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Professor Emeritus Con Slobodchikoff was interviewed on the Diane Rehm Show on National Public Radio!

Events

Spring 2013

NAU Biology Departmental Seminar Series, Thursdays at 4:00 PM in Bio 238

 

Date  SpeakerTitle
17-JanNo seminarNo Seminar First week of Class
24-JanNancy Johnson, NAU   Sabbatical research and networking in Europe, Tanzania, and Bangladesh 
31-JanClare Aslan, Sonoran Desert Museum     Widows and auxiliaries: mutualism in the face of environmental change.
7-FebLarry MacPhee, NAU E-LearningBIO 100L online: My experiences developing and teaching a fully online lab science class.
14-FebDavid Pierotti, NAUThe evolution of the modern introductory class, and how the weakly electric fish, S. macrurus, will cure heart disease 
21-FebJennifer Rudgers, U New Mexico      

Ecological dynamics and consequences of mutualisms: Small fungi with big impacts

28-FebAnn Pringle, Harvard UniversityLife and Death in a Petersham Cemetery: the Dispersal and Demography of Fungi
7-MarRobert Miranda, NAU PhD SeminarExposure to common chemical contaminants affect reproduction and brain gene expression in an anuran amphibian
14-MarGill Geesey, Montana State UniversityRelationships between environmental variables and the distribution of microbial lineages capable of mercury reduction/detoxification in a geothermal ecosystem 
21-MarSpring breakNo Seminar
28-Mar     Walt Fertig, Moenave ConsultingApplied conservation botany: examples from the flora of  Wyoming
4-AprJamie Lamit, NAU PhD SeminarCottonwoods and community genetics: the fungal side of the story.
11 AprLucy Kerhoulas, NAU PhD SeminarSeasonal water use, growth, and management of southwestern ponderosa pine forests.
18-AprRachel Gallery, U of APlant-microorganism interactions in plant communities
25-AprNicholas Bokulich, UC DavisMicrobial Terroir: Profiling Wine Quality on the Grape-to-Glass Continuum
2-MayMatt Kane, DEB, NSFFunding Trends and Opportunities for Research in Biology at the National Science Foundation (NSF)