http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=Benedict+Gagliardi&feedformat=atomEEBedia - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T06:24:06ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.25.2http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Graduate_Student_Symposium_2016&diff=35288Graduate Student Symposium 20162016-02-09T20:12:51Z<p>Benedict Gagliardi: </p>
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== Saturday, February 13, 2016 == <br />
==== Biology/Physics Building Room 130, 9:00am to ~ 4:00pm ====<br />
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The '''EEB Graduate Student Symposium''' is an all day event where graduate students present their research to other graduate students and faculty. Any EEB graduate student can present: BS/MS, masters, PhD, old and new students. New graduate students usually present research ideas or preliminary data, while those more ‘seasoned’ students present their most recent results, often in preparation for upcoming spring and summer meetings. <br />
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==Schedule==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" <br />
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!style="background:#efefef;" width="175"|Speaker<br />
!style="background:#efefef;" width="500"|Title<br />
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!style="background:#efefef;"| 8:30-9:00 || || Coffee and potluck breakfast.<br />
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| 9:00-9:15 || Dr. Jeff Seemann: Vice President for Research || Welcome Address <br />
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| 9:15-9:30 || Nora Mitchell || Lost in a Sea of Genes: Using Anchored Phylogenomics to Understand Evolutionary Relationships in <i> Protea </i><br />
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| 9:30-9:45 || Mike Smircich || Feeding ecology of early stage Striped Bass (''Morone saxatilis'') over 25 years in the Hudson River estuary <br />
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| 9:45-10:00 || Tim Moore || Trait-environment associations need an evolutionary context<br />
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| 10:00-10:15 || Annette Evans || <br />
|- <br />
| 10:15-10:30 || Mauri Liberati || Beyond Protection: Expanding “Conservation Opportunity” to Redefine Conservation Planning in the 21st Century<br />
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!style="background:#efefef;"| 10:30-11:00 || || '''Morning Break'''<br />
|- <br />
| 11:00-11:15 || Cera Fisher || Tissue specific RNA-Seq indicates wing-like gene expression in Treehopper helmet development<br />
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| 11:15-11:30 || Kaitlin Gallagher || <br />
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| 11:30-11:45 || Michael Hutson || something about salamanders<br />
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| 11:45-12:00 || Pancho || <br />
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!style="background:#efefef;"| 12:00-1:30 || || '''Lunch'''<br />
|- <br />
| 1:30-2:00 || Dr. Rachel Prunier, Western Connecticut State University || Keynote Address: <br />
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| 2:00-2:15 || Veronica Bueno || How to recognize a sucker when you see one.<br />
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| 2:15-2:30 || Katie Taylor || Hybridization between <i> carnea</i>-group lacewing species<br />
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| 2:30-2:45 || Austin Spence || Newts and nanoparticles: Small particle, big problem? <br />
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| 2:45-3:00 || Suman Neupane || Evolution of secondary woodiness and biogeographic disjunctions in the herbaceous tribe Spermacoceae (Rubiaceae)<br />
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!style="background:#efefef;"| 3:00-3:10 || || '''Afternoon Break'''<br />
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| 3:10-3:25 || Kristen Nolting || <br />
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| 3:25-3:40 || James Mickley || Variation, heritability, and correlated selection in ''Phlox'' petal number<br />
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!style="background:#efefef;" | 3:40-4:00 || || '''Speed Talks and Photo Contest'''<br />
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| 3:40-3:45 || Kevin Keegan || Adventures in Crowdfunding<br />
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| 3:45-3:50 || Lauren Stanley || <br />
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| 3:50-3:55 || Ben Gagliardi || Secrets of the canopy: non-nectar feeding and false rarity of hairstreak butterflies<br />
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| 3:55-4:00 || Photo Contest Results || '''[[Photo Contest Submissions]]'''<br />
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__NOTOC__</div>Benedict Gagliardihttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Entomology_Meeting&diff=33320Entomology Meeting2015-02-25T15:29:57Z<p>Benedict Gagliardi: </p>
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'''Insect Systematics, Morphology, Evolution & Biology'''<br><br />
'''Course #:''' EEB 5895 Section 028<br><br />
'''Date/time:''' Fridays 10:15-11:15<br><br />
'''Location:''' TLS 313<br><br />
'''Contact:''' [mailto:david.wagner@uconn.edu David Wagner], [mailto:brigette.zacharczenko@gmail.com Brigette Zacharczenko]<br>'''Course page uploads:''' [mailto:benedict.gagliardi@gmail.com Benedict Gagliardi]<br />
<br><br />
==Purpose==<br />
The Wag Lab meetings are open to graduate students, undergraduate students, employees, alumni and friends who are interested in entomology.<br><br />
Our lab focuses mostly on Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, and Odonata, but our members have a variety of interests.<br><br />
The main goals of these meetings are to:<br />
* Present papers and start discussion on relevant topics in entomology<br />
* Discuss general lab matters<br />
* Brainstorm research ideas and present results<br />
* Tell biology-related jokes<br />
Lab members are encouraged to attend every lab meeting, read every paper, and come prepared with questions.<br><br />
Entomology related show-and-tell is always welcome in the form of specimens (alive or dead), articles, books, or powerpoint presentations. <br />
<br />
===Format===<br />
* 10 minutes for lab matters and logistics for the week<br />
* 10 minutes show and tell, bugs in the news, and current events<br />
* 10 minutes for a mini student presentation<br />
* 25-30 minutes to discuss paper<br />
<br />
===Requirements===<br />
All students taking this meeting for credit (and all others who wish to participate) should sign up to present a paper at least once per semester. The schedule below lists our meeting dates. <br><br />
:'''Email [mailto:benedict.gagliardi@gmail.com Benedict Gagliardi] to reserve your date''' -or- <br><br />
:'''Grad students may edit this page themselves''' <br><br />
* A few days before your date to present, email Ben with a link or PDF for your paper (or upload it yourself)<br />
* Send any powerpoint files before or just after the lab meeting to be uploaded<br />
* Feel free to send Ben links to interesting articles any time during the week<br />
* All uploaded files will be password protected<br />
<br />
==Schedule==<br />
===Announcements===<br />
*Join the Connecticut Entomological Society. Or else. [http://ctentsoc.org CT EntSoc]. The fee is $7 for students, $15 for non students. Also there are still calendars available to purchase. <br />
<br />
===Presentation schedule Fall 2014===<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="1"<br />
!width="100"|Date<br />
!width="300"|Name<br />
!width="500"|Paper and presentation<br />
!width="400"|Show-and-tell<br />
|-<br />
|January 23 || Dave & Ben || Non-floral sugar resources of Hairstreaks || <br />
|-<br />
|January 30 || Joe Medwid || Increasing morphological complexity in multiple parallel lineages of the Crustacea [http://www.pnas.org/content/105/12/4786.full.pdf+html] || Joe Desisto - EntSoc Centipede talk<br />
|-<br />
|February 6 || Insect News and Morphology speed talks || Stan: Spiders [http://www.insidescience.org/blog/2014/11/11/smell-sex-lures-moths-spidery-doom], [http://www.nature.com/news/2002/020624/full/news020617-14.html], Kevin: Ants 'n Flies [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150106095045.htm], Katie [Spermatophores], Charlie ["Singing From the Grave"], Joe Desisto [Myriapod Eyes]|| <br />
|-<br />
| February 13 || Ariel Chipman guest lecture || ||<br />
|-<br />
| February 20 || Joe Medwid || Increasing morphological complexity in multiple parallel lineages of the Crustacea [http://www.pnas.org/content/105/12/4786.full.pdf+html] || <br />
|-<br />
| February 27 || Kevin Keegan || Moth tails divert bat attack: Evolution of acoustic deflection [http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2015/02/12/1421926112.abstract] || <br />
|-<br />
| March 6 || Ellie Clark || ||<br />
|-<br />
| March 13 || Katie Taylor || ||<br />
|-<br />
|SPRING BREAK || || ||<br />
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| March 27 || || ||<br />
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| April 3 || || ||<br />
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| April 10 || || ||<br />
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| April 17 || || ||<br />
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| April 24 || || ||<br />
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|May 1 || || ||<br />
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|}<br />
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===Lab Events===<br />
*September 19, Connecticut Entomological Society meeting, 6pm dinner, 7:30pm meeting, UConn, Sam Jaffe<br />
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==Lepidoptera Family Lectures==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="1"<br />
!width="500"|Lepidoptera Family Lectures<br />
|-<br />
| <br />
|}<br />
==Links==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="1"<br />
!width="300"|Lab member websites<br />
!width="300"|Entomology blogs<br />
!width="300"|Important resources<br />
!width="300"|Insect photography <br />
|-<br />
|[http://ctentsoc.org Connecticut Entomological Society]<br>[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/dwagner/ Wagner Lab]<br>[http://caterpillarblog.com Caterpillarblog]<br>[http://www.performance-vision.com/airline/ Along the Airline] || [http://arizonabeetlesbugsbirdsandmore.blogspot.com/ Arizona: Beetles Bugs Birds and more]<br>[http://beetlesinthebush.wordpress.com/ Beetles in the Bush]<br>[http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/ Biodiversity in Focus]<br>[http://membracid.wordpress.com/ BugGirl]<br>[http://caterpillar-eyespots.blogspot.com/ Caterpillar Eyespots]<br>[http://falltoclimb.wordpress.com/ Fall to Climb]<br>[http://lymanmuseum.wordpress.com/ Lyman Entomological Museum]<br>[http://myrmecos.net/ Myrmecos]<br>[http://thesmallermajority.com/ The Smaller Majority]<br>[http://dragonflywoman.wordpress.com/ The Dragonfly Woman]|| [http://bugguide.net BugGuide]<br>[http://www.entsoc.org/ EntSoc]<br>[http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/MainMenu.shtml Moth Photographer's Group]<br>[http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/briefs/brlabelstandards.htm Label Standards]<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/waglab/Wag%20Lab%20email%20list.docx}}Wag Lab email list ||[http://blepharopsis.deviantart.com/ Igor Siwanowicz]<br>[http://www.insectphotography.com/ Piotr Naskrecki]<br>[http://www.pbase.com/spjaffe Sam Jaffe]<br>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/13084997@N03/sets/72157622467961844/with/8399169293/ Butterfly scales]<br>[http://cuic.entomology.cornell.edu/insect_images/search Franclement's Larval Images]<br />
|}<br />
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==Photos==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="1"<br />
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!width="300"|<br />
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|[[Image:Mothpuddling.jpg|thumb|center|250px|Moth puddling]]||[[Image:Cecropia.jpg|thumb|center|250px|''Hyalophora cecropia'' moths enjoying a private moment in the lab]]||[[Image:Waglabjump.jpg|thumb|center|250px|Jump!]]||[[image:Mustache.jpg|thumb|center|250px|Mustache Ride]]<br />
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[[Category:EEB Seminars]]</div>Benedict Gagliardihttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Entomology_Meeting&diff=33319Entomology Meeting2015-02-25T15:29:19Z<p>Benedict Gagliardi: </p>
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<div>[[image:Wagnerlab1.jpg|center]]<br><br />
'''Insect Systematics, Morphology, Evolution & Biology'''<br><br />
'''Course #:''' EEB 5895 Section 028<br><br />
'''Date/time:''' Fridays 10:15-11:15<br><br />
'''Location:''' TLS 313<br><br />
'''Contact:''' [mailto:david.wagner@uconn.edu David Wagner], [mailto:brigette.zacharczenko@gmail.com Brigette Zacharczenko]<br>'''Course page uploads:''' [mailto:benedict.gagliardi@gmail.com Benedict Gagliardi]<br />
<br><br />
==Purpose==<br />
The Wag Lab meetings are open to graduate students, undergraduate students, employees, alumni and friends who are interested in entomology.<br><br />
Our lab focuses mostly on Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, and Odonata, but our members have a variety of interests.<br><br />
The main goals of these meetings are to:<br />
* Present papers and start discussion on relevant topics in entomology<br />
* Discuss general lab matters<br />
* Brainstorm research ideas and present results<br />
* Tell biology-related jokes<br />
Lab members are encouraged to attend every lab meeting, read every paper, and come prepared with questions.<br><br />
Entomology related show-and-tell is always welcome in the form of specimens (alive or dead), articles, books, or powerpoint presentations. <br />
<br />
===Format===<br />
* 10 minutes for lab matters and logistics for the week<br />
* 10 minutes show and tell, bugs in the news, and current events<br />
* 10 minutes for a mini student presentation<br />
* 25-30 minutes to discuss paper<br />
<br />
===Requirements===<br />
All students taking this meeting for credit (and all others who wish to participate) should sign up to present a paper at least once per semester. The schedule below lists our meeting dates. <br><br />
:'''Email [mailto:benedict.gagliardi@gmail.com Benedict Gagliardi] to reserve your date''' -or- <br><br />
:'''Grad students may edit this page themselves''' <br><br />
* A few days before your date to present, email Ben with a link or PDF for your paper (or upload it yourself)<br />
* Send any powerpoint files before or just after the lab meeting to be uploaded<br />
* Feel free to send Ben links to interesting articles any time during the week<br />
* All uploaded files will be password protected<br />
<br />
==Schedule==<br />
===Announcements===<br />
*Join the Connecticut Entomological Society. Or else. [http://ctentsoc.org CT EntSoc]. The fee is $7 for students, $15 for non students. Also there are still calendars available to purchase. <br />
<br />
===Presentation schedule Fall 2014===<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="1"<br />
!width="100"|Date<br />
!width="300"|Name<br />
!width="500"|Paper and presentation<br />
!width="400"|Show-and-tell<br />
|-<br />
|January 23 || Dave & Ben || Non-floral sugar resources of Hairstreaks || <br />
|-<br />
|January 30 || Joe Medwid || Increasing morphological complexity in multiple parallel lineages of the Crustacea [http://www.pnas.org/content/105/12/4786.full.pdf+html] || Joe Desisto - EntSoc Centipede talk<br />
|-<br />
|February 6 || Insect News and Morphology speed talks || Stan: Spiders [http://www.insidescience.org/blog/2014/11/11/smell-sex-lures-moths-spidery-doom], [http://www.nature.com/news/2002/020624/full/news020617-14.html], Kevin: Ants 'n Flies [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150106095045.htm], Katie [Spermatophores], Charlie ["Singing From the Grave"], Joe Desisto [Myriapod Eyes]|| <br />
|-<br />
| February 13 || Ariel Chipman guest lecture || ||<br />
|-<br />
| February 20 || Joe Medwid || Increasing morphological complexity in multiple parallel lineages of the Crustacea [http://www.pnas.org/content/105/12/4786.full.pdf+html] || <br />
|-<br />
| February 27 || Kevin Keegan || Moth tails divert bat attack: Evolution of acoustic deflection [http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2015/02/12/1421926112.abstract] || <br />
|-<br />
| March 6 || Ellie Clark || ||<br />
|-<br />
| March 13 || Katie Todd || ||<br />
|-<br />
|SPRING BREAK || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| March 27 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| April 3 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| April 10 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| April 17 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| April 24 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
|May 1 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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===Lab Events===<br />
*September 19, Connecticut Entomological Society meeting, 6pm dinner, 7:30pm meeting, UConn, Sam Jaffe<br />
<br />
==Lepidoptera Family Lectures==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="1"<br />
!width="500"|Lepidoptera Family Lectures<br />
|-<br />
| <br />
|}<br />
==Links==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="1"<br />
!width="300"|Lab member websites<br />
!width="300"|Entomology blogs<br />
!width="300"|Important resources<br />
!width="300"|Insect photography <br />
|-<br />
|[http://ctentsoc.org Connecticut Entomological Society]<br>[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/dwagner/ Wagner Lab]<br>[http://caterpillarblog.com Caterpillarblog]<br>[http://www.performance-vision.com/airline/ Along the Airline] || [http://arizonabeetlesbugsbirdsandmore.blogspot.com/ Arizona: Beetles Bugs Birds and more]<br>[http://beetlesinthebush.wordpress.com/ Beetles in the Bush]<br>[http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/ Biodiversity in Focus]<br>[http://membracid.wordpress.com/ BugGirl]<br>[http://caterpillar-eyespots.blogspot.com/ Caterpillar Eyespots]<br>[http://falltoclimb.wordpress.com/ Fall to Climb]<br>[http://lymanmuseum.wordpress.com/ Lyman Entomological Museum]<br>[http://myrmecos.net/ Myrmecos]<br>[http://thesmallermajority.com/ The Smaller Majority]<br>[http://dragonflywoman.wordpress.com/ The Dragonfly Woman]|| [http://bugguide.net BugGuide]<br>[http://www.entsoc.org/ EntSoc]<br>[http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/MainMenu.shtml Moth Photographer's Group]<br>[http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/briefs/brlabelstandards.htm Label Standards]<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/waglab/Wag%20Lab%20email%20list.docx}}Wag Lab email list ||[http://blepharopsis.deviantart.com/ Igor Siwanowicz]<br>[http://www.insectphotography.com/ Piotr Naskrecki]<br>[http://www.pbase.com/spjaffe Sam Jaffe]<br>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/13084997@N03/sets/72157622467961844/with/8399169293/ Butterfly scales]<br>[http://cuic.entomology.cornell.edu/insect_images/search Franclement's Larval Images]<br />
|}<br />
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==Photos==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="1"<br />
!width="300"|<br />
!width="300"|<br />
!width="300"|<br />
!width="300"|<br />
|-<br />
|[[Image:Mothpuddling.jpg|thumb|center|250px|Moth puddling]]||[[Image:Cecropia.jpg|thumb|center|250px|''Hyalophora cecropia'' moths enjoying a private moment in the lab]]||[[Image:Waglabjump.jpg|thumb|center|250px|Jump!]]||[[image:Mustache.jpg|thumb|center|250px|Mustache Ride]]<br />
|}<br />
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[[Category:EEB Seminars]]</div>Benedict Gagliardihttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Entomology_Meeting&diff=32996Entomology Meeting2015-02-09T14:33:30Z<p>Benedict Gagliardi: </p>
<hr />
<div>[[image:Wagnerlab1.jpg|center]]<br><br />
'''Insect Systematics, Morphology, Evolution & Biology'''<br><br />
