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Student Colloquia
The EEB Grad Group (EGG) organizes a bi-weekly colloquium at noon every other Wednesday during the academic year. Students and postdocs are invited to present their in-progress work, where they can receive feedback on their research in a supportive environment. Colloquia also provides an opportunity for students to grab lunch and socialize with friends and colleagues.
Colloquia are planned in-person unless listed otherwise. We will closely monitor the COVID-19 situation.
Questions can be directed to the committee co-chairs: Emily Conway and Vincent Pan.
Spring 2023
January 18
Life on the edge: Lessons from resurrection plants
Rose Marks
PostDoc, Van Buren Lab
Plant and Soil Science
February 1
New approaches for modeling variation in rates of trait evolution
Bruce Martin
PhD candidate, Weber lab
Department of Plant Biology
February 15
Graduate student accessibility and support network: An introduction to MSU's first organization for all chronically-ill, disabled, and neurodivergent grad students
Brooke Jeffery
PhD candidate, Ganz and Braasch lab
Integrative Biology
March 1
Maximizing the sustainability of organic farming systems
Olivia Smith
PostDoc, Lindell Lab
Integrative Biology
March 15
Legacy effects of long-term agricultural management on ground beetle communities
Cynthia Fiser
PhD Candidate, Landis Lab
Entomology
AND
Brain shape evolution in the carnivoran family Mustelidae
Ani Hristova
PhD Candidate, Lundrigan Lab
Integrative Biology
March 29
Estimating long-term species and community trends of butterflies in the Midwestern United States
Wendy Leuenberger
PhD Candidate, Zipkin Lab
Integrative Biology
and
Andrew Eagar
PostDoc, Blackwood Lab
Plant Biology
April 12
Soil bacterial community responses to climate warming and drought
Moriah Young
PhD Candidate, Zarnetske Lab
Integrative Biology
AND
Patterns of Plant Biodiversity in Ecuador
Hazel Anderson
PhD Candidate, Zarnetske Lab
Integrative Biology
April 26
Effect of growth mindset messaging on students' confidence and achievement
Riley Pizza
PhD Candidate, Brudvig Lab
Plant Biology
AND
Conservation genomics of Salmonids
Ben Kline
PhD Candidate, Meek Lab
Integrative Biology
Fall 2022
September 14
EEB careers outside of academia: Getting in with USFWS and the Directorate Fellowship Program
Sara Hugentobler
PhD Candidate
Integrative Biology
September 28
Where should they come from? Where should they go? Several measures of seed source locality fail to predict plant establishment in early prairie restorations
Riley Pizza
PhD Candidate
Plant Biology
October 12
A tale of two tales: The role of hox genes in vertebrate caudal region evolution
Olivia Fitch
PhD Candidate
Braasch Lab
October 26
Regulation of plant responses to heat stress and mult-herbivore attack in a tritrophic agroecosystem
Nayeli Carvajal
PostDoc Wetzel Lab
Entomology
November 9
Uncovering the effects of flash drought during embryonic development in a freshwater turtle
Ayley Shortridge
PhD Candidate
Integrative Biology
December 7
Tail-less Sperm and Hairy Eggs: Investigating the Reproductive Biology of Mormyroid Fishes
Alyssa Saunders
PhD Candidate
Integrative Biology
The interplay of genetic drift and selection of genetic drift in evolutionary constraint
Sophie Buysse
PhD Candidate
Plant Biology