September 1

Organizational meeting

September 8

Dieter Ebert, Professor, Universität Basel(sponsored by the IU Inst. for Advanced Studies)
"A direct benefit for sexual reproduction"

September 15

Marc Bogonovich, Watson Lab
"Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum) life-history: a carbon labeling experiment"

September 22

Rachel Bowden, Asst. Prof., Illinois State Univ.
"Temperature, sex determination, and immune function: Understanding maternal effects in turtles"

September 29

Kim Rosvall, CTRD postdoc
“Benefits and costs of a sexually selected trait in a female songbird: why should females be aggressive?”

October 6

Amanda Brothers, Delph Lab
“Barriers to reproduction among species”

October 13

Peter Zee, Velicer Lab
"Effects of genetic backgrounds on a bacterial swarming phenotype"

October 20

October 27

David Bricker, IU Office of Media Relations
"Science is a public affair: how to trick your grandparents into learning something"

November 3

John Shuey, The Nature Conservancy
"Career opportunities for scientists at TNC"

November 10

Ina Meier, Phillips Lab
"On consequences of global climate change for the C sequestration of woody plants"

November 17

Helena Mendes Soares, Velicer Lab
"Phenotypic variation in the predatory behavior of Myxococcus xanthus"

November 24

Francesco Catania, Lynch Lab
"Age issues, types of family and the impact of LTR retrotransposons on the architecture of eukaryotic genomes"

December 1

Jennifer Miller, West Lab
“Networking together: development of local social structures in brown-headed cowbirds”

December 8

Elizabeth Middleton, Bever Lab
“The effect of inoculation, host plants, and distance on the growth and survival of target plant species in a prairie restoration”