'''Course #:''' EEB 5895 Section 028<br><br />
'''Date/time:''' Fridays 10:15-11:15<br><br />
'''Location:''' TLS 313<br><br />
'''Contact:''' [mailto:david.wagner@uconn.edu David Wagner], [mailto:brigette.zacharczenko@gmail.com Brigette Zacharczenko]<br>'''Course page uploads:''' [mailto:benedict.gagliardi@gmail.com Benedict Gagliardi]<br />
<br><br />
==Purpose==<br />
The Wag Lab meetings are open to graduate students, undergraduate students, employees, alumni and friends who are interested in entomology.<br><br />
Our lab focuses mostly on Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, and Odonata, but our members have a variety of interests.<br><br />
The main goals of these meetings are to:<br />
* Present papers and start discussion on relevant topics in entomology<br />
* Discuss general lab matters<br />
* Brainstorm research ideas and present results<br />
* Tell biology-related jokes<br />
Lab members are encouraged to attend every lab meeting, read every paper, and come prepared with questions.<br><br />
Entomology related show-and-tell is always welcome in the form of specimens (alive or dead), articles, books, or powerpoint presentations. <br />
<br />
===Format===<br />
* 10 minutes for lab matters and logistics for the week<br />
* 10 minutes show and tell, bugs in the news, and current events<br />
* 10 minutes for a mini student presentation<br />
* 25-30 minutes to discuss paper<br />
<br />
===Requirements===<br />
All students taking this meeting for credit (and all others who wish to participate) should sign up to present a paper at least once per semester. The schedule below lists our meeting dates. <br><br />
:'''Email [mailto:benedict.gagliardi@gmail.com Benedict Gagliardi] to reserve your date''' -or- <br><br />
:'''Grad students may edit this page themselves''' <br><br />
* A few days before your date to present, email Ben with a link or PDF for your paper (or upload it yourself)<br />
* Send any powerpoint files before or just after the lab meeting to be uploaded<br />
* Feel free to send Ben links to interesting articles any time during the week<br />
* All uploaded files will be password protected<br />
<br />
==Schedule==<br />
===Announcements===<br />
*Join the Connecticut Entomological Society. Or else. [http://ctentsoc.org CT EntSoc]. The fee is $7 for students, $15 for non students. Also there are still calendars available to purchase. <br />
<br />
===Presentation schedule Fall 2014===<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="1"<br />
!width="100"|Date<br />
!width="300"|Name<br />
!width="500"|Paper and presentation<br />
!width="400"|Show-and-tell<br />
|-<br />
|January 23 || Dave & Ben || Non-floral sugar resources of Hairstreaks || <br />
|-<br />
|January 30 || Joe Medwid || Increasing morphological complexity in multiple parallel lineages of the Crustacea [http://www.pnas.org/content/105/12/4786.full.pdf+html] || Joe Desisto - EntSoc Centipede talk<br />
|-<br />
|February 6 || Insect News and Morphology speed talks || Stan: Spiders [http://www.insidescience.org/blog/2014/11/11/smell-sex-lures-moths-spidery-doom], [http://www.nature.com/news/2002/020624/full/news020617-14.html], Kevin: Ants 'n Flies [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150106095045.htm], Katie [Spermatophores], Charlie ["Singing From the Grave"], Joe Desisto [Myriapod Eyes]|| <br />
|-<br />
| February 13 || Joe Medwid || Increasing morphological complexity in multiple parallel lineages of the Crustacea [http://www.pnas.org/content/105/12/4786.full.pdf+html] ||<br />
|-<br />
| February 20 || Joe Desisto || || <br />
|-<br />
| February 27 || Kevin Keegan || || <br />
|-<br />
| March 6 || Ellie Clark || ||<br />
|-<br />
| March 13 || Katie Todd || ||<br />
|-<br />
|SPRING BREAK || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| March 27 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| April 3 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| April 10 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| April 17 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| April 24 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
|May 1 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
===Lab Events===<br />
*September 19, Connecticut Entomological Society meeting, 6pm dinner, 7:30pm meeting, UConn, Sam Jaffe<br />
<br />
==Lepidoptera Family Lectures==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="1"<br />
!width="500"|Lepidoptera Family Lectures<br />
|-<br />
| <br />
|}<br />
==Links==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="1"<br />
!width="300"|Lab member websites<br />
!width="300"|Entomology blogs<br />
!width="300"|Important resources<br />
!width="300"|Insect photography <br />
|-<br />
|[http://ctentsoc.org Connecticut Entomological Society]<br>[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/dwagner/ Wagner Lab]<br>[http://caterpillarblog.com Caterpillarblog]<br>[http://www.performance-vision.com/airline/ Along the Airline] || [http://arizonabeetlesbugsbirdsandmore.blogspot.com/ Arizona: Beetles Bugs Birds and more]<br>[http://beetlesinthebush.wordpress.com/ Beetles in the Bush]<br>[http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/ Biodiversity in Focus]<br>[http://membracid.wordpress.com/ BugGirl]<br>[http://caterpillar-eyespots.blogspot.com/ Caterpillar Eyespots]<br>[http://falltoclimb.wordpress.com/ Fall to Climb]<br>[http://lymanmuseum.wordpress.com/ Lyman Entomological Museum]<br>[http://myrmecos.net/ Myrmecos]<br>[http://thesmallermajority.com/ The Smaller Majority]<br>[http://dragonflywoman.wordpress.com/ The Dragonfly Woman]|| [http://bugguide.net BugGuide]<br>[http://www.entsoc.org/ EntSoc]<br>[http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/MainMenu.shtml Moth Photographer's Group]<br>[http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/briefs/brlabelstandards.htm Label Standards]<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/waglab/Wag%20Lab%20email%20list.docx}}Wag Lab email list ||[http://blepharopsis.deviantart.com/ Igor Siwanowicz]<br>[http://www.insectphotography.com/ Piotr Naskrecki]<br>[http://www.pbase.com/spjaffe Sam Jaffe]<br>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/13084997@N03/sets/72157622467961844/with/8399169293/ Butterfly scales]<br>[http://cuic.entomology.cornell.edu/insect_images/search Franclement's Larval Images]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Photos==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="1"<br />
!width="300"|<br />
!width="300"|<br />
!width="300"|<br />
!width="300"|<br />
|-<br />
|[[Image:Mothpuddling.jpg|thumb|center|250px|Moth puddling]]||[[Image:Cecropia.jpg|thumb|center|250px|''Hyalophora cecropia'' moths enjoying a private moment in the lab]]||[[Image:Waglabjump.jpg|thumb|center|250px|Jump!]]||[[image:Mustache.jpg|thumb|center|250px|Mustache Ride]]<br />
|}<br />
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<br />
<br />
[[Category:EEB Seminars]]</div>Benedict Gagliardihttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Entomology_Meeting&diff=32941Entomology Meeting2015-02-05T22:33:54Z<p>Benedict Gagliardi: </p>
<hr />
<div>[[image:Wagnerlab1.jpg|center]]<br><br />
'''Insect Systematics, Morphology, Evolution & Biology'''<br><br />
'''Course #:''' EEB 5895 Section 028<br><br />
'''Date/time:''' Mondays 12:00-1:00<br><br />
'''Location:''' TLS 471, the Wag Lab<br><br />
'''Contact:''' [mailto:david.wagner@uconn.edu David Wagner], [mailto:brigette.zacharczenko@gmail.com Brigette Zacharczenko]<br />
<br><br />
==Purpose==<br />
The Wag Lab meetings are open to graduate students, undergraduate students, employees, alumni and friends who are interested in entomology.<br><br />
Our lab focuses mostly on Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, and Odonata, but our members have a variety of interests.<br><br />
The main goals of these meetings are to:<br />
* Present papers and start discussion on relevant topics in entomology<br />
* Discuss general lab matters<br />
* Brainstorm research ideas and present results<br />
* Tell biology-related jokes<br />
Lab members are encouraged to attend every lab meeting, read every paper, and come prepared with questions.<br><br />
Entomology related show-and-tell is always welcome in the form of specimens (alive or dead), articles, books, or powerpoint presentations. <br />
<br />
===Format===<br />
* 10 minutes for lab matters and logistics for the week<br />
* 10 minutes show and tell, bugs in the news, and current events<br />
* 10 minutes for a mini student presentation<br />
* 25-30 minutes to discuss paper<br />
<br />
===Requirements===<br />
All students taking this meeting for credit (and all others who wish to participate) should sign up to present a paper at least once per semester. The schedule below lists our meeting dates. <br><br />
:'''Email [mailto:brigette.zacharczenko@gmail.com Brigette Zacharczenko] to reserve your date''' -or- <br><br />
:'''Grad students may edit this page themselves''' <br><br />
* A few days before your date to present, email Brigette with a link or PDF for your paper (or upload it yourself)<br />
* Send any powerpoint files before or just after the lab meeting to be uploaded<br />
* Feel free to send Brigette links to interesting articles any time during the week<br />
* All uploaded files will be password protected<br />
<br />
==Schedule==<br />
===Announcements===<br />
*Wags lab pinback buttons available<br />
*Join the Connecticut Entomological Society. Or else. [http://ctentsoc.org CT EntSoc]. The fee is $7 for students, $15 for non students, and you get a free hat.<br />
<br />
===Presentation schedule Fall 2014===<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="1"<br />
!width="100"|Date<br />
!width="300"|Name<br />
!width="500"|Paper and presentation<br />
!width="400"|Show-and-tell<br />
|-<br />
|January 23 || Dave & Ben || Non-floral sugar resources of Hairstreaks || <br />
|-<br />
|January 30 || Joe Medwid || Increasing morphological complexity in multiple parallel lineages of the Crustacea [http://www.pnas.org/content/105/12/4786.full.pdf+html] || Joe Desisto - EntSoc Centipede talk<br />
|-<br />
|February 6 || Insect News and Morphology speed talks || Stan: Spiders [http://www.insidescience.org/blog/2014/11/11/smell-sex-lures-moths-spidery-doom], [http://www.nature.com/news/2002/020624/full/news020617-14.html], Kevin: Ants 'n Flies [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150106095045.htm], Katie [Spermatophores], Charlie ["Singing From the Grave"], Joe Desisto [Myriapod Eyes]|| <br />
|-<br />
| February 13 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| February 20 || || || <br />
|-<br />
| February 27 || || || <br />
|-<br />
| March 6 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| March 13 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
|SPRING BREAK || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| March 27 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| April 3 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| April 10 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| April 17 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| April 24 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
|May 1 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
===Lab Events===<br />
*September 19, Connecticut Entomological Society meeting, 6pm dinner, 7:30pm meeting, UConn, Sam Jaffe<br />
<br />
==Lepidoptera Family Lectures==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="1"<br />
!width="500"|Lepidoptera Family Lectures<br />
|-<br />
| <br />
|}<br />
==Links==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="1"<br />
!width="300"|Lab member websites<br />
!width="300"|Entomology blogs<br />
!width="300"|Important resources<br />
!width="300"|Insect photography <br />
|-<br />
|[http://ctentsoc.org Connecticut Entomological Society]<br>[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/dwagner/ Wagner Lab]<br>[http://caterpillarblog.com Caterpillarblog]<br>[http://www.performance-vision.com/airline/ Along the Airline] || [http://arizonabeetlesbugsbirdsandmore.blogspot.com/ Arizona: Beetles Bugs Birds and more]<br>[http://beetlesinthebush.wordpress.com/ Beetles in the Bush]<br>[http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/ Biodiversity in Focus]<br>[http://membracid.wordpress.com/ BugGirl]<br>[http://caterpillar-eyespots.blogspot.com/ Caterpillar Eyespots]<br>[http://falltoclimb.wordpress.com/ Fall to Climb]<br>[http://lymanmuseum.wordpress.com/ Lyman Entomological Museum]<br>[http://myrmecos.net/ Myrmecos]<br>[http://thesmallermajority.com/ The Smaller Majority]<br>[http://dragonflywoman.wordpress.com/ The Dragonfly Woman]|| [http://bugguide.net BugGuide]<br>[http://www.entsoc.org/ EntSoc]<br>[http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/MainMenu.shtml Moth Photographer's Group]<br>[http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/briefs/brlabelstandards.htm Label Standards]<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/waglab/Wag%20Lab%20email%20list.docx}}Wag Lab email list ||[http://blepharopsis.deviantart.com/ Igor Siwanowicz]<br>[http://www.insectphotography.com/ Piotr Naskrecki]<br>[http://www.pbase.com/spjaffe Sam Jaffe]<br>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/13084997@N03/sets/72157622467961844/with/8399169293/ Butterfly scales]<br>[http://cuic.entomology.cornell.edu/insect_images/search Franclement's Larval Images]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Photos==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="1"<br />
!width="300"|<br />
!width="300"|<br />
!width="300"|<br />
!width="300"|<br />
|-<br />
|[[Image:Mothpuddling.jpg|thumb|center|250px|Moth puddling]]||[[Image:Cecropia.jpg|thumb|center|250px|''Hyalophora cecropia'' moths enjoying a private moment in the lab]]||[[Image:Waglabjump.jpg|thumb|center|250px|Jump!]]||[[image:Mustache.jpg|thumb|center|250px|Mustache Ride]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:EEB Seminars]]</div>Benedict Gagliardihttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Entomology_Meeting&diff=32940Entomology Meeting2015-02-05T22:32:07Z<p>Benedict Gagliardi: </p>
<hr />
<div>[[image:Wagnerlab1.jpg|center]]<br><br />
'''Insect Systematics, Morphology, Evolution & Biology'''<br><br />
'''Course #:''' EEB 5895 Section 028<br><br />
'''Date/time:''' Mondays 12:00-1:00<br><br />
'''Location:''' TLS 471, the Wag Lab<br><br />
'''Contact:''' [mailto:david.wagner@uconn.edu David Wagner], [mailto:brigette.zacharczenko@gmail.com Brigette Zacharczenko]<br />
<br><br />
==Purpose==<br />
The Wag Lab meetings are open to graduate students, undergraduate students, employees, alumni and friends who are interested in entomology.<br><br />
Our lab focuses mostly on Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, and Odonata, but our members have a variety of interests.<br><br />
The main goals of these meetings are to:<br />
* Present papers and start discussion on relevant topics in entomology<br />
* Discuss general lab matters<br />
* Brainstorm research ideas and present results<br />
* Tell biology-related jokes<br />
Lab members are encouraged to attend every lab meeting, read every paper, and come prepared with questions.<br><br />
Entomology related show-and-tell is always welcome in the form of specimens (alive or dead), articles, books, or powerpoint presentations. <br />
<br />
===Format===<br />
* 10 minutes for lab matters and logistics for the week<br />
* 10 minutes show and tell, bugs in the news, and current events<br />
* 10 minutes for a mini student presentation<br />
* 25-30 minutes to discuss paper<br />
<br />
===Requirements===<br />
All students taking this meeting for credit (and all others who wish to participate) should sign up to present a paper at least once per semester. The schedule below lists our meeting dates. <br><br />
:'''Email [mailto:brigette.zacharczenko@gmail.com Brigette Zacharczenko] to reserve your date''' -or- <br><br />
:'''Grad students may edit this page themselves''' <br><br />
* A few days before your date to present, email Brigette with a link or PDF for your paper (or upload it yourself)<br />
* Send any powerpoint files before or just after the lab meeting to be uploaded<br />
* Feel free to send Brigette links to interesting articles any time during the week<br />
* All uploaded files will be password protected<br />
<br />
==Schedule==<br />
===Announcements===<br />
*Wags lab pinback buttons available<br />
*Join the Connecticut Entomological Society. Or else. [http://ctentsoc.org CT EntSoc]. The fee is $7 for students, $15 for non students, and you get a free hat.<br />
<br />
===Presentation schedule Fall 2014===<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="1"<br />
!width="100"|Date<br />
!width="300"|Name<br />
!width="500"|Paper and presentation<br />
!width="400"|Show-and-tell<br />
|-<br />
|January 23 || Dave & Ben || Non-floral sugar resources of Hairstreaks || <br />
|-<br />
|January 30 || Joe Medwid || Increasing morphological complexity in multiple parallel lineages of the Crustacea [http://www.pnas.org/content/105/12/4786.full.pdf+html] || Joe Desisto - EntSoc Centipede talk<br />
|-<br />
|February 6 || Insect News and Morphology speed talks || Stan: Spiders [http://www.insidescience.org/blog/2014/11/11/smell-sex-lures-moths-spidery-doom], [http://www.nature.com/news/2002/020624/full/news020617-14.html], Kevin: Ants 'n Flies [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150106095045.htm], Katie [Spermatophores], Charlie ["Singing From the Grave"], Joe Desisto [Myriapod Eyes]|| <br />
|-<br />
| February 13 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| February 20 || || || <br />
|-<br />
| February 27 || || || <br />
|-<br />
|SPRING BREAK || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| March 27 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| April 3 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| April 10 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| April 17 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| April 24 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
|May 1 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
===Lab Events===<br />
*September 19, Connecticut Entomological Society meeting, 6pm dinner, 7:30pm meeting, UConn, Sam Jaffe<br />
<br />
==Lepidoptera Family Lectures==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="1"<br />
!width="500"|Lepidoptera Family Lectures<br />
|-<br />
| <br />
|}<br />
==Links==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="1"<br />
!width="300"|Lab member websites<br />
!width="300"|Entomology blogs<br />
!width="300"|Important resources<br />
!width="300"|Insect photography <br />
|-<br />
|[http://ctentsoc.org Connecticut Entomological Society]<br>[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/dwagner/ Wagner Lab]<br>[http://caterpillarblog.com Caterpillarblog]<br>[http://www.performance-vision.com/airline/ Along the Airline] || [http://arizonabeetlesbugsbirdsandmore.blogspot.com/ Arizona: Beetles Bugs Birds and more]<br>[http://beetlesinthebush.wordpress.com/ Beetles in the Bush]<br>[http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/ Biodiversity in Focus]<br>[http://membracid.wordpress.com/ BugGirl]<br>[http://caterpillar-eyespots.blogspot.com/ Caterpillar Eyespots]<br>[http://falltoclimb.wordpress.com/ Fall to Climb]<br>[http://lymanmuseum.wordpress.com/ Lyman Entomological Museum]<br>[http://myrmecos.net/ Myrmecos]<br>[http://thesmallermajority.com/ The Smaller Majority]<br>[http://dragonflywoman.wordpress.com/ The Dragonfly Woman]|| [http://bugguide.net BugGuide]<br>[http://www.entsoc.org/ EntSoc]<br>[http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/MainMenu.shtml Moth Photographer's Group]<br>[http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/briefs/brlabelstandards.htm Label Standards]<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/waglab/Wag%20Lab%20email%20list.docx}}Wag Lab email list ||[http://blepharopsis.deviantart.com/ Igor Siwanowicz]<br>[http://www.insectphotography.com/ Piotr Naskrecki]<br>[http://www.pbase.com/spjaffe Sam Jaffe]<br>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/13084997@N03/sets/72157622467961844/with/8399169293/ Butterfly scales]<br>[http://cuic.entomology.cornell.edu/insect_images/search Franclement's Larval Images]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Photos==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="1"<br />
