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Seminar Speaker: Richard W. Blob
Institution: Clemson University
Seminar Title: Functional diversity: insights from studies of weird animals doing strange things
Faculty or Student Contact: Eric Schultz
From the Blob lab website:
Our lab studies the diversity and evolution of animal function. We are interested in questions about:
- How animals (and their parts) work
- How the ways that animals work affect their ability to survive
- How animal function varies to meet the demands of different environments
- How animal function has diversified and changed through evolution
To answer these questions, most of our research examines vertebrate muscle and bone function during locomotion, with a major focus on reptiles (especially turtles and alligators), amphibians, and fish. Other work includes studies of deer antler, fish and reptile feeding, and insect biomechanics.
We use a wide range of techniques in these studies, drawing on experimental biomechanics (high-speed video, strain, EMG, mechanical testing), morphometrics (allometry, mechanical models of recent and fossil specimens), phylogenetic comparative methods, and field sampling.
Arrive 0920 Thursday at Bradley Airport
Thursday, 29 January
| Time | Name | Room |
| 11:30am | Kurt Schwenk | BioPharm 600 |
| 12:00pm | Lunch with graduate students | Bamford |
| 1:00pm | Dante Paolino and Eric Schultz | PBB 205B |
| 1:30pm | Mark Urban | PBB 200A |
| 2:00pm | Diego Sustaita | BioPhar 404 |
| 2:30pm | Alejandro Rico | BioPhar 404 |
| 3:00pm | EEB 3894: Current Topics in EEB | Bamford |
| 3:30pm | Seminar preparation | |
| 4:00pm | EEB Department Seminar | BPB 130 |
| 5:00pm | Reception followed by dinner | Bamford |
Friday, 09 October
| Time | Name | Room |
| 7:00am-ish | (breakfast) | Tolland Inn |
| 9:00am | Tobias Landberg | Bio/Pharm 410 |
| 9:30am | Kurt Schwenk | BioPharm 600 |
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| 10:30am | Roberta Engel | BioPharm 318 |
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| 1:00pm | Margaret Rubega | BioPharm 500 |
| 1:30pm | Kristiina Hurme | TLS 379 |
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| 2:30pm | leave for airport |
