Spring 2009 Seminars
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All Seminars will start at 3:30 PM, Room 307 in Science & Engineering Bldg. unless otherwise stated. Attendees are invited to an informal pre-talk reception at 3 PM in 568 Dabney Hall
| Date | Speaker | Institution | Title | Host |
| 16-Jan | Chunlei Su | Microbiology Dept.-UTK | Population genetics of the protozoan parasite Toxoplasma gondii | Gilchrist |
| 23-Jan | Alison Bennett | University of Wisconsin | Invasive plants and evolution in the arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal-plant mutualism | Classen |
| 26-Jan* | Kurt Anderson | University of California, Riverside | TBA | Gavrilets |
| 29-Jan ‡ | Robin Snyder | Case Western University | TBA | Gross |
| 30-Jan | James R. Kahn | Washington & Lee | Ecological knowledge and management of ecosystems: formation of economic incentives for the protection of biodiversity and other ecosystem services | Simberloff |
| 4-Feb* | Paul Armsworth | |||
| 13-Feb | TBA | |||
| 20-Feb | Chris Buddle | McGill University | TBA | Sackett |
| 27-Feb | Ben Normark | University of Massachusetts | Phylogeny and evolution of armored scale insects and their unusual genetic systems | Ubeda |
| 6-Mar | EEB Grad Students | EEB-UTK | ||
| 13-Mar | TBA | |||
| 20-Mar | Spring Break | |||
| 27-Mar | Greg Crutsinger | EEB-Dissertation Defense | Community and ecosystem consequences of genotypic diversity in goldenrod | - |
| 3-Apr | Rachel Goodman | EEB-Dissertation Defense | How does temperature shape phenotype in the lizard, Anolis carolinensis? | - |
| 10-Apr | Spring Recess | |||
| 17-Apr | Alison Bell | University of Illinois | Integrating causes and consequences of behavioral syndromes in threespined sticklebacks | Fitzpatrick |
| 24-Apr | Jason Hoeksema | University of Mississippi | TBA | Classen |
‡ This seminar will be at 1:00-2:00 PM, Room 511 in Buehler Hall. There will not be a pre-talk reception.