!width="300"|<br />
!width="300"|<br />
!width="300"|<br />
!width="300"|<br />
|-<br />
|[[Image:Mothpuddling.jpg|thumb|center|250px|Moth puddling]]||[[Image:Cecropia.jpg|thumb|center|250px|''Hyalophora cecropia'' moths enjoying a private moment in the lab]]||[[Image:Waglabjump.jpg|thumb|center|250px|Jump!]]||[[image:Mustache.jpg|thumb|center|250px|Mustache Ride]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:EEB Seminars]]</div>Benedict Gagliardihttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Entomology_Meeting&diff=32939Entomology Meeting2015-02-05T22:31:47Z<p>Benedict Gagliardi: </p>
<hr />
<div>[[image:Wagnerlab1.jpg|center]]<br><br />
'''Insect Systematics, Morphology, Evolution & Biology'''<br><br />
'''Course #:''' EEB 5895 Section 028<br><br />
'''Date/time:''' Mondays 12:00-1:00<br><br />
'''Location:''' TLS 471, the Wag Lab<br><br />
'''Contact:''' [mailto:david.wagner@uconn.edu David Wagner], [mailto:brigette.zacharczenko@gmail.com Brigette Zacharczenko]<br />
<br><br />
==Purpose==<br />
The Wag Lab meetings are open to graduate students, undergraduate students, employees, alumni and friends who are interested in entomology.<br><br />
Our lab focuses mostly on Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, and Odonata, but our members have a variety of interests.<br><br />
The main goals of these meetings are to:<br />
* Present papers and start discussion on relevant topics in entomology<br />
* Discuss general lab matters<br />
* Brainstorm research ideas and present results<br />
* Tell biology-related jokes<br />
Lab members are encouraged to attend every lab meeting, read every paper, and come prepared with questions.<br><br />
Entomology related show-and-tell is always welcome in the form of specimens (alive or dead), articles, books, or powerpoint presentations. <br />
<br />
===Format===<br />
* 10 minutes for lab matters and logistics for the week<br />
* 10 minutes show and tell, bugs in the news, and current events<br />
* 10 minutes for a mini student presentation<br />
* 25-30 minutes to discuss paper<br />
<br />
===Requirements===<br />
All students taking this meeting for credit (and all others who wish to participate) should sign up to present a paper at least once per semester. The schedule below lists our meeting dates. <br><br />
:'''Email [mailto:brigette.zacharczenko@gmail.com Brigette Zacharczenko] to reserve your date''' -or- <br><br />
:'''Grad students may edit this page themselves''' <br><br />
* A few days before your date to present, email Brigette with a link or PDF for your paper (or upload it yourself)<br />
* Send any powerpoint files before or just after the lab meeting to be uploaded<br />
* Feel free to send Brigette links to interesting articles any time during the week<br />
* All uploaded files will be password protected<br />
<br />
==Schedule==<br />
===Announcements===<br />
*Wags lab pinback buttons available<br />
*Join the Connecticut Entomological Society. Or else. [http://ctentsoc.org CT EntSoc]. The fee is $7 for students, $15 for non students, and you get a free hat.<br />
<br />
===Presentation schedule Fall 2014===<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="1"<br />
!width="100"|Date<br />
!width="300"|Name<br />
!width="500"|Paper and presentation<br />
!width="400"|Show-and-tell<br />
|-<br />
|January 23 || Dave & Ben || Non-floral sugar resources of Hairstreaks || <br />
|-<br />
|January 30 || Joe Medwid || Increasing morphological complexity in multiple parallel lineages of the Crustacea [http://www.pnas.org/content/105/12/4786.full.pdf+html] || Joe Desisto - Centipedes<br />
|-<br />
|February 6 || Insect News and Morphology speed talks || Stan: Spiders [http://www.insidescience.org/blog/2014/11/11/smell-sex-lures-moths-spidery-doom], [http://www.nature.com/news/2002/020624/full/news020617-14.html], Kevin: Ants 'n Flies [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150106095045.htm], Katie [Spermatophores], Charlie ["Singing From the Grave"], Joe Desisto [Myriapod Eyes]|| <br />
|-<br />
| February 13 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| February 20 || || || <br />
|-<br />
| February 27 || || || <br />
|-<br />
|SPRING BREAK || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| March 27 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| April 3 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| April 10 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| April 17 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| April 24 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
|May 1 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
===Lab Events===<br />
*September 19, Connecticut Entomological Society meeting, 6pm dinner, 7:30pm meeting, UConn, Sam Jaffe<br />
<br />
==Lepidoptera Family Lectures==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="1"<br />
!width="500"|Lepidoptera Family Lectures<br />
|-<br />
| <br />
|}<br />
==Links==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="1"<br />
!width="300"|Lab member websites<br />
!width="300"|Entomology blogs<br />
!width="300"|Important resources<br />
!width="300"|Insect photography <br />
|-<br />
|[http://ctentsoc.org Connecticut Entomological Society]<br>[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/dwagner/ Wagner Lab]<br>[http://caterpillarblog.com Caterpillarblog]<br>[http://www.performance-vision.com/airline/ Along the Airline] || [http://arizonabeetlesbugsbirdsandmore.blogspot.com/ Arizona: Beetles Bugs Birds and more]<br>[http://beetlesinthebush.wordpress.com/ Beetles in the Bush]<br>[http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/ Biodiversity in Focus]<br>[http://membracid.wordpress.com/ BugGirl]<br>[http://caterpillar-eyespots.blogspot.com/ Caterpillar Eyespots]<br>[http://falltoclimb.wordpress.com/ Fall to Climb]<br>[http://lymanmuseum.wordpress.com/ Lyman Entomological Museum]<br>[http://myrmecos.net/ Myrmecos]<br>[http://thesmallermajority.com/ The Smaller Majority]<br>[http://dragonflywoman.wordpress.com/ The Dragonfly Woman]|| [http://bugguide.net BugGuide]<br>[http://www.entsoc.org/ EntSoc]<br>[http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/MainMenu.shtml Moth Photographer's Group]<br>[http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/briefs/brlabelstandards.htm Label Standards]<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/waglab/Wag%20Lab%20email%20list.docx}}Wag Lab email list ||[http://blepharopsis.deviantart.com/ Igor Siwanowicz]<br>[http://www.insectphotography.com/ Piotr Naskrecki]<br>[http://www.pbase.com/spjaffe Sam Jaffe]<br>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/13084997@N03/sets/72157622467961844/with/8399169293/ Butterfly scales]<br>[http://cuic.entomology.cornell.edu/insect_images/search Franclement's Larval Images]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Photos==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="1"<br />
!width="300"|<br />
!width="300"|<br />
!width="300"|<br />
!width="300"|<br />
|-<br />
|[[Image:Mothpuddling.jpg|thumb|center|250px|Moth puddling]]||[[Image:Cecropia.jpg|thumb|center|250px|''Hyalophora cecropia'' moths enjoying a private moment in the lab]]||[[Image:Waglabjump.jpg|thumb|center|250px|Jump!]]||[[image:Mustache.jpg|thumb|center|250px|Mustache Ride]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:EEB Seminars]]</div>Benedict Gagliardihttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Entomology_Meeting&diff=32938Entomology Meeting2015-02-05T22:30:54Z<p>Benedict Gagliardi: </p>
<hr />
<div>[[image:Wagnerlab1.jpg|center]]<br><br />
'''Insect Systematics, Morphology, Evolution & Biology'''<br><br />
'''Course #:''' EEB 5895 Section 028<br><br />
'''Date/time:''' Mondays 12:00-1:00<br><br />
'''Location:''' TLS 471, the Wag Lab<br><br />
'''Contact:''' [mailto:david.wagner@uconn.edu David Wagner], [mailto:brigette.zacharczenko@gmail.com Brigette Zacharczenko]<br />
<br><br />
==Purpose==<br />
The Wag Lab meetings are open to graduate students, undergraduate students, employees, alumni and friends who are interested in entomology.<br><br />
Our lab focuses mostly on Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, and Odonata, but our members have a variety of interests.<br><br />
The main goals of these meetings are to:<br />
* Present papers and start discussion on relevant topics in entomology<br />
* Discuss general lab matters<br />
* Brainstorm research ideas and present results<br />
* Tell biology-related jokes<br />
Lab members are encouraged to attend every lab meeting, read every paper, and come prepared with questions.<br><br />
Entomology related show-and-tell is always welcome in the form of specimens (alive or dead), articles, books, or powerpoint presentations. <br />
<br />
===Format===<br />
* 10 minutes for lab matters and logistics for the week<br />
* 10 minutes show and tell, bugs in the news, and current events<br />
* 10 minutes for a mini student presentation<br />
* 25-30 minutes to discuss paper<br />
<br />
===Requirements===<br />
All students taking this meeting for credit (and all others who wish to participate) should sign up to present a paper at least once per semester. The schedule below lists our meeting dates. <br><br />
:'''Email [mailto:brigette.zacharczenko@gmail.com Brigette Zacharczenko] to reserve your date''' -or- <br><br />
:'''Grad students may edit this page themselves''' <br><br />
* A few days before your date to present, email Brigette with a link or PDF for your paper (or upload it yourself)<br />
* Send any powerpoint files before or just after the lab meeting to be uploaded<br />
* Feel free to send Brigette links to interesting articles any time during the week<br />
* All uploaded files will be password protected<br />
<br />
==Schedule==<br />
===Announcements===<br />
*Wags lab pinback buttons available<br />
*Join the Connecticut Entomological Society. Or else. [http://ctentsoc.org CT EntSoc]. The fee is $7 for students, $15 for non students, and you get a free hat.<br />
<br />
===Presentation schedule Fall 2014===<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="1"<br />
!width="100"|Date<br />
!width="300"|Name<br />
!width="500"|Paper and presentation<br />
!width="400"|Show-and-tell<br />
|-<br />
|January 23 || Dave & Ben || Non-floral sugar resources of Hairstreaks || <br />
|-<br />
|January 30 || Joe Medwid || Increasing morphological complexity in multiple parallel lineages of the Crustacea [http://www.pnas.org/content/105/12/4786.full.pdf+html] || <br />
|-<br />
|February 6 || Insect News and Morphology speed talks || Stan: Spiders [http://www.insidescience.org/blog/2014/11/11/smell-sex-lures-moths-spidery-doom], [http://www.nature.com/news/2002/020624/full/news020617-14.html], Kevin: Ants 'n Flies [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/01/150106095045.htm], Katie [Spermatophores], Charlie ["Singing From the Grave"], Joe Desisto [Myriapod Eyes]|| <br />
|-<br />
| February 13 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| February 20 || || || <br />
|-<br />
| February 27 || || || <br />
|-<br />
|SPRING BREAK || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| March 27 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| April 3 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| April 10 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| April 17 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| April 24 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
|May 1 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
===Lab Events===<br />
*September 19, Connecticut Entomological Society meeting, 6pm dinner, 7:30pm meeting, UConn, Sam Jaffe<br />
<br />
==Lepidoptera Family Lectures==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="1"<br />
!width="500"|Lepidoptera Family Lectures<br />
|-<br />
| <br />
|}<br />
==Links==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="1"<br />
!width="300"|Lab member websites<br />
!width="300"|Entomology blogs<br />
!width="300"|Important resources<br />
!width="300"|Insect photography <br />
|-<br />
|[http://ctentsoc.org Connecticut Entomological Society]<br>[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/dwagner/ Wagner Lab]<br>[http://caterpillarblog.com Caterpillarblog]<br>[http://www.performance-vision.com/airline/ Along the Airline] || [http://arizonabeetlesbugsbirdsandmore.blogspot.com/ Arizona: Beetles Bugs Birds and more]<br>[http://beetlesinthebush.wordpress.com/ Beetles in the Bush]<br>[http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/ Biodiversity in Focus]<br>[http://membracid.wordpress.com/ BugGirl]<br>[http://caterpillar-eyespots.blogspot.com/ Caterpillar Eyespots]<br>[http://falltoclimb.wordpress.com/ Fall to Climb]<br>[http://lymanmuseum.wordpress.com/ Lyman Entomological Museum]<br>[http://myrmecos.net/ Myrmecos]<br>[http://thesmallermajority.com/ The Smaller Majority]<br>[http://dragonflywoman.wordpress.com/ The Dragonfly Woman]|| [http://bugguide.net BugGuide]<br>[http://www.entsoc.org/ EntSoc]<br>[http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/MainMenu.shtml Moth Photographer's Group]<br>[http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/briefs/brlabelstandards.htm Label Standards]<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/waglab/Wag%20Lab%20email%20list.docx}}Wag Lab email list ||[http://blepharopsis.deviantart.com/ Igor Siwanowicz]<br>[http://www.insectphotography.com/ Piotr Naskrecki]<br>[http://www.pbase.com/spjaffe Sam Jaffe]<br>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/13084997@N03/sets/72157622467961844/with/8399169293/ Butterfly scales]<br>[http://cuic.entomology.cornell.edu/insect_images/search Franclement's Larval Images]<br />
|}<br />
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==Photos==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="1"<br />
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!width="300"|<br />
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|-<br />
|[[Image:Mothpuddling.jpg|thumb|center|250px|Moth puddling]]||[[Image:Cecropia.jpg|thumb|center|250px|''Hyalophora cecropia'' moths enjoying a private moment in the lab]]||[[Image:Waglabjump.jpg|thumb|center|250px|Jump!]]||[[image:Mustache.jpg|thumb|center|250px|Mustache Ride]]<br />
|}<br />
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[[Category:EEB Seminars]]</div>Benedict Gagliardihttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Entomology_Meeting&diff=32809Entomology Meeting2015-02-03T17:24:48Z<p>Benedict Gagliardi: </p>
<hr />
<div>[[image:Wagnerlab1.jpg|center]]<br><br />
'''Insect Systematics, Morphology, Evolution & Biology'''<br><br />
'''Course #:''' EEB 5895 Section 028<br><br />
'''Date/time:''' Mondays 12:00-1:00<br><br />
'''Location:''' TLS 471, the Wag Lab<br><br />
'''Contact:''' [mailto:david.wagner@uconn.edu David Wagner], [mailto:brigette.zacharczenko@gmail.com Brigette Zacharczenko]<br />
<br><br />
==Purpose==<br />
The Wag Lab meetings are open to graduate students, undergraduate students, employees, alumni and friends who are interested in entomology.<br><br />
Our lab focuses mostly on Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, and Odonata, but our members have a variety of interests.<br><br />
The main goals of these meetings are to:<br />
* Present papers and start discussion on relevant topics in entomology<br />
* Discuss general lab matters<br />
* Brainstorm research ideas and present results<br />
* Tell biology-related jokes<br />
Lab members are encouraged to attend every lab meeting, read every paper, and come prepared with questions.<br><br />
Entomology related show-and-tell is always welcome in the form of specimens (alive or dead), articles, books, or powerpoint presentations. <br />
<br />
===Format===<br />
* 10 minutes for lab matters and logistics for the week<br />
* 10 minutes show and tell, bugs in the news, and current events<br />
* 10 minutes for a mini student presentation<br />
* 25-30 minutes to discuss paper<br />
<br />
===Requirements===<br />
All students taking this meeting for credit (and all others who wish to participate) should sign up to present a paper at least once per semester. The schedule below lists our meeting dates. <br><br />
:'''Email [mailto:brigette.zacharczenko@gmail.com Brigette Zacharczenko] to reserve your date''' -or- <br><br />
:'''Grad students may edit this page themselves''' <br><br />
* A few days before your date to present, email Brigette with a link or PDF for your paper (or upload it yourself)<br />
* Send any powerpoint files before or just after the lab meeting to be uploaded<br />
* Feel free to send Brigette links to interesting articles any time during the week<br />
* All uploaded files will be password protected<br />
<br />
==Schedule==<br />
===Announcements===<br />
*Wags lab pinback buttons available<br />
*Join the Connecticut Entomological Society. Or else. [http://ctentsoc.org CT EntSoc]. The fee is $7 for students, $15 for non students, and you get a free hat.<br />
<br />
===Presentation schedule Fall 2014===<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="1"<br />
!width="100"|Date<br />
!width="300"|Name<br />
!width="500"|Paper and presentation<br />
!width="400"|Show-and-tell<br />
|-<br />
|January 23 || Dave & Ben || Non-floral sugar resources of Hairstreaks || <br />
|-<br />
|January 30 || Joe Medwid || Increasing morphological complexity in multiple parallel lineages of the Crustacea [http://www.pnas.org/content/105/12/4786.full.pdf+html] || <br />
|-<br />
|February 6 || || || <br />
|-<br />
| February 13 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| February 20 || || || <br />
|-<br />
| February 27 || || || <br />
|-<br />
|SPRING BREAK || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| March 27 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| April 3 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| April 10 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| April 17 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
| April 24 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
|May 1 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
===Lab Events===<br />
*September 19, Connecticut Entomological Society meeting, 6pm dinner, 7:30pm meeting, UConn, Sam Jaffe<br />
<br />
==Lepidoptera Family Lectures==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="1"<br />
!width="500"|Lepidoptera Family Lectures<br />
|-<br />
| <br />
|}<br />
==Links==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="1"<br />
!width="300"|Lab member websites<br />
!width="300"|Entomology blogs<br />
!width="300"|Important resources<br />
!width="300"|Insect photography <br />
|-<br />
|[http://ctentsoc.org Connecticut Entomological Society]<br>[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/dwagner/ Wagner Lab]<br>[http://caterpillarblog.com Caterpillarblog]<br>[http://www.performance-vision.com/airline/ Along the Airline] || [http://arizonabeetlesbugsbirdsandmore.blogspot.com/ Arizona: Beetles Bugs Birds and more]<br>[http://beetlesinthebush.wordpress.com/ Beetles in the Bush]<br>[http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/ Biodiversity in Focus]<br>[http://membracid.wordpress.com/ BugGirl]<br>[http://caterpillar-eyespots.blogspot.com/ Caterpillar Eyespots]<br>[http://falltoclimb.wordpress.com/ Fall to Climb]<br>[http://lymanmuseum.wordpress.com/ Lyman Entomological Museum]<br>[http://myrmecos.net/ Myrmecos]<br>[http://thesmallermajority.com/ The Smaller Majority]<br>[http://dragonflywoman.wordpress.com/ The Dragonfly Woman]|| [http://bugguide.net BugGuide]<br>[http://www.entsoc.org/ EntSoc]<br>[http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/MainMenu.shtml Moth Photographer's Group]<br>[http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/briefs/brlabelstandards.htm Label Standards]<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/waglab/Wag%20Lab%20email%20list.docx}}Wag Lab email list ||[http://blepharopsis.deviantart.com/ Igor Siwanowicz]<br>[http://www.insectphotography.com/ Piotr Naskrecki]<br>[http://www.pbase.com/spjaffe Sam Jaffe]<br>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/13084997@N03/sets/72157622467961844/with/8399169293/ Butterfly scales]<br>[http://cuic.entomology.cornell.edu/insect_images/search Franclement's Larval Images]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Photos==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="1"<br />
