Fall 2007 Schedule

Aug. 23

Orientation for students taking BIO 411 - No Seminar

Aug. 30

Dr. Jennifer Rudgers
Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Rice University

Small fungi with big impacts: Community-level consequences of mutualisms between fungal endophytes and grasses.

Hargrave

Sep. 6

Various SHSU Faculty
Dept. of Biological Sciences; Sam Houston State University

Do you want to do biology research? A show-case of the active research programs in our department seeking student assistants.

Sep. 13

Dr. Ricky Cothran
Dept. of Zoology; University of Oklahoma

The evolution of mating biases in a freshwater amphipod species complex.

Deaton

Sep. 20

Dr. Alex Flecker
Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; Cornell University

Migratory fishes as functional linkages across tropical Andean landscapes.

Hargrave

Sep. 27

Dr. Danielle Garsin
Grad. School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston; University of Texas

The role of insulin signaling in C. elegans innate immunity.

Primm

Oct. 4

Dr. Steve Churchill
Dept. of Biological Anthropology and Anatomy; Duke University

The mean streets of Ice Age Europe - Carnivore ecology and the demise of the Neandertals.

Lewis

Oct. 11

Dr. Mark Mort
Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology; University of Kansas

Diversification of Crassulaceae: Unraveling the botanical equivalent to Darwin's finches.

Randle

Oct. 18

Kerri Snyder
Environmental Sciences Section Manager; HDR Engineering, Inc.

Environmental Consulting: An Alternative Career Path for Biologists.

Hargrave

Oct. 25

Dr. Caitlin Gabor
Dept. of Biology; Texas State University-San Marcos

Evolutionary maintenance of a unisexual-bisexual species complex of mollies.

Deaton

Nov. 1

Dr. James Easton
University of Oklahoma Biological Station; University of Oklahoma

Golden Algae invades Oklahoman waters: Monitoring and toxicology of Golden Algae (Prymnesium parvum) in Lake Texoma.

Hargrave

Nov. 8

Dr. Stephen Ash Bullard
Gulf Coast Research Laboratory; University of Southern Mississippi

Fishes according to parasites- what do blood flukes tell us about the evolution of vertebrates?

T. Cook

Nov. 15

Dr. Jerry Cook
National Science Foundation and Dept. of Biological Sciences; Sam Houston State University

Mysteries and New Insight on the Insect Order Strepsiptera.

Lutterschmidt

Nov. 22

Thanksgiving Break - No Seminar

Nov. 29

Dr. Chris Bell
Dept. of Geological Sciences; University of Texas

Applications of phylogenetics to Quaternary vertebrate paleontology: Linking paleontological and neotological approaches to vertebrate diversity and faunal dynamics.

SHSU
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