| Feb. 7 |
Chuck Davis (OEB/HUH) |
Phylogenetic studies in Malpighiales: dating the origin of tropical rain forests, host-to-parasite gene transfer, and the geography of gene swapping |
| Feb. 14 |
Abraham Miller-Rushing (Boston University) |
The impact of climate change on flowering and bird migration times in Massachusetts |
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Jianhua Li (HUH/ Arnold Arboretum) |
Chloroplast Gene Duplication and Phylogenetics of Catalpa (Bignoniaceae) |
| Feb. 21 |
Susan Kelley and David Boufford (HUH) |
Shangri-la: at the heart of the Hengduan Mountain biodiversity hotspot |
| Feb. 28 |
Pam Templer (Boston University) |
Influence of plant and microbial interactions on forest nitrogen retention and loss |
| March 7 |
Karen Lombard (The Nature Conservancy) |
Restoring native plant communities at Sandy Neck: from planning to action at The Nature Conservancy |
| March 14 |
John Dighton (Rutgers University) |
Fungi and Pollution: Case Studies in Nitrogen Deposition and Interactions with Radionuclides |
| March 21 |
Christine Queitsch (CGR) |
Chaperone Hsp90 affects phenotype through buffering of genetic variation and modulating of maternal effects and biotic interactions |
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Anji Ballerini (Kramer Lab) |
Molecular Insight into Flowering Time in Aquilegia: Why didn't I just choose to work on Arabidopsis? |
| March 28 |
Spring Break- No Seminar |
| April 4 |
Cancelled |
| April 11 |
Diane Peabody (Stonehill College) |
Do Armillaria gallica spore cell lines and vegetative cell lines differ in their ability to attack trees? |
| April 18 |
Robin Kodner (Knoll Lab) |
Were the oceans ever green? |
| April 25 |
David Hewitt (Pfister Lab) |
Rise above: environmental considerations on fungal growth and development |
| May 2 |
Barbara Gravendeel (NHN-Leiden University) |
EvoDevo Studies in Orchids |