!width="300"|<br />
!width="300"|<br />
!width="300"|<br />
!width="300"|<br />
|-<br />
|[[Image:Mothpuddling.jpg|thumb|center|250px|Moth puddling]]||[[Image:Cecropia.jpg|thumb|center|250px|''Hyalophora cecropia'' moths enjoying a private moment in the lab]]||[[Image:Waglabjump.jpg|thumb|center|250px|Jump!]]||[[image:Mustache.jpg|thumb|center|250px|Mustache Ride]]<br />
|}<br />
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[[Category:EEB Seminars]]</div>Benedict Gagliardihttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Entomology_Meeting&diff=32808Entomology Meeting2015-02-03T17:22:10Z<p>Benedict Gagliardi: </p>
<hr />
<div>[[image:Wagnerlab1.jpg|center]]<br><br />
'''Insect Systematics, Morphology, Evolution & Biology'''<br><br />
'''Course #:''' EEB 5895 Section 028<br><br />
'''Date/time:''' Mondays 12:00-1:00<br><br />
'''Location:''' TLS 471, the Wag Lab<br><br />
'''Contact:''' [mailto:david.wagner@uconn.edu David Wagner], [mailto:brigette.zacharczenko@gmail.com Brigette Zacharczenko]<br />
<br><br />
==Purpose==<br />
The Wag Lab meetings are open to graduate students, undergraduate students, employees, alumni and friends who are interested in entomology.<br><br />
Our lab focuses mostly on Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, and Odonata, but our members have a variety of interests.<br><br />
The main goals of these meetings are to:<br />
* Present papers and start discussion on relevant topics in entomology<br />
* Discuss general lab matters<br />
* Brainstorm research ideas and present results<br />
* Tell biology-related jokes<br />
Lab members are encouraged to attend every lab meeting, read every paper, and come prepared with questions.<br><br />
Entomology related show-and-tell is always welcome in the form of specimens (alive or dead), articles, books, or powerpoint presentations. <br />
<br />
===Format===<br />
* 10 minutes for lab matters and logistics for the week<br />
* 10 minutes show and tell, bugs in the news, and current events<br />
* 10 minutes for a mini student presentation<br />
* 25-30 minutes to discuss paper<br />
<br />
===Requirements===<br />
All students taking this meeting for credit (and all others who wish to participate) should sign up to present a paper at least once per semester. The schedule below lists our meeting dates. <br><br />
:'''Email [mailto:brigette.zacharczenko@gmail.com Brigette Zacharczenko] to reserve your date''' -or- <br><br />
:'''Grad students may edit this page themselves''' <br><br />
* A few days before your date to present, email Brigette with a link or PDF for your paper (or upload it yourself)<br />
* Send any powerpoint files before or just after the lab meeting to be uploaded<br />
* Feel free to send Brigette links to interesting articles any time during the week<br />
* All uploaded files will be password protected<br />
<br />
==Schedule==<br />
===Announcements===<br />
*Wags lab pinback buttons available<br />
*Join the Connecticut Entomological Society. Or else. [http://ctentsoc.org CT EntSoc]. The fee is $7 for students, $15 for non students, and you get a free hat.<br />
<br />
===Presentation schedule Fall 2014===<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="1"<br />
!width="100"|Date<br />
!width="300"|Name<br />
!width="500"|Paper and presentation<br />
!width="400"|Show-and-tell<br />
|-<br />
|January 23 || Dave & Ben || Non-floral sugar resources of Hairstreaks || <br />
|-<br />
|January 30 || Joe Medwid || Increasing morphological complexity in multiple parallel lineages of the Crustacea [http://www.pnas.org/content/105/12/4786.full.pdf+html] || <br />
|-<br />
|February 3 || || || <br />
|-<br />
|September 29 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
|October 6 || || || <br />
|-<br />
|October 13 || || || <br />
|-<br />
|October 20 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
|October 27 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
|November 3 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
|November 10 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
|November 17 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
|November 24 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
|December 1 || || ||<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
===Lab Events===<br />
*September 19, Connecticut Entomological Society meeting, 6pm dinner, 7:30pm meeting, UConn, Sam Jaffe<br />
<br />
==Lepidoptera Family Lectures==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="1"<br />
!width="500"|Lepidoptera Family Lectures<br />
|-<br />
| <br />
|}<br />
==Links==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="1"<br />
!width="300"|Lab member websites<br />
!width="300"|Entomology blogs<br />
!width="300"|Important resources<br />
!width="300"|Insect photography <br />
|-<br />
|[http://ctentsoc.org Connecticut Entomological Society]<br>[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/dwagner/ Wagner Lab]<br>[http://caterpillarblog.com Caterpillarblog]<br>[http://www.performance-vision.com/airline/ Along the Airline] || [http://arizonabeetlesbugsbirdsandmore.blogspot.com/ Arizona: Beetles Bugs Birds and more]<br>[http://beetlesinthebush.wordpress.com/ Beetles in the Bush]<br>[http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/ Biodiversity in Focus]<br>[http://membracid.wordpress.com/ BugGirl]<br>[http://caterpillar-eyespots.blogspot.com/ Caterpillar Eyespots]<br>[http://falltoclimb.wordpress.com/ Fall to Climb]<br>[http://lymanmuseum.wordpress.com/ Lyman Entomological Museum]<br>[http://myrmecos.net/ Myrmecos]<br>[http://thesmallermajority.com/ The Smaller Majority]<br>[http://dragonflywoman.wordpress.com/ The Dragonfly Woman]|| [http://bugguide.net BugGuide]<br>[http://www.entsoc.org/ EntSoc]<br>[http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/MainMenu.shtml Moth Photographer's Group]<br>[http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/briefs/brlabelstandards.htm Label Standards]<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/waglab/Wag%20Lab%20email%20list.docx}}Wag Lab email list ||[http://blepharopsis.deviantart.com/ Igor Siwanowicz]<br>[http://www.insectphotography.com/ Piotr Naskrecki]<br>[http://www.pbase.com/spjaffe Sam Jaffe]<br>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/13084997@N03/sets/72157622467961844/with/8399169293/ Butterfly scales]<br>[http://cuic.entomology.cornell.edu/insect_images/search Franclement's Larval Images]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Photos==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="1"<br />
!width="300"|<br />
!width="300"|<br />
!width="300"|<br />
!width="300"|<br />
|-<br />
|[[Image:Mothpuddling.jpg|thumb|center|250px|Moth puddling]]||[[Image:Cecropia.jpg|thumb|center|250px|''Hyalophora cecropia'' moths enjoying a private moment in the lab]]||[[Image:Waglabjump.jpg|thumb|center|250px|Jump!]]||[[image:Mustache.jpg|thumb|center|250px|Mustache Ride]]<br />
|}<br />
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[[Category:EEB Seminars]]</div>Benedict Gagliardihttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Current_Topics_in_Conservation_Biology&diff=32648Current Topics in Conservation Biology2015-01-29T20:05:08Z<p>Benedict Gagliardi: </p>
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<div>== EEB 5370: Ecosystem services (Spring 2015) ==<br />
<br />
'''Credits:''' 1<br />
<br />
'''Instructor:''' [http://elphick.lab.uconn.edu/ Chris Elphick] (email: chris.elphick[AT]uconn.edu)<br />
<br />
'''Meeting time:''' 12:20-1:15<br />
<br />
'''Location:''' Bamford (TLS 171B)<br />
<br />
The topic of this seminar course varies from year to year depending on what is "current" in conservation biology and what students in the program are interested in focusing on. Usually we pick a recent book or selected readings focused around a specific theme in order to get a deeper understanding of the topic than would be normal in a survey course. If you have suggestions for future topics, please let me know.<br />
<br />
The course is required for students in the EEB BS/MS program, but is open to all graduate students. A few senior (and occasionally junior) undergraduates also take the course every year, and I encourage you to do so if you are interested. To be eligible as an undergraduate, you should have at least a B average and should talk to me first. Undergraduates will need a permission number to enroll. The course is limited to ~12-15 students each year and I occasionally have to turn people away, but we try to accommodate as many people as possible. Priority is given to students in the BS/MS program who need the course to graduate. Post-docs, adjuncts, and (even) faculty are welcome to join in the fun.<br />
<br />
This year, the topic will be ecosystem services. During the first half of the semester we will read review articles to assess the current state of thinking about the topic. The second half of the semester will be more "hand-on" and will involve investigating some of the tools available for actually quantifying ecosystem services. We will start by examining [http://www.birdlife.org/worldwide/science/assessing-ecosystem-services-tessa TESSA] and, if time allows, we will also take a look at [http://www.naturalcapitalproject.org/InVEST.html InVEST]. If you know of other tools, please let me know and we can look at those too.<br />
<br />
== Schedule (subject to change) ==<br />
<br />
A tentative schedule is posted below. Everyone should sign up to lead the discussion one week (see next section for tips on leading effectively). If you have EEBedia editing rights (i.e., if you are an EEB graduate student) then you can go in yourself and sign up to present. If you do not, email me and tell me when you'd like to lead so that I can put you on the schedule. If you are flexible on your topic/date, then include a note at the bottom of the schedule so that others know they can move things around. DO NOT MOVE ANYONE TO A DIFFERENT SLOT WITHOUT ASKING THEM FIRST. After the first meeting, I will assign weeks to anyone who has not yet signed up. <br />
<br />
When it is your turn to present, you should prepare:<br />
<br />
(i) A 5-10 minute (no more!) introduction to the material presented in your readings (see below for more guidance). Everyone is expected to read the assigned chapters and any associated readings so your material does not need to be an exhaustive overview - just an introduction to ensure we're all up to speed and know what you think the key points are. THE TIME LIMIT WILL BE ENFORCED - PRACTICE YOUR PRESENTATION<br />
<br />
(ii) Enough questions (I'd suggest 6-10) to stimulate discussion for the remaining 40-50 mins of class. These should be posted as a pdf in the Notes column of the table below by the MONDAY evening before you present. If you don't know how to post them, send them to Chris E. by Sunday evening so that he can get them up by Monday.<br />
<br />
<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"<br />
!width="75"|Week<br />
!width="100"|Who<br />
!width="200"|Topic<br />
!width="270"|Reading<br />
!width="420"|Notes<br />
|- <br />
|26 Jan || Chris E || Introduction || MEA 2005, [http://www.caryinstitute.org/sites/default/files/public/reprints/Kremen_Ostfeld_2005_Front_Ecol.pdf Kremen & Ostfeld 2005] || <br />
|- <br />
|2 Feb || Hannah || Coral reefs || [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212041614000023 Yee et al. 2014], 2nd reading TBD || willing to switch date<br />
|- <br />
|9 Feb || Shannon || Coastal shelf || [http://reep.oxfordjournals.org/content/6/1/1.abstract Barbier 2012]; [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308597X12001200 Lester et al. 2013] || <br />
|- <br />
|16 Feb || || || || <br />
|-<br />
|23 Feb || Ben North || Forests || Gamfeldt et al. 2012; Foley et al. 2007 || <br />
|- <br />
|2 Mar || || || || <br />
|- <br />
|9 Mar || Benedict Gagliardi ||Wetlands || [http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1890/09-0627.1 Brinson & Eckles 2011]; [http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02626667.2011.630317#.VMqSUlp9r8E Blackwell & Pilgrim 2011] || <br />
|- <br />
|16 Mar || ---- || NO MEETING: SPRING BREAK || ---- || [https://www.regonline.com/builder/site/default.aspx?EventID=1326195 Connecticut Conference on Natural Resources]<br />
|- <br />
|23 Mar || || || || <br />
|- <br />
|30 Mar || || Introduction to TESSA || [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212041613000417 Peh et al. 2013]; read and watch the video [http://www.birdlife.org/worldwide/science/assessing-ecosystem-services-tessa here] || <br />
|- <br />
|6 Apr || || || Playing with tools || <br />
|- <br />
|13 Apr || || || Playing with tools || <br />
|- <br />
|20 Apr || || || Playing with tools || MEET IN BIO/PHARM 203<br />
|- <br />
|27 Apr || Chris E || || [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/conl.12091/abstract Schröter et al. 2014], [http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1525/bio.2013.63.7.7 Raymond et al. 2013]|| ADD Mace et al. paper???<br />
|- <br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Expectations ==<br />
<br />
Here are some general comments about my expectations for the class. Exact details will vary depending on the semester's topic. Generally we will read papers or have presentations and discuss them in class each week. Most discussions will be led by students, and everyone is expected to sign up to lead at least one discussion. The schedule is posted above. <br />
<br />
'''Discussion leaders:''' Generally, my expectation is that you will present a 5-10 minute (NO MORE!) introduction to the topic. Your introduction should draw on the readings, but should not simply re-state what we have all read. Simply reiterating what the readings say is boring and doesn't accomplish much. Instead, your job as leader is to get a discussion going. This is hard (and I will help), but far more interesting for everyone involved. Here are some tips:<br />
<br />
* Make sure that you have enough to say to keep things moving, but do not feel that you have to say everything that you have thought of or cover every idea in the readings. If the conversation is going well, just let it take its course. The worst thing that can happen is that no one says anything. The next worst thing is that the leader completely dominates the conversation (I can be guilty of this sin myself, so feel free to cut me off if I'm talking too much).<br />
<br />
* In your introduction, try to synthesize the material and draw out the major points. What are the 3-5 things you'd tell your parents/partner/well-informed parrot if you were going to explain this to them over dinner - the chances are good that these are the same things we should be focused on. Also, feel free to supplement the reading material with other information on the topic to broaden the discussion.<br />
<br />
* Come with a list of questions to ask (more than you think you'll need). The more specific the questions are the better, as this makes them easier for people to respond to. Email around some questions a day or two before class so that people can think about them while they are reading the materials (if you email them to me, I will forward them to the rest of the class).<br />
<br />
* Ask people what surprised them, and why. If you're not leading, think how you'd answer this question. If people complain about the readings, ask them how things could have been done better, or what needs to be done next.<br />
<br />
* Where possible, try to relate your topic to those we have discussed in previous weeks so that the ideas covered by the class build over the course of the semester. <br />
<br />
* Being purposefully provocative (even if you don't believe what you're saying) can often help to get people talking. If the material is appropriate, set the discussion up as a debate - tell half the class that they have to argue one side and the other half that they have to argue the opposite. This approach can force people to really think about the ideas and about their preconceptions. If you are going to do this, it is best to warn people ahead of time (though don't tell them which side they will be on).<br />
<br />
* When you ask a question, give people lots of time to respond. A good rule is to (slowly) count to 10 in your head before moving on. This is because (a) it often takes people this long to formulate something to say and (b) the uncomfortable silence (and it can be excruciating) is often what it takes to get people talking. This sounds (and can feel) horrible, but it really works, and the discussions that result are much richer.<br />
<br />
* If no one answers a question, and there is a simple yes/no, do you agree/disagree, type answer, then ask for a show of hands - then you can focus in on individuals and ask them to explain their response.<br />
<br />
* Don't pick on individuals and make them comment unless you have to. But if no one says anything, then it is OK to do this. Everyone else is responsible for reading and thinking about the material too, so it should not be a surprise to them. Even though you are in charge of running things, the responsibility for maintaining a discussion lies with everyone in the room. If you think people are not engaging in the discussion enough, then it is '''your''' job to do something about it ... don't just expect me to do it for you.<br />
<br />
* Finally, in weeks when you are not leading, make sure that you have thought about the material enough that you can help the leader out. Come with at least 2 or 3 ideas to talk about if things get too quiet. If the leader has sent out questions, actually think about them before class. And be responsible about doing the reading. If you do all this stuff, others will do the same when it's your turn to lead.<br />
<br />
The hardest part is getting the conversation started. Once it's going, it will often run itself - and if it is doing this you should let it. I've been running seminars for a few years now, and I'm only just getting to where I realize that my job is to say as little as possible. If I talk the whole time, then I'm essentially lecturing ... and this is not a lecture format ... the goals are very different, they are to get people thinking on their feet and discussing ideas to help them learn the stuff for themselves. But, it is your job to ensure that we are not just subjected to silence.<br />
<br />
'''PowerPoint:''' When presenting a reading, I don't really mind whether you use PowerPoint or not. Often, it is not necessary, but sometimes it can help by putting up key talking points where everyone can see them. If you do use PowerPoint, it should be to help maintain a conversation, not to just reiterate what is in the reading. If there are figures that you want to ask questions about, then putting them up on a screen can be very useful. Likewise, having your questions on screen for people to refer to can help. I will reserve a projector for each class session, but you will need to go and get it from the EEB office before class. If you do not have a laptop, let me know and I will bring mine. <br />
<br />
'''Grading:''' The course is S/U and it is unusual for people to fail. But, if you hardly ever participate in the discussions, I will fail you. '''''This is your only warning!!'''''<br />
<br />
<br />
'' If you have never led a discussion in a seminar course before, or feel nervous about doing so, please talk to me beforehand. It isn't as hard as it might seem, and it's always easier if you're well prepared and know what to expect.''<br />
<br />
== Discussion/News ==<br />
<br />
If you have any information related to the course (e.g., relevant news items, related web links, etc.), feel free to post it here. Please put the date first, then your name; be concise; and organize the list so that items are in reverse chronological order. For an example of the right format, check out my Conservation Biology in the News site [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Conservation_biology_in_the_news here]. If you're not an EEB graduate student, then you can email items to me and I will add them, but please send them to me in the right format.<br />
<br />
== Course history ==<br />
<br />
