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|Feb. 19||Michael Donoghue||Plant evolution and phylogenetics||| | |Feb. 19||Michael Donoghue||Plant evolution and phylogenetics||| | ||
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| − | |Feb. 26||Seth Borenstein ||Associated Press national science writer||Dispatches from a Hotter Planet & a Cooler Cosmos | + | |Feb. 26||Seth Borenstein ||Associated Press national science writer||Dispatches from a Hotter Planet & a Cooler Cosmos |
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|Mar. 5||David Hillis||Evolution, molecular systematics, and phylogenetics||| | |Mar. 5||David Hillis||Evolution, molecular systematics, and phylogenetics||| | ||
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|Mar. 19||||Spring Break: No Class||| | |Mar. 19||||Spring Break: No Class||| | ||
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| − | |Mar. 26||Gregg Mitman||Science history, the environment, and human health|| | + | |Mar. 26||Gregg Mitman||Science history, the environment, and human health||Ecological Imperialism Revisited: Entanglements of Disease, Commerce and Knowledge in a Global World |
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|Apr. 2||Gene Likens||Ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry, human impacts on ecosystems||| | |Apr. 2||Gene Likens||Ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry, human impacts on ecosystems||| | ||
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|Apr. 9||Susan Wessler||Genome evolution||| | |Apr. 9||Susan Wessler||Genome evolution||| | ||
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| − | |Apr. 16||Tyrone Hayes||Amphibian development and environmental contamination|| | + | |Apr. 16||Tyrone Hayes||Amphibian development and environmental contamination||From Silent Spring to Silent Night: A Tale of Toads & Men |
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|Apr. 23||Mimi Koehl||Physiology and mechanics of marine organisms||| | |Apr. 23||Mimi Koehl||Physiology and mechanics of marine organisms||| | ||
Revision as of 05:41, 20 December 2014
EEB 3894 Course Objectives:
The purpose of this course is to explore the ecology and evolutionary biology research being conducted by top researchers in these fields. The Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Department invites the highest caliber scientist to UConn as part of a weekly seminar series. Our class with have the opportunity to meet with these researchers in a comfortable, round-table table discussion each week. Prior to each discussion, as a group we will examine related scientific literature, learning how to critically read and interpret data from a variety of study systems. Following our discussions with the visiting researchers, we will attend the their formal lecture to the Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Department. Students will become critical readers of primary scientific literature, will be familiar with major research avenues in ecology and evolutionary biology, and will become comfortable asking questions and interacting with visiting scientists.
Instructors:
Nora Mitchell Jimmy Bernot
Office: BioPharm 302 Office: TLS 478
Email: nora.mitchell@uconn.edu Email: james.bernot@uconn.edu
Schedule
Meeting Time
Thursday 2:30PM–5:00PM
Bamford Room (TLS 171b)
| Date | Speaker | Field of Study | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 22 | Yang Liu | Bryophyte phylogeny and evolution of organelle genomes | |
| Jan. 29 | Daniel Ksepka | Avian paleobiology | |
| Feb. 5 | Steven Pacala | Climate change, ecosystem biology, and plant community ecology | |
| Feb. 12 | Daniel Simberloff | Invasive species dynamics and community ecology | |
| Feb. 19 | Michael Donoghue | Plant evolution and phylogenetics | |
| Feb. 26 | Seth Borenstein | Associated Press national science writer | Dispatches from a Hotter Planet & a Cooler Cosmos |
| Mar. 5 | David Hillis | Evolution, molecular systematics, and phylogenetics | |
| Mar. 12 | Robert Ricklefs | Evolutionary ecology of birds, avian blood parasites | |
| Mar. 19 | Spring Break: No Class | ||
| Mar. 26 | Gregg Mitman | Science history, the environment, and human health | Ecological Imperialism Revisited: Entanglements of Disease, Commerce and Knowledge in a Global World |
| Apr. 2 | Gene Likens | Ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry, human impacts on ecosystems | |
| Apr. 9 | Susan Wessler | Genome evolution | |
| Apr. 16 | Tyrone Hayes | Amphibian development and environmental contamination | From Silent Spring to Silent Night: A Tale of Toads & Men |
| Apr. 23 | Mimi Koehl | Physiology and mechanics of marine organisms | |
| Apr. 30 | Peter Raven | Botany, conservation, and sustainability |
