Seminars

Spring 2012

Wednesday, January 25--Dr. Ben Neal of the Scripps Institute of Oceanography will speak on "Measuring Resilience and Recovery on Coral Reefs: Semi-automated Photographic Processing and Fluorescence Imaging". 4:00 pm, Clemens 103, North Campus.

Wednesday, February 8---Krishna Balasubramaniam of the University at Buffalo will speak on "Hierarchical Steepness, Phylogenetic Signals, and Macaque Social Style Scale". 4:00 pm, Clemens 103, North Campus.

Wednesday, February 15--Dr. Katharina Dittmar of the University at Buffalo will speak on "Of Lice and Men: Parasites in the Archaeological Record". 4:00 pm, Clemens 103, North Campus.

Note Change in Room:

Wednesday, March 7--Dr. Bruce Patterson of the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago will speak on "Sporadic Isolation: The Evolution of Neotropical Mammals", 4:00 pm, Natural Sciences Complex 222, North Campus.

Wednesday, March 21--Dr. David Althoff of the University of Syracuse will speak on "The Role of Coevolution in Speciation: Lessons from Yuccas and Yucca Moths". 4:00 pm, Natural Sciences Complex 222, North Campus.

Wednesday, March 28--Dr. Megan Porter of the University of Maryland will speak on "Evolution under pressure: Visual pigment adaptation in the deep-sea". 4:00 pm, Natural Sciences Complex 222, North Campus.

Wednesday, April 11--Dr. Paul Faure of McMaster University will speak on "The Evolution of Laryngeal Echolocation in Bats". POSTPONED UNTIL FALL 2012.

Wednesday, April 25--Dr. John Werren of the University of Rochester witl speak on "Winging it: Phoenix or Icarus and the Microevolution of Growth and Morphology in Nasonia". 4:00 pm, Natural Sciences Complex 222, North Campus.

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Fall 2011

Wednesday, Sept 14-- Dr. Andreanna J Welch of the University at Buffalo will speak on "Conservation genetics of the endangered Hawaiian petrel across space and time". 4:00 pm, 434 Cooke Hall, North Campus.


Wednesday, October 5-- Dr. David Sheets of Canisius College will speak on "Collection failure versus Extinction: Applications of wildlife monitoring models (CMR) to mass extinctions". 4:00 pm, 434 Cooke Hall, North Campus.


Wednesday, October 19--Dr. Rebecca Cuddahee of Duke University will speak on "Non-dietary Abrasives and the Evolution of Molar Megadontia: A new approach to understanding the evolution of megadonty in hominins and herbivorous mammals. 4:00 pm, 434 Cooke Hall, North Campus.


Wednesday, October 26-- Dr. Carol Stepien of the University of Toledo will speak on "Tracing the Pathways of Exotic Species Over Time and Space". 4:00 pm, 434 Cooke Hall, North Campus.


Wednesday, November 9--Dr. Juan Sanchez of the Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia, will speak on "Phenotypic plasticity and speciation in gorgonian corals". 4:00 pm, 434 Cooke Hall, North Campus.


Wednesday, November 30--Speaker and title TBA. 4:00 pm, 434 Cooke Hall, North Campus.

Spring 2011

Friday, February 4--Dr. David Smith of the Department of Psychology at UB will speak on "Animal Metacognition". 4:00 PM, 434 Cooke Hall, North Campus.

Friday, February 11--Dr. Katie Costanzo of Canisius College will speak on "The ecological dynamics of mosquito-borne disease transmission". 4:00 PM, 434 Cooke Hall, North Campus.

Friday, February 25--Dr. Scott Mackay of UB will speak on "Effects of disturbance on plant water use in climate tension zones". 4:00 PM, 434 Cooke Hall, North Campus.

Friday, March 4--Dr. Mary Alice Coffroth of the Department of Geology at UB will speak on "Establishment of coral-algal symbioses: Role of habitat and host". 4:00 PM, 434 Cooke Hall, North Campus.

Friday, March 25--Dr. Les Kaufman of Boston University on "Vanua Dreams: Pieces in the Science Package for Coastal Management And Adaptation". 4:00 pm, 434 Cooke Hall, North Campus.

Friday, April 8--Dr. Diana Padilla of StonyBrooke University, Topic TBA. 4:00 pm, 434 Cooke Hall, North Campus.

Friday, April 29--Dr. Mark Webster of the University of Chicago will speak on "The macroevolutionary role of developmental constraints in trilobite diversification". 4:00 pm, 434 Cooke Hall, North Campus.  

