Biology

Title: "The implications of environmental variability and food web structure for species coexistence" Speaker:  Lauren Shoemaker Date/Time:  Tuesday, October 13th, 2020 Join URL:  https://ufl.zoom.us/j/94314519751 Host:  Mathew Leibold | Professor, Preeminent Scholar & Graduate Coordinator Email:  mleibold@ufl.edu

Speaker:  Leslie Kollar Date:  Thursday, October 15, 2020 Time: 3:30pm Zoom link: https://ufl.zoom.us/j/96875341421?pwd=SXdBTEZpQkVmbEdFaUZFS2daS0wzUT09 Meeting passcode: 10152020  

Title: Artificial Intelligence in Biology Lightning Talks ***If you do not receive the weekly seminar reminders, please contact Matt Gitzendanner for the passcode at magitz@ufl.edu. Speakers: Charlie Baer, Elizabeth Webb, Jeremy Lichstein, John Park, Jimmy Liao; Pam Soltis, Rob Guralnick and Brian Stucky Topics (ranging from): Population Genomics, fish behavior, analyzing images for biodiversity studies, …

Title: "Collapsing under pressure: cellular traits for root drought tolerance” Speaker:  Megan Bartlett Date/Time:  Tuesday, October 27th, 2020 Join URL:  https://ufl.zoom.us/j/99489738203 Host:  Grace John | Assistant Professor Email:  gracejohn@ufl.edu

Title:  "Lipid Signaling: Unraveling molecular interconnections between lipid metabolism and circadian clock" Speaker:  Sam Wang Date/Time: Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020 ♦ 3:30 PM Join URL: https://ufl.zoom.us/j/94543754891 Host: Sixue Chen | Professor & Director of Proteomics Facility Email: shcen@ufl.edu

Title: Natural History Collections: Infrastructure and Resources for 21st Century Science Speaker: Pam Soltis Date/Time: Tuesday, November 10th, 2020 Join URL: https://ufl.zoom.us/j/93013543349 Host: Marta Wayne | Professor & Department Chair Email: mlwayne@ufl.edu

Title: The giant panda- unmasking an enigma Speaker: Vanessa Hull Date/Time: Tuesday, November 17th, 2020 Join URL: https://ufl.zoom.us/j/96526019608 Host: Hannah Vander Zanden | Assistant Professor Email: hvz@ufl.edu

Title:  "Through the genomics looking glass: interactions between amphibians and pathogenic chytrid fungi" Speaker:   Maria Torres Sanchez Date/Time:   Tuesday, December 1st, 2020 ♦ 3:30 PM Join URL:   https://ufl.zoom.us/j/97385966999 Host:   Ana V. Longo | Assistant Professor Email:  ana.longo@ufl.edu

Title: Fibropapillomatosis: Employing genomics to help tackle a global juvenile sea turtle cancer epidemic Speaker: David Duffy Date/Time: Thursday, December 3rd, 2020 Join URL: https://ufl.zoom.us/j/98801517182 Host: Mark Martindale | Director of the Whitney Laboratory Email: mqmartin@whitney.ufl.edu