Drilling in the History of Amazon Climate and Life: Integrating Geosciences and Phylogenetics to Study the Cenozoic Evolution of Tropical South America
Halbouty Geosciences Building, 101Dept. of Geology & Geophysics Seminar Presented by Dr. Paul Baker, Professor of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University For the past several years, Dr. Baker has been pursuing the goal of understanding climate change on time-scales from decades to millions of years. He is particularly interested in what forces natural […]
We’re not in Kansas anymore: Improving ecological niche models by filtering in environmental space
WFES 407WFSC Graduate Friday Noon Seminar Series Presented by Adrian Castellanos
Behind the eyes of a leech. How simple eyes encode complex image features that inform behavior
Biological Sciences Bldg East, Room 115Dept. of Biology Seminar Presented by Dr. John Jellies, Department of Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University Abstract: Using light to extract information about environments is widespread and beneficial for survival. Almost all animals have evolved specialized sensory capabilities to detect light and inform adaptive behaviors. Indeed, it has been estimated that eyes have evolved independently […]
Ants, Plants, and Bacteria: Symbiosis as a Driver of Evolutionary Diversification
Heep Center, Room 103Co-hosted EEB and Dept. of Entomology Seminar Presented by Dr. Corrie Moreau, Field Museum of Natural History and the University of Chicago From her website: In the Moreau Lab we address questions of the origin, evolutionary history, and ecology of species and species interactions, and in particular, how these factors may influence patterns of diversification using molecular […]
Evolution and reproductive isolation in hybrid populations
410 Rudder TowerCo-hosted EEB and Dept. of Biology Seminar Presented by Molly Schumer, (Fall 2019) Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, Stanford University