Events Archive
Seminar Speaker - Belinda Chang
Seminar Speaker - Chelsea Specht
Seminar Speaker - Allie Igwe
Local adaptation of free-living nitrogen fixers from serpentine soils
Seminar Speaker - Catherine Hulsof
Seminar Speaker - Ed Louis
Seminar speaker - Andrea Weeks
Anything but barren: evolution and origin of the Appalachian shale barren flora
Seminar Speaker - Camilla Whittington
The Convergent Evolution of Vertebrate Placentae
Seminar Speaker - Jordi Bascompte
The Architecture of Biodiversity
Seminar Speaker - Charles Davis
Untangling the cryptic biology of the world’s largest flowers
Seminar Speaker - Chelsea Specht
Seminar Speaker - Anjali Goswami
From Development to Deep Time: Reconstructing the Evolution of Diversity with a Phenomic Approach
Seminar Speaker - Dan Hernandez
Reimagining restoration: grasslands under global change
Seminar Speaker - Phillip Skipwith
Seminar Speaker - María Rebolleda-Gómez
Seminar Speaker - Molly Womack
The skin and bones of frog evolution
Seminar Speaker - Jeanne Serb
Seminar Speaker - Scott Taylor
Insights into the origin and maintenance of avian biodiversity
Seminar Speaker - Maud Tenaillon
Seminar Speaker - Colette St. Mary
Seminar Speaker - Errington Lecture: Nalini Nadkarni
A Question of Values: Weaving science and society for forest conservation
Seminar Speaker - Berry Brosi
The Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology is pleased to announce this week’s seminar speaker:
Berry Brosi, University of Washington
Seminar Speaker - Tim Harvey-Samuel
Developing mosquito gene drives for human health and wildlife conservation
Dr. Johanna Harvey - Seminar Speaker
Please join EEB/EEOB for our weekly seminar series. This week's speaker is Dr. Johanna Harvey of the American Museum of Natural History.
Please note that a recording of this seminar (and previous seminars from this semester) will be available for viewing at the following link to anyone with an Iowa State netID: https://iastate.box.com/s/5rlfb8c86871nm37kfq72dwkuyfybjbu
Dr. Jacob Steenwyk - Seminar Speaker
Title: Genes of a feather flock together: a gene coevolution network maps eukaryotic cellular structure and function
Dr. Candice Lumibao - Seminar Speaker
Title: Who influences whom: the nature and outcomes of plant-microbe associations amidst environmental change
Dr. Julio Betancourt - Seminar Speaker
Indexing the North American Spring: Patterns, Sources and Impacts of Timing Variations and Trends in Seasonal Transitions across the Coterminous U.S.
Dr. Emily Josephs
The evolutionary forces shaping gene expression variation in domesticated and wild plants
Dr. Leticia Avilés - Seminar Speaker
Title: Social evolution in spiders
Stefano Allesina - Seminar Speaker
Predicting coexistence in experimental ecological communities
Dr. Morgan Tingley - Seminar Speaker
Charting the spatiotemporal landscape of species’ responses to climate change
Dr. Mark Brigham - Seminar Speaker
Thermoregulation: Convergence between bats and nightjars?
Deb Lewis and Phil Klahs - Seminar Speakers
Please join EEB/EEOB for our weekly seminar series. This week's speakers are Deb Lewis and Phil Klahs from the Ada Hayden Herbarium at Iowa State University.
Please note that a recording of this seminar (and previous seminars from this semester) will be available for viewing at the following link to anyone with an Iowa State netID: https://iastate.box.com/s/5rlfb8c86871nm37kfq72dwkuyfybjbu
Dr. Pete Homyak - Seminar Speaker
Losing too much when there's too little: A case for widespread N limitation in dryland ecosystems
Dr. Michael Barker - Seminar Speaker
The impact of polyploidy on genetic diversity in vascular plants
Dr. Eric Larson - Seminar Speaker
Causes and consequences of population collapse of a freshwater invasive species
Dr. Peter Wainright - Seminar Speaker
Diversification of cichlid fishes: How a key innovation facilitates novel functional morphology
Dr. Crystal Lu - Seminar Speaker
The climate-human-ecosystem nexus in U.S. agriculture: Quantifying, predicting, and reacting toward a sustainable future
Dr. Steven Hall - Seminar Speaker
Soils may amplify or attenuate global change: cautions from an unpredictable present
Dr. Tracy Heath - Seminar Speaker
Advancing phylogenetic methods for macroevolutionary studies
Dr. Haldre Rogers - Seminar Speaker
Disassembly and reassembly of a tropical seed dispersal network
Dr. Dennis Lavrov - Seminar Speaker
What can sponges and corals teach us about animal mDNA?
Dr. Jane Lucas - Seminar Speaker
Dr. Lex Flagel - Seminar Speaker
Please join EEB/EEOB for our weekly seminar series. This week's invited speaker is Dr. Lex Flagel of the University of Minnesota.
Title: An introduction to deep learning and its application in evolutionary biology
Dr. Katherine Geist - Seminar Speaker
Please join EEB/EEOB for our weekly seminar series. This week's invited speaker is Dr. Katherine Geist of Iowa State University.
