Zoology and Physiology

College of Agriculture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources

Fall 2014 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.
2014 Fall Seminars
SEPTEMBER
12 Dr. Ed Scholes, Video Collections Curator, Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Title: Video analysis, specimen imaging and 3D modeling: New perspectives on courtship displays in a bird-of paradise
Host: Brian Barber/Biodiversity Institute
18 PiE invited speaker, Thursday at 4:10 pm in 138 BC: Dr. Bruce Patterson
Title: Sporadic isolation: the evolution of South American mammals
Host: Anne-Marie Hodge
26 Dr. Stephen Secor
Title: Integrative Evolution of the Digestive Physiology of Snakes
Host: Michael Dillon
OCTOBER
3 Dr. Kathy Parker, University of Northern British Columbia
Title: Big predators on an ungulate landscape
Host: Kevin Monteith
9 Clarke Lecture: Dr. Nelson Hairston, Jr., Cornell University
Title: Taking it easy in the fast lane: prolonged dormancy meets rapid evolution in the plankton
Host: Amy Krist
10 Dr. Nelson Hairston, Jr., Cornell University
Title: Eco-evolutionary dynamics in models, bottles, and nature
Host: Amy Krist
17 Dr. Kevin Monteith
Title: Fat and furious: consequences of a conservative life history in long-lived herbivores
Host: Matt Kauffman
24 Dr. Dr. Michael Dillon
Title: Big, hot, high-flying bugs: how physiology informs ecology
Host: Donal Skinner
31 Dr. Travis Brown, School of Pharmacy, UW
Title: The golden arches ruined my diet and changed my brain
Host: Bill Flynn
NOVEMBER
7 Dr. Chris Myrick, CSU
Title: Managing Ecological Connectivity on the Fisheries/Engineering Interface: The Ongoing Evolution of Fish Passage
& Barrier Research at CSU
Host: Annika Walters
14 Dr. Jake Goheen
Title: Megaherbivory and plant-defensive landscapes in savanna ecosystems
Host: Donal Skinner
21 Dr. Anna Chalfoun
Title: T&P seminar
Host: Donal Skinner
DECEMBER
5 Dr. Sacha Vignieri, Science Magazine
Title:
Host: Michael Dillon
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Department of Zoology and Physiology

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Aven Nelson, room 114

Laramie, WY 82071

Phone: 307-766-4207

Fax: 307-766-5625

Email: zprequest@uwyo.edu

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