Zoology and Physiology

College of Agriculture, Life Sciences and Natural Resources

 

Fall 2019 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.
 
SEPTEMBER
6 Dr. Carlos Martinez del Rio
Title: Guts and sugar: a tale in five convergences
Host: Merav Ben-David
13 No seminar
20 Dr. Diana Wall, CSU
Title: Soil life and climate change: lessons from cold Antarctic to hot deserts
Host: PiE students, Elizabeth Traver
27 Dr. Michal Zeitzov-Raz & Merav Ben-David
Title: Biological control - at what cost?  Barn owls prey on rare and endangered rodents in the northwestern Negev, Israel
Host: Merav Ben-David
OCTOBER
4 Dr. Danielle Bruns, Department of Kinesiology & Health, Univ Wyoming
Title: High altitude (patho)physiology: cardiovascular, pulmonary, and muscle adaptations to chronic hypoxia
Host: Michael Dillon & Carlos Martinez del Rio
11 Dr. Virginia Schutte, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium
Title: How science communication can advance your career
Host: Bethann Merkle
18 Dr. Sam Cushman, USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station
Title: Optimizing scale dependent model selection for predicting animal movement
Host: Joe Holbrook
25 Dr. Jeff Brawn, University of Illinois
Title: Precipitation, climate, and the ecology of tropical birds
Host: Craig Benkman & Corey Tarwater
NOVEMBER
1 Dr. Rudd Schilder, Penn State
Title: Factors mediating variation flight muscle performance of insect predators and pollinators
Host: Michael Dillon
8 Dr. Robert Al-Chokhachy, USGS, Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center
Title: Are trout in hot water? Digging deeper into the implications of a changing climate
Host: Annika Walters
15 Dr. Michael Dillon
Title:
Host: Merav Ben-David
22 Dr. Greg Ragland, University of Colorado at Denver
Title: Polygenes, genetic correlations, and diverse physiological processes shape adaptations to seasonality and temperature in insects
Host: Craig Benkman
DECEMBER
6 Dr. Mark Poesch, University of Alberta
Title: Swimming against the water: Assessing flow alteration on freshwater fishes
Host: Bryan Maitland