Seminar Calendar
Departmental Seminar Series
The Biological Sciences Departmental Seminar Series meets in the Education Building, Room 110 from 11:40-12:30 PM. Special times/locations are in red text. We meet on Fridays and Wednesdays. A PDF of a relevant publication is linked following each title. PDFs are provided solely for educational purposes.
Graduate Student Symposium: The Biological Sciences Department requires that each graduate student propose their research plans to the department to gain feedback on experimental design and practice dissemination of science. We usually meet from 11:30-12:40 on Wednesday in the Education Building, Room 110. These talks are typically 30-40 minutes long with plenty of time for audience questions and input. Graduate Student Symposium talks are listed in blue.
Calendar
Jan. 18: Dr. Jainab Khatun
Title: Identifying hidden cancer genes by correlating genomic and proteomic data
Host: Dr. Denise Wingett
Jan. 25: Jon Reeck
Title: Indian Hedgehog Signaling During Bone Development in Fibrochondrogenesis–a zebrafish model of the human disease.
Host: Dr. Julia Oxford
Jan. 27: Dr. David Anderson, Boise State University, Department of Biological Sciences
Title: Structure and organization of canopy bird assemblages in lowland Neotropical rainforests. PDF
Host: Dr. Denise Wingett
Feb. 1: Jessie Bunkley
Title: Effects of Anthropogenic Noise on the Foraging Efficiency of Two North American Gleaning Bat Species, Antrozous pallidus and Corynorhinus townsendii.
Host: Dr. Jesse Barber
Feb. 10: Dr. Devin Bolz, Boise State University, Biomolecular Research Center, VA Medical Center
Title: Conserved Innate Defenses in Mice and Nematodes Contribute to Host Protection Against Vector-borne Pathogens. PDF
Host: Dr. Julia Oxford
Feb. 15: Eric Nolte, M.S. Thesis Defense
Title: Raptors present, yet unobserved: perceptibility at a western migration watch-site and its effect on trend analysis.
Host: Dr. Julie Heath
Feb. 22: Biomolecular Candidate Interview
Feb. 24: Biomolecular Candidate Interview
Feb. 29: Biomolecular Candidate Interview
March 2: Dr. Natasha Wiggins, Fulbright Postdoctoral Scholar
Title: Ecological implications of herbivore responses to plant chemical diversity
Special Location: SUB / same time (11:40-12:30)
Host: Dr. Jen Forbey
March 7: Dr. Stanley Temple
Special Time/Location: MP201, 1:40-2:30, followed by a 30 minute reception in MP201 for additional discussion with Dr. Temple.
Title: Aldo Leopold, Phenology and Climate Change
Host: Dr. Jen Forbey
March 9: Biomolecular Candidate Interview
March 16: Biomolecular Candidate Interview
March 21: Biomolecular Candidate Interview
March 23: Biomolecular Candidate Interview
April 4: Allie Anderson
Title: Population response to climate change: does assortative mating facilitate earlier nesting?
Host: Dr. Julie Heath
April 6: Dr. Jeff Willey, Wake Forest University
Title: TBA
Host: Dr. Julia Oxford
April 11: Jennifer Crossman
Title: Consequences of harvester ant foraging behavior on seed recruitment in slickspot peppergrass.
Host: Dr. Ian Robertson
April 13: Dr. Hilary Cooley, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service PDF
Title: Predator Management: wolves, cougars and people
Host: Dr. Jesse Barber
April 18: Tate Mason
Title: The impacts of anthropogenic noise on northern saw-whet owl hunting behavior.
Host: Dr. Jesse Barber
April 20: Dr. Morgan Giddings, Boise State University
Title: TBA
Host: Dr. Denise Wingett
April 25: Heidi Ware
Title: Does road noise alter the foraging/vigilance trade-off in passerines?
Host: Dr. Jesse Barber
April 27: Dr. Aimee Classen, University of Tennessee: http://web.utk.edu/~aclassen/Home.html
Title: Ecosystem structure and function in a changing world.
Host: Dr. Marie-Anne de Graaff
May 2: Jacob Cragin
Title: The wrath of cold: Winegrapes cold hardiness as affected by dormancy and deaclimation.
Host: Dr. Marcelo Serpe
May 4: