSU)
"From Concrete Jungles to Savannas: The Future of Long-Term Socio-Ecological Research Programs in the US and Abroad"
Friday, April 27, 2012,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi, PhD, Benfey lab (Duke University)
"Plant networks at the root of development and stress"
Wednesday, May 2, 2012,
12:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Mike Lienesch, PhD, Professor (UNC- Chapel Hill)
"Antievolutionism and American Politics Today"
Wednesday, May 2, 2012,
2:00pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology Seminars
French Science Conference Rm 4233
Wei Wang, Dong Lab (Duke University)
"Exploration of novel environmental inputs to the circadian clock in Arabidopsis"
Thursday, May 3, 2012,
4:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Ryan Kerney, PhD,AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow (Dalhousie University)
"Exploring the developmental diversity of amphibians"
Friday, May 4, 2012,
3:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
George Allen, PhD, Research Associate Professor (North Carolina State University)
"Molecular Mechanisms of Matrix Attachment Regions in Arabidopsis"
Monday, May 7, 2012,
12:30pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 4233
Bushra Gorsi, PhD, H. Joseph Yost Lab, (hosted by Ohler lab) (University of Utah)
"Developing tools to perform genome wide analysis of zebrafish cardiac development"
Wednesday, May 9, 2012,
12:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Corey Hart, PhD (Drexel University College of Medicine)
"A Virtual World Platform for Evolutionary Education"
Wednesday, May 9, 2012,
2:00pm,
Duke Systems Biology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 4233
Nick Buchler, Assistant Professor of Biology and Physics (Duke University)
"What goes up must come down: Measuring periodic dynamics in single cells"
Thursday, May 10, 2012,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Benjamin Blackman, PhD, Willis lab (Duke University)
"Tinkering with thresholds: geographic and genetic maps of flowering time diversity in Mimulus Guttatus"
Tuesday, May 29, 2012,
12:30pm,
Dissertation Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Andrew Procter, Jackson Lab (Duke University)
"Effects of Past and Future CO2 on Grassland Soil Carbon and Microbial Ecology"
Monday, August 27, 2012,
10:00am,
Department of Biology Dissertation Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Carl Rothfels, Pryer lab (Duke University)
"Phylogenetics of Cystopteridaceae: Reticulation and Divergence in a Cosmopolitan Fern Family"
Tuesday, August 28, 2012,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Dissertation Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 4233
Lindsay Saunders, McClay lab (Duke University)
"A Systems-Level Analysis of an Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition"
Monday, September 3, 2012,
4:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2237
none this week
"Labor Day"
Tuesday, September 4, 2012,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Elizabeth Knowlton, Leal Lab (Duke University)
"Spectral characteristics of female anole dewlaps"
Wednesday, September 5, 2012,
2:00pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology
French Science Conference Rm 4233
Alex Hartemink, PhD, Associate Professor and Greg Wray, PhD, Professor (Duke University)
"The systems biology seminar, rebooted"
Thursday, September 6, 2012,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Qiuyun (Jenny) Xiang, PhD, Professor (NC State University)
"The Flowering Dogwood: phylogeography, species distribution modeling, and evo-devo of floral display"
Thursday, September 6, 2012,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar- (-meeting in 3225 FFSC)
tba
Jennifer Coughlan, Willis lab (Duke University)
"Should I stay, or should I go? Linking allopolyploidization with larger geographic and ecological ranges in Crataegus series Douglasianae"
Friday, September 7, 2012,
1:25pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Lou Pitelka, PhD, senior scientist (National Ecological Observatory network (NEON)
"The National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON): From Petals to Petabytes"
Monday, September 10, 2012,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science room 2237
Sonke Johnsen, Phd, Professor (host: Nick Buchler) (Duke University)
"Is Biology pointless? Musings from a mid-career crisis"
Friday, September 14, 2012,
11:45am,
Evolutionary Anthropology Talk Series Seminar
013 Bio Sci Bldg
Noah Snyder-Mackler
""Kinship in the multi-level society of geladas""
Friday, September 14, 2012,
1:15pm,
Dissertation Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Lisa Pfefferle, Wray lab (Duke University)
"Leveraging complementary 'in vivo' and 'in vitro' gene expression measurements to elucidate uniquely human metabolic processes"
Friday, September 14, 2012,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
John Bruno, PhD (UNC-Chapel Hill)
"TBA"
Friday, September 14, 2012,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Elise Van Buskirk (Chen lab)/ Adam Schindler (Sherwood lab) (Duke University)
"Light signaling, nuclear organization, and the control of seedling growth in Arabidopsis"/“Developmental arrest following starvation in C. elegans""
Monday, September 17, 2012,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2237
Charlotte Lee, PhD, Assistant Professor, (host: Katia Koelle) (Florida State University)
"Mutualism, competition, and a balance of nature? Inherent stability of resource-mutualist-exploiter interactions."