Fall 2010

Friday, September 17--Dr. Lyuba Burlakova of the Great Lakes Center, Buffalo State College will speak on "Endemic freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionidae): contribution to community uniqueness, effect of habitat alteration, and conservation priorities in Texas". 4:00 pm, 434 Cooke Hall, North Campus.

Friday, October 1--Dr. Anke Klüter of the Australian Institute of Marine Science will speak on 'An "omics" approach to assess effects of turbidity and sedimentation in Acropora millepora'. 4:00 pm, 434 Cooke Hall, North Campus.


Friday, October 15--Dr. Elizabeth Boulding of the University of Guelph will speak on "Invasion Biology: Comparing Scales of Local Genetic Adaptation to Exotic Predators by Prey with High and Low Dispersal Potential". 4:00 pm, 218 Natural Sciences Complex.


Friday, October 29--Dr. Chris Larsen of the Dept. of Geography, University at Buffalo will speak on "Changes in forest composition in western New York and northwestern Pennsylvania between presettlement, present and under 2X and 3X CO2 climates." 4:00 pm, 434 Cooke Hall, North Campus.


Friday, November 19--Dr. Charlotte Lindqvist of the University at Buffalo will speak on "Origin of the polar bear: evidence from a Pleistocene jaw bone". 4:00 pm, 434 Cooke Hall, North Campus.


Friday, Dec 3--Dr. Frederick Stoss of the University at Buffalo will speak on "Climategate and the Inconveniences of Truth". 4:00 pm, 434 Cooke Hall, North Campus.

 

Spring 2010

Friday, January 15--Dr. Susan Margulis of Canisius College will speak on "Reproductive aging in non-human primates: Menopause is not just for humans anymore". 4:00 pm, 434 Cooke Hall, North Campus.

Friday, January 29--Dr. Mark Kristal of the University of Buffalo will speak on " Opioid Mediation of Parturitional Events in Mammals". 4:00 pm, 434 Cooke Hall, North Campus.

Friday, February 12--Dr. Christopher Cameron of the University of Montreal will speak on "Deuterostome evolution, chordate origins, and a fluid biomechanics explanation for some novel filter-feeding adaptations". 4:00 pm, 434 Cooke Hall, North Campus.

Friday, March 26--Dr. Peter Horvath of the University of Buffalo will speak on "Nutritional issues with captive Giant Anteaters". 4:00 pm, 434 Cooke Hall, North Campus.

Friday, April 2--Dr. C. Mark Eakin of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will speak on "Hot Sour Soup: A Bad Mix for Coral Reefs". 4:00 pm, 434 Cooke Hall, North Campus.

Friday, April 9--Dr.Sarah Woodin of the University of South Carolina will speak on "Ecosystem Engineering in Sedimentary Systems". 11:00 am, 228 Natural Sciences Complex, North Campus.


Friday, April 9--Dr. David Wethey of the University of South Carolina will speak on "Climate Change and Biogeography in the Intertidal". 4:00 pm. 434 Cooke Hall, North Campus.

Friday, April 23--Dr. Michael Webster of the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Cornell University will speak on "Birds Not of a Feather? Exploring Variation in Sexual Signals". 4:00 pm, 434 Cooke Hall, North Campus.


Fall 2009

Friday, September 25--Drs. Alexander Karatayev and Christopher Pennuto of the Great Lakes Center, Buffalo State College; Dr. Charles O'Neill of New York SEa Grant; and a representative from the New York Attorney General's Office will hold an Environmental Forum on "Invasive Species in New York State". 1:30-4:40 pm, Screening Room, Center for the Arts, North Campus.

Friday, October 9--Dr. Katharina Dittmar of the University at Buffalo will speak on "Biodiversity surveys of the Phillipine islands: Emerging threats for tropical ecosystems". 4:00 pm, 434 Cooke Hall, North Campus.

Thursday, October 15--Dr. Ned Ruby of the University of Wisconsin, Madison will speak on "Good food and conversation:
molecular approaches to understanding the physiology of the squid-vibrio symbiosis". 4:00 pm, 218 Natural Sciences Complex, North Campus.

Friday, November 13--Dr. Chris Larsen of the University at Buffalo will speak on "Do changes in forest composition in Western New York due to climate change in the future exceed those that occurred due to forest clearance in the 1800's". 4:00 pm, 434 Cooke Hall, North Campus. CANCELED. IT WILL BE RESCHEDULED IN THE SPRING.

