Fall 2020
We will livestream the presentations on Thursdays at 4:00 p.m.
at the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel:
(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfLG3SSfA2BlKqb5mnm8-8Q)
| September 17 Jess Carag, The Living Earth Collaborative, “Conservation in Madagascar: A One Health Journey” https://youtu.be/aqD-TiF0oKI |
| September 24 Chris Martine, Bucknell University, “Females that look like hermaphrodites and berries that no one eats: Australia’s prickly bush tomatoes” https://youtu.be/UkGUk7T0gik |
| October 1 Regina Mossotti, Endangered Wolf Center, “Innovative Conservation for Mexican Wolves – Pups to the Wild” https://youtu.be/_VzO8kGMHgM |
| October 8 Michael Landis, Washington University, “Inferring where the wild things were through phylogenetic models of historical biogeography” https://youtu.be/RMhULSGhmug |
| October 15 Matt Austin, The Living Earth Collaborative, “Pollination systems in changing environments: plant-pollinator responses to environmental variability” https://youtu.be/uIbtFz1vP4g |
| October 22 Michel Ohmer, The Living Earth Collaborative, Ecophysiology meets disease ecology: understanding amphibian disease dynamics in a changing world” https://youtu.be/wC38DDX8unk |
| October 29 Yusan Yang, The Living Earth Collaborative, “Divergent mating behaviors as a driver of rapid evolution: sexual selection, reproductive isolation, and eco-evo dynamics” https://youtu.be/1eCYcBkO5G8 |
| November 5 Kurt Petersen, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, “Heterospory is one of the most important traits of land plants. But, what do we really know about its origin?” https://youtu.be/taCLycVni6I |
| November 12 Ximena Bernal, Purdue University, “Ornaments, Enemies and Sensory Filters in the Evolution of Communication Systems” https://youtu.be/x6fk_bdMfkY |
| November 19 Ivan Jimenez, Missouri Botanical Garden, “The nature of Espeletia species” https://youtu.be/8X0jyfHcqMo |
| December 3 Fangqiong Ling, Washington University, “Water in, microbes out: Water in buildings as a model system to study microbial ecology” https://youtu.be/pY15foo2bnk |
| December 10 Rachel Becknell, Washington University, “Do soil organisms matter? Determining the role of soil microbes in rare plant reintroduction & ecosystem restoration.” https://youtu.be/Wed6oL81XKg |
| December 17 Vince Fasanello, Washington University, “Microbes to mountains, why dispersal barriers are higher in the tropics.” https://youtu.be/aOjqHE6VQwg |
Summer 2020
| Tuesday, June 2 – 4:00 p.m. Stephen Blake, Saint Louis University, “Linking Forest Elephants, Galapagos Tortoises and American Bison – Travels in Lilliput and Brobdingnag” https://youtu.be/m_OuaFVlWdI |
| Tuesday, July 7 – 4:00 p.m. Maris Brenn-White, Saint Louis Zoo, “Tales of Conservation Veterinarian: Tracking Pathogens and their Hosts in Madagascar, South Africa and More.” https://youtu.be/w36XQKhuVfU |
| Tuesday, August 4 – 12:00 p.m. Pete Lowry, Missouri Botanical Garden, “Tropical Botanists Still Discover New Plants in the 21st Century, AND in more ways than you think! Tales from Madagascar, New Caledonia, and elsewhere.” |
Spring 2020
Thursdays, 4:00 p.m.
Rebstock 322 / Reception Afterwards, Rebstock 309
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January 16, 2020 |
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January 23, 2020 |
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January 30, 2020 Lauren Augustine, Saint Louis Zoo, “Reptile and Amphibian Conservation Initiatives at the Saint Louis Zoo” |
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February 6, 2020 Daniel Sasson, Saint Louis University, “A Dry and Lonely World: Environmental Effects on Reproductive Behaviors“ |
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February 13, 2020 David Reznick, University of California-Riverside, “Mode of Maternal Provisioning Builds a Bridge between Microevolution and Macroevolution” |
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February 20, 2020 Kelley Erickson, Missouri Botanical Garden, “Growth and Spread: Spatial Dynamics of an Invasive Species” |
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February 27, 2020 Swanne Gordon, Washington University, “Sex- and Morph-biased Dispersal Affect Population Structure and Polymorphism: A Test Using a ‘Non-model’ Model System |
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March 5, 2020 Anne Tieber, Saint Louis Zoo, “Helping Our Native Birds: The North American Songbird Program at the Saint Louis Zoo” |
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March 19, 2020 Cancelled |
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March 26, 2020 Chris Martine, Bucknell University Cancelled |
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April 2, 2020 Ivan Jimenez, Missouri Botanical Garden, “The Nature of Espeletia Species” Cancelled |
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April 9, 2020 Jhan Salazar, Washington University, “Exploring the Ecology and Evolution of the Thermal Physiology in the Tropics” Cancelled |
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April 16, 2020 Michael Landis, Washington University, “Dispelling the Fog of Deep Time: Phylogenetic Approaches to Infer Ancestral Biome Affinities” Cancelled |
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April 23, 2020 Rachel Becknell, Washington University, “Determining the Role of Soil Microbes in Rare Plant Reintroduction and Ecosystem Restoration)” Vince Fasanello, Washington University, “Understanding Adaptation in Fluctuating Environments: Tools, Techniques, and Insights Provided by a New Experimental Evolution System in Yeast (Saccharomyces Cerevisiae)” Cancelled |
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