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
Seminar Title: "Cold-blooded killers: Eco-evolutionary dynamics of infectious diseases in ectothermic vertebrates" Speaker: Anna Savage, Ph.D., Amphibian immunogenomics ǀ University of Central Florida Date/Time Tuesday, June 16, 2020 ● 3:30pm Location: Join URL: https://ufl.zoom.us/j/93706605135 Host: Ana Longo ǀ Department of Biology Email: ana.longo@ufl.edu
Seminar Title: "Drivers of genetic diversity in regions of low recombination" Speaker: Kimberly Gilbert, Ph.D., Population genetics ǀ University of Lausanne Date/Time Tuesday, June 30, 2020 ● 3:30pm Location: Join URL: https://ufl.zoom.us/j/99984661964 Host: Charles Baer ǀ Department of Biology Email: cbaer@ufl.edu
Seminar Title: "A pair of glucose-sensing neurons regulate glucose homeostasis by coordinating the release of insulin and glucagon in Drosophila" Speaker: Yangkyun Oh, Ph.D., Neurobiology and Endocrinology in Drosophila ǀ New York University Date/Time Tuesday, July 21, 2020 ● 3:30pm Location: Join URL: https://ufl.zoom.us/j/94495540100 Host: Hua Yan ǀ Department of Biology Email: …
Seminar Title: "How does interspecific host competition alter the amplification and dilution of disease?" Speaker: Michael Cortez, Ph.D., Ecology, evolution and epidemiology ǀ Florida State University Date/Time Tuesday, June 28, 2020 ● 3:30pm Location: Join URL: https://ufl.zoom.us/j/99522051576 Host: Bob Holt ǀ Department of Biology Email: rdholt@ufl.edu
Seminar Title: Promotion Seminar Speaker: José Miguel Ponciano Date/Time: Tuesday, September 1st, 2020 ♦ 3:30 PM Location: Join URL: https://ufl.zoom.us/j/99038759966 Host: Robert Holt, Ecologist & Eminent Scholar Email: rdholt@ufl.edu