If you are interested in the topics that we have covered in this class in past years, I have preserved previous versions of the web page, linked below.<br />
<br />
During 2014, the topic was climate change and extinction. To see what was covered during that course, [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/EEB_5370:_Climate_change_and_extinction_%28Spring_2014%29 click here].<br />
<br />
During 2013, the topic was conservation in urban settings. To see what was covered during that course, [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Conservation_in_urban_settings_%28EEB_5370:_Spring_2013%29 click here].<br />
<br />
During 2012, the topic was trade-offs in conservation biology. To see what was covered during that course, [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Conservation_trade-offs_%28EEB_5370:_Spring_2012%29 click here].<br />
<br />
During 2011, the topic was climate change. To see what was covered during that course, <br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Climate_change_%28EEB_5370:_Spring_2011%29 click here].<br />
<br />
During 2010, the topic was invasion biology. To see what we covered during that course, <br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Invasion_Biology_%28EEB_5370:_Spring_2010%29 click here].<br />
<br />
During 2009, the topic was evidence-based conservation. To see what we covered during that course, [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evidence-based_Conservation click here].<br />
<br />
During 2008, the topic was the history of the U.S. Endangered Species Act. To see what we covered during that course, [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/EEB_489:_Conservation_and_the_Endangered_Species_Act_(Spring_2008) click here].<br />
<br />
During 2007, the topic was the biological consequences of climate change. To see what we covered during that course, [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB489/ click here].<br />
<br />
During 2006, the topic was the conservation implications of invasive species. To see what we covered during that course, [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB489/EEB489_2006_syllabus_invasives.htm click here].<br />
<br />
During 2005, the topic was relating general conservation approaches to local problems in New England. To see what we covered during that course, [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB489/EEB489_2005_syllabus.htm click here].<br />
<br />
During 2004, the topic was the role of science in the U.S. Endangered Species Act. To see what we covered during that course, [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB489/EEB489_2004_syllabus.htm click here]; for a reading list, [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB489/ESA_readings.htm click here].<br />
<br />
== Other information ==<br />
<br />
For information about EEB's Joint B.S./M.S. degree program in Biodiversity and Conservation Biology [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/department/BSMS/ click here]<br />
<br />
For information about the Society for Conservation Biology [http://www.conbio.org/?CFID=6617594&CFTOKEN=86148795 click here]<br />
<br />
For information on jobs in conservation biology [http://www.conbio.org/professional-development/scb-job-board/ click here]<br />
<br />
For information on jobs in wildlife biology [http://wfscjobs.tamu.edu/job-board/ click here]<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:EEB Seminars]]</div>Benedict Gagliardihttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Current_Topics_in_Conservation_Biology&diff=32647Current Topics in Conservation Biology2015-01-29T20:04:43Z<p>Benedict Gagliardi: </p>
<hr />
<div>== EEB 5370: Ecosystem services (Spring 2015) ==<br />
<br />
'''Credits:''' 1<br />
<br />
'''Instructor:''' [http://elphick.lab.uconn.edu/ Chris Elphick] (email: chris.elphick[AT]uconn.edu)<br />
<br />
'''Meeting time:''' 12:20-1:15<br />
<br />
'''Location:''' Bamford (TLS 171B)<br />
<br />
The topic of this seminar course varies from year to year depending on what is "current" in conservation biology and what students in the program are interested in focusing on. Usually we pick a recent book or selected readings focused around a specific theme in order to get a deeper understanding of the topic than would be normal in a survey course. If you have suggestions for future topics, please let me know.<br />
<br />
The course is required for students in the EEB BS/MS program, but is open to all graduate students. A few senior (and occasionally junior) undergraduates also take the course every year, and I encourage you to do so if you are interested. To be eligible as an undergraduate, you should have at least a B average and should talk to me first. Undergraduates will need a permission number to enroll. The course is limited to ~12-15 students each year and I occasionally have to turn people away, but we try to accommodate as many people as possible. Priority is given to students in the BS/MS program who need the course to graduate. Post-docs, adjuncts, and (even) faculty are welcome to join in the fun.<br />
<br />
This year, the topic will be ecosystem services. During the first half of the semester we will read review articles to assess the current state of thinking about the topic. The second half of the semester will be more "hand-on" and will involve investigating some of the tools available for actually quantifying ecosystem services. We will start by examining [http://www.birdlife.org/worldwide/science/assessing-ecosystem-services-tessa TESSA] and, if time allows, we will also take a look at [http://www.naturalcapitalproject.org/InVEST.html InVEST]. If you know of other tools, please let me know and we can look at those too.<br />
<br />
== Schedule (subject to change) ==<br />
<br />
A tentative schedule is posted below. Everyone should sign up to lead the discussion one week (see next section for tips on leading effectively). If you have EEBedia editing rights (i.e., if you are an EEB graduate student) then you can go in yourself and sign up to present. If you do not, email me and tell me when you'd like to lead so that I can put you on the schedule. If you are flexible on your topic/date, then include a note at the bottom of the schedule so that others know they can move things around. DO NOT MOVE ANYONE TO A DIFFERENT SLOT WITHOUT ASKING THEM FIRST. After the first meeting, I will assign weeks to anyone who has not yet signed up. <br />
<br />
When it is your turn to present, you should prepare:<br />
<br />
(i) A 5-10 minute (no more!) introduction to the material presented in your readings (see below for more guidance). Everyone is expected to read the assigned chapters and any associated readings so your material does not need to be an exhaustive overview - just an introduction to ensure we're all up to speed and know what you think the key points are. THE TIME LIMIT WILL BE ENFORCED - PRACTICE YOUR PRESENTATION<br />
<br />
(ii) Enough questions (I'd suggest 6-10) to stimulate discussion for the remaining 40-50 mins of class. These should be posted as a pdf in the Notes column of the table below by the MONDAY evening before you present. If you don't know how to post them, send them to Chris E. by Sunday evening so that he can get them up by Monday.<br />
<br />
<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2"<br />
!width="75"|Week<br />
!width="100"|Who<br />
!width="200"|Topic<br />
!width="270"|Reading<br />
!width="420"|Notes<br />
|- <br />
|26 Jan || Chris E || Introduction || MEA 2005, [http://www.caryinstitute.org/sites/default/files/public/reprints/Kremen_Ostfeld_2005_Front_Ecol.pdf Kremen & Ostfeld 2005] || <br />
|- <br />
|2 Feb || Hannah || Coral reefs || [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212041614000023 Yee et al. 2014], 2nd reading TBD || willing to switch date<br />
|- <br />
|9 Feb || Shannon || Coastal shelf || [http://reep.oxfordjournals.org/content/6/1/1.abstract Barbier 2012]; [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308597X12001200 Lester et al. 2013] || <br />
|- <br />
|16 Feb || || || || <br />
|-<br />
|23 Feb || Ben North || Forests || Gamfeldt et al. 2012; Foley et al. 2007 || <br />
|- <br />
|2 Mar || || || || <br />
|- <br />
|9 Mar || Benedict Gagliardi ||Wetlands || [http://www.esajournals.org/doi/abs/10.1890/09-0627.1 Brinson & Eckles 2011] [http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02626667.2011.630317#.VMqSUlp9r8E Blackwell & Pilgrim 2011] || <br />
|- <br />
|16 Mar || ---- || NO MEETING: SPRING BREAK || ---- || [https://www.regonline.com/builder/site/default.aspx?EventID=1326195 Connecticut Conference on Natural Resources]<br />
|- <br />
|23 Mar || || || || <br />
|- <br />
|30 Mar || || Introduction to TESSA || [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212041613000417 Peh et al. 2013]; read and watch the video [http://www.birdlife.org/worldwide/science/assessing-ecosystem-services-tessa here] || <br />
|- <br />
|6 Apr || || || Playing with tools || <br />
|- <br />
|13 Apr || || || Playing with tools || <br />
|- <br />
|20 Apr || || || Playing with tools || MEET IN BIO/PHARM 203<br />
|- <br />
|27 Apr || Chris E || || [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/conl.12091/abstract Schröter et al. 2014], [http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1525/bio.2013.63.7.7 Raymond et al. 2013]|| ADD Mace et al. paper???<br />
|- <br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Expectations ==<br />
<br />
Here are some general comments about my expectations for the class. Exact details will vary depending on the semester's topic. Generally we will read papers or have presentations and discuss them in class each week. Most discussions will be led by students, and everyone is expected to sign up to lead at least one discussion. The schedule is posted above. <br />
<br />
'''Discussion leaders:''' Generally, my expectation is that you will present a 5-10 minute (NO MORE!) introduction to the topic. Your introduction should draw on the readings, but should not simply re-state what we have all read. Simply reiterating what the readings say is boring and doesn't accomplish much. Instead, your job as leader is to get a discussion going. This is hard (and I will help), but far more interesting for everyone involved. Here are some tips:<br />
<br />
* Make sure that you have enough to say to keep things moving, but do not feel that you have to say everything that you have thought of or cover every idea in the readings. If the conversation is going well, just let it take its course. The worst thing that can happen is that no one says anything. The next worst thing is that the leader completely dominates the conversation (I can be guilty of this sin myself, so feel free to cut me off if I'm talking too much).<br />
<br />
* In your introduction, try to synthesize the material and draw out the major points. What are the 3-5 things you'd tell your parents/partner/well-informed parrot if you were going to explain this to them over dinner - the chances are good that these are the same things we should be focused on. Also, feel free to supplement the reading material with other information on the topic to broaden the discussion.<br />
<br />
* Come with a list of questions to ask (more than you think you'll need). The more specific the questions are the better, as this makes them easier for people to respond to. Email around some questions a day or two before class so that people can think about them while they are reading the materials (if you email them to me, I will forward them to the rest of the class).<br />
<br />
* Ask people what surprised them, and why. If you're not leading, think how you'd answer this question. If people complain about the readings, ask them how things could have been done better, or what needs to be done next.<br />
<br />
* Where possible, try to relate your topic to those we have discussed in previous weeks so that the ideas covered by the class build over the course of the semester. <br />
<br />
* Being purposefully provocative (even if you don't believe what you're saying) can often help to get people talking. If the material is appropriate, set the discussion up as a debate - tell half the class that they have to argue one side and the other half that they have to argue the opposite. This approach can force people to really think about the ideas and about their preconceptions. If you are going to do this, it is best to warn people ahead of time (though don't tell them which side they will be on).<br />
<br />
* When you ask a question, give people lots of time to respond. A good rule is to (slowly) count to 10 in your head before moving on. This is because (a) it often takes people this long to formulate something to say and (b) the uncomfortable silence (and it can be excruciating) is often what it takes to get people talking. This sounds (and can feel) horrible, but it really works, and the discussions that result are much richer.<br />
<br />
* If no one answers a question, and there is a simple yes/no, do you agree/disagree, type answer, then ask for a show of hands - then you can focus in on individuals and ask them to explain their response.<br />
<br />
* Don't pick on individuals and make them comment unless you have to. But if no one says anything, then it is OK to do this. Everyone else is responsible for reading and thinking about the material too, so it should not be a surprise to them. Even though you are in charge of running things, the responsibility for maintaining a discussion lies with everyone in the room. If you think people are not engaging in the discussion enough, then it is '''your''' job to do something about it ... don't just expect me to do it for you.<br />
<br />
* Finally, in weeks when you are not leading, make sure that you have thought about the material enough that you can help the leader out. Come with at least 2 or 3 ideas to talk about if things get too quiet. If the leader has sent out questions, actually think about them before class. And be responsible about doing the reading. If you do all this stuff, others will do the same when it's your turn to lead.<br />
<br />
The hardest part is getting the conversation started. Once it's going, it will often run itself - and if it is doing this you should let it. I've been running seminars for a few years now, and I'm only just getting to where I realize that my job is to say as little as possible. If I talk the whole time, then I'm essentially lecturing ... and this is not a lecture format ... the goals are very different, they are to get people thinking on their feet and discussing ideas to help them learn the stuff for themselves. But, it is your job to ensure that we are not just subjected to silence.<br />
<br />
'''PowerPoint:''' When presenting a reading, I don't really mind whether you use PowerPoint or not. Often, it is not necessary, but sometimes it can help by putting up key talking points where everyone can see them. If you do use PowerPoint, it should be to help maintain a conversation, not to just reiterate what is in the reading. If there are figures that you want to ask questions about, then putting them up on a screen can be very useful. Likewise, having your questions on screen for people to refer to can help. I will reserve a projector for each class session, but you will need to go and get it from the EEB office before class. If you do not have a laptop, let me know and I will bring mine. <br />
<br />
'''Grading:''' The course is S/U and it is unusual for people to fail. But, if you hardly ever participate in the discussions, I will fail you. '''''This is your only warning!!'''''<br />
<br />
<br />
'' If you have never led a discussion in a seminar course before, or feel nervous about doing so, please talk to me beforehand. It isn't as hard as it might seem, and it's always easier if you're well prepared and know what to expect.''<br />
<br />
== Discussion/News ==<br />
<br />
If you have any information related to the course (e.g., relevant news items, related web links, etc.), feel free to post it here. Please put the date first, then your name; be concise; and organize the list so that items are in reverse chronological order. For an example of the right format, check out my Conservation Biology in the News site [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Conservation_biology_in_the_news here]. If you're not an EEB graduate student, then you can email items to me and I will add them, but please send them to me in the right format.<br />
<br />
== Course history ==<br />
<br />
If you are interested in the topics that we have covered in this class in past years, I have preserved previous versions of the web page, linked below.<br />
<br />
During 2014, the topic was climate change and extinction. To see what was covered during that course, [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/EEB_5370:_Climate_change_and_extinction_%28Spring_2014%29 click here].<br />
<br />
During 2013, the topic was conservation in urban settings. To see what was covered during that course, [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Conservation_in_urban_settings_%28EEB_5370:_Spring_2013%29 click here].<br />
<br />
During 2012, the topic was trade-offs in conservation biology. To see what was covered during that course, [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Conservation_trade-offs_%28EEB_5370:_Spring_2012%29 click here].<br />
<br />
During 2011, the topic was climate change. To see what was covered during that course, <br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Climate_change_%28EEB_5370:_Spring_2011%29 click here].<br />
<br />
During 2010, the topic was invasion biology. To see what we covered during that course, <br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Invasion_Biology_%28EEB_5370:_Spring_2010%29 click here].<br />
<br />
During 2009, the topic was evidence-based conservation. To see what we covered during that course, [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evidence-based_Conservation click here].<br />
<br />
During 2008, the topic was the history of the U.S. Endangered Species Act. To see what we covered during that course, [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/EEB_489:_Conservation_and_the_Endangered_Species_Act_(Spring_2008) click here].<br />
<br />
During 2007, the topic was the biological consequences of climate change. To see what we covered during that course, [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB489/ click here].<br />
<br />
During 2006, the topic was the conservation implications of invasive species. To see what we covered during that course, [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB489/EEB489_2006_syllabus_invasives.htm click here].<br />
<br />
During 2005, the topic was relating general conservation approaches to local problems in New England. To see what we covered during that course, [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB489/EEB489_2005_syllabus.htm click here].<br />
<br />
During 2004, the topic was the role of science in the U.S. Endangered Species Act. To see what we covered during that course, [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB489/EEB489_2004_syllabus.htm click here]; for a reading list, [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB489/ESA_readings.htm click here].<br />
<br />
== Other information ==<br />
<br />
For information about EEB's Joint B.S./M.S. degree program in Biodiversity and Conservation Biology [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/department/BSMS/ click here]<br />
<br />
For information about the Society for Conservation Biology [http://www.conbio.org/?CFID=6617594&CFTOKEN=86148795 click here]<br />
<br />
For information on jobs in conservation biology [http://www.conbio.org/professional-development/scb-job-board/ click here]<br />
<br />
For information on jobs in wildlife biology [http://wfscjobs.tamu.edu/job-board/ click here]<br />
<br />
<br />
[[Category:EEB Seminars]]</div>Benedict Gagliardihttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Current_Topics_in_Conservation_Biology&diff=32640Current Topics in Conservation Biology2015-01-29T19:22:07Z<p>Benedict Gagliardi: </p>
<hr />
<div>== EEB 5370: Ecosystem services (Spring 2015) ==<br />
<br />
'''Credits:''' 1<br />
<br />
