Fall 2009 Seminar Schedule
All Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior seminars are at 4:00 p.m. in 335 Borlaug Hall on Wednesdays, unless otherwise stated. Coffee and cookies are served outside of room 100 Ecology preceding each seminar.
| Sept 16 |
EEB Fall Retreat, 4:30 - 8:00 p.m., Cargill Building Atrium, St. Paul Campus. |
| Sept 23 |
Dr. Mark Borrello Dept. of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior and History of Science, University of Minnesota. Title: " Obviously Five Believers: The contentious history of group selection theory"
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| Sept 30 |
Dr. Jeannine Cavender-Bares Dept. of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota. "Adventures outside the Hobbit Hole" |
| Oct 7 |
Dr. Valeria Souza Dept. of Ecologi Evolutiva, Instituto de Ecologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. Host: Michael Travisano |
| Oct 14 |
Dr. Brad Davis, Dept. of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota. "Compensatory mutations: Biology, implications, and consequences" |
| Oct 21 |
Dr. Monica Turner Dept. of Zoology, University of Wisconsin, Madison "Disturbance, heterogeneity and ecosystem processes in the Yellowstone landscape". Host: Sarah Hobbie |
| Oct 28 |
Dr. Tony Long Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California, Irvine. Prospects for the Routine Dissection of Complex Traits
Host: Ruth Shaw |
| Nov 4 |
Dr. David Tilman Dept. of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, University of Minnesota. Title: "Competitive Coexistence and the Evolutionarily Universal Tradeoff Surface Hypothesis" |
| Nov 11 |
Dr. Pedro Peres-Neto Dept. of Biological Sciences, University of Quebec, Montreal. Host: Jeannine Cavender-Bares. |
| Nov 18 |
Dr. Kenneth Waters Dept. of Philosophy, University of Minnesota. Host: Mark Borrello. |
| Dec 2 |
Dr. Stephen Keller, Plant Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota. Title: The evolution of local adaptation following periods of rapid environmental change Host: Peter Tiffin |
| Dec 9 |
Dr. Joan Strassmann Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Rice University. Title: "Social evolution and behavior in the microbe* /Dictyostelium discoideum". Host: Mike Travisano. |
| Dec 16 |
Dr. Matt Liebold Integrative Biology, University of Texas, Austin. Host: Jeannine Cavender-Bares. |
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