Seminar Series

Crossbill bird photo

Diversification and speciation in crossbills: the magic of a “charmed life”

Oct. 25, 2019

Event Information Who: Dr. Craig Benkman What: 2019 Fall Graduate Student Seminar When: Friday, Nov. 1, 2019 Where: NC 3202 at Noon Dr. Craig Benkman Professor and Robert B. Berry Distinguished Chair in Ecology University of Wyoming After providing an overview of the patterns and processes driving crossbill ( Loxia...

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Gray Wolf photo

Politics, Science, and Wildlife Conservation

Oct. 21, 2019

Event Information Who: Dr. Mike Phillips What: 2019 Fall Seminar Series When: Friday, Oct. 25th, at Noon Where: NC 3202 Mr Mike Phillips Director of the Turner Endangered Species Fund Author, The wolves of Yellowstone While working for the Fish & Wildlife Service Mike transferred to the National Park Service...

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Hibernation Illustration

Dr. Sandy Martin: Transcriptome dynamics in hibernation: cause or consequence of physiology?

Oct. 14, 2019

Event Information Who: Dr. Sandy Martin, Professor Department of Cell and Developmental Biology What: 2019 Fall Graduate Student Seminar When: Monday, Oct. 18th at Noon Where: SI 1086 If many phylogenetically interspersed species of mammals can safely lower their metabolic rate to a few percent of resting, and their body...

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Using RNA-seq to analyze differential gene expression in response to acute thermal challenge in cutthroat trout and closely related species - Oct. 11, 2019

Oct. 3, 2019

Event Information Who: Dr. Douglas Petcoff What: 2019 Fall Seminar Series When: Friday, Oct. 11th at Noon Where: NC 3202 Dr. Douglas Petcoff Professor Metropolitan State University of Denver RNA-seq can be used to analyze the heat shock response at the molecular level. Ectotherms such as the cold-adapted members of...

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Dr. Mike Wilkins

Deep Shales as Windows into Cryptic Carbon Cycling in the Terrestrial Subsurface - Oct. 4, 2019

Oct. 3, 2019

Event Information Who: Dr. Mike Wilkins What: 2019 Fall Seminar Series When: Monday, Oct. 4th, at Noon Where: SI 1086 Dr. Mike Wilkins Assistant Professor Department of Soil and Crop Sciences Colorado State University Hydraulic fracturing of deep shale formations for hydrocarbon recovery results into the generation of new microbial...

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Bobcat prowling

Wildlife on the Edge: Mammal Conservation in an Urbanizing World

Oct. 3, 2019

Event Information Who: Dr. Kevin Crooks What: 2019 Fall Seminar Series When: Monday, Sept. 27th, at Noon Where: NC 3202 Dr. Kevin Crooks Professor Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology Colorado State University The vast reach of humans and the resulting degradation of nature are of major concern to...

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Lynx in snow

Running on empty: recharge dynamics from animal movement data

Sept. 13, 2019

Event Information Who: Dr. Dr. Mevin Hooten What: 2019 Fall Seminar Series When: Friday, Sept. 20, 2019 at 12:00 PM Where: NC 3202 Dr. Mevin Hooten Professor Dept of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology and Statistics Colorado State University Vital rates such as survival and recruitment have always been important...

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Dr. Catherine Lozupone

Influence of dietary fat and fiber on resilience of the intestinal microbiome to antibiotics and susceptibility to Clostridoides difficile infection

Sept. 6, 2019

Event Information Who: Dr. Dr. Catherine Lozupone What: 2019 Fall Seminar Series When: Friday, Sept. 13, 2019 at 12:00 PM Where: NC 3202 Dr. Catherine Lozupone Associate Professor Dept. of Immunology & Microbiology CU Denver – Anschutz Medical Campus Clostridoides difficile infection is the leading cause of hospital-acquired diarrhea and...

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Aedes Aegypt Mosquito

Using the yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti) as a model for examining fitness trade-offs in the evolution of insecticide resistance

Aug. 28, 2019

Event Information Who: Dr. Emilie M. Gray What: 2019 Fall Seminar Series When: Friday, Sept. 6, 2019 at 12:00 PM Where: NC 3202 Dr. Emilie M. Gray Associate Professor Organismal Biology & Ecology Colorado College Aedes aegypti is a pantropical mosquito species as well as the principal vector of dengue,...

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Linking Long-Term Disturbance Frequency to Terrestrial Carbon Distribution in Southeast Alaska: An Introduction and Preliminary Methods

Kyle Turchick MS Student, Integrative Biology, University of Colorado Denver 11:00 a.m. Tuesday April 16, 2019 Science Building, Room 1086 Linking Long-Term Disturbance Frequency to Terrestrial Carbon Distribution in Southeast Alaska: An Introduction and Preliminary Methods Predicting the trajectory of the carbon (C) cycle requires an understanding of the ecological...

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