Biology Seminar Series

Fall Semester 2024

Fridays at 4 p.m.
*All seminars this fall will be held exclusively in person, in Science B 133

Sept. 20	Tiina Tosens Cal Poly Humboldt Fulbright Visiting Scholar & Estonian University of Life Sciences	Back to the future: how ancient photosynthesis shapes tomorrow's flora
Sept. 27	Tyler Coale University of California- Santa Cruz	Beyond symbiosis: reframing of a microbial partnership
Oct. 4	Rebecca Tarvin University of California - Berkeley	Evolutionary biology of chemical defenses: stories from flies and frogs
Oct. 11	Peter Wainwright University of California - Davis	Evolutionary diversification of feeding mechanisms in coral reef fishes
Oct. 18	Jessie Uehling Oregon State University	Diversity and evolutionary fitness of fungal endosymbioses
Oct. 25	Daniel Moen University of California - Riverside	The evolution of morphological, locomotor, and species diversity in frogs of the world
Nov. 8	Kathleen Campbell University of Auckland, New Zealand	Paleoenvironmental context in searching for past life on Mars
Nov. 15	Anderson Feijó Field Museum, Chicago	Using biogeographic tools to optimize conservation resources
Dec. 6	Alija Mujic Fresno State Univeristy	Systematics and taxonomy of California endemic, and not so endemic, fungi: from insect pathogens to truffles
Dec. 13	Trevor Caughlin Boise State University	Applying drone technology to monitor plant populations and communities during post-fire succession