Seminar Series
Spring 2007/08
All seminars are gven in the Harvard University Herbaria Seminar Room at 12:00, noon.
| Feb. 5 | Benjamin van Ee (HUH/OEB) | Biogeography of Croton (Euphorbiaceae s.s.) in the Caribbean |
| Feb. 12 | Matt Ogburn (Brown University) | Anatomical variation in cacti and their relatives: implications for the evolution of the cactus life form |
| Feb. 19 | Serita Frey (University of New Hampshire) | Interactions between Microbial Metabolism and Soil Carbon Storage in a Global Change Context |
| Feb. 26 | Robert Morris (UMass-Boston) | Architecture and demonstration of author-friendly, web-accessible, database-backed, localizable Electronic Field Guides |
| Mar. 4 | Kristin Lewis (Rowland Institute) | Controlling parasitic plants by inhibiting cell wall degrading enzymes |
| Nathalie Nagalingum (Mathews Lab/Arnold Arboretum) | Interpreting the evolution of heterosporous ferns (Salviniales) through fossil and molecular data | |
| Mar. 11 | Michaela Schmull (HUH) | The lichen genus Lecidea s. lat. (sensu Zahlbruckner): How widely are the species of this heterogeneous group distributed within the Lecanoromycetes? |
| Jen Winther (Kramer Lab/Arnold Arboretum) | Mycorrhizal symbioses in subterranean ferns and lycopsids | |
| Mar. 18 | Hardeep Rai (Mathews Lab/Arnold Arboretum) | Inference of deep vascular-plant phylogeny using a large multigene plastid data set |
| Mar. 25 | ** CANCELLED** | |
| Apr. 1 | Timothy Short (Queens College) | Ceratopteris richardii as a model for photomorphogenesis: traits and tools |
| Apr. 8 | John Dighton (Rutgers University) | Decomposition of plant litters, fungi involved and climatic relations with spore dispersal |
| Apr. 15 | Steven Orzack (The Fresh Pond Research Institute) | Demographic heterogeneity and life history evolution: the whole world is a plant |
| Apr. 22 | Rebecca Irwin (Dartmouth College) | The role of floral traits in pollination and plant defense |
| Apr. 29 | Greg Bonito (Duke University) | Revisionary Systematics of the Tuberaceae and phylogenetic placement of unidentified Tuber mycorrhiza |