Dr. Rachel Jabaily Assistant Professor Department of Organismal Biology & Ecology Colorado College WHEN: Feb. 5, 2021 at Noon WHERE: Seminar will be presented via Zoom Please complete the RSVP FORM to receive the Zoom Meeting link. Life history evolution of the Neotropical plant family Bromeliaceae The Bromeliaceae, or bromeliad,...

Dr. Jane Stewart Assistant Professor, Plant Pathology, Agricultural Biology Colorado State University WHEN: Jan. 29, 2021 at Noon WHERE: Seminar will be presented via Zoom Please complete the RSVP FORM to receive the Zoom Meeting link. Characterizing genetic and phenotypic diversity and spread of an invasive pathogen as climates change...

Dr. Spring Behrouz CEO and Co-founder of Vincere Biosciences WHEN: Dec. 4, 2020 at Noon WHERE: Seminar will be presented via Zoom Zoom Meeting Join Zoom Meeting https://ucdenver.zoom.us/j/99551575831?pwd=KzFROFFZalo1Y1hFTEkzL3VKdWtnZz09 Meeting ID: 995 5157 5831 Leveraging technology to develop novel small molecules to modulate mitophagy in diseases of aging Parkinson’s disease affects...

DR. MATTHEW JOHNSON Assistant Professor Biological Sciences Texas Tech University WHEN: Nov. 20 th , 2020 at Noon WHERE: Seminar will be presented via Zoom Zoom Meeting https://ucdenver.zoom.us/j/91048440693 Meeting ID: 910 4844 0693 Plant biodiversity and target capture sequencing: new tools enable new research questions Advancements in high-throughput DNA sequencing...

Dr. Lucas Silva Associate Professor College of Arts & Sciences Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Research Laboratory University of Oregon WHEN: Nov. 6, 2020 at Noon WHERE: Seminar will be presented via Zoom Zoom Meeting https://ucdenver.zoom.us/j/91048440693 Meeting ID: 910 4844 0693 Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Interactions: Structure, Function, and Predictive Scaling for Climate Change Mitigation In this...

Dr. Rachel Vannette Assistant Professor, Dept. of Entomology & Nematology University of California Davis WHEN: Oct. 30, 2020 at Noon WHERE: Seminar will be presented via Zoom Zoom Meeting https://ucdenver.zoom.us/j/91048440693 Ecology and evolution of flower microbes Flowers are essential to plant reproduction and pollinator health. Yet little is known about...

Dr. Jessie Uehling Assistant Professor of Fungal Biology Oregon State University WHEN: Oct. 23, 2020 at Noon WHERE: Seminar will be presented via Zoom Zoom Meeting https://ucdenver.zoom.us/j/91048440693 , Meeting ID: 910 4844 0693 Fungal endosymbiont evolution: insights into mechanisms, diversity, and ubiquity from the Mucoromycota fungi The generation of thousands...

Dr. Katie Ferris Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University WHEN: Oct. 16th, 2020 at Noon WHERE : Seminar will be presented via Zoom Zoom Meeting https://ucdenver.zoom.us/j/91048440693 Meeting ID: 910 4844 0693 Natural selection on sympatric Monkeyflower species: variation over space and time Divergent natural selection can...

Dr. Anya Brown Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Postdoctoral Fellow WHEN: Oct. 9th, 2020 at Noon WHERE: Seminar will be presented via Zoom Zoom Meeting https://ucdenver.zoom.us/j/91048440693 Meeting ID: 910 4844 0693 Microbially-mediated species interactions and the extended phenotype Ecologists have begun to appreciate the wide-reaching associations between organisms and microbes, such...

Dr. V. Bala Chaudhary Asst. Professor, Environmental Science and Studies DePaul University, College of Science and Health WHEN: Oct. 2nd, 2020 at Noon WHERE: Seminar will be presented via Zoom Zoom Meeting: https://ucdenver.zoom.us/j/91048440693 Meeting ID: 910 4844 0693 Trait-based aerial dispersal of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi Dispersal is a fundamental process...