Seminars are Fridays at 3:30 p.m. in Biomed B-103
unless noted otherwise
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13 |
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Fred W. Allendorf,
Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana,
"Human-induced evolution caused by unnatural selection through harvest of wild animals. " |
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20 |
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Dennis LaPoint,
USGS Pacific Island Ecosystem Research Center, Kilauea Field Station. "Avian malaria in Hawaii: The current status and future of an introduced pathogen" |
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27 |
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Frederique Kandel, PhD defense,
Department of Zoology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, "Natural sunscreen compounds in three species of coral and their fish predator" |
| February
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3 |
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Cawa Tran, PhD defense, Department of Zoology, University of Hawaii at Manoa "Settlement and metamorphosis of coral larvae: chemical cues and sensory mechanisms" |
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10 |
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Hope Jahren, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Hawaii at Manoa, "The dependance of plant 13C:12C on atmospheric pCO2" |
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17 |
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W. Stewart Grant, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alaska, "Influence of pleistocene glasciations on phylogeographty of North Pacific marine organisms" |
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24 |
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| March
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1 |
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Mary Donovan, MS defense, Department of Zoology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, "Multi-scale demographic trends in an introduced Hawaiian reef fish: Implications for population modeling" Thursday, March 1, St.John 11, 1 pm - 3pm. |
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2 |
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Richard Ree, Botany Department, The Field Museum of Natural History, "Inferring phylogeny using RAD sequence data" |
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9 |
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Lisa Mandle,
PhD defense, Botany Department, University of Hawaii at Manoa, "Balancing biodivesity and human land use: Effects of fire, grazing and harvest on plant populations and communities in the Western Ghats, India" |
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14-16 |
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Tester Symposium |
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23 |
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30 |
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Spring Break |
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April |
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6 |
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Good Friday Holiday |
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13 |
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Clare Aslan, Environmental Studies Department, University of California Santa Cruz, "Novel mutualisms between native and non-native species: implications for conservation" |
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20 |
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Paul Krushelnycky, Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences, University of Hawaii at Manoa, "The role of climate in recent population declines of the Haleakala silversword" |
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27 |
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Derek Skillings, PhD defense, Department of Zoology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, "Islands, archipelagos and beyond: Scales of genetic diversity in Hawaiian coral reef echinoderms" |
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May |
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2 |
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Last Day of Instruction |
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4 |
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Vicki Funk, Botany Department, Smithsonian Institute and Wilder Chair in the Botany Department, University of Hawaii at Manoa, "Patterns of plant diversity across the Pacific"
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11 |
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Courtney Angelo, PhD defense, Botany Department, University of Hawaii at Manoa |
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