Fall 2005 Seminar Series |
Date |
Speaker |
Title |
Sponsor |
Sept. 1 |
Jim Colbert , ISU |
Some Strategies for Engaging Students in Large Classes |
Anne Bronikowski |
Sept. 8 |
Steve Juliano ,
Illinois State University |
Pattern and process in a biological invasion: Coexistence or exclusion among competing mosquitoes? |
Brent Danielson |
Sept. 15 |
Rex Cocroft ,
University of Missouri |
Signals, Selection and Speciation in Plant-Feeding Insects |
Greg Courtney |
Sept. 22 |
Dennis Bazylinski ,
ISU (BBMB) |
Defining Microbial Ecology: The Magnetotactic Bacteria Story |
Jonathan Wendel |
Sept. 29 |
Miguel Altieri , UC Berkeley |
Agroecology: renewed foundations for ecologically based pest management |
Co-sponsored by Sustainable Ag. |
Oct. 6 |
Dean Adams , ISU |
Ecology, Evolution, and the Nature of the Phenotype |
John Nason |
Oct. 13 |
Jerry Glover , The Land Institute |
Perennial Solutions to the Root Problem of Agriculture |
Co-sponsored by Sustainable Ag. |
Oct. 20 |
Kari Segraves , Syracuse University |
The Evolution of Cheating in Mutualisms |
John Nason |
Oct. 27 |
Dave Andow , University of Minnesota |
Evolution of Resistance in Insects to Transgenic Insecticidal Crops |
Co-sponsored by Sustainable Ag. |
Nov. 3 |
Julie Grossman , Cornell University |
Soil Microbial Ecology in Sustainable Agriculture: Linking Diversity, Function, and Farmers |
Co-sponsored by Sustainable Ag. |
Nov. 10 |
Peter Tiffin , U. Minnesota |
Diversity and Evolution of Plant Immunity Genes: Insights from Molecular Population Genetics |
John Nason |
Nov. 17 |
Clarence Lehman , University of Minnesota |
To be announced |
John Nason |
Dec. 1 |
Josep Comeron , University of Iowa |
Weak Selection, Recombination and Gene Structure |
John Nason |
Dec. 5
11-noon |
Christopher Steiner, Michigan State University |
Variable Dominance and Diversity in Aquatic Communities: Ecological Determinants and Ecosystem Consequesnces |
Interview Seminar
105 Kildee Hall |
Dec. 6
|
Christopher Steiner, Michigan State University |
Future Research Directions: Biological Diversity from the Population-to-Community-Level |
Chalk Talk
240 Bessey Hall |
Dec. 12 |
Rima Franklin
Franklin Space Center |
Spatial Patterns in Microbial Ecology: Determining Important Controls on the Diestribution of Organisms and the Function of Community. |
Interview Seminar
2050 Agronomy |
Dec. 13
|
Rima Franklin
Franklin Space Center |
Ecology of Microbial Systems - Future Research Directions |
Chalk Talk
240 Bessey Hall |
Dec. 14
|
John Barrett
Dartmouth College |
Biogeochemical hot-spots in cold deserts: biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning in Antarctic soils and sediments. |
Interview Seminar
107 Kildee |
Dec. 15
|
John Barrett
Dartmouth College |
Future Directions in Microbial and Ecosystems Ecology: Stoichiometry and Biogeochemical Cycling in Pulse Driven Ecosystems. |
Chalk Talk
240 Bessey Hall |
Jan. 9
|
Michael Bonkowski
Darmstadt University of Technology - Germany |
Soil Protozoa: Drivers of Mictobial Interactions in the Rhizosphere of Plants |
Interview Seminar
210 Bessey Hall |
Jan. 10
|
Michael Bonkowski
Darmstadt University of Technology - Germany |
Rhizosphere Ecology: New concepts and Applications. |
Chalk Talk
240 Bessey Hall |