Title: Seeds in conflict: genomic evidence of within-family conflict in Arabidopsis
Refreshments served at 3:30pm in 248 Bessey
Please contact Amy Toth (amytoth@iastate.edu) if you would like to meet with Dr. Geist
Dr. Hernani Oliveira - Seminar Speaker
Please join EEB/EEOB for our weekly seminar series. This week's invited speaker is Dr. Hernani Oliveira of Iowa State University.
Title: The impact of anthropogenic changes on bat species and their interactions on the Cerrado
Refreshments served at 3:30pm in 248 Bessey
Please contact Haldre Rogers (haldre@iastate.edu) if you would like to meet with Dr. Oliveira
Dr. Dale Clayton - Seminar Speaker
Please join EEB/EEOB for our weekly seminar series. This week's invited speaker is Dr. Dale Clayton of the University of Utah.
Title: On the origin of species: rapid experimental evolution of reproductive isolation within a single natural population of parasites
Dr. Lynn Clark and Ph.D. Candidate Phil Klahs - Seminar Speakers
Please join EEB/EEOB for our weekly seminar series. This week's invited speaker is Dr. Lynn Clark and Ph.D. candidate Phil Klahs.
Title: 3D Biology: What we can learn from the "flat" grasses
Dr. Micah Freedman - Seminar Speaker
Contemporary range expansion and phenotypic evolution in the monarch butterfly
Dr. Heidi Trudell - Seminar Speaker
Dr. Alexandra Bentz - Seminar Speaker
Your past predicts your future: hormonal and genomic mechanisms of behavioral plasticity
Dr. Margaret Palmer - Seminar Speaker
Dr. Jonathan Velotta - Seminar Speaker
Physiological and molecular mechanisms of adaptation: insights for extreme environments
Dr. Rachel Mitchell - Seminar Speaker
Dr. Breanna Harris - Seminar Speaker
Stress and the four Fs: Fathering, fearing, feeding, and forgetting
Dr. Eric Riddell - Seminar Speaker
Predicting extinction risk from global climate change in terrestrial animals using integrative physiology
Dr. Carolyn Bauer - Seminar Speaker
Physiological ecology of stress: from timing of breeding to maternal care
Dr. Jonathan Walter - Seminar Speaker
Synchrony across ecological scales
Dr. Boris Igic - Seminar Speaker
Evolution of plant mating systems
Dr. Brian Wilsey - Seminar Speaker
Ecology of native prairie vs. novel ecosystems: Implications for restoration
Dr. Hannah Marx - Seminar Speaker
Disentangling drivers of diversity on sky islands: from phylogenetics to functional genomics
Dr. Robert Johnson - Seminar Speaker
Green turtles and blue carbon: effects of grazing on seagrass ecosystem function
Dr. Tony Gamble - Seminar Speaker
Dr. Rafe Brown - Seminar Speaker
Phylogenomic data enable an hypothesis-testing reconsideration of a classic diversification model in an island archipelago
Dr. Holly Jones
Seismic shifts in island food webs: Island responses to invasive mammal removal
Dr. Lauren Sullivan - Seminar Speaker
Plants on the move: The ecological causes and consequences of dispersal
Dr. Samantha Weintraub
The National Ecological Observatory Network: Early findings and opportunities to leverage this community resource
Dr. Tanja Pyhajarvi - Seminar Speaker
Tree population genomics
Dr. Dagmara Zyla - Seminar Speaker
The challenge of studying megadiversity: the past and the present of rove beetles through phylogenetic analysis
Dr. Peter Kennedy
Mycorrhizal ecology
Dr. Christine Parent - Seminar Speaker
Islands as dynamic models for the study of evolutionary diversification
Dr. Tamra Mendelson - Seminar Speaker
Beauty and speciation in fishes
Dr. Daniel Moen - Seminar Speaker
The evolution of diversity in morphology and species richness in frogs and toads of the world
Dr. Daniel Dennett - Seminar Speaker
The interaction between genetic and cultural evolution: memes reconsidered
EEB Spring Symposium 2019
Our annual EEB Spring Symposium is once again upon us, and EEB graduate students are looking forward to hosting two great scientists: Dr. Andrew Kraemer from Creighton University and Dr. Rebecca Tonietto from the University of Michigan Flint. We will also hear about the hard work of graduate students in the EEB program through a combination of lightning talks and regular 15 minute talks. Breakfast starts at 8 am, and talks start at 8:55 am.
Dr. Maria Miriti - Seminar Speaker
Shrub regeneration patterns in an arid system
Dr. Danielle Lee - Seminar Speaker
Evolutionary ecology of behavior in rodents
A Seat at the Table: Creating Deliberately Diverse and Intentionally Inclusive Spaces in the Sciences
Dr. Danielle Lee, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Danielle Lee is a vocal activist of science engagement of traditionally underrepresented and underserved audiences and helped found the National Science & Technology News Service, a media literacy initiative to bring more science news to African American audiences and promote science news source diversity in mainstream media.
