Seminars

Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 9:00am, Department of Biology
139 Bio Sci Bldg
Christopher Clark,PhD (Yale University)
"Chalk Talk"

Tuesday, February 14, 2012, 1:00pm, Behavioral, Population And Community Ecology Seminar
French Family Science- room 4219
Irene Liu, Nowicki lab (Duke University)
"Genetic diversity, sperm competition and the hunt for reproductive proteins in Agelaius blackbirds"

Wednesday, February 15, 2012, 12:00pm, NESCent Seminar
Suite A200, Erwin Mill Bldg.
Jennifer Verdolin, PhD, NESCent (Duke University)
"Using Community Detection to Construct Social Networks"

Thursday, February 16, 2012, 12:00pm, Systematics Seminar
144 Bio Sci Bldg
Steven Wu, PhD, Rodrigo lab (Duke University)
"Estimating evolutionary parameters using site-frequency spectra"

Thursday, February 16, 2012, 4:00pm, Evo Devo Seminar
French Family Science- room 4320
Horia Todor, Schmid Lab (Duke University)
"TBA"

Thursday, February 16, 2012, 5:00pm, Pop Bio Seminar
Nanaline Duke 147
Michael Nachman, PhD, Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (University of Arizona)
"The genetic basis of speciation in house mice"

Friday, February 17, 2012, 1:15pm, University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Hafiz Mahareli (University of Guelph)
"Phylogenies, functional trait evolution and community assembly: perspectives from plant-mycorrhizal interactions"

Friday, February 17, 2012, 3:00pm, Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Xiaoyu Zheng, Dong lab
"Dissection of the coronatine-signaling pathway that promotes Pseudomonas syringae virulence in plants"

Monday, February 20, 2012, 1:00pm, Department of Biology Seminar
French Science room 2231
Sheila Patek, PhD, Assistant Professor (University of Massachusetts at Amherst)
"Power plays in the evolution of fast movements"

Tuesday, February 21, 2012, 9:00am, Department of Biology
139 Bio Sci Bldg
Sheila Patek, PhD, Assistant Professor (University of Massachusetts at Amherst)
"Chalk Talk"

Thursday, February 23, 2012, 1:10pm, Department of Biology Seminar
Sociology Psych 139 (Zener Auditorium)
Emma Schachner, PhD (University of Utah)
"New insights into the evolution and development of the archosaurian respiratory system"

Friday, February 24, 2012, 9:00am, Department of Biology
139 Bio Sci Bldg
Emma Schachner, PhD (University of Utah)
"Chalk Talk"

Friday, February 24, 2012, 1:15pm, University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Alison Appling, Bernhardt and Jackson labs (Duke University)
"Biogeochemical exchanges between floodplains and their rivers: Implications for ecosystem function"

Friday, February 24, 2012, 3:00pm, Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Dana Schroeder, PhD, Assistant Professor (University of Manitoba, Canada)
"TBA"

Monday, February 27, 2012, 1:00pm, Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Allyson Hindle, PhD (University of Colorado)
"Environmental stressors and physiology: skeletal muscle preservation tactics in wild mammals"

Tuesday, February 28, 2012, 9:00am, Department of Biology
139 Bio Sci Bldg
Allyson Hindle, PhD (University of Colorado)
"Chalk Talk"

Thursday, March 1, 2012, 1:10pm, Department of Biology Seminar
Love Auditorium, B101 LSRC
Monica Daley, PhD (Royal Veterinary College)
"Life in rough terrain: Mechanical, neuromuscular and energetic factors in how animals move through terrestrial environments"

Friday, March 2, 2012, 9:00am, Department of Biology
139 Bio Sci
Monica Daley, PhD (Royal Veterinary College)
"Chalk Talk"

Friday, March 2, 2012, 1:15pm, University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Cynthia Riginos, PhD (University of Queensland)
"Reproductive strategies of reef fishes predict both within-species genetic differentiation and within-family species richness"

Friday, March 2, 2012, 3:00pm, Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Heidi Cederholm, Benfey lab (Duke University)
"TBA"

Monday, March 5, 2012, 3:00pm, Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar-Special Talk
2237 French Family Science Center
Akira Iwase, Keiko Sugimoto lab (Riken, Japan)
"TBA"

Monday, March 5, 2012, 4:00pm, Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Douglas Futuyma, host: Carrie Wessinger
"TBA"

Friday, March 9, 2012, 3:00pm, Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Rodolfo Zentalla, PhD, Sun lab (Duke University)
"TBA"

Monday, March 12, 2012, 1:00pm, Department of Biology Seminar
French Science room 2231
Kenneth Catania, PhD, Professor of Biological Sciences (Vanderbilt University)
"TBA"

Friday, March 16, 2012, 1:15pm, University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Ray Callaway (Montana)
"TBA"

Friday, March 16, 2012, 3:00pm, Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Zhengqing Fu, PhD, Dong lab (Duke University)
"TBA"

Monday, March 19, 2012, 4:00pm, Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Corbin Jones, host Pelin Volkan
"TBA"

Friday, March 23, 2012, 1:15pm, University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Nicolas Cassar/Julia Kornegay, NCSU (Duke University/ NCSU)
"Multiple constraints on net community production and its regulating factors in the Southern Ocean"/" TBA"

Friday, March 23, 2012, 3:00pm, Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Benjamin Byeon, Pei lab (Duke University)
"TBA"

Monday, March 26, 2012, 1:00pm, Department of Biology Seminar-CSB/CBB Joint seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Alexander van Oudenaarden, PhD, Professor of Physics, Professor of Biology (MIT)
"TBA"

Friday, March 30, 2012, 3:00pm, Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Terri Long, PhD, NCSU (Duke University)
"TBA"

Monday, April 2, 2012, 1:00pm, Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Trudy MacKay, PhD, Professor of Genetics (North Carolina State University)
"TBA"

Friday, April 6, 2012, 1:15pm, University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Nancy Grimm (Arizona State University)
"TBA"

Friday, April 6, 2012, 3:00pm, Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Shunping Yan, PhD, Dong lab (Duke University)
"TBA"

Monday, April 9, 2012, 1:00pm, Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Chentao Lin, PhD, Professor, Department of Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology (UCLA)
"TBA"

Friday, April 13, 2012, 1:15pm, University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Martin Doyle, PhD, (Duke University)
"Turning rivers into commodities for regulated markets: From colonial grist mills to the TVA to carbon emissions"

Friday, April 13, 2012, 3:00pm, Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Meina Li, PhD, Chen lab (Duke University)
"TBA"

Monday, April 16, 2012, 4:00pm, Department of Biology Seminar
French Science Auditorium 2231
Harry Greene, host: Susan Alberts
"TBA"

Friday, April 20, 2012, 1:15pm, University Program In Ecology Seminar
French Science Conference Rm 2237
Helen Hsu-Kim, Duke Engineering
"TBA"

Friday, April 20, 2012, 3:00pm, Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Wenjing Zhang, PhD, Kieber lab (University of NC-Chapel Hill)
"TBA"

Friday, April 27, 2012, 3:00pm, Duke Plant Biology Forum Seminar
2237 French Family Science Center
Anjali Lyer-Pascuzzi, PhD,Benfey lab (Duke University)
"TBA"

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