Presentation: "The man-made pandemic of 2020" Speaker: Ilaria Capua, Professor & Director, One Health Center of Excellence, ǀ UF Host: Marta Wayne, Professor and Chair |Department of Biology, Email: mlwayne@.ufl.edu
Presentation: "Imprinting, speciation and local adaptation" Host: Jamie Gillooly, Associate Professor| Department of Biology, Email: gillooly@.ufl.edu
Presentation: "Microbial seed banks: ecological and evolutionary implications of dormancy", Host: Christopher Dutton, Ph.D. | Department of Biology, Email: duttonc@ufl.edu
Presentation: "Human Brain Evolution, DNA Methylation and Neuropsychiatric Diseases" Host: Marta Wayne, Chair & Professor | Department of Biology, Email: mlwayne@.ufl.edu
Presentation: "Title to be announced" Host: Marta Wayne, Chair & Professor | Department of Biology, Email: mlwayne@.ufl.edu
Seminar Title: “Tiny plant nation: linking duckweed biogeography and coexistence with mechanistic niche models” Speaker: Dave Armitage, Ph.D., Department of Biosciences ǀ Rice University Date/Time Tuesday, May 12, 2020 ● 3:30pm Location: Join URL: https://ufl.zoom.us/j/92488215187 Host: Mathew Leibold, Professor & Preeminent Scholar ǀ Department of Biology Email: mleibold@ufl.edu
Seminar Title: "Immune system optimization in a variable world" Speaker: Ann Tate, Ph.D., Infection and Immunity in Insects ǀ University of Vanderbilt Date/Time Tuesday, May 19, 2020 ● 3:30pm Location: Join URL: TBD Host: Andrea Gonzalez-Gonzalezǀ Department of Biology Email: andrea.gonzale@ufl.edu
Seminar Title: "Feather mites: their intimate relationships with hosts and each other" Speaker: Heather Proctor, Ph.D., Acarology ǀ University of Alberta Date/Time: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 ● 3:30pm Join URL: https://ufl.zoom.us/j/93398159706 Host: Emily Durkin ǀ Department of Biology Email: edurkin@ufl.edu
Seminar Title: "Silk innovation and variation: CRISPR-based genetics informs biology and material sciences" Speaker: Caroline Storer, Ph.D., Kawahara Lab and Florida Museum's McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiversity ǀ University of Florida Date/Time Tuesday, June 2, 2020 ● 3:30pm Location: Join URL: https://ufl.zoom.us/j/92380310290 Host: Stuart McDaniel ǀ Department of Biology Email: …
Seminar Title: "Unraveling the Vine: A Multiscale Approach to Studying Plant Movement" Speaker: Joyce Chery, Ph.D., Developmental Anatomy of Lianas ǀ Cornell University Date/Time Tuesday, June 9, 2020 ● 3:30pm Location: Join URL: https://ufl.zoom.us/j/95695732622 Host: Cody Coyotee Howard ǀ Department of Biology