Dr. Julie Meachen - Seminar Speaker
Rappelling into the Pleistocene: A study of faunal response to a changing world
Dr. Rebecca North - Seminar Speaker
On thin ice: implications of shorter winters on algae
Cancelled - Dr. Craig Packer - Errington Lecture
Lion Conservation on a Crowded Continent
Dr. Sonia Sultan - Seminar Speaker
Plasticity in Polygonum Eco-devo insights to adaptive diversity
Dr. Andrew Eckert - Seminar Speaker
Hybridization interacts with diversifying selection to drive patterns of genetic diversity across peripheral populations of southwestern white pine
Dr. Jessica Ware - Entomology Seminar
Please join the Department of Entomology for seminar speaker Dr. Jessica Ware from the Rutgers University.
Molecular phylogenetics and biology of dragonflies and damselflies
Seminar co-sponsored by EEOB.
CANCELED - Dr. Michael Purugganan - Seminar Speaker
From genomics to archeology: Changing insights on crop domestication
CANCELLED - Dr. Mikhail Matz - Seminar Speaker
Epigenetics, schmepigenetics: what DNA methylation actually does when conditions change
Dr. Matt Hufford - Seminar Speaker
Evolutionary genomics of maize domestication and adaptation
Dr. Ron Bonett - Seminar Speaker
The causes and consequences of salamander life cycle evolution
Dr. Kevin Moulton - Entomology Seminar
Please join the Department of Entomology for seminar speaker Kevin Moulton from the University of Tennessee.
Molecular phylogenetics of flies
Seminar co-sponsored by EEOB.
Dr. Henning Nottebrock - Seminar Speaker
Using trait-based neighborhood models for understanding plant community dynamics
Dr. Jianwu Tang - Seminar Speaker
Recent advances in carbon cycle research: phenology and fluorescence
Dr. Theressa Cooper - Seminar Speakers
Communicating across cultures: Keys to navigating a diverse workplace
Dr. Tyler Kartzinal - Seminar Speaker
Conservation in the genomics age: what animals eat and why it matters in East Africa
Alex Walton - Ph.D. Defense Seminar
Please join us for Alex Walton's Ph.D. Defense Seminar.
Individuality in the Hive: Behavioral variation and its proximate causes in insect societies
Major: EEB
Major Professors: Amy Toth
Pollinator Fest
Visit Reiman Gardens and celebrate National Pollinator Week. There will be many collaborators and fun activities to make sure this day is educational and plenty of fun!
Plant Sale Extravaganza
Plants for sale include perennials for sun and shade, herbs and vegetables, Iowa natives, woody plants including trees, shrubs and Buck roses, container annuals, hanging baskets, annual vines, strawberries, Hosta of the Year 2018, All-American Selection winning vegetables and herbs (or AAS) and prefinished mixed containers
Plant Sale Extravaganza
Plants for sale include perennials for sun and shade, herbs and vegetables, Iowa natives, woody plants including trees, shrubs and Buck roses, container annuals, hanging baskets, annual vines, strawberries, Hosta of the Year 2018, All-American Selection winning vegetables and herbs (or AAS) and prefinished mixed containers
Kaitlin Goodale - Ph.D. Defense Seminar
Novel and Native Community Assembly, Maintenance and Legacy in Perennial Grasslands
GSO Native Plant Sale & Spring Festival
The EEOB GSO will participate in the Story County Conservation's Partners' Spring Festival with their annual Iowa native plants fundraiser.
Dr. Judith Simcox - Special Seminar Speaker
Lipid metabolism in cold exposure
Dr. Kathleen Donohue - Seminar Speaker
Development in the Wild: Environmental Effects on Development, Within and Across Generations
Bessey Lecture
A Thousand Accidents: Adaptation in a Time of Rapid Environmental Change
Kathleen Thompson - Masters Defense Seminar
Lichen diversity and conservation: White Pine Hollow State Preserve and the lichen Lobaria
Dr. Estefania Rodriguez - Seminar Speaker
Diversity and Evolution of sea anemones (Cnidaria: Actiniaria)
Dr. Andrew Short - Entomology Seminar Speaker
Ecological promiscuity and patterns of diversification in aquatic beetles
Dr. Rebecca Rundel - Seminar Speaker
Islands of Diversity: Conservation and Diversification of Belau Land Snails (Republic of Palau, Oceania)
Dr. Christian Cox - Seminar Speaker
Evolutionary dynamics of antipredator coloration
Dr. Floria Mora Kepfer-Uy - Seminar Speaker
Cooperation, conflict and plasticity in insect societies
Amy Geffre - M.S. Seminar Defense
Infiltrating the hive mind: immune and viral effects on honey bee (Apis mellifera) behavior
Dr. David Tank - Seminar Speaker
Phylogeny and diversification of the paintbrushes (Castilleja, Orobanchaceae): a recent and rapid radiation in the face of repeated hybridization
Cancelled: Dr. Erika Marin-Spiotta - Seminar Speaker
Out of sight, out of mind? Belowground carbon response to landscape disturbance
Hilary Haley - M.S. Defense Seminar
A Comparison Study of Bee Assemblages on Tallgrass Prairie Remnants, Reconstructions, and CP-42 Pollinator Habitat Plantings
Dr. David Hembry - Seminar Speaker
Codiversification and community assembly of a plant-insect brood pollination mutualism in the Asia-Pacific region
Dr. Judith Simcox - Special Seminar Speaker
Cold tolerance, cold exposure, and adipose biology
Dr. Lynn Adler - Seminar Speaker
Floral traits mediating pathogen dynamics in pollinators
Dr. Hugo Thierry - Seminar Speaker
Enhancing the biological control of crop pests through landscape management: a spatialized approach
Dr. Jessica Corman - Seminar Speaker
Nutrients in browning waters: Nitrogen and phosphorus inputs to temperate seepage lakes associated with allochthonous dissolved organic carbon inputs
Dr. Anna Carter - Seminar Speaker
Modeling the thermal landscape to predict impacts of climate change on species with temperature-dependent sex determination
CANCELLED: Dr. Clare Rittschof - Seminar Speaker
Is that plasticity, or just behavior? Understanding the regulation of highly dynamic phenotypes
EEOB/EEB 3 Minute Thesis Competition
Join EEOB and EEB as we host our own Three Minute Thesis competition.