Friday, December 4--Dr. Michael Boller of St John Fisher College will speak on "Success via flexibility in the wave-swept world: the eco-mechanics of intertidal macroalgae". 4:00 pm, 434 Cooke Hall, North Campus.

Spring 2009

Friday, February 13--Dr. Casey Dunn of Brown University will speak on "Scalable phylogenomic strategies for improving resolution of the Tree of Life". 4:00 pm, 434 Cooke Hall, North Campus.

Friday, February 27--Dr. Alexander Y. Karatayev of Buffalo State College will speak on "Change in global economies and trade: the potential spread of exotic freshwater bivalves". 4:00 pm, 434 Cooke Hall, North Campus.

Thursday, March 26--Dr. Philip Gingerich of the University of Michigan will speak on "Origin and Early Evolution of Whales: A Profound Transition from Land to Sea". This talk is co-sponsored with Phi Beta Kappa. 7:30 pm. 201 Natural Sciences Center, North Campus.

Friday, April 3--Dr. Todd La Jeunessse of Pennsylvania State University will speak on "Survival-of-the-Fittest" among Coral-Algal Symbioses. 4:00 pm, 434 Cooke Hall, North Campus.

Friday, April 17--Dr. Julie Wieczkowski of Buffalo State College will speak on ""An investigation of seed eating in an African monkey, the Tana River mangabey". 4:00 pm, 434 Cooke Hall, North Campus.

Friday, April 24--Dr. Angela Omillian, of the University of Buffalo. Title TBA. 4:00pm, 434 Cooke Hall, North Campus. CANCELED

Fall 2008

Friday, September 19--Dr. Linda Ivany of Syracuse University will speak on "The beginning of the Icehouse World in Antarctica: Eocene climate change and evolution of the shallow marine biota". 4:00 pm, 115 Talbert, North Campus.

Friday, October 3--Dr. Derek Taylor of UB will speak on "Quaternary evolution of lacustrine cladocerans". 4:00 pm, 115 Talbert, North Campus.

Friday, October 31--Dr. Janie Wulff of Florida State University will speak on "Sticking with simplicity: facile regeneration, versatile morphology, and diverse collaborations promote persistence of the most basal metazoans". 4:00 pm, 115 Talbert, North Campus.

Friday, November 7--Dr. Mark A. Teece of SUNY--College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry will speak on "Tracing ecological processes using stable isotopes and biogeochemical techniques". 4:00 pm, 115 Talbert, North Campus.


Friday, November 14--Dr. Howard Riessen of SUNY College of Buffalo will speak on "Turning Inducible Defenses On and Off: Adaptive Responses of Zooplankton Prey to a Gape-Limited Predator". 4:00 pm, 115 Talbert, North Campus.

 

Spring 2008

Friday, January 25--Dr. Michael E. Hellberg of Louisiana State University will speak on " High rates of molecular evolution tied to sex, competition and immortality in the sea".4:00 pm, 115 Talbert, North Campus  

Friday, February 15--Dr. Carol M. Berman of UB will speak on "Strange bedfellows: Male Tibetan monkeys cooperate to compete". 4:00 pm, 115 Talbert, North Campus.

Friday, February 29--Dr. Matthew Gruwell of UB will speak on "Tracking evolution in bacterial endosymbionts of armored scale insects (Hemiptera: Diaspididae)". 4:00 pm, 115 Talbert, North Campus.

Friday, March 7--Dr. Chris Pennuto of Buffalo State College will speak on "Dynamics of an insect ectosymbiont/host interaction from streams in southern Maine". 4:00 pm, 115 Talbert, North Campus

 

Thursday, March 20--Dr. Howard Lasker of UB will speak on "Connectivity of coral reef populations: You can’t always get where you want". (Co-sponsored with the Pegrum Lecture Series, Dept. of Geology). Time and location TBA.

Friday, March 28--Dr. Bernard Chapais of the Université de Montréal will speak on "An unexpected meeting: Primatology, Claude-Levi-Strauss and the roots of human society". 4:00 pm, 115 Talbert, North Campus.

Friday, April 4--Dr. Megan Porter of the University of Maryland, Baltimore, with speak on "Molecular Evolution of a complex visual system: Opsin Evolution in stomatopod crustaceans". 4:00 pm, 115 Talbert, North Campus.

 

Friday, April 18--Dr. Lynda Corkum of the University of Windsor will speak on "Chemical control as a mangement strategy for the invasive fish, the round goby". 4:00 pm, location TBA.

Friday, April 25--Dr. Micheal Dent of UB will speak on "The Perception of Complex Sounds by Birds".

4:00 pm, 115 Talbert, North Campus.