'''Instructor:''' [http://elphick.lab.uconn.edu/ Chris Elphick] (email: chris.elphick[AT]uconn.edu)<br />
<br />
'''Meeting time:''' 12:20-1:15<br />
<br />
'''Location:''' Bamford (TLS 171B)<br />
<br />
The topic of this seminar course varies from year to year depending on what is "current" in conservation biology and what students in the program are interested in focusing on. Usually we pick a recent book or selected readings focused around a specific theme in order to get a deeper understanding of the topic than would be normal in a survey course. If you have suggestions for future topics, please let me know.<br />
<br />
The course is required for students in the EEB BS/MS program, but is open to all graduate students. A few senior (and occasionally junior) undergraduates also take the course every year, and I encourage you to do so if you are interested. To be eligible as an undergraduate, you should have at least a B average and should talk to me first. Undergraduates will need a permission number to enroll. The course is limited to ~12-15 students each year and I occasionally have to turn people away, but we try to accommodate as many people as possible. Priority is given to students in the BS/MS program who need the course to graduate. Post-docs, adjuncts, and (even) faculty are welcome to join in the fun.<br />
<br />
This year, the topic will be ecosystem services. During the first half of the semester we will read review articles to assess the current state of thinking about the topic. The second half of the semester will be more "hand-on" and will involve investigating some of the tools available for actually quantifying ecosystem services. We will start by examining [http://www.birdlife.org/worldwide/science/assessing-ecosystem-services-tessa TESSA] and, if time allows, we will also take a look at [http://www.naturalcapitalproject.org/InVEST.html InVEST]. If you know of other tools, please let me know and we can look at those too.<br />
<br />
== Schedule (subject to change) ==<br />
<br />
A tentative schedule is posted below. Everyone should sign up to lead the discussion one week (see next section for tips on leading effectively). If you have EEBedia editing rights (i.e., if you are an EEB graduate student) then you can go in yourself and sign up to present. If you do not, email me and tell me when you'd like to lead so that I can put you on the schedule. If you are flexible on your topic/date, then include a note at the bottom of the schedule so that others know they can move things around. DO NOT MOVE ANYONE TO A DIFFERENT SLOT WITHOUT ASKING THEM FIRST. After the first meeting, I will assign weeks to anyone who has not yet signed up. <br />
<br />
When it is your turn to present, you should prepare:<br />
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(i) A 5-10 minute (no more!) introduction to the material presented in your readings (see below for more guidance). Everyone is expected to read the assigned chapters and any associated readings so your material does not need to be an exhaustive overview - just an introduction to ensure we're all up to speed and know what you think the key points are. THE TIME LIMIT WILL BE ENFORCED - PRACTICE YOUR PRESENTATION<br />
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(ii) Enough questions (I'd suggest 6-10) to stimulate discussion for the remaining 40-50 mins of class. These should be posted as a pdf in the Notes column of the table below by the MONDAY evening before you present. If you don't know how to post them, send them to Chris E. by Sunday evening so that he can get them up by Monday.<br />
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{| border="1" cellpadding="2"<br />
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|26 Jan || Chris E || Introduction || MEA 2005, [http://www.caryinstitute.org/sites/default/files/public/reprints/Kremen_Ostfeld_2005_Front_Ecol.pdf Kremen & Ostfeld 2005] || <br />
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|2 Feb || Hannah || Coral reefs || [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212041614000023 Yee et al. 2014], 2nd reading TBD || willing to switch date<br />
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|9 Feb || Shannon || Coastal shelf || [http://reep.oxfordjournals.org/content/6/1/1.abstract Barbier 2012]; [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308597X12001200 Lester et al. 2013] || <br />
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|16 Feb || || || || <br />
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|23 Feb || Ben North || Forests || Gamfeldt et al. 2012; Foley et al. 2007 || <br />
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|2 Mar || || || || <br />
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|9 Mar || Benedict Gagliardi ||Wetlands || || <br />
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|16 Mar || ---- || NO MEETING: SPRING BREAK || ---- || [https://www.regonline.com/builder/site/default.aspx?EventID=1326195 Connecticut Conference on Natural Resources]<br />
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|23 Mar || || || || <br />
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|30 Mar || || Introduction to TESSA || [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212041613000417 Peh et al. 2013]; read and watch the video [http://www.birdlife.org/worldwide/science/assessing-ecosystem-services-tessa here] || <br />
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|6 Apr || || || Playing with tools || <br />
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|13 Apr || || || Playing with tools || <br />
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|20 Apr || || || Playing with tools || MEET IN BIO/PHARM 203<br />
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|27 Apr || Chris E || || [http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/conl.12091/abstract Schröter et al. 2014], [http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1525/bio.2013.63.7.7 Raymond et al. 2013]|| ADD Mace et al. paper???<br />
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|}<br />
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== Expectations ==<br />
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Here are some general comments about my expectations for the class. Exact details will vary depending on the semester's topic. Generally we will read papers or have presentations and discuss them in class each week. Most discussions will be led by students, and everyone is expected to sign up to lead at least one discussion. The schedule is posted above. <br />
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'''Discussion leaders:''' Generally, my expectation is that you will present a 5-10 minute (NO MORE!) introduction to the topic. Your introduction should draw on the readings, but should not simply re-state what we have all read. Simply reiterating what the readings say is boring and doesn't accomplish much. Instead, your job as leader is to get a discussion going. This is hard (and I will help), but far more interesting for everyone involved. Here are some tips:<br />
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* Make sure that you have enough to say to keep things moving, but do not feel that you have to say everything that you have thought of or cover every idea in the readings. If the conversation is going well, just let it take its course. The worst thing that can happen is that no one says anything. The next worst thing is that the leader completely dominates the conversation (I can be guilty of this sin myself, so feel free to cut me off if I'm talking too much).<br />
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* In your introduction, try to synthesize the material and draw out the major points. What are the 3-5 things you'd tell your parents/partner/well-informed parrot if you were going to explain this to them over dinner - the chances are good that these are the same things we should be focused on. Also, feel free to supplement the reading material with other information on the topic to broaden the discussion.<br />
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* Come with a list of questions to ask (more than you think you'll need). The more specific the questions are the better, as this makes them easier for people to respond to. Email around some questions a day or two before class so that people can think about them while they are reading the materials (if you email them to me, I will forward them to the rest of the class).<br />
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* Ask people what surprised them, and why. If you're not leading, think how you'd answer this question. If people complain about the readings, ask them how things could have been done better, or what needs to be done next.<br />
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* Where possible, try to relate your topic to those we have discussed in previous weeks so that the ideas covered by the class build over the course of the semester. <br />
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* Being purposefully provocative (even if you don't believe what you're saying) can often help to get people talking. If the material is appropriate, set the discussion up as a debate - tell half the class that they have to argue one side and the other half that they have to argue the opposite. This approach can force people to really think about the ideas and about their preconceptions. If you are going to do this, it is best to warn people ahead of time (though don't tell them which side they will be on).<br />
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* When you ask a question, give people lots of time to respond. A good rule is to (slowly) count to 10 in your head before moving on. This is because (a) it often takes people this long to formulate something to say and (b) the uncomfortable silence (and it can be excruciating) is often what it takes to get people talking. This sounds (and can feel) horrible, but it really works, and the discussions that result are much richer.<br />
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* If no one answers a question, and there is a simple yes/no, do you agree/disagree, type answer, then ask for a show of hands - then you can focus in on individuals and ask them to explain their response.<br />
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* Don't pick on individuals and make them comment unless you have to. But if no one says anything, then it is OK to do this. Everyone else is responsible for reading and thinking about the material too, so it should not be a surprise to them. Even though you are in charge of running things, the responsibility for maintaining a discussion lies with everyone in the room. If you think people are not engaging in the discussion enough, then it is '''your''' job to do something about it ... don't just expect me to do it for you.<br />
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* Finally, in weeks when you are not leading, make sure that you have thought about the material enough that you can help the leader out. Come with at least 2 or 3 ideas to talk about if things get too quiet. If the leader has sent out questions, actually think about them before class. And be responsible about doing the reading. If you do all this stuff, others will do the same when it's your turn to lead.<br />
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The hardest part is getting the conversation started. Once it's going, it will often run itself - and if it is doing this you should let it. I've been running seminars for a few years now, and I'm only just getting to where I realize that my job is to say as little as possible. If I talk the whole time, then I'm essentially lecturing ... and this is not a lecture format ... the goals are very different, they are to get people thinking on their feet and discussing ideas to help them learn the stuff for themselves. But, it is your job to ensure that we are not just subjected to silence.<br />
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'''PowerPoint:''' When presenting a reading, I don't really mind whether you use PowerPoint or not. Often, it is not necessary, but sometimes it can help by putting up key talking points where everyone can see them. If you do use PowerPoint, it should be to help maintain a conversation, not to just reiterate what is in the reading. If there are figures that you want to ask questions about, then putting them up on a screen can be very useful. Likewise, having your questions on screen for people to refer to can help. I will reserve a projector for each class session, but you will need to go and get it from the EEB office before class. If you do not have a laptop, let me know and I will bring mine. <br />
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'''Grading:''' The course is S/U and it is unusual for people to fail. But, if you hardly ever participate in the discussions, I will fail you. '''''This is your only warning!!'''''<br />
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'' If you have never led a discussion in a seminar course before, or feel nervous about doing so, please talk to me beforehand. It isn't as hard as it might seem, and it's always easier if you're well prepared and know what to expect.''<br />
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== Discussion/News ==<br />
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If you have any information related to the course (e.g., relevant news items, related web links, etc.), feel free to post it here. Please put the date first, then your name; be concise; and organize the list so that items are in reverse chronological order. For an example of the right format, check out my Conservation Biology in the News site [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Conservation_biology_in_the_news here]. If you're not an EEB graduate student, then you can email items to me and I will add them, but please send them to me in the right format.<br />
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== Course history ==<br />
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If you are interested in the topics that we have covered in this class in past years, I have preserved previous versions of the web page, linked below.<br />
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During 2014, the topic was climate change and extinction. To see what was covered during that course, [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/EEB_5370:_Climate_change_and_extinction_%28Spring_2014%29 click here].<br />
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During 2013, the topic was conservation in urban settings. To see what was covered during that course, [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Conservation_in_urban_settings_%28EEB_5370:_Spring_2013%29 click here].<br />
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During 2012, the topic was trade-offs in conservation biology. To see what was covered during that course, [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Conservation_trade-offs_%28EEB_5370:_Spring_2012%29 click here].<br />
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During 2011, the topic was climate change. To see what was covered during that course, <br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Climate_change_%28EEB_5370:_Spring_2011%29 click here].<br />
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During 2010, the topic was invasion biology. To see what we covered during that course, <br />
[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Invasion_Biology_%28EEB_5370:_Spring_2010%29 click here].<br />
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During 2009, the topic was evidence-based conservation. To see what we covered during that course, [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Evidence-based_Conservation click here].<br />
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During 2008, the topic was the history of the U.S. Endangered Species Act. To see what we covered during that course, [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/EEB_489:_Conservation_and_the_Endangered_Species_Act_(Spring_2008) click here].<br />
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During 2007, the topic was the biological consequences of climate change. To see what we covered during that course, [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB489/ click here].<br />
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During 2006, the topic was the conservation implications of invasive species. To see what we covered during that course, [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB489/EEB489_2006_syllabus_invasives.htm click here].<br />
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During 2005, the topic was relating general conservation approaches to local problems in New England. To see what we covered during that course, [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB489/EEB489_2005_syllabus.htm click here].<br />
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During 2004, the topic was the role of science in the U.S. Endangered Species Act. To see what we covered during that course, [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB489/EEB489_2004_syllabus.htm click here]; for a reading list, [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/EEB489/ESA_readings.htm click here].<br />
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== Other information ==<br />
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For information about EEB's Joint B.S./M.S. degree program in Biodiversity and Conservation Biology [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/department/BSMS/ click here]<br />
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For information about the Society for Conservation Biology [http://www.conbio.org/?CFID=6617594&CFTOKEN=86148795 click here]<br />
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For information on jobs in conservation biology [http://www.conbio.org/professional-development/scb-job-board/ click here]<br />
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For information on jobs in wildlife biology [http://wfscjobs.tamu.edu/job-board/ click here]<br />
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* Erucism (caterpillar-caused dermal reactions)<br />
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* Life History<br />
* Larval Descriptions<br />
* Erucism (caterpillar-caused dermal reactions)<br />
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===Northern Oak Hairstreak (''Satyrium favonius ontario'')===<br />
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* Ecological Assessment<br />
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* Life History<br />
* Larval Descriptions<br />
* Erucism (caterpillar-caused dermal reactions)<br />
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<p>University of Connecticut</div>Benedict Gagliardihttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Molecular_Systematics_Spring_2014&diff=29105Molecular Systematics Spring 20142014-03-27T01:35:47Z<p>Benedict Gagliardi: </p>
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<div>2 Credits- half-semester module, 24 March-30 April 2014 <br />
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'''Lectures:''' <br/><br />
Mon & Wed 12:30-1:45 Bio-Pharm 3rd floor conference room<br />
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'''Labs:'''<br/><br />
Mon & Wed 2:00-4:00 (first half-hour in conference room, remainder in BioPharm 325).<br />
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'''Instructor:'''<br/><br />
Chris Simon, Biopharm 305D, 6-4640, <chris.simon@uconn.edu><br />
Graduate Assistant: Russ Meister, Biopharm 325A, <Russell.Meister@uconn.edu>; 6-3947<br />
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'''Readings:''' will be posted as PDF’s. <br/><br />
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Handy reference books: 1) Molecular Systematics, 2nd ed. (Hillis, Moritz & Mable, eds. 1996, Sinauer) especially Chapter 11 by Swofford et al. on Phylogenetic Inference; 2) Molecular Evolution: A phylogenetic Approach (Page & Holmes 1998, Blackwell); 3) Inferring Phylogenies (Felsenstein 2004, Sinauer); The Phylogenetic Handbook (eds. Philippe Lemey, Marco Salemi, and Anne-Mieke Vandamme, 2010).<br />
