Student Colloquia 2024-2025
Fall 2025
September 17
Welcome to EEB
Bruna Rodrigues do Amaral & Jana Woerner
October 1
Gene Expression and Chromatin Accessibility Across the Development of ‘Living Fossil’ Fishes
Tony Zhou
October 15
Viruses on the Move: Exploring the Dynamics of Plant and Water Viral Communities in a Complex Ecosystem
Lana Vogrinec
Predicting Harmful Cyanobacteria Blooms In Lakes Of The Conterminous US
Kendall Ash
October 29
Virus infection unexpectedly results in switchgrass surviving at least as well as uninfected switchgrass during establishment with dominant competitors
Katrina Culbertson
November 12
Urbanization vs. urban farms: pest and natural enemy responses
Cynthia Fiser
December 10
Examining genomic variation underlying splake introgression in native brook trout and lake trout
Ben Kline
Getting by with a little help from their friends: Exploring the symbiosis between oak trees and their mycorrhizal symbionts in a tropical montane cloud forest
Sara Moledor
Spring 2026
February 11
Morgan's Canon(s) and the principle(s) of parsimony
Jonah Branding
February 25
Lake Superior lake trout population genetics
Emily Bardwell-Patino
March 11
Reintroduced bison and small mammals influence plant community structure and biomass in a restored prairie
Marissa Zaricor
March 25
Canceled
April 8
Communicating research, part 1: Why we struggle; recognizing the expert blind spot
Robin Smith
April 22
Investment in social relationships drives movement patterns in societies with high fission-fusion dynamics
Jana Woerner
Prescribed fires control soil biota and oak seedling growth in restored oak savannas
Narda J Trivino Silva