Three Minute Thesis is a competition focused on developing students' ability to concisely communicate their research to a non-specialist audience. Each student is given a maximum of three minutes to explain their research and its significance
Dr. Rosemary Gillespie - Entomology Seminar Speaker
Evolution of spiders on oceanic islands: The venture of fe and gain of many
Dr. Trond Larsen - Seminar Speaker
Warming tolerance explains rapid upslope range shifts and extinctions of Andean dung beetles
Dr. Corey Welch - Seminar Speaker
Diversifying Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Programs
Dr. Dan Speiser - Seminar Speaker
Structure, function, and evolution of distributed visual systems in mollusks
Racheal Erb - Ph.D. Defense Seminar
Scaling approach to microbial interactions in soil across three bioenergy cropping systems
Dr. Peter Hodum - Seminar Speaker
Of hummingbirds and humans: Conserving threatened birds and islands in Chile
Dr. Jordan Satler - Seminar Speaker
From population genetics to phylogenetics: co-diversification of ecological communities in shallow and deep time
Dr. Larry Witmer - Seminar Speaker
Using extant animals, technology, and 3D modeling to "flesh out" dinosaurs
Dr. Tim Sharbel - Seminar Speaker
Asexual breeding in crops: Molecular evolutionary approaches to revolutionizing agriculture
Dr. Keith Hobson - Seminar Speaker
Tracking insect movements and migrations using isoscapes
Dr. Alison Shaw - Seminar Speaker
Pathogens and parasites as drivers of organismal movement
CANCELLED - ISU Resources for Graduate Students
There are numerous resources available to help you through all stages of your life as a student at Iowa State. Join us to learn about just a handful of those resources. Space is limited, so please register at http://whoozin.com/PKP-XG3-9MC4
Dr. Barb Taylor - Errington Lecture
We are happy to welcome Barbara Taylor, Ph.D. with the NOAA Marine Mammal Genetics Program, Southwest Fisheries Science Center to our 2017 Errington Lecture.
All Things Grants
Join Lynn Bagley of OSPA to learn about the grant submission process. Then meet Diane Smith to learn what LASERS has to offer.
Space is limited. Please register - http://whoozin.com/FWY-GVY-E63F
Dr. Fay-Wei Li - Seminar Speaker
Evolution of Fern Genes and Genomes
CANCELLED - All Things Purchasing
Join Cory Harms, Associate Director of Purchasing, to answer your questions about CyBuy, requisitions, equipment purchasing, and more.
Space is limited. Please register to save your seat - http://whoozin.com/FP3-67T-GMRD
Life after graduation
Join us for a panel discussion on what to expect after you graduate from graduate school. Space is limited, please register at http://whoozin.com/QRG-V6R-RTWN
Dr. Maurine Neiman - Seminar Speaker
Sex in the Wild (and especially in New Zealand)
Manuscript Writing: Discussion and Conclusion
Join a representative from the Center for Communication Excellence to discover the best practices for drafting the Discussion and Conclusion sections of your next manuscript.
Space is limited, so please register at http://whoozin.com/G3R-KRK-D9FD.
Dr. Claire Kremen - Seminar Speaker
Re-diversifying intensive agricultural landscapes for native pollinators and pollination services
Teaching Best Practices with CELT
Join Laura Bestler, CELT Program Coordinator, to discover ways to engage your diverse student populations.
Space is limited, so please register - http://whoozin.com/PGF-E4E-H3FD
CANCELLED: Creating & Updating EEOB Website Profiles
Jacki Hayes will walk you step-by-step through creating or updating your EEOB website profiles.
Please register to indicate your attendance at http://whoozin.com/FFN-HJ9-PWXU
CANCELLED - Making the most of EEOB
There's more to being a successful graduate student than taking classes and writing papers. Learn how you can make the most of the department of ecology, evolution, and organismal biology during your time here.
Registration requested as space is limited - http://whoozin.com/JXR-JU3-DGWF
Dr. Eric Moody - Seminar Speaker
Putting the P in Protection: Impacts of Threatened Species on Aquatic Ecosystems
Thinking Like a Graduate Student: Leaving Undergraduate Student Life Behind
How much different could college and gradaute school be? Join our discussion to discover the changes you can expect as a graduate student.