Tuesday, September 18, 2012,
1:00pm,
BPCE Seminar
French Science room 4219
Noah Snyder-Mackler (Tung Lab, Duke University)
"Kinship in the multi-level society of geladas"
Wednesday, September 19, 2012,
12:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
John Clamp (NESCent)
"Integrating the 3 Dimensions of Biodiversity: New Directions for Investigating Biodiversity of Ciliates"
Wednesday, September 19, 2012,
2:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 4233
Philip Benfey
"Challenges of collaborating with quantitative scientists"
Thursday, September 20, 2012,
10:00am,
Special Mycology Seminar
French Science room 3232
Cheryl Kuske (Los Alamos National Labs)
"Metagenomic approaches to track soil fungal community responses to climate change"
Thursday, September 20, 2012,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Michael Windham
"Easy come, easy go: Diversification and extinction via hybridization in the genus Boechera (Brassicaceae)"
Thursday, September 20, 2012,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
3225 French Family Science Center
Lindsey Leverett (Donohue Lab)
"Cryptic seed heteromorphism in Packera tomentosa (Asteraceae)"
Friday, September 21, 2012,
1:15pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2237
Martin Doyle (Duke University)
"Rivers of Ideas: Keynes’ dams, Hayek’s meanders, and Aristotle’s regimes"
Friday, September 21, 2012,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2237
Xin Zhou (Sun lab)/Colin Maxwell (Baugh Lab)
"ERF11 promotes internode elongation by regulating GA and Ethylene pathways in Arabidopsis/Nascent transcript sequencing reveals multiple controls on RNA Polymerase II elongation in C. elegans"
Monday, September 24, 2012,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Harry Greene, PhD, Professor, host: Susan Alberts (Cornell University)
"Natural History, Aesthetics, and Conservation"
Thursday, September 27, 2012,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Harry Greene, PhD (Cornell University)
"How and why to teach the tree of life"
Thursday, September 27, 2012,
4:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
139 Bio Sci Bldg - Note room change!
Kate Hertweck, Ph.D., NESCent
"Whole genome effects of transposable element proliferation"
Thursday, September 27, 2012,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
3225 French Family Science Center
Evan Twomey, Summers Lab, ECU
"Mimetic divergence and reproductive isolation in the mimic poison frog Ranitomeya imitator"
Friday, September 28, 2012,
1:25pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Jim Heffernan
"TBA"
Friday, September 28, 2012,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Kasawajhala Prasad (TMO lab) (Duke University)
"A novel gain of function polymorphism controlling complex traits and fitness in nature"
Monday, October 1, 2012,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2237
Anne Yoder, PhD, Professor (Duke University)
"What's behind door #1?: An experiment in speed collaborating (Audience participation required!)"
Tuesday, October 2, 2012,
1:25pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Adrian Marchetti (University of North Carolina)
"Surviving in iron-deprived oceans: Molecular insights into phytoplankton" [abstract]
Wednesday, October 3, 2012,
1:15pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Paul Harnick (NESCent)
"Evolutionary baselines for assessing contemporary extinction risk in global marine ecosystems"
Thursday, October 4, 2012,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Dr. Josh Der (Penn State University)
"The Amborella trichopoda genome sheds light on angiosperm evolution"
