Seminar Series 2021-2022
Fall 2021
September 9
EEB town hall
Join your fellow EEB members to learn about the exciting initiatives to come during the upcoming year!
September 16
Novel mixed membership models applied to biodiversity data
Forest Resources and Conservation
University of Florida
Host: Kayla Davis
September 23
Remote sensing of genetics and mortality in aspen forests
Environmental Science, Policy, and Management
University of California, Berkeley
Hosts: Dan Turner and Will Wetzel
September 30
Evolution of insect cuticular hydrocarbons (CHCs) in environmental adaptation and reproductive isolation
Entomology
Michigan State University
Host: Ingo Braasch
October 7
Genomic basis of electric signal variation in African weakly electric fish
Mauricio Losilla
NOTABLE DISSERTATION LECTURE
Integrative Biology
Michigan State University
Advisor: Jason Gallant
October 14
Career exploration panel
Hastings Natural History Reservation
University of California, Berkeley
Host: Julie Jarvey
Career exploration panel
California Department of Water Resources
Host: Sara Hugentobler
October 21
The eco-evolutionary consequences of species interactions in birds: A mesoevolutionary approach
Bioscience
Durham University - United Kingdom
Hosts: Bruce Martin and Marjorie Weber
October 28
Climate adaptation, population genomics, and assisted gene flow in forest trees
Sally Aitken
SPARTAN EMINENT LECTURE
Forestry and Conservation Sciences
University of British Columbia
Hosts: Bob Week and Gideon Bradburd
November 4
Novelties of genome structure, function, and evolution illustrated by snakes
Biology
University of Texas at Arlington
Hosts: Andrew Thompson and Ingo Braasch
November 11
Ecological trajectories: Tools to address conflicting evidence in temporal ecology
Biological Sciences
Kent State University
Hosts: Wendy Leuenberger and Doug Landis
November 18
How does microbial evolution change in the context of community? Experimental evolution with horizontal gene transfer and multiple, co-evolving species
School of Biological Sciences
Monash University - Melbourne, Australia
Hosts: Minako Izutsu and Rich Lenski
December 2
Ecological genomics of plant invasions
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Arizona
Hosts: Brianna Foster and Marianna Szucs
December 9
EEB core faculty meeting
Faculty will recap the semester, discuss plans for spring, and learn about new initiatives.
Spring 2022
January 27
Putting ecological theory to work for conservation
Laura Dee
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Colorado
Host: Lars Brudvig
February 3
Cooperation, conflict, and social choices in capuchin monkeys
Marcella Benitez
Department of Anthropology
Emory University
Host: Elizabeth Tinsley Johnson
February 10
Restoration and repair of earth's damaged ecosystems
Holly Jones
Northern Illinois University
Host: Lars Brudvig
February 17
The fate and effects of microplastics in aquatic ecosystems
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Toronto
Hosts: Miranda Wade and Mariah Meek
February 24
Continent-wide forest regeneration: Dynamic communities to biogeographic change
James Clark
Environmental Science and Statistical Science
Duke University
Hosts: Jeff Doser and Sam Ayebare
March 3
March 17
Tropical forests: Studying biodiversity hotspots through the lens of functional traits
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Michigan
Hosts: Luke Zehr and Will Wetzel
March 24
From micro to macro, using observations, experiments and models to explore how ecosystems will respond to global change
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
University of Michigan
March 31
The impact of identity-by-descent on fitness and disease in dogs
Quantitative and Computational Biology
University of Southern California
Host: Emily Josephs
April 7
The genomic basis for fitness and ecomorphological variation in recovering populations of lake trout in the Great Lakes
Seth Smith
NOTABLE DISSERTATION LECTURE
Integrative Biology
Michigan State University
Advisor: Kim Scribner
April 14
It isn’t just what you say, but how you say it: Context dependent signaling between partners in the squid-vibrio symbiosis
Integrative Biology
Michigan State University
Host: Heather Eisthen
April 21
POSTPONED - Leveraging evolutionary trade-offs and phage selection pressures to reduce bacterial pathogenicity
Paul Turner
DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI LECTURE
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Yale University
Host: Rich Lenski
April 28
EEB Core Faculty Meeting
Faculty will recap the semester and discuss plans for the next academic year.