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'''Lecture Goals:''' The course will focus on the basics of molecular systematics theory and practice from the point of view of the data. We will explore the ways in which an understanding of processes of evolution of molecular data can help in the construction of evolutionary trees. Lectures will examine some of the most serious problems in evolutionary tree construction: nucleotide bias, alignment, homoplasy, among-site rate variation, taxon sampling, long branches, big trees, heterogeneous rates of evolution among branches, covarion shifts. <br />
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'''Laboratory Goals:''' Labs will cover basic techniques in molecular systematics from DNA extraction to sequencing, alignment and cloning. This lab will be of interest to both experienced and novice molecular systematists because we will try newly developed kits/techniques and compare them to older ones. <br />
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'''Short Assignments:'''<br />
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'''1)''' For each topic a bibliography will be provided including one focal paper for which the PDF will be posted. Each student will need to turn in a one-page summary of the importance of each focal paper (1 or occasionally 2 papers per week). <br />
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'''2)''' The week prior to the start of classes you will be given a checklist discussing practical considerations, organization and data checks for molecular systematics. In certain sections you are asked to answer questions and explain how these procedures are modified in your lab.<br />
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'''3)''' There will be a short "secondary structure alignment assignment" during the semester. <br />
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'''4)''' Each student will keep a laboratory notebook and hand-in data collected during the course in the form of an alignment and a nexus data file. Various exercises will be performed in laboratory and some will be finished outside of class. These are detailed in the laboratory syllabus. <br />
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'''5)''' For each Lab, one student will present a 10-15 minute Powerpoint presentation relating to techniques used in that day’s lab. Russ will be available to advise you, but use web searches and try to do as much as possible on your own. These Powerpoint presentations will be posted on the class website so that in the future when you teach a molecular systematics class, they can be used as a starting point to revise and develop lectures of your own.<br />
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'''Final Exam:''' The final exam will be a take home test in which each student critiques the first draft of a paper submitted to Systematic Biology (submitted in the past but making comments as if it were submitted today). Each student will also compare the submitted version to the published version. The answer key will be the actual review containing reviewers, associate editors, and editor’s comments (with permission of authors, reviewers and editors) and a list of critical points that need to be considered by the authors.<br />
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'''Final Due Dates: Sunday May 4th: Lab project and notebook due. Take Home FINAL EXAM handed out Sunday May 6th. Take home final due Sunday May 11th.'''<br />
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'''Syllabus:''' {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/0/00/MolSys14Syl.pdf}}<br />
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=='''Schedule'''==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" <br />
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|Mar 24 ||{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/molsyst-eeb5350/Lect.%201.%20Molecular%20Systematics-%20How%20Molecules%20Evolve.%20Parts%20I%20%26%20II%2024%20Mar%2014.pdf}}An introduction to looking at your data: How molecules evolve. <br/><br />
|| Reading too big to post, sent out by Chris. Bibliography{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/molsyst-eeb5350/Lec1_Bib.pdf}} || | Data checks at every step. Mechanics of Lab; Explanation of class Tettigades project {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/molsyst-eeb5350/TettigadesIntroSmall.pdf}}. Start Nucleospin kit extractions<br />
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|Mar 26 ||{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/molsyst-eeb5350/Lecture%202.%20Models%2C%20ASRV%20History%202014.pdf}}The many roles of biological systematics <br/> || Kjer & Honeycutt {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/molsyst-eeb5350/Lec2-Kjer%20%26%20Honeycutt_2007.pdf}}, Soubrier et al. {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/molsyst-eeb5350/Lec2-Soubrier%2C%20Steel%20et%20al.%202012.%20%20%20ASRV%20and%20time%20dependent%20rates%20mbe_paper.pdf}}, Sullivan & Swofford {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/molsyst-eeb5350/Lec2-Sullivan%20%26%20Swofford2001.pdf}}, Bibliography{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/molsyst-eeb5350/Lec2_Bib.pdf}} || '''Mini-presentation:''' DNA extraction- ultrapure to ultradirty, (phenol-chloroform/CsCl gradients to filters to salting out to chelex, etc.) Russ{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/molsyst-eeb5350/M1-DNAExtractioRCM.pdf}}. Also, Johana gave a small presentation about her work with different extraction methods{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/molsyst-eeb5350/Johanne_Extraction_small.pdf}}.<br />
'''LAB:''' Chelex extraction. Finish Nucleospin extractions<br />
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|Mar 31 ||Problems associated combining data, multiple gene histories for single taxa (Species trees and gene trees) <br/><br />
|| || | Before lab, read the introduction to the primer compilation, study the primer comparisons among animals for the COI and COII genes in Simon et al. 1994. And Simon et al. 2006. '''Mini-presentation:''' Primer Design- Primer exercise introduction; the beginning of Genious. Russ<br />
'''LAB:''' Run extractions on gels. Demonstrate DNA & RNA extraction quantification and the use of the nanodrop. '''Homework:''' Troubleshoot and improve “universal” primers for COI and COII in comparison to four complete Tettigades sequences<br />
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|Apr 2 ||Lecture 4. Choosing partitions, comparing trees || || '''Mini-presentation:''' The Polymerase Chain Reaction- how it works & optimizing reactions. '''Johana Goyes'''<br />
'''LAB:''' Set-up PCR reaction (mtDNA of Tettigades species, COI barcode, two directions), run gel<br />
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|Apr 7 ||Lecture 5. Guest Speaker. Paul Frandsen. '''*See syllabus for note*'''<br />
|| || | '''Mini-presentation:''' Different methods for cleaning PCR products for sequencing reactions '''Jimmy Bernot'''<br />
'''LAB:''' Purify PCR products and set-up sequencing reactions<br />
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|Apr 9 ||Lecture 6. Secondary structure & alignment (cont.); Molecular clocks || || '''Mini-presentation:''' How Big Dye works, chromatograms, and troubleshooting <br />
'''Andrew Frank'''<br/><br />
'''LAB:''' Sephadex and put samples on the ABI; Looking at sequences using Sequencher/Geneious, making contigs, blasting sequences in Genbank<br />
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|Apr 14 ||Lecture 7. Long branches, taxon sampling, Felsenstein-zone & anti-felsenstein zone; long branch pruning strategy<br />
|| || | '''Mini-presentation:''' - Cloning DNA<br />
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'''LAB:''' Cloning- Long Lab.<br />
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|Apr 16 ||Lecture 8. Big Trees, Long Branches, & Simulations || || '''Mini-presentation:''' Depositing sequences in GenBank<br />
'''Benedict''' <br/><br />
'''LAB:''' PCR clones/Set up sequencing reactions- Long Lab<br />
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|Apr 21 ||Lecture 9: Among Lineage rate variation: nucleotide bias among taxa<br />
|| || | '''Mini-presentation:''' Ancient DNA & Museum DNA protocols<br />
'''Tanisha''' <br/><br />
'''LAB:''' Sephadex and put clone samples on ABI<br />
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|Apr 23 ||Lecture 10: Among Lineage rate variation: Covarion evolution: codon models<br />
|| || | '''Mini-presentation:''' Numts<br />
'''Sarah''' <br/><br />
'''LAB:''' Compare products with those from PCR with DNA vs cloning template and complete mtDNA sequences<br />
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|Apr 28 ||Lecture 11: ALRV: heterotachy, covarion models; long branch problems, taxon sampling, meaning of "basal taxon"<br />
|| || | '''Mini-presentation:''' RNA: extraction and what it can be used for<br />
________________________________<br />
'''LAB:''' RNA isolation- Nucleospin RNA Kit<br />
|-<br />
|Apr 30 ||Lecture 12: Tests of topology and problems associated with nodal support<br />
|| || | '''Guest Lecture:''' Beth Wade, Next Gen sequencing applications, Transcriptomics, Rad Tags, Class Discussion on the implications for modeling data for phylogenetic analysis.<br />
|-<br />
|May 4 || Lab notebook due. Take home final handed out.|| Nothing new || No Lab<br />
|-<br />
|May 11||Final Exam due, emailed to Russ|| Nothing new || You are ''so'' done with this class<br />
|}<br />
<br/><br />
<br />
=='''Old Site'''==<br />
Molecular Systematics Website from 2012 (http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/MolSys2012)<br />
<br/><br />
[[Category:EEB Courses]]</div>Benedict Gagliardihttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Molecular_Systematics_Spring_2014&diff=29104Molecular Systematics Spring 20142014-03-27T01:35:08Z<p>Benedict Gagliardi: </p>
<hr />
<div>2 Credits- half-semester module, 24 March-30 April 2014 <br />
<br />
'''Lectures:''' <br/><br />
Mon & Wed 12:30-1:45 Bio-Pharm 3rd floor conference room<br />
<br />
'''Labs:'''<br/><br />
Mon & Wed 2:00-4:00 (first half-hour in conference room, remainder in BioPharm 325).<br />
<br />
'''Instructor:'''<br/><br />
Chris Simon, Biopharm 305D, 6-4640, <chris.simon@uconn.edu><br />
Graduate Assistant: Russ Meister, Biopharm 325A, <Russell.Meister@uconn.edu>; 6-3947<br />
<br />
'''Readings:''' will be posted as PDF’s. <br/><br />
<br />
Handy reference books: 1) Molecular Systematics, 2nd ed. (Hillis, Moritz & Mable, eds. 1996, Sinauer) especially Chapter 11 by Swofford et al. on Phylogenetic Inference; 2) Molecular Evolution: A phylogenetic Approach (Page & Holmes 1998, Blackwell); 3) Inferring Phylogenies (Felsenstein 2004, Sinauer); The Phylogenetic Handbook (eds. Philippe Lemey, Marco Salemi, and Anne-Mieke Vandamme, 2010).<br />
<br />
'''Lecture Goals:''' The course will focus on the basics of molecular systematics theory and practice from the point of view of the data. We will explore the ways in which an understanding of processes of evolution of molecular data can help in the construction of evolutionary trees. Lectures will examine some of the most serious problems in evolutionary tree construction: nucleotide bias, alignment, homoplasy, among-site rate variation, taxon sampling, long branches, big trees, heterogeneous rates of evolution among branches, covarion shifts. <br />
<br />
'''Laboratory Goals:''' Labs will cover basic techniques in molecular systematics from DNA extraction to sequencing, alignment and cloning. This lab will be of interest to both experienced and novice molecular systematists because we will try newly developed kits/techniques and compare them to older ones. <br />
<br />
'''Short Assignments:'''<br />
<br />
'''1)''' For each topic a bibliography will be provided including one focal paper for which the PDF will be posted. Each student will need to turn in a one-page summary of the importance of each focal paper (1 or occasionally 2 papers per week). <br />
<br />
'''2)''' The week prior to the start of classes you will be given a checklist discussing practical considerations, organization and data checks for molecular systematics. In certain sections you are asked to answer questions and explain how these procedures are modified in your lab.<br />
<br />
'''3)''' There will be a short "secondary structure alignment assignment" during the semester. <br />
<br />
'''4)''' Each student will keep a laboratory notebook and hand-in data collected during the course in the form of an alignment and a nexus data file. Various exercises will be performed in laboratory and some will be finished outside of class. These are detailed in the laboratory syllabus. <br />
<br />
'''5)''' For each Lab, one student will present a 10-15 minute Powerpoint presentation relating to techniques used in that day’s lab. Russ will be available to advise you, but use web searches and try to do as much as possible on your own. These Powerpoint presentations will be posted on the class website so that in the future when you teach a molecular systematics class, they can be used as a starting point to revise and develop lectures of your own.<br />
<br />
'''Final Exam:''' The final exam will be a take home test in which each student critiques the first draft of a paper submitted to Systematic Biology (submitted in the past but making comments as if it were submitted today). Each student will also compare the submitted version to the published version. The answer key will be the actual review containing reviewers, associate editors, and editor’s comments (with permission of authors, reviewers and editors) and a list of critical points that need to be considered by the authors.<br />
<br />
'''Final Due Dates: Sunday May 4th: Lab project and notebook due. Take Home FINAL EXAM handed out Sunday May 6th. Take home final due Sunday May 11th.'''<br />
<br />
'''Syllabus:''' {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/0/00/MolSys14Syl.pdf}}<br />
<br />
=='''Schedule'''==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" <br />
!style="background:#99cccc;" width="90" align="center"|Day<br />
!style="background:#2A52BE;" width="365"|Topics<br />
!style="background:#008080;" width="315"|Reading/Assignment<br />
!style="background:#00B7EB;" width="275"|Lab<br />
|-<br />
|Mar 24 ||{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/molsyst-eeb5350/Lect.%201.%20Molecular%20Systematics-%20How%20Molecules%20Evolve.%20Parts%20I%20%26%20II%2024%20Mar%2014.pdf}}An introduction to looking at your data: How molecules evolve. <br/><br />
|| Reading too big to post, sent out by Chris. Bibliography{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/molsyst-eeb5350/Lec1_Bib.pdf}} || | Data checks at every step. Mechanics of Lab; Explanation of class Tettigades project {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/molsyst-eeb5350/TettigadesIntroSmall.pdf}}. Start Nucleospin kit extractions<br />
|-<br />
|Mar 26 ||{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/molsyst-eeb5350/Lecture%202.%20Models%2C%20ASRV%20History%202014.pdf}}The many roles of biological systematics <br/> || Kjer & Honeycutt {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/molsyst-eeb5350/Lec2-Kjer%20%26%20Honeycutt_2007.pdf}}, Soubrier et al. {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/molsyst-eeb5350/Lec2-Soubrier%2C%20Steel%20et%20al.%202012.%20%20%20ASRV%20and%20time%20dependent%20rates%20mbe_paper.pdf}}, Sullivan & Swofford {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/molsyst-eeb5350/Lec2-Sullivan%20%26%20Swofford2001.pdf}}, Bibliography{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/molsyst-eeb5350/Lec2_Bib.pdf}} || '''Mini-presentation:''' DNA extraction- ultrapure to ultradirty, (phenol-chloroform/CsCl gradients to filters to salting out to chelex, etc.) Russ{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/molsyst-eeb5350/M1-DNAExtractioRCM.pdf}}. Also, Johana gave a small presentation about her work with different extraction methods{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/molsyst-eeb5350/Johanne_Extraction_small.pdf}}.<br />
'''LAB:''' Chelex extraction. Finish Nucleospin extractions<br />
|-<br />
|Mar 31 ||Problems associated combining data, multiple gene histories for single taxa (Species trees and gene trees) <br/><br />
|| || | Before lab, read the introduction to the primer compilation, study the primer comparisons among animals for the COI and COII genes in Simon et al. 1994. And Simon et al. 2006. '''Mini-presentation:''' Primer Design- Primer exercise introduction; the beginning of Genious. Russ<br />
'''LAB:''' Run extractions on gels. Demonstrate DNA & RNA extraction quantification and the use of the nanodrop. '''Homework:''' Troubleshoot and improve “universal” primers for COI and COII in comparison to four complete Tettigades sequences<br />
|-<br />
|Apr 2 ||Lecture 4. Choosing partitions, comparing trees || || '''Mini-presentation:''' The Polymerase Chain Reaction- how it works & optimizing reactions. '''Johana Goyes'''<br />
'''LAB:''' Set-up PCR reaction (mtDNA of Tettigades species, COI barcode, two directions), run gel<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|Apr 7 ||Lecture 5. Guest Speaker. Paul Frandsen. '''*See syllabus for note*'''<br />
|| || | '''Mini-presentation:''' Different methods for cleaning PCR products for sequencing reactions '''Jimmy Bernot'''<br />
'''LAB:''' Purify PCR products and set-up sequencing reactions<br />
|-<br />
|Apr 9 ||Lecture 6. Secondary structure & alignment (cont.); Molecular clocks || || '''Mini-presentation:''' How Big Dye works, chromatograms, and troubleshooting <br />
'''Andrew Frank'''<br/><br />
'''LAB:''' Sephadex and put samples on the ABI; Looking at sequences using Sequencher/Geneious, making contigs, blasting sequences in Genbank<br />
|-<br />
|Apr 14 ||Lecture 7. Long branches, taxon sampling, Felsenstein-zone & anti-felsenstein zone; long branch pruning strategy<br />
|| || | '''Mini-presentation:''' - Cloning DNA<br />
____________________________ <br />
'''LAB:''' Cloning- Long Lab.<br />
|-<br />
|Apr 16 ||Lecture 8. Big Trees, Long Branches, & Simulations || || '''Mini-presentation:''' Depositing sequences in GenBank<br />
"'Benedict Gagliardi"' <br/><br />
'''LAB:''' PCR clones/Set up sequencing reactions- Long Lab<br />
|-<br />
|Apr 21 ||Lecture 9: Among Lineage rate variation: nucleotide bias among taxa<br />
|| || | '''Mini-presentation:''' Ancient DNA & Museum DNA protocols<br />
'''Tanisha''' <br/><br />
'''LAB:''' Sephadex and put clone samples on ABI<br />
|-<br />
|Apr 23 ||Lecture 10: Among Lineage rate variation: Covarion evolution: codon models<br />
|| || | '''Mini-presentation:''' Numts<br />
'''Sarah''' <br/><br />
'''LAB:''' Compare products with those from PCR with DNA vs cloning template and complete mtDNA sequences<br />
|-<br />
|Apr 28 ||Lecture 11: ALRV: heterotachy, covarion models; long branch problems, taxon sampling, meaning of "basal taxon"<br />
|| || | '''Mini-presentation:''' RNA: extraction and what it can be used for<br />
________________________________<br />
'''LAB:''' RNA isolation- Nucleospin RNA Kit<br />
|-<br />
|Apr 30 ||Lecture 12: Tests of topology and problems associated with nodal support<br />
|| || | '''Guest Lecture:''' Beth Wade, Next Gen sequencing applications, Transcriptomics, Rad Tags, Class Discussion on the implications for modeling data for phylogenetic analysis.<br />
|-<br />
|May 4 || Lab notebook due. Take home final handed out.|| Nothing new || No Lab<br />
|-<br />
|May 11||Final Exam due, emailed to Russ|| Nothing new || You are ''so'' done with this class<br />
|}<br />
<br/><br />
<br />
=='''Old Site'''==<br />
Molecular Systematics Website from 2012 (http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/MolSys2012)<br />
<br/><br />
[[Category:EEB Courses]]</div>Benedict Gagliardihttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Molecular_Systematics_Spring_2014&diff=29103Molecular Systematics Spring 20142014-03-27T01:33:53Z<p>Benedict Gagliardi: </p>
<hr />
<div>2 Credits- half-semester module, 24 March-30 April 2014 <br />
<br />
'''Lectures:''' <br/><br />
Mon & Wed 12:30-1:45 Bio-Pharm 3rd floor conference room<br />
<br />