Be sure to register at http://whoozin.com/MPQ-Y7E-MVGQ
Brooke Bodensteiner- PhD Defense Seminar
On behalf of the Evolution and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Program and the EEOB Department, we are pleased to invite you to Brooke Bodensteiner's PhD defense seminar.
Geographic variation in nesting behavior and thermally-induced offspring phenotypes in a widespread reptile
PhD Advisor: Fredric Janzen
Dr. Hazel Barton - Seminar Speaker
Dark Life: The Microbiology and Geomicrobiology of Cave Environments
Co-sponsored by the Microbiology Graduate Student Organization
Dr. Corrie Moreau - Seminar Speaker
Ants, Plants, and Bacteria: Symbiosis as a Driver of Evolutionary Diversification
This seminar is co-sponsored by the department of entomology.
Robert Literman - PhD Defense Seminar
Studies on the molecular underpinnings of sex determination mechanism evolution and molecular sexing tools in turtles
Dr. Dan Sloan - Seminar Speaker
Genomic Coevolution Under Extreme Mitochondrial Mutation Rates
Dr. Andres Chavez - Seminar Speaker
Phenotypic divergence along a speciation continuum in pine squirrels
Clare Adams - M.S. Thesis Seminar
The detection and quantification of aquatic reptilian environmental DNA
Dr. Judy Wu-Smart - Entomology Seminar
Effects of neonicotinoids on honey bee and bumble bee queens and impacts on colony development
Co-sponsored by EEOB.
Dr. Shane Campbell-Staton - Seminar Speaker
Evolution in the Anthropocene: reptilian adaptation to human-mediated environmental change
Rebecca Polich - PhD Defense
Behavioral and physiological responses of a freshwater turtle to anthropogenic activity
Dr. Reed Johnson - Entomology Seminar
Corn, soybeans, and honey bees
Co-sponsored by EEOB.
Dr. Rory Telemeco - Seminar Speaker
Leveraging physiology to understand the biotic impacts of global change
Dr. Kirk Moloney - Seminar Speaker
A year in New Zealand: Landscape ecology and the management of exotic species
Dr. Will Pett - Seminar Speaker
Genome-scale problems in animal phylogeny
Dr. Todd Oakley - Seminar Speaker
Taking the fork in the road: origins and diversification of luminous courtship displays
EEB 24th Annual Spring Symposium
The EEB Research Symposium provides an opportunity for EEB students and faculty to share their current research, network across departments, and showcase the program to prospective students.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Dr. Tracy Langkilde • Penn State University
What Doesn’t Kill You...Adaptive Responses to Environmental Change
Dr. Suzanne McGaugh • University of Minnesota
Blind Fish Provide Big Insights
ISU Monarch Consortium Group - Entomology Seminar
ISU Monarch Workgroup projects: Progress and prospects
co-sponsored by EEOB.
Dr. Wendy Yang - Seminar Speaker
Exploring contemporary versus historic drivers of greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural soils
Dr. Jonathan Wendel - Seminar Speaker
The wondrous cycles of polyploidy in plants
Candidate for the EEOB Chair
Please join us as the candidate for the EEOB chair shares their vision for the department.
Sue Lamont and Theresa Cooper - Seminar Speakers
Diversity in STEM
Brent Mortensen - PhD Defense Seminar
On behalf of the Evolution and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Program and the EEOB Department, we are pleased to invite you to Brent Mortensen's PhD defense seminar.
Dr. Svetlana Maslakova - Seminar Speaker
Dr. Svetlana Maslakova, University of Oregon
Evolution of larval development in ribbon worms (phylum Nemertea)
Dr. Anna Selmecki - Seminar Speaker
Anna Selmecki, Creighton University
How Polyploidy and Aneuploidy Impact Adaptation in Yeast
Dr. David Plachetzki - Seminar Speaker
David Plachetzki, University of New Hampshire
Cnidarian polymodal sensory-motor neurons and the origins of the bilaterian sensory modalities
3-Minute Thesis Competition (3MT)
Thirty Iowa State graduate students will summarize their research (in three minutes or less) to a non-expert audience next week and compete to represent Iowa State at a similar regional event next April. More than 100 applied for the 30 spots.
EEOB's Nick Lyon will be present his thesis "Adaptive management for pollinators in Midwestern working landscapes".
Mindy Morales-Williams - PhD Defense Seminar
On behalf of the Evolution and Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Science Graduate Programs and the EEOB Department, we are pleased to invite you to Mindy Morales-William’s PhD defense seminar.
