All seminars are at 4:00 p.m. in Park 229.
MANGROVES MARCHING NORTHWARD: UNDERSTANDING THE IMPLICATIONS OF SPECIES SHIFTS FOR COASTAL ECOSYSTEM SERVICES
Monday, February 27, 2012 at 4:00 p.m.
Lars Dietrich, Ph.D.
Columbia University
title: How to Prevent Suffocation in a Biofilm
http://www.dietrichlab.com/BioShapes/DietrichLab.html
Monday, March 19, 2012 at 4:00 p.m.
Celeste Simon, Ph.D.
HHMI, Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute
and the University of Pennsylvania
title: HIFs, Stem Cells and Tumor Progression
http://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g20000220/p6001
Monday, April 9, 2012 at 4:00 p.m.
Amy Vollmer, Ph.D.
Swarthmore College
title: Bacterial Stress Response: Basic Science and Environmental Applications
http://www.swarthmore.edu/NatSci/avollme1/research/index.html
Monday, September 26, 2011 at 4:00 p.m.
Joshua A. Shapiro, Ph.D.
Princeton University and Bryn Mawr College
“Little worm, big broom: Chromosome-scale selective sweeps in C. elegans”
http://www.princeton.edu/eeb/people/display_person.xml?netid=jshapir&display=Postdoctoral
Monday, October 17, 2011 at 4:00 p.m.
Erik Zettler, Ph.D.
Sea Education Association, Woods Hole, MA
“Marine Debris and Ocean Ecosystems: Scientific Insights from Student Research Projects”
http://www.sea.edu/academics/faculty_detail/dr._erik_zettler
Monday, November 7, 2011 at 4:00 p.m.
Jon Wilson, Ph.D.
Haverford College
“Ecological and Evolutionary Insights from the Study of Fossil Plants”
http://www.haverford.edu/news/stories/46571/24
November 2011
Ecologist candidate seminars
TBA
All seminars are in Park 229. Refreshments will be served before the lecture.
All are welcome.
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