'''Labs:'''<br/><br />
Mon & Wed 2:00-4:00 (first half-hour in conference room, remainder in BioPharm 325).<br />
<br />
'''Instructor:'''<br/><br />
Chris Simon, Biopharm 305D, 6-4640, <chris.simon@uconn.edu><br />
Graduate Assistant: Russ Meister, Biopharm 325A, <Russell.Meister@uconn.edu>; 6-3947<br />
<br />
'''Readings:''' will be posted as PDF’s. <br/><br />
<br />
Handy reference books: 1) Molecular Systematics, 2nd ed. (Hillis, Moritz & Mable, eds. 1996, Sinauer) especially Chapter 11 by Swofford et al. on Phylogenetic Inference; 2) Molecular Evolution: A phylogenetic Approach (Page & Holmes 1998, Blackwell); 3) Inferring Phylogenies (Felsenstein 2004, Sinauer); The Phylogenetic Handbook (eds. Philippe Lemey, Marco Salemi, and Anne-Mieke Vandamme, 2010).<br />
<br />
'''Lecture Goals:''' The course will focus on the basics of molecular systematics theory and practice from the point of view of the data. We will explore the ways in which an understanding of processes of evolution of molecular data can help in the construction of evolutionary trees. Lectures will examine some of the most serious problems in evolutionary tree construction: nucleotide bias, alignment, homoplasy, among-site rate variation, taxon sampling, long branches, big trees, heterogeneous rates of evolution among branches, covarion shifts. <br />
<br />
'''Laboratory Goals:''' Labs will cover basic techniques in molecular systematics from DNA extraction to sequencing, alignment and cloning. This lab will be of interest to both experienced and novice molecular systematists because we will try newly developed kits/techniques and compare them to older ones. <br />
<br />
'''Short Assignments:'''<br />
<br />
'''1)''' For each topic a bibliography will be provided including one focal paper for which the PDF will be posted. Each student will need to turn in a one-page summary of the importance of each focal paper (1 or occasionally 2 papers per week). <br />
<br />
'''2)''' The week prior to the start of classes you will be given a checklist discussing practical considerations, organization and data checks for molecular systematics. In certain sections you are asked to answer questions and explain how these procedures are modified in your lab.<br />
<br />
'''3)''' There will be a short "secondary structure alignment assignment" during the semester. <br />
<br />
'''4)''' Each student will keep a laboratory notebook and hand-in data collected during the course in the form of an alignment and a nexus data file. Various exercises will be performed in laboratory and some will be finished outside of class. These are detailed in the laboratory syllabus. <br />
<br />
'''5)''' For each Lab, one student will present a 10-15 minute Powerpoint presentation relating to techniques used in that day’s lab. Russ will be available to advise you, but use web searches and try to do as much as possible on your own. These Powerpoint presentations will be posted on the class website so that in the future when you teach a molecular systematics class, they can be used as a starting point to revise and develop lectures of your own.<br />
<br />
'''Final Exam:''' The final exam will be a take home test in which each student critiques the first draft of a paper submitted to Systematic Biology (submitted in the past but making comments as if it were submitted today). Each student will also compare the submitted version to the published version. The answer key will be the actual review containing reviewers, associate editors, and editor’s comments (with permission of authors, reviewers and editors) and a list of critical points that need to be considered by the authors.<br />
<br />
'''Final Due Dates: Sunday May 4th: Lab project and notebook due. Take Home FINAL EXAM handed out Sunday May 6th. Take home final due Sunday May 11th.'''<br />
<br />
'''Syllabus:''' {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/images/0/00/MolSys14Syl.pdf}}<br />
<br />
=='''Schedule'''==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" <br />
!style="background:#99cccc;" width="90" align="center"|Day<br />
!style="background:#2A52BE;" width="365"|Topics<br />
!style="background:#008080;" width="315"|Reading/Assignment<br />
!style="background:#00B7EB;" width="275"|Lab<br />
|-<br />
|Mar 24 ||{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/molsyst-eeb5350/Lect.%201.%20Molecular%20Systematics-%20How%20Molecules%20Evolve.%20Parts%20I%20%26%20II%2024%20Mar%2014.pdf}}An introduction to looking at your data: How molecules evolve. <br/><br />
|| Reading too big to post, sent out by Chris. Bibliography{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/molsyst-eeb5350/Lec1_Bib.pdf}} || | Data checks at every step. Mechanics of Lab; Explanation of class Tettigades project {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/molsyst-eeb5350/TettigadesIntroSmall.pdf}}. Start Nucleospin kit extractions<br />
|-<br />
|Mar 26 ||{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/molsyst-eeb5350/Lecture%202.%20Models%2C%20ASRV%20History%202014.pdf}}The many roles of biological systematics <br/> || Kjer & Honeycutt {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/molsyst-eeb5350/Lec2-Kjer%20%26%20Honeycutt_2007.pdf}}, Soubrier et al. {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/molsyst-eeb5350/Lec2-Soubrier%2C%20Steel%20et%20al.%202012.%20%20%20ASRV%20and%20time%20dependent%20rates%20mbe_paper.pdf}}, Sullivan & Swofford {{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/molsyst-eeb5350/Lec2-Sullivan%20%26%20Swofford2001.pdf}}, Bibliography{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/molsyst-eeb5350/Lec2_Bib.pdf}} || '''Mini-presentation:''' DNA extraction- ultrapure to ultradirty, (phenol-chloroform/CsCl gradients to filters to salting out to chelex, etc.) Russ{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/molsyst-eeb5350/M1-DNAExtractioRCM.pdf}}. Also, Johana gave a small presentation about her work with different extraction methods{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/molsyst-eeb5350/Johanne_Extraction_small.pdf}}.<br />
'''LAB:''' Chelex extraction. Finish Nucleospin extractions<br />
|-<br />
|Mar 31 ||Problems associated combining data, multiple gene histories for single taxa (Species trees and gene trees) <br/><br />
|| || | Before lab, read the introduction to the primer compilation, study the primer comparisons among animals for the COI and COII genes in Simon et al. 1994. And Simon et al. 2006. '''Mini-presentation:''' Primer Design- Primer exercise introduction; the beginning of Genious. Russ<br />
'''LAB:''' Run extractions on gels. Demonstrate DNA & RNA extraction quantification and the use of the nanodrop. '''Homework:''' Troubleshoot and improve “universal” primers for COI and COII in comparison to four complete Tettigades sequences<br />
|-<br />
|Apr 2 ||Lecture 4. Choosing partitions, comparing trees || || '''Mini-presentation:''' The Polymerase Chain Reaction- how it works & optimizing reactions. '''Johana Goyes'''<br />
'''LAB:''' Set-up PCR reaction (mtDNA of Tettigades species, COI barcode, two directions), run gel<br />
<br />
|-<br />
|Apr 7 ||Lecture 5. Guest Speaker. Paul Frandsen. '''*See syllabus for note*'''<br />
|| || | '''Mini-presentation:''' Different methods for cleaning PCR products for sequencing reactions '''Jimmy Bernot'''<br />
'''LAB:''' Purify PCR products and set-up sequencing reactions<br />
|-<br />
|Apr 9 ||Lecture 6. Secondary structure & alignment (cont.); Molecular clocks || || '''Mini-presentation:''' How Big Dye works, chromatograms, and troubleshooting <br />
'''Andrew Frank'''<br/><br />
'''LAB:''' Sephadex and put samples on the ABI; Looking at sequences using Sequencher/Geneious, making contigs, blasting sequences in Genbank<br />
|-<br />
|Apr 14 ||Lecture 7. Long branches, taxon sampling, Felsenstein-zone & anti-felsenstein zone; long branch pruning strategy<br />
|| || | '''Mini-presentation:''' - Cloning DNA<br />
____________________________ <br />
'''LAB:''' Cloning- Long Lab.<br />
|-<br />
|Apr 16 ||Lecture 8. Big Trees, Long Branches, & Simulations || || '''Mini-presentation:''' Depositing sequences in GenBank<br />
Benedict Gagliardi<br />
'''LAB:''' PCR clones/Set up sequencing reactions- Long Lab<br />
|-<br />
|Apr 21 ||Lecture 9: Among Lineage rate variation: nucleotide bias among taxa<br />
|| || | '''Mini-presentation:''' Ancient DNA & Museum DNA protocols<br />
'''Tanisha''' <br/><br />
'''LAB:''' Sephadex and put clone samples on ABI<br />
|-<br />
|Apr 23 ||Lecture 10: Among Lineage rate variation: Covarion evolution: codon models<br />
|| || | '''Mini-presentation:''' Numts<br />
'''Sarah''' <br/><br />
'''LAB:''' Compare products with those from PCR with DNA vs cloning template and complete mtDNA sequences<br />
|-<br />
|Apr 28 ||Lecture 11: ALRV: heterotachy, covarion models; long branch problems, taxon sampling, meaning of "basal taxon"<br />
|| || | '''Mini-presentation:''' RNA: extraction and what it can be used for<br />
________________________________<br />
'''LAB:''' RNA isolation- Nucleospin RNA Kit<br />
|-<br />
|Apr 30 ||Lecture 12: Tests of topology and problems associated with nodal support<br />
|| || | '''Guest Lecture:''' Beth Wade, Next Gen sequencing applications, Transcriptomics, Rad Tags, Class Discussion on the implications for modeling data for phylogenetic analysis.<br />
|-<br />
|May 4 || Lab notebook due. Take home final handed out.|| Nothing new || No Lab<br />
|-<br />
|May 11||Final Exam due, emailed to Russ|| Nothing new || You are ''so'' done with this class<br />
|}<br />
<br/><br />
<br />
=='''Old Site'''==<br />
Molecular Systematics Website from 2012 (http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/MolSys2012)<br />
<br/><br />
[[Category:EEB Courses]]</div>Benedict Gagliardihttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Graduate_Student_Symposium_2014&diff=28751Graduate Student Symposium 20142014-03-03T18:47:37Z<p>Benedict Gagliardi: /* Schedule */</p>
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== Saturday, March 8, 2014 == <br />
==== Biology/Physics Building Room 130, 9:00am to ~ 4:00pm ====<br />
'''</big> </center> <br><br />
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The '''EEB Graduate Student Symposium''' is an all day event where graduate students present their research to other graduate students and faculty. Any EEB graduate student can present: BSMS, masters, PhD, old and new students. New graduate students usually present research ideas or preliminary data, while those more ‘seasoned’ students present their most recent results, often in preparation for upcoming spring and summer meetings. <br />
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!style="background:#efefef;" width="80" align="center"|Time<br />
!style="background:#efefef;" width="120"|Speaker<br />
!style="background:#efefef;" width="450"|Title<br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 8:30-9:00 || || Coffee and potluck breakfast.<br />
|- <br />
| 9:00-9:15 || Charmane Thurmand, Interim- Special Assistant to the Dean of the Graduate School for Diversity Programs || Welcome Address <br />
|- <br />
| 9:15-9:30 || Holly Brown || How do land-based piscivores overcome visual challenges at the air-water interface?<br />
|- <br />
| 9:30-9:45 || Michael Hutson || TBD<br />
|- <br />
| 9:45-10:00 || Brigette Zacharczenko || How Not to be Eaten: Defensive Strategies of Acronicta Caterpillars<br />
|- <br />
| 10:00-10:15 || Ben Gagliardi || Biosystematics of Nearctic Smoky Moths<br />
|- <br />
| 10:15-10:30 || Shannon Hsieh || TBD <br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 10:30-11:00 || || '''Morning Break'''<br />
|- <br />
| 11:00-11:15 || Michael Evans, NRE || Black Bear Ecology on a Human Dominated Landscape<br />
|- <br />
| 11:15-11:30 || Tanisha Williams || The Struggle for Persistence<br />
|- <br />
| 11:30-11:45 || Jimmy Bernot || Shark Tapeworms: Why Do They Live Where They Live<br />
|- <br />
| 11:45-12:00 || Steven Mollmann, English || Man among the Dinosaurs: Science on Display at the Creation Museum<br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 12:00-1:30 || || '''Lunch'''<br />
|- <br />
| 1:30-2:00 || Dr. Tobias Landberg, Arcadia University || Keynote Address: Life History of a Biologist and the Process of Academic Metamorphosis<br />
|- <br />
| 2:00-2:15 || Jon Velotta || Reduced swimming performance follows land-locking in Alewives<br />
|- <br />
| 2:15-2:30 || Simona Augyte || Evidence for a new species of kelp from southern Maine<br />
|- <br />
| 2:30-2:45 || Veronica Bueno || The Other Side of the World: Assessing the Diversity of Skate Tapeworms in the Southern Hemisphere.<br />
|- <br />
| 2:45-3:00 || Hayley Kilroy M. || Seed Traits of Fynbos Communities and Conebush (''Leucadendron'') Populations<br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;"| 3:00-3:10 || || '''Afternoon Break'''<br />
|- <br />
| 3:10-3:25 || Cera Fisher || Adventures in Treehopper RNAi<br />
|- <br />
| 3:25-3:40 || Mike Smircich || Zebra mussel effects on diet and condition of early-stage fishes in the Hudson River<br />
|- <br />
!style="background:#efefef;" | 3:40-4:00 || || '''Speed Talks and Photo Contest'''<br />
|- <br />
| 3:40-3:45 || Andrew Frank || Parallel Speciation of Two Western North American Skinks (''Plestiodon'')<br />
|- <br />
| 3:45-3:50 || Ellen Woods || TBD<br />
|- <br />
| 3:50-3:55 || Kaitlin Gallagher || Identification of tissue types in the cestode ''Lithobothrium aenigmatium''<br />
|- <br />
| 3:55-4:00 || [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/2014_Biological_Photo_Contest Photo Contest Results] ||<br />
|- <br />
|}<br />
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__NOTOC__</div>Benedict Gagliardihttp://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php?title=Entomology_Meeting&diff=26686Entomology Meeting2013-09-10T21:00:57Z<p>Benedict Gagliardi: </p>
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'''Insect Systematics, Morphology, Evolution & Biology'''<br><br />
'''Course #:''' EEB 5895 Section 028<br><br />
'''Date/time:''' Mondays 12:20-1:20<br><br />
'''Location:''' TLS 471, the Wag Lab<br><br />
'''Contact:''' [mailto:david.wagner@uconn.edu David Wagner], [mailto:brigette.zacharczenko@gmail.com Brigette Zacharczenko]<br />
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==Purpose==<br />
The Wag Lab meetings are open to graduate students, undergraduate students, employees, alumni and friends who are interested in entomology.<br><br />
Our lab focuses mostly on Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, and Odonata, but our members have a variety of interests.<br><br />
The main goals of these meetings are to:<br />
* Present papers and start discussion on relevant topics in entomology<br />
* Discuss general lab matters<br />
* Brainstorm research ideas and present results<br />
* Tell biology-related jokes<br />
Lab members are encouraged to attend every lab meeting, read every paper, and come prepared with questions.<br><br />
Entomology related show-and-tell is always welcome in the form of specimens (alive or dead), articles, books, or powerpoint presentations. <br />
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===Format===<br />
* 10 minutes for lab matters and logistics for the week<br />
* 10 minutes show and tell, bugs in the news, and current events<br />
* 10 minutes for a mini student presentation<br />
* 25-30 minutes to discuss paper<br />
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===Requirements===<br />
All students taking this meeting for credit (and all others who wish to participate) should sign up to present a paper at least once per semester. The schedule below lists our meeting dates. <br><br />
:'''Email [mailto:brigette.zacharczenko@gmail.com Brigette Zacharczenko] to reserve your date''' -or- <br><br />
:'''Grad students may edit this page themselves''' <br><br />
* A few days before your date to present, email Brigette with a link or PDF for your paper (or upload it yourself)<br />
* Send any powerpoint files before or just after the lab meeting to be uploaded<br />
* Feel free to send Brigette links to interesting articles any time during the week<br />
* All uploaded files will be password protected<br />
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==Schedule==<br />
===Announcements===<br />
*T-SHIRTS HAVE ARRIVED. There are two smalls left if you want to buy one, now $10 each. If we want more shirts the minimum order is 6 (but we'd need 10 to get the $15 price)<br />
*Wags lab pinback buttons available<br />
*If you bring an empty plastic peanut butter jar, I'll make you a cyanide killing jar.<br />
*Join the Connecticut Entomological Society. Or else. [http://www.insectsingers.com/ces/ces.html CT EntSoc]. The fee is $7 for students, $15 for non students, and you get a free hat.<br />
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'''T-Shirt design'''<br><br />
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===Presentation schedule Fall 2013===<br />
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!width="100"|Date<br />
!width="300"|Name<br />
!width="500"|Paper and presentation<br />
!width="400"|Show-and-tell<br />
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|September 9|| Everyone|| || <br />
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|September 16 ||Dave || ||<br />
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|September 23 || || ||<br />
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|September 30 || || ||<br />
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|October 21 || || ||<br />
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|October 28 || || ||<br />
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===Lab Events===<br />
*September 20 - CT EntSoc meeting, 6pm Willington Pizza, 7:30 talk at UConn, Sports Bar afterward<br />
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==Lepidoptera Family Lectures==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="1"<br />
!width="500"|Lepidoptera Family Lectures<br />
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==Links==<br />
{| border="1" cellpadding="1"<br />
!width="300"|Lab member websites<br />
!width="300"|Entomology blogs<br />
!width="300"|Important resources<br />
!width="300"|Insect photography <br />
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|[http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/dwagner/ Wagner Lab]<br>[http://caterpillarblog.com Caterpillarblog]<br>[http://www.performance-vision.com/airline/ Along the Airline] || [http://arizonabeetlesbugsbirdsandmore.blogspot.com/ Arizona: Beetles Bugs Birds and more]<br>[http://beetlesinthebush.wordpress.com/ Beetles in the Bush]<br>[http://www.biodiversityinfocus.com/ Biodiversity in Focus]<br>[http://membracid.wordpress.com/ BugGirl]<br>[http://caterpillar-eyespots.blogspot.com/ Caterpillar Eyespots]<br>[http://falltoclimb.wordpress.com/ Fall to Climb]<br>[http://lymanmuseum.wordpress.com/ Lyman Entomological Museum]<br>[http://myrmecos.net/ Myrmecos]<br>[http://thesmallermajority.com/ The Smaller Majority]<br>[http://dragonflywoman.wordpress.com/ The Dragonfly Woman]|| [http://bugguide.net BugGuide]<br>[http://www.entsoc.org/ EntSoc]<br>[http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/MainMenu.shtml Moth Photographer's Group]<br>[http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/bsc/briefs/brlabelstandards.htm Label Standards]<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/courses/waglab/Wag%20Lab%20email%20list.docx}}Wag Lab email list ||[http://blepharopsis.deviantart.com/ Igor Siwanowicz]<br>[http://www.insectphotography.com/ Piotr Naskrecki]<br>[http://www.pbase.com/spjaffe Sam Jaffe]<br>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/13084997@N03/sets/72157622467961844/with/8399169293/ Butterfly scales]<br />
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==Photos==<br />
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|[[Image:Mothpuddling.jpg|thumb|center|250px|Moth puddling]]||[[Image:Cecropia.jpg|thumb|center|250px|''Hyalophora cecropia'' moths enjoying a private moment in the lab]]||[[Image:Waglabjump.jpg|thumb|center|250px|Jump!]]||[[image:Mustache.jpg|thumb|center|250px|Mustache Ride]]<br />
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[[Category:EEB Seminars]]</div>Benedict Gagliardi