David Green - PhD Defense Seminar
David Green
PhD defense seminar
Environmental factors affecting the residence time distribution dynamics of constructed agricultural wetlands
Dr. Kelly Zamudio - Seminar Speaker
Dr. Kelly Zamudio, Cornell University
Conservation genetics of infectious disease dynamics in New World amphibians
Dr. Cornelia Mutel - Seminar Speaker
Dr. Cornelia Mutel, University of Iowa
A Sugar Creek Chronicle: Communicating and Surviving Climate Change
Eric Gangloff - PhD Defense Seminar
“Ecology and evolution of flexible phenotypes: Behavior and physiology in divergent life-history ecotypes of garter snakes Thamnophis elegans”
PhD advisor: Anne Bronikowski (EEOB)
Statistics Minor committee member: Philip Dixon (STAT)
PhD Committee: Lance Baumgard (AnSci), Brent Danielson (EEOB), Fred Janzen (EEOB), Gordon Burghardt (EEB/Psych: U Tennesee, Knoxville)
Fun with Fungi -- Iowa State University Fungal Specimen Transcription Blitz
Do you ever wish you could contribute your skills to natural history collections/herbaria projects and get a special look at specimens and specimen records? If so, WeDigBio is for YOU! Here’s the link for general information about WeDigBio: https://www.wedigbio.org/.
Dr. Joe Veldman - Seminar Speaker
Joe Veldman, Iowa State University
Paradise on fire: savanna ecology and misperceptions of tropical forest degradation
Dr. Emily Sessa - Seminar Speaker
Emily Sessa, University of Florida
Fern Biology in the Genomics Era
Dr. Tim Linksvayer - Seminar Speaker
Dr. Tim Linksvayer, University of Pennsylvania
Genomic signatures of social evolution in social insects
Dr. Judie Bronstein - Seminar Speaker
Judie Bronstein, University of Arizona
Why Cooperate? Bee Pollinators and the “Temptation to Defect”
Dr. Judie Bronstein - Bessey Lecturer
Judie Bronstein, University of Arizona
Mutualism: What Do We Know, and Where Do We Go From Here
Dr. Nicole Valenzuela - Seminar Speaker
Nicole Valenzuela, Iowa State University
Turtle sex, climate and chromosomes: divergence and homology in sexual development and genome evolution
Dr. Andrew Derocher - Paul L. Errington Memorial Lecture
The 52nd Paul L. Errington Memorial Lecture
"Polar bears: An Arctic icon in a changing climate"
Dr. Andrew Derocher, University of Alberta
Dr. Edmund (Butch) Brodie III - Seminar Speaker
Please mark your calendar for the EEOB/EEB Seminar.
Edmund (Butch) Brodie III, University of Virginia
Predator-prey co-evolutionary dynamics in a garter snake-newt system
Refreshments served in room 240 Bessey at 3:30 pm.
Dr. Evan Fricke - Seminar Speaker
Please mark your calendar for the EEOB/EEB Seminar.
Dr. Evan Fricke, Iowa State University
From coexistence to coextinction: predicting the impacts of mutualistic disruption
Refreshments served at 3:30pm outside room 210 Bessey.
Please contact Haldre Rogers (haldre@iastate.edu) if you are interested in meeting with Dr. Fricke
Pollinator Fest
Want to learn more about pollinators and the plants they pollinate, catch and watch live bees and butterflies, learn ways you can help conserve pollinators, and even dance and eat like a bee?
Please join the ISU Pollinator Working Group at Reiman Gardens, along with numerous other ISU and non-ISU groups to celebrate National Pollinator Week!
Saturday, June 25 from 10:00-2:00, rain or shine, this event should be fun for the whole family.
KristiLee Halpin - M.S. Thesis Seminar
Please mark your calendar for the following M.S. thesis seminar.
KristiLee Haplin, Iowa State University, Environmental Science
The effect of seed mix additions on emergent community composition with implications for Iowa CREP wetland restoration site selection and design criteria
240 Bessey Hall
Reiman Garden's Plant Sale Extravaganza
The EEOB Graduate Student Office will be selling native seedlings.
- Friday, May 6th from 3-7pm (Members of Reiman Gardens Only)
- Saturday, May 7th from 9AM-6PM
- Sunday, May 8th from 10AM-3PM (We will be present unless have we have previously sold out).
Reiman Garden's Plant Sale Extravaganza
The EEOB Graduate Student Office will be selling native seedlings.
- Friday, May 6th from 3-7pm (Members of Reiman Gardens Only)
- Saturday, May 7th from 9AM-6PM
- Sunday, May 8th from 10AM-3PM (We will be present unless have we have previously sold out).
Story County Partners Spring Festival
The EEOB Graduate Student Office will be selling native seedlings.
Dr. Kathleen Weathers - Seminar Speaker
Please mark your calendar for the EEOB/EEB Seminar.
Kathleen Weathers, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies
Clouds, fog and the maintenance of ecosystems: mist opportunities
210 Bessey Hall, with a reception preceding in 240 Bessey Hall.
Dr. Hazel Barton
Please mark your calendar for the EEOB/EEB Seminar.
Dr. Hazel Barton, University of Akron
Dark Life: The Microbiology and Geomicrobiology of Cave Environments
Dr. Hazel Barton - Seminar Speakter
Please mark your calendar for the EEOB/EEB Seminar.
Hazel Barton, University of Akron
Dark Life: The Microbiology and Geomicrobiology of Cave Environments
Dr. Emma Goldberg - Seminar Speaker
Please mark your calendar for the EEOB/EEB Seminar.
