Unless otherwise noted, seminars are held Friday in Stack 237 at 10:45 AM. Please contact the seminar committee (seminar-committee@kbs.msu.edu) if you have questions.

KBS Fall 2011 Seminar Schedule

Sept. 9 – Mike Ryan, Univ. of Texas (Getty Lab)

Title: Sexual Selection and Communication in Túngara Frogs

Sept. 16 – Sarah Placella, KBS MSU (Lennon Lab)

Title: What Happens When it Rains? Microbial Resuscitation Following Soil Wet-Up and Ecosystem Implications

Sept. 23 – Tim Dickson, KBS MSU (Gross Lab)

Title: The mechanisms by which fertilization and cover crops control plant composition and diversity

Sept. 30 – Kirsten Hofmockel, Iowa State Univ. (Lennon Lab)

Title: Microbial to landscape scale investigation of alternative biofuel cropping systems.

Oct. 7 –  Emma Rosi-Marshall, Cary Institute (Hamilton Lab)

Title: Novel contaminants in aquatic ecosystems: inputs, fates and potential ecological effects

Oct. 14 – CANCELLED...Doug Taylor, Univ. of Virginia (Lau Lab)

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Oct. 21 – Jay Lennon, KBS (tenure seminar)

Title: Microbial seed banks: ecological implications of dormancy

Oct. 28 – Susan Kalisz, Univ. of Pittsburg (Conner Lab)

Title: The population dynamics of forest understory invasion: mechanistic experiments with generalist herbivores, natives, and invaders

Nov. 4 – Sally Otto, Univ. of British Columbia (Conner Lab)

Title: Inferring the past for traits that alter speciation and extinction

Nov. 11- John Orrock, Univ. of Wisconsin (Gross Lab)

Title: Stochastic and deterministic perspectives on large-scale patterns in predation, disease, and communities

Nov. 18 – Cathy Pfister, Univ. of Chicago (Mittelbach Lab)

Title: Evidence for recent ocean acidification: what animal shells reveal

Dec. 2 – Steve Polasky, Univ. of Minnesota (ESPP co-host)

Title: Decision-making under great uncertainty: environmental management in an era of global change

Dec. 9 – Jim Cotner, Univ. of Minnesota (Lennon and Hamilton Lab hosts)

Title: Arsenic and old lace: Just how much phosphorus does a bacterial cell need?

KBS Spring 2012 Seminar Schedule

Jan. 20 – Kathleen Treseder, UC Irvine (Lennon Lab host)

Title: Fungi, Ecosystems, and Global Change.

Jan. 27 – Elena Bennett, McGill University (Stuart/Petersen host)

Title: Provision of multiple ecosystem services in an agricultural landscape in Quebec

Feb. 3 – Laura Schmitt Olabisi, MSU CARRS (Snapp Lab host)

Title: Participatory modeling: Partnering with stakeholders for sustainability

Feb. 10 – Bradley Cardinale, Univ. of Michigan (student invited speaker)

Title: Biodiversity and the Functioning of Ecosystems: The evolution of, and vision for, a paradigm.

Feb. 17 – Andy Gonzalez, McGill University

Feb. 24 – Val Smith, Univ. of Kansas (Litchman Lab host)

Title: The Ecology of Algal Biofuel Production

Mar. 2 – Emilia Martins, Indiana Univ. (student invited speaker)

Title: Behavioral Syndromes & the Phylogenetic Comparative Method Inferring adaptation of complex phenotypes

Mar. 16 – Pam Matson, Stanford Univ. (LTER key note speaker)

Title:Transitions to Sustainability in Agriculture: Biogeochemistry Meets Sustainability Science

Mar. 23 – Kristin Mercer, Ohio State Univ. (Stuart/Lau Lab host)

Title: Evolutionary Ecology in Crop-wild Hybrid Zones

Mar. 23 (special seminar in brownbag slot) – Joel Wainwright, Ohio State Univ. (Stuart Lab host)

Title: Climate Leviathan

Mar. 30 – Michael Nelson, MSU (Robertson Lab host)

Title: An Invisible Fusion: Science, Ethics, and Climate Change.

Apr. 6 – Megan Duffy, Georgia Tech (Conner Lab host)

Title: Eco-evolutionary Dynamics of Daphnia-Parasite Interactions.

Apr. 13 – Tom Dietz, MSU Dept. Of Sociology (Stuart Lab host)

Apr. 20 – Chris Kucharik, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison (Hamilton Lab/Julie Doll host)

Title: Agroecology in the Corn Belt:  A Broad Perspective on Connections between Climate, Land Management, and Ecosystem Services

Apr. 27 – Butch Brodie, Univ. of Virginia & Mountain Lake Biological Station (Getty Lab host)