



| DATE | SPEAKER | SPONSOR | TITLE |
| 8/26/2004 | EEOB Welcoming | EEOB Social Committee | EEOB Welcome and Social |
| 9/2/2004 | Alan Hastings Environmental Science & Policy UC Davis |
Brent Danielson | Invasion dynamics of Spartina alterniflora: from models to understanding |
| 9/9/2004 | Gabby Palacios EEB Iowa State University |
Organization for Tropical Studies, a great resource for biology students | |
| 9/16/2004 | Kay Gross Michigan State University |
Brian Wilsey | Biodiversity and invasability of Grasslands: Local and regional impacts |
| 9/23/2004 | John Mayfield GDCB Iowa State University |
Evolution as computation, what can be gained from a generalized theory of evolution? | |
| 9/30/2004 | Ann
E. Russell NREM Iowa State University |
Brian Wilsey | Does plant species composition matter: the below ground perspective. |
| 10/7/2004 | Ragan Callaway University of Montana |
Brian Wilsey | The novel weapons hypothesis for exotic invasion: allelopathic and antimicrobial effects of root exudates. |
| 10/14/2004 | Bill Ballard Department of Biology University of Iowa |
TBA | Linking population genetics with biochemistry: A novel approach to the study of aging |
| 10/21/2004 | Fred Janzen EEOB Iowa State University |
Evolutionary Analyses of Temperature-Dependent Sex Determination | |
| 10/28/2004 | EEB Graduate Program Faculty meeting | Carol Vleck | |
| 11/4/2004 | Jennifer Tank Notre Dame |
Greg Courtney | Stream ecology and biogeochemistery/nutrient dynamics |
| 11/11/2004 | Anja Brunet Rossini Department of Biology Normandale College (Minneapolis) |
Anne Bronikowski | Mortal princes of darkness: longevity and senescence in chiroptera |
| 11/18/2004 | Lynne Houck Dept. of Zoology at Oregon State University |
Anne Bronikowski | Salamander pheromones: From molecules to behavior |
| 11/25/2004 | THANKSGIVING | ||
| 12/2/2004 | Kirk Moloney EEOB Iowa State University |
The geo-demography of an invasive species: a nascent study | |
| 12/9/2004 | Cynthia Weinig Dept. Plant Biology University of Minnesota |
TBA | TBA |