Emma Goldberg, Univeristy of Minnesota
Macroevolution of Plant Reproductive Systems
210 Bessey Hall, with a reception preceding in 240 Bessey Hall.
Rufus Isaacs - Entomology Seminar Speaker
Rufus Isaacs, Michigan State University, Department of Entomology
Integrating Pollinator Habitat into Michigan Landscapes: Opportunities and the Realities
E164 Lagomarcino Hall
Co-sponsored by EEB / EEOB
Andrew Albertsen - Thesis Defense
Please mark your calendar for M.S. candidate, Andrew Albertsen's thesis defense.
Impacts of the amount of cattail (Typha x glauca) litter on abiotic and biotic conditions in prairie pothole wetlands
203 Bessey Hall
Dr. Ashley Keiser - Seminar Speaker
Please mark your calendar for the EEOB/EEB Seminar.
Ashley Keiser, Iowa State University
Microbes matter: Exploring the litter decomposition pyramid
210 Bessey Hall, with a reception preceding in 240 Bessey Hall.
Dr. Larry Gilbert - Seminar Speaker
Please mark your calendar for the EEOB/EEB Seminar.
Larry Gilbert, University of Texas Austin
Passion Pollen & Poison: Innovation and diversification in Heliconius and its interaction network
210 Bessey Hall, with a reception preceding in 240 Bessey Hall.
Amy Moorhouse - Thesis Seminar
Please join us for M.S. candidate Amy Moorhouse’s thesis defense seminar Wednesday April 6 at 11 am in 333 Science II.
Evaluation of CRP contour buffer and filter strips as habitat for native bees and predatory ground beetles
Dr. Thure Cerling - Seminar Speaker
Please mark your calendar for the EEOB/EEB Seminar.
Thure Cerling, University of Utah.
HAIR: History of Animals using Isotope Records
210 Bessey Hall, with a reception preceding in 240 Bessey Hall.
Dr. Leslie Ries - Seminar Speaker
Please mark your calendar for the EEOB/EEB Seminar.
Leslie Ries, Georgetown University
Big Science for Little Insects
210 Bessey Hall, with a reception preceding in 240 Bessey Hall.
Dr. April Wright - Seminar Speaker
Please mark your calendar for the EEOB/EEB Seminar.
April Wright, Iowa State University
Model misspecification in phylogenetic estimation: Lessons from empirical analyses
210 Bessey Hall, with a reception preceding in 240 Bessey Hall.
Spring Symposium
The Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology Seminar Committee is pleased to announce the EEB Spring Symposium Saturday, January 30, 2016.
Dr. George Weiblen - Seminar Speaker
Please mark your calendar for the EEOB/EEB Seminar.
George Weiblen, University of Minnesota
Community dis-assembly: dissecting plant-insect food webs in New Guinea rain forests
210 Bessey Hall, with a reception preceding in 240 Bessey Hall.
Dr. Amy Toth - Osborn Club Lecture
Amy Toth, assistant professor of ecology, evolution and organismal biology and entomology, will present "A More Perfect Union: Lessons in Cooperative Behavior from Social Insects" at the next public Osborn Club lecture on Monday, Jan. 11 (6 p.m., Hach Hall atrium, following club member social).
Dr. Yaniv Brandvain - Seminar Speaker
Dr. Yaniv Brandvain, of University of Minnesota will present at the EEOB/EEB seminar series in room 210 Bessey Hall.
The origin and distribution of selfing species
Reception to meet with Dr. Brandvain will precede seminar at 3:30 pm in room 240 Bessey Hall.
Dr. David Wilcove - Errington Lecture
Dr. David Wilcove, of Princeton University, will present "Saving biodiversity in southeast Asia: Are there reasons to be hopeful?" on December 2, 2015.
This event will take place in the Memorial Union Great Hall.
Dr. Jennifer Jandt - Seminar Speaker
Dr. Jennifer Jandt, of Iowa State University, will present at the EEOB/EEB seminar series in room 210 Bessey Hall.
Her talk is titled "Effects of maternal care on the long-term developmental fate of offspring: a case study with social wasps".
Reception to meet with Dr. Jandt will precede seminar at 3:30 pm in room 240 Bessey Hall.
Dr. Peter Biedermann - Plant Pathology and Microbiology Seminar Speaker
Please mark your calendar for the Plant Pathology and Microbiology Seminar Speaker.
Peter Biedermann, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
Farming under bark: Ecology and evolution of ambrosia beetle fungiculture
Agronomgy 2050
This seminar has been co-sponsored by EEOB and the Department of Entomology.
Dr. Peter Biedermann - Special Seminar
Join EEOB in welcoming Dr. Peter Biedermann of Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, for a special seminar presentation.
Cooperation under the bark - Sociality and farming in ambrosia beetles
Location: 334 Bessey Hall
Dr. Nusha Keyghobadi - Seminar Speaker
Dr. Nusha Keyghobadi, of University of Western Ontario, will present at the EEOB/EEB seminar series in room 210 Bessey Hall.
Her talk is titled "Landscape genetics in a dynamic world: case study of an alpine butterfly".
Reception to meet with Dr. Keyghobadi will precede seminar at 3:30 pm in room 240 Bessey Hall.