Thursday, October 4, 2012,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
144 Bio Sci Room change!
Jay Storz (University of Nebraska)
"Life ascending: genetics of high-altitude adaptation in vertebrates"
Friday, October 5, 2012,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
David Matus (Sherwood lab)/Mian Zhou (Dong lab) (Duke University)
"Is cell cycle arrest required for cell invasive behavior?/The interaction between circadian clock and systemic acquired resistance in Arabidopsis"
Tuesday, October 9, 2012,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Susan Alberts, PhD
"Mortality and Reproductive Cessation in Wild Nonhuman Primates"
Thursday, October 11, 2012,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Anne Johnson (Pryer Lab)
"A Survey of the Orchid Diversity in Sainte Luce, Petriky, and Mandena (Southeast Madagascar)"
Thursday, October 11, 2012,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
3225 French Family Science Center
Chris Topp (benfey Lab)
"3D phenotyping and genetic analysis of complex root systems"
Friday, October 12, 2012,
1:25pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Maria Servedio, PHD (University of North Carolina)
"Models of male mate choice"
Monday, October 15, 2012,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Matt Leibold, PhD, Associate Professor (host: Emily Bernhardt) (UT Austin)
"Homage to diversity in the plankton, a food web perspective"
Wednesday, October 17, 2012,
12:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Joshua Martin, PhD (NESCent)
"Using Single Nucleotide Variants to Predict RNA Evolution"
Thursday, October 18, 2012,
4:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 3319
Daniel Dickinson, PhD
"The pre-metazoan origins of epithelial cell polarity"
Thursday, October 18, 2012,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
3225 French Family Science Center
Caitlin Stern, Servidio Lab
"Cooperation, competition, and the evolution of kin-based living"
Friday, October 19, 2012,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
David Tobin, PhD, Assistant Professor, MGM (Duke Medical Center)
"Susceptibility to Tuberculosis in Zebrafish and Humans"
Monday, October 22, 2012,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Manuel Leal, PhD, Assistant Professor (DukeUniversity)
"Signal diversity and behavioral flexibility: a lizard's-eye view"
Tuesday, October 23, 2012,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Dr. Christine Drea, Evolutionary Anthropology (Duke University)
"Sexual selection in feisty females: hyenas and lemurs and meerkats, oh my!"
Thursday, October 25, 2012,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Dr. Paul Manos (Duke University)
"Biogeography of the southern Appalachian woody flora"
Thursday, October 25, 2012,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
3225 French Family Science Center
Carrie Wessinger, Rausher Lab (Duke University)
"The genetic basis of red flowers in Penstemon barbatus"
Friday, October 26, 2012,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Don Fox, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, (Duke Medical Center)
"Mechanisms linking polyploidy to genome instability"
Monday, October 29, 2012,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
103 Bryan Research Building
Bob Austin, PhD, (host: Dan Kiehart) (Princeton University)
"How to build a time machine - CANCELED"
Tuesday, October 30, 2012,
10:00am,
Dissertation Seminar
4233 FFSC
Daniel Runcie, Wray Lab (Duke University)
"Quantitative genetics and environmental change: molecular plasticity in sea urchin development"
Wednesday, October 31, 2012,
2:00pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 4233
David McClay, PhD (Duke University)
"Perturbation analyses and gene regulatory networks"
Thursday, November 1, 2012,
4:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
David Matus, Sherwood Lab (Duke University)
"Patterning of cell cycle arrest during formation of the nematode uterine-vulval connection"
Thursday, November 1, 2012,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
3225 French Family Science Center
Jessica Selby, Willis Lab (Duke University)
"The genetic basis of adaptation to serpentine soils in Mimulus guttatus"
Monday, November 5, 2012,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Todd Oakley (host: Sonke Johnsen) (UC Santa Barbara)
"Let There Be Light! A pilgrimage to the evolutionary origins of phototransduction"
Tuesday, November 6, 2012,
1:00pm,
Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Jacob Moorad, PhD, Alberts Lab (Duke University)
"Selection for age-specific survival and reproduction in 19th century Utah"
Wednesday, November 7, 2012,
1:15pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Mira Han, PhD (NESCent)
"Modeling gene family evolution with gene rearrangements"
Wednesday, November 7, 2012,
2:00pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 4233
John Harer (Duke University)
"Edge Finding for Gene Regulatory Networks" [abstract]
Thursday, November 8, 2012,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Kyle Dexter, PhD (Edinburgh University)
"Phylogenetic signal for functional traits and extinction risk in Amazonian trees"
Thursday, November 8, 2012,
4:00pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Ryan Range, PhD
"Integration of canonical and non-canonical WNT signaling patterns: the neuroectoderm along the anterior-posterior axis of the sea urchin embryo" [abstract]
Thursday, November 8, 2012,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
3225 French Family Science Center
Colin Maxwell (Baugh Lab, Duke University)
"Phenotypic plasticity and niche construction: looking for the efficient causes of bet hedging"
Friday, November 9, 2012,
1:25pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Nicolas Zegre, PhD (West Virginia University)
"Seeing the water through the valley fill: Possible hydrologic controls in a mountaintop mined/valley fill catchment across scales"
Friday, November 9, 2012,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Rodolfo Zentella (Sun lab) (Duke University)
"DELLA O-GlcNAcylation regulates GA signaling"
Monday, November 12, 2012,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2237
Xinnian Dong, Professor (Host: Nick Buchler) (Duke University)
"Keep your enemies closer: What we can learn from studying pathogens"
