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Biology Fall 2019 Seminar Schedule
All seminars will take place in Innovation Hall Room 103.
Contact Dr. Luther at dluther@gmu.edu if you have questions.
| Class Date: | Speaker |
| September 6 10:30 – 11:45 | Ancha Baranova GMU School of Systems Biology Topic: Long-range tissue cooperation: Adipose as the liver’s little helper |
| September 13 10:30 – 11:45 | Kim DeMutsert GMU Environmental Science and Policy Department Topic: Using ecosystem modeling to evaluate trade-offs in coastal management: effects of large-scale river diversions on fish and fisheries
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| September 20 10:30 – 11:45 | Ylenia Chiari GMU Biology Department Topic: Evolution of color patterns in geckos
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| September 27 10:30 – 11:45 | Alessandra Luchini GMU School of Systems Biology Topic: Affinity probes for proteomics: novel diagnostic and therapeutic applications in cancer and infectious diseases |
| October 4 10:30 – 11:45 | Bill McShea Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute Topic: The role of fruiting trees and humans in the distribution of mammals in a Borneo rainforest |
October 11 | Pat Gillivet: GMU Biology Department Topic: Phylogenomics of the Northern Swans Cygnus buccinator (Trumpeter swan) and Cygnus columbianus columbianus (Tundra swan).
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| October 18 10:30 – 11:45 | Jared Wolfe Michigan Technological University Topic: Explorations in avian molt: how feather replacement shaped songbird coloration and behavior |
| October 25 10:30 – 11:45 | Stacie Bickley Topic: The role of behavioral studies in wildlife conservation |
| November 1 10:30 – 11:45 | Michael Cove Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute Topic: Of mice and men, but also feral cats, pythons, and hurricanes: endangered rodent conservation in the Anthropocene |
| November 8 10:30 – 11:45 | Joshua Davis GMU Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation Topic: Nitrogen cycling responses to large-scale Ash mortality |
| November 15 10:30 – 11:45 | Tremaine Gregory Center for Conservation and Sustainability Smithsonian Institution Topic: Mitigating the impacts of linear infrastructure in tropical forests with canopy bridges |