Dr. Luke Hoekstra - Seminar Speaker
Dr. Luke Hoekstra, of Iowa State University, will present at the EEOB/EEB seminar series in room 210 Bessey Hall.
His talk is entitled "Causes and consequences of thermal plasticity in short and long-lived ectotherms"
Reception to meet with Dr. Hoekstra will precede seminar at 3:30 pm in room 240 Bessey Hall.
Dr. Lee Dugatkin - National Sigma XI Lecture
The Evolution of Goodness, Justice and Empathy
Lee Dugatkin Professor of Biology, University of Louisville
Thursday, October 22
7:00PM, Sun Room, Memorial Union
Dr. Lee Dugatkin - Seminar Speaker
Dr. Lee Dugatkin, of University of Louisville, will present at the EEOB/EEB seminar series in room 210 Bessey Hall.
His talk is entitled "The interaction of genetic and cultural transmission in shaping mate choice in humans and nonhumans."
Reception to meet with Dr. Dugatkin will precede seminar at 3:30 pm in room 240 Bessey Hall.
Dr. Joe Thornton - Seminar Speaker
EEOB, GDCB, and BBMB welcome Dr. Joe Thornton for a seminar entitled Mechanisms for the evolution of new transcriptions factor specificity.
Please join us October 20, 2015 at 1:10 pm in Sukup Hall.
CANCELLED - Dr. Larry Gilbert - Seminar Speaker
EEOB/EEB seminar scheduled for today is canceled.
Dr. James Adelman - NREM Seminar Speaker
Dr. James Adelman, of Iowa State University, will present for the NREM seminar series in room 210 Bessey Hall.
His talk is entitled "Heterogeneous responses to infection in songbirds: recent findings and future directions."
Dr. Tracy Heath - BCB Faculty Seminar
1424 Molecular Biology Building
Bayesian Phylogenetic Methods for Synthesizing Paleontological and Neontological Data
Tracy Heath
Dr. Amy Toth - Seminar Speaker
Dr. Amy Toth, of Iowa State University, will present at the EEOB/EEB seminar series in room 210 Bessey Hall.
Her talk is entitled "Integrative Insect Sociogenomics: Insights into Social Evolution and Pollinator Health from Wasps and Bees".
Reception to meet with Dr. Toth will precede seminar at 3:30 pm in room 240 Bessey Hall.
Dr. Cassandra Nunez - Seminar Speaker
Dr. Cassandra Nunez, of Iowa State University, will present at the EEOB/EEB seminar series in room 210 Bessey Hall.
Her talk is titled "Mares gone wild: Immunocontraception alters female behavior and physiology in feral horses".
Reception to meet with Dr. Nunez will precede seminar at 3:30 pm in room 240 Bessey Hall.
Dr. Tad Fukami - Seminar Speaker
Dr. Tadashi Fukami, of Stanford University, will present at the EEOB/EEB seminar series in room 210 Bessey Hall.
His talk is titled "Historical contingency in community assembly: obstacle or opportunity".
Reception to meet with Dr. Fukami will precede seminar at 3:30 pm in room 240 Bessey Hall.
Dr. Kathy Kron - Seminar Speaker
The Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology's Seminar Committee is pleased to announce the upcoming week’s speaker:
Dr. Kathleen Kron
Wake Forest University
Evolution and Diversification of Blueberries: Tropical and Temperate Connections
Thursday, Sept. 10th
3:45pm in 210 Bessey
Dissertation Defense - Lakshmi Attigala
Ph.D. Candidate, Lakshmi Attigala, will be presenting "Phylogenetic relationships and evolution of temperate woody bamboos (Poaceae: Bambusoideae) with an emphasis on Kuruna clade" on Monday, 24 August, at 10 a.m. in 09 Curtiss
Dissertation Defense - Ali Berens
Dr. Larry Gilbert - Seminar Speaker
Please mark your calendar for the EEOB/EEB Seminar.
Dr. Larry Gilbert, University of Texas Austin
Passion Pollen & Poison: Innovation and diversification in Heliconius and its interaction network
210 Bessey Hall, with a reception preceding in 240 Bessey Hall.
Dr. Joe Veldman - Seminar Speaker
Dr. Joe Veldman of Iowa State University, will present at the EEOB/EEB seminar series in room 210 Bessey Hall.
Reception to meet with Dr. Veldman will precede seminar at 3:30 pm in room 240 Bessey Hall.
Dr. Leslie Ries - Seminar Speaker
Dr. Leslie Ries of Georgetown University will present at the EEOB/EEB seminar series in room 210 Bessey Hall.
Reception to meet with Dr. Ries will precede seminar at 3:30 pm in room 240 Bessey Hall.
Dr. April Wright - Seminar Speaker
Dr. April Wright of Iowa State University, will present at the EEOB/EEB seminar series in room 210 Bessey Hall.
Reception to meet with Dr. Wright will precede seminar at 3:30 pm in room 240 Bessey Hall.
Dr. Mike Kaspari
Dr. Make Kaspari of University of Oklahoma will present at the EEOB/EEB seminar series in room 210 Bessey Hall.
Reception to meet with Dr. Kaspari will precede seminar at 3:30 pm in room 240 Bessey Hall.