anemoneDepartment of Zoology, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Zoology Seminars — Spring 2008
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seminars are Fridays at 3:30 p.m. in St. John 011 unless noted otherwise

January
   
 
18
 

Wolfe Hanke (Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University) "Particle interference velocrimetry techniques of hydrodynamic flow fields in biological systems"

 
23
  Brian Eames (Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon) "On the genetics and evolution of skeletogenesis: Chicks and minnow and sharks--OH MY!"
 
25
  Melanie Stiassy (Curator of Fishes, American Museum of Natural History) "Evolution of Cichlid fishes"
February
   
 
6
  William Browne (Kewalo Marine Lab, PBRC, University of Hawaii at Manoa) "In response to light: arthropod adaptations to life in the Pelagos"
 
15
  Kevin Weng (SOEST, University of Hawaii at Manoa) "The migrations of white sharks and salmon sharks (yes, they come to Hawaii)"
 
20
  Jennifer Brisson (Section of Ecology & Evolution, University of California, Davis) "Contrasting environmental and genetic control of morphological variation: lessons from the pea aphid wing dimorphism."
 
27
  Vicki Pearse (Formerly of UC Santa Cruz) "Real-world placozoans: beyond the genome - discovering the natural history of Trichoplax" This seminar will be held at Kewalo Marine Lab
 
28
  John Pearse (Formerly of UC Santa Cruz) "Lunar reproductive cycles of sympatric species of Diadema in the tropical Pacific" This seminar will be held at Kewalo Marine Lab
March
   
 
5
  Billie Swalla (Associate Professor, University of Washington) "Development and evolution of the chordate body plan"
 
7
  Brad Moon (Dept. of Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette) "The function and evolution of a high-performance muscle system"
 
12
  Tester Symposium Distinguished Visitor's Research Seminar 3:00 PM, Kuykendall Hall Auditorium (Kuy 101) "A tale of toads and men: pesticides and their impacts on environmental and public health".
 
13-14
  33rd Annual Albert L. Tester Memorial Symposium 8:45 AM to 4:45 PM, East West Center, Jeffershon Hall, Keoni Auditorium, (student sessions and poster sessions)
 
14
  Tester Symposium Distinguished Visitor's Keynote Address, 3:00 PM, East West Center, Jeffeson Hall, Keoni Auditorium, "From Silent Spring to Silent Night: what have we learned?"
 
20
  Aaron Hebshi, PhD defense (Dept. of Zoology, University of Hawaii at Manoa) "Got weight watchers? The role of food and scale in the ecology of tropical seabirds" 11 AM Change of venue: Edmondson Hall Room 254
 
21
  Good Friday
 
28
  Spring Break, March 24 - 28
April
   
 
4
  Jaime Tanner (Department of Zoology, University of Hawaii at Manoa) "Behavioral and morphological development in a female-dominated species, the spotted Hyena"
 
11
  T. Aran Mooney, PhD defense (Department of Zoology, University of Hawai at Manoai) "How much noise is too much? Noise, naval sonar and on the dolphin auditory system"
 
18
  Terry Hunt (Department of Anthropology, University of Hawaii) "Archaeology and evolutionary ecology: some case studies from the Pacific Islands"
 
25
  Andrew Christie ( Department of Biology, University of Washington) "Behavioural control in arthropod vectors of human and plant diseases: A bioinformatics approach to the identification of peptide hormones in ticks and aphids"
May
   
 
2
  Lorey K. Takahashi (Dept. of Psychology, University of Hawaii at Manoa) "Neural modulation of fear and emotional memory"