Colloquium SPRING 2008
Tuesdays 12:00 - 1:00pm, Darwin 103
| Date | Host | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| January 29 | Dr. Hall Cushman, SSU Biology Dept., Introductory Meeting | |
| February 5 | Geist | Dr. Christina Sloop, Research Director, Laguna Foundation, The Laguna Watershed Science Program: A Collaborative and Integrative Approach to Conservation Management and Restoration |
| February 12 | Christmann | Dr. John Harada, Section of Plant Biology, College of Biological Sciences, UC Davis, Dissection of Arabidopsis Seed Development - Profiles of RNA Populations |
| February 19 | Girman | Dr. Jaime Jahncke, Point Reyes Bird Observatory, Seabird Response to Climat Variability at Multiple Time-Scales |
| February 26 | Cushman | Dr. Heather Watts, Department of Biology, SSU, Living with Lions: Interspecific Competition in the Lives of Spotted Hyenas |
| March 4 | Early/Rank | Dr. Arthur M. Shapiro, Section of Ecology & Evolution, UC Davis, Old Wine, New Bottles: Native Butterflies in the Anthropic Landscape |
| March 11 | Cushman | Dr. Greg Spicer, Dept. of Biology, San Francisco State University, Cospeciation of Nasal and Quill Mite Parasites with their Bird Hosts |
| March 18 | Cushman | Dr. Christopher N. Janousek, Department of Plant Pathology, UC Davis, Effective Size Statistics in Ecology |
| March 25 | Spring break - no class | |
| April 1 | Pillai | Dr. Amro Hamdoun, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Developmental Defenses: How Embryos Succeed and Why they Fail |
| April 8 | Saunders/Cushman | Dr. Carlos Davidson, Environmental Studies Program San Francisco State University, Why are Global Population Declines Concentrated n Mountains? |
| April 15 | Cohen | Dr. Andrea K. White, Department of Biological Sciences, CSU Chico, Microbial Metabolism of Reduced Phosphorus Compounds |
| April 22 | Girman | Dr. Carolina Pickens, Department of Biology, SSU, Population Genetic Structure of the Western Gull Along the Pacific Coast of North America |
| April 29 | Crocker | Dr. Graham Peers, UC Berkeley, title tba |
| May 6 | Cushman | Dr. Stuart B. Weiss, Creekside Center for Earth Observation, Smog is Slow Release Fertilizer: Implications of Atmospheric N-Deposition for California Biodiversity |
| May 13 | Cohen | Dr. David Yong, Director of Public Health Lab Services, Sonoma and Mendocino Counties, The LRN Reference Lab - Public Health Preparedness |