OEB Seminars

All seminars in Spring 2021 will take place at 4:00pm on Fridays on Zoom unless otherwise noted.
All informal gathering precedes seminars at 3:45pm.
Each seminar is followed by an opportunity for continued conversation with the speaker.

To find more seminars in the Life Sciences, visit the Graduate Programs in Life Sciences Calendar.
For a listing of seminars offered through the College of Natural Sciences, go to CNS Department and Program Seminars

Contact: UMass Seminars IDGP

Spring 2021 Seminar Schedule

Feb 5	A biodiverse life: lessons and ways to help save life on Earth Cristián Samper Wildlife Conservation Society Host: Ana Caicedo Virtual Seminar
Feb 12	Fungaria, fieldwork and phylogeny -- a look at fungal diversity Donald Pfister Harvard University Host: Li-Jun Ma Virtual Seminar
Feb 19	Climate Change Refugia: Biodiversity Change in the Slow Lane Toni Lyn Morelli U.S. Geological Survey, Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center Host: Bethany Bradley Virtual Seminar
Feb 26	Restoring Changing Ecosystems Sara Kuebbing University of Pittsburgh Host: Eve Beaury Virtual Seminar
Mar 5	Mechanisms and consequences of living with rapid environmental change: insights from the polluted lives of Atlantic killifish Nishad Jayasundara University of Maine Host: Lian Guo Virtual Seminar
Mar 12	Using Bayesian approaches to examine ecological and evolutionary influences on disease dynamics Graziella DiRenzo University of Massachusetts, Amherst Host: Evan Grant Virtual Seminar
Mar 19	The Evolution of young genes across stickleback populations and their impacts on ecological and genomic differentiation Frédéric Chain University of Massachusetts, Lowell Host: Katrina Zarella Smith Virtual Seminar
Mar 26	Exploring Venom Glands, Diversity, and Function of Carnivorous Marine Snails Mandë Holford Hunter College Host: Paul Katz FRIDAY - Cohosted OEB/NSB Seminar Virtual Seminar Pre-Registration is Required: CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
Mar 31	The long-reach of the mother in wild mammals: effects of maternal hormones and behavior on offspring physiology and behavior Ben Dantzer University of Michigan Host: Nikki Lee Wednesday - Cohosted OEB/NSB Seminar Virtual Seminar
Apr 2	Alexander Lecture The Genetics and Genomics of Olfaction in Malaria Mosquitoes and EuSocial Ants Drive the Development of Insect Excito-Repellents Laurence Zwiebel Vanderbilt University Host: James Staros
Apr 9	BRiDGE Seminar Creating more inclusive, diverse and humanized biology courses with role models Ash Zemenick Michigan State University Host: Elsa Cousins Virtual Seminar
Apr 16	Evolution of bird brawn: a story about hormones, muscle, and brain Matthew Fuxjager Host: Alex Gerson Virtual Seminar
Apr 23	OEB Faculty Lightning Talks Steve McCormick - Putting the ‘light’ in lightning talk: Uncovering the mechanisms of photoperiod control of seasonality in fish Jeff Podos - Loud Birds on an Amazon Mountain Alison Roy - Urban Streams Re-Imagined Virtual Seminar
Apr 30	The Role of Crop Domestication and Cultivation in the Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics of Plant-Pollinator Systems Margarita Lopez-Uribe Pennsylvania State University Host: Ana Caicedo Virtual Seminar

OEB Seminars

Spring 2021 Seminar Schedule

A biodiverse life: lessons and ways to help save life on Earth

Fungaria, fieldwork and phylogeny -- a look at fungal diversity

Climate Change Refugia: Biodiversity Change in the Slow Lane

Restoring Changing Ecosystems

Mechanisms and consequences of living with rapid environmental change: insights from the polluted lives of Atlantic killifish

Using Bayesian approaches to examine ecological and evolutionary influences on disease dynamics

The Evolution of young genes across stickleback populations and their impacts on ecological and genomic differentiation

Exploring Venom Glands, Diversity, and Function of Carnivorous Marine Snails

The long-reach of the mother in wild mammals: effects of maternal hormones and behavior on offspring physiology and behavior

Alexander Lecture The Genetics and Genomics of Olfaction in Malaria Mosquitoes and EuSocial Ants Drive the Development of Insect Excito-Repellents

BRiDGE Seminar Creating more inclusive, diverse and humanized biology courses with role models

Evolution of bird brawn: a story about hormones, muscle, and brain

OEB Faculty Lightning Talks

The Role of Crop Domestication and Cultivation in the Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics of Plant-Pollinator Systems

Alexander Lecture
The Genetics and Genomics of Olfaction in Malaria Mosquitoes and EuSocial Ants Drive the Development of Insect Excito-Repellents

BRiDGE Seminar
Creating more inclusive, diverse and humanized biology courses with role models