2018-2019 Seminars in Ecology and Evolution
Seminars in Ecology and Evolution meet at 4:00 p.m. on Fridays (unless otherwise noted below), in room 1024 King Life Sciences Building on the FSU campus in Tallahassee, Florida. They are open to the public.
Fall Series
- September 7: Dr. Sven Kranz, Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Florida State University
The light and dark side of red tides: a physiological perspective on how cellular photosynthesis and carbon acquisition can lead to sustained blooms of Karenia brevis
Host: Dr. Daniel Okamoto - September 14: Dr. P. Dee Boersma, Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Increasing the population of penguins on the equator
Host: Dr. Daniel Okamoto - September 21: Tom Small, Ph.D., Archbold Biological Station, Venus, FL
'Stress' and success: stress-response phenotypes influence 'personality', lifespan, and reproductive success in free-living Florida scrub jays
Host: Drs. Blake Jones and Emily duVal - September 28: Samantha Dietz, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University
TBA
Host: Dr. Emily H. duVal - October 5: Dr. Kevin Robertson, Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy, Tallahassee, FL
Disturbance and succession in southeastern pine savannas: applying old concepts to new paradigms
Host: Dr. Daniel Okamoto - October 19: Dr. Mathew Leibold, Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Evolution in metacommunities
Host: Dr. Thomas E. Miller - October 26: Dr. Timothy J. Colston, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University
TBA
Host: Dr. Darren R. Rokyta - November 2: Kate Hill, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University
Spatiotemporal variation and community dynamics of mesofauna associated with the Caribbean fire sponge
Host: Dr. Janie Wulff - November 9: Dr. Janneke Hille Ris Lambers, Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Forest community assembly with climate change
Host: Dr. Brian D. Inouye - November 16: Dr. Rebecca Fuller, Department of Animal Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
Speciation, ecological selection, and reinforcement: a tale of many fish
Host: Dr. Dr. Kimberley A. Hughes - November 23:
Thanksgiving holiday, no seminar
Host: To be announced - November 30: Dr. Patrick Phillips, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Ghosts of migration past: genomics, divergence and the experimental evolution of complex traits
Host: Dr. Scott J. Steppan - December 7: Dr. Robert Spencer, Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, Florida State University
Molecular signatures of the Anthropocene
Host: Dr. Daniel Okamoto
Spring Series
- January 18: Dr. Matthew Holding, Florida State University
Adaptive variation in viper venom and the venom delivery systemsSpanning the scales of biodiversity
Host: To be announced - January 25: Dr. Mitchell Daniel, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University
Behavioral consequences and proximate mechanisms of kin recognition in the guppy
Host: To be announced - February 1: Dr. Joel McGlothlin, Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
Indirect genetic effects and the evolution of behavior in social network
Host: Elizabeth Lange - February 8: Dr. Thomas Sawicki, Department of Biology, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
New species discoveries from the Florida aquifer
Host: Dr. Daniel Okamoto - February 15: Prof. Peter Hamback, Stockholm University, Sweden
Host-parasitoid coevolution in a spatial context, affecting host immune systems, parasitoid virulence and host finding
Host: Dr. Brian Inouye - March 1: Dr. Peter Beerli, Department of Scientific Computing, Florida State University
Population divergence time estimation using individual lineage label switching
Host: Dr. Daniel Okamoto - March 8: Dr. Eric Rowell, Tall Timbers Research Station and Land Conservancy, Tallahassee, FL
3D forests: rethinking the way we look at fuels and forests
Host: Dr. Daniel Okamoto - March 15: Dr. Amber Makowicz, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida State University
Epigenetic effects of chronic predatory stress
Host: Dr. Kimberly Hughes - March 29: Dr. Oscar Ospina, Department of Biological Science, Florida State University
Dissecting speciation by reinforcement in chorus frogs
Host: Dr. Emily Lemmon - April 5: Dr. Richard Long, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
Xenobiotics: Impacts on aquatic microbes and their ecosystem services
Host: Dr. Daniel Okamoto - April 12: Dr. Somayeh Mashayekh, Department of Scientific Computing, Florida State University
The fractional coalescent
Host: Dr. Daniel Okamoto - April 19: Dr. Gema Hernan, Florida State University
Defense strategies against herbivory in seagrasses
Host: Dr. Andrew Rassweiler - April 26: Dr. C. Nick Keiser, Department of biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Disentangling host behavior and social context in disease ecology: from individuals to populations
Host: Dr. Timothy Colston