Tuesday, November 13, 2012,
1:00pm,
BPCE/Dissertation Seminar
111 Bio Sci Bldg.
Courtney Fitzpatrick, Alberts lab (Duke University)
"Sexual selection, male mate choice, and the Amboseli baboons"
Wednesday, November 14, 2012,
1:15pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Daniel McShea, PhD (Duke University)
"Biology's First Law: The Zero-Force Evolutionary Law"
Wednesday, November 14, 2012,
2:00pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 4233
Ryan Baugh (Duke University)
"Quantification of gene function and genetic interactions genome-wide in the worm" [abstract]
Thursday, November 15, 2012,
4:15pm,
Evo Devo Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 4233
Andrew Gillis, PhD (Dalhousie University)
"Elasmobranch embryos, transformational homology and the origin of the jawed vertebrate body plan"
Thursday, November 15, 2012,
5:15pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
3225 French Family Science Center
Kai Zhu (Clark Lab) (Duke University)
"Using forest inventory data to understand climate change impact on tree populations"
Friday, November 16, 2012,
11:45am,
Evolutionary Anthropology Talk Series Seminar
013 Bio Sci Bldg
Maxx Toler (Duke University)
"The Kinetics of Gnawing and the Energetics of Feeding on Structurally Defended Foods"
Friday, November 16, 2012,
1:25pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Carol Arnosti, PhD (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
"TBA"
Friday, November 16, 2012,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Chris Nicchitta, PhD, Professor of Cell Biology (Duke Medical Center)
"The Cellular Organization of Protein Synthesis: Location, Location, Location"
Monday, November 19, 2012,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Karen Cranston (host: Nick Buchler) (NESCent)
"If this is the future, where is my tree of life?"
Friday, November 23, 2012,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
none
"none this week"
Monday, November 26, 2012,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
none
"none this week"
Monday, November 26, 2012,
5:00pm,
Dissertation Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 4233
Wei Wang (Dong Lab) (Duke University)
"Balance Between Plant Growth and Defense: Transcriptional and Translational Control of Plant Immune System"
Wednesday, November 28, 2012,
10:00am,
Dissertation Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Jennifer Modliszewski, Willis Lab (Duke University)
"The Role of Polyploidy in Phenotypic and Genomic Evolution in the Shy Monkeyflower, Mimulus sookensis"
Friday, November 30, 2012,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Vikas Bhandawat, PhD, Assistant Profesor of Biology (Duke University)
"Linking sensory information to behavior in the fly olfactory system"
Monday, December 3, 2012,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Xiaowei Zhuang, PhD, Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, (host: Stephen Craig) (Harvard University)
"Bioimaging at the Nanoscale: Single-molecule and Super-resolution Fluorescence Microscopy"
Wednesday, December 5, 2012,
12:00pm,
NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Aaron W. Hunter (Petronas Institute of Technology)
"TBA"
Wednesday, December 5, 2012,
2:00pm,
Duke Center for Systems Biology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 4233
Lingchong You (Duke University)
"The cell as a playground: building gene circuits for fun, insight, and maybe applications"
Thursday, December 6, 2012,
12:00pm,
Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Jairo Patino
"Island biogeography and dispersal. Exploring diversity patterns of bryophytes on oceanic islands"
Thursday, December 6, 2012,
5:00pm,
Pop Bio Seminar
3225 French Family Science Center
Suzanne McGaugh (Noor Lab) (Duke University)
"Population and ecological genomics in flies and wild vertebrates"
Friday, December 7, 2012,
1:25pm,
University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Jules Silverman, PhD (NCSU)
"Human-mediated selection for adaptive changes in food choice by cockroaches"
Friday, December 7, 2012,
4:00pm,
DCMB Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Ross Sozzani (Benfey lab)/ Rafaelo Galvao (Chen lab) (Duke University)
"SHR on the move: dynamics gained from fluorescent protein technologies/HEMERA: a key component mediating early phytochrome signaling in Arabidopsis"
Monday, December 10, 2012,
1:00pm,
Department of Biology Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Jim Mallet, Ph D, Distinguished Lecturer on Organismic and Evolutionary Biology (host: Mark Rausher) (Harvard University)
"TBA"
Friday, December 28, 2012,
1:00pm,
Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Dr. Mieke De Wit (University of Zusanne)
"Leaf responses and pathogen defense during competition for light."