Zoology and Physiology

College of Agriculture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources

Spring 2017 Seminar Schedule

  • Seminars are on Fridays at 12:10 pm in the Berry Center Rm 138 unless noted otherwise.
  • Informal receptions for speakers precede seminars at 11:45 am in the Berry Center.
2017 Spring Seminars
FEBRUARY
3 No seminar
10 Dr. Daniel Bolnick, University of Texas, Austin
Title: Honey, I shrunk the tapeworms!
Host: PiE Students; Cody Porter
17 PiE Symposium
24 No seminar
MARCH
3 Dr. Scott Taylor, CU Boulder
Title: Insights from avian hybrid zones into the origin and maintenance of biodiversity
Host: Matt Carling
9 Thursday, 11:00 – 11:50 am, 219 Classroom Bldg
Dr. Erik Beever, USGS, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center
Title: The plot thickens: moving beyond generalizations to an understanding of mechanisms underlying species responses to contemporary climate
Host: Embere Hall & Anna Chalfoun
24 Dr. Patrice Kurnath, University of Utah
Title: A tale of temperature & toxins: Investigating temperature-dependent toxicity in mammalian herbivores
Host: Annika Walters
31 Dr. Kevin Oh, Colorado State University
Title: Genomic insights into neutral and adaptive variation in sage-grouse: implications for ecology and conservation
Host: Matt Carling
APRIL
6 Thursday, 6 pm (reception starts at 5 pm), Arts & Sciences Auditorium
L. Floyd Clarke lecture: Dr. Neil Shubin, University of Chicago
Title: Your INNER FISH: A Journey into the 3.5 Billion-year History of the Human Body
Host: Matt Carling
7 Dr. Neil Shubin, University of Chicago
Title: Your INNER FISH: A Journey into the 3.5 Billion-year History of the Human Body
Host: Matt Carling
14 Tricia O’Connor, Forest Supervisor, Bridger-Teton National Forest
Title: From SE Alaska to Wyoming, challenges and opportunities in the management of a National Forest
Host: Merav Ben-David
21 No seminar
28 Dr. Chad Brock, Department of Botany, UW
Title: One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish: Detecting pattern and process of multi-scale variation in male nuptial color in the threespine stickleback
Host: Craig Benkman
Contact Us

Department of Zoology and Physiology

1000 E. University Ave

Aven Nelson, room 114

Laramie, WY 82071

Phone: 307-766-4207

Fax: 307-766-5625

Email: zprequest@uwyo.edu

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