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USF IB Seminar Series | Spring 2015

Date	Time & Location	Speaker	Title	Additional info
Total	Zero OPEN Seminars (Please contact Marc Lajeunesse lajeunesse@usf.edu for additional info)
Jan. 8	3:30, CMC147	Bill Karasov, University of Wisconsin-Madison	The immature bird: changes during maturation of digestive and immune function and in processing of environmental contaminants
Jan. 15	3:30, CMC147	Douglas Barron, University of South Florida	Proximate causes and ultimate consequences of phenotypic variation
Jan. 22	3:30, CMC147		Reserved for job interviews
Jan. 29	3:30, CMC147	Brad Gemmell, University of Texas, Marine Science Institute	It’s a Fluid Situation: Adaptive Strategies for Feeding and Swimming in Aquatic Environments
Feb. 5	3:30, CMC147	Hosted by: Derick Hudson, University of South Florida	Environmental Science Professionals Discussion Panel	This seminar will be comprised of a multi-professional discussion panel with a variety of educational and professional experiences to talk about their career paths and answer questions about the non-academic track of scientific employment.
Feb. 12	3:30, CWY 107	Evelyn Fox Keller, Massachusetts Institute of Technology	From Gene Action to Reactive Genomes: Implications for Evolution	Darwin Day Lecture
Feb. 19	3:30, CMC147	Song Liang, University of Florida	Environmental Determinants of Infectious Disease: Integrating Interdisciplinary Efforts to Understanding and Control
Feb. 26	3:30, CMC147	Erin Dolan, UT-Austin	Mentoring undergraduates in research -- what about the mentor?
March 5	3:30, CMC147		SPRING BREAK
March 12	3:30, CMC147	Heather Judkins, University of South Florida St. Petersburg	TBA
March 19	3:30, CMC147	Andrew Clark, College of Charleston	Material, morphology, and movement in the slimy and creepy crawly
March 26	3:30, CMC147	Charles (Chuck) Fisher, Penn. State	Anthropogenic impact to Earth's final frontier
April 2	3:30, CMC147	Roger Nisbet, UCSB	Linking organismal and suborganismal processes to population dynamics for ecological risk assessment
April 9	3:30, CMC147	Rachel Taylor, University of South Florida	The influence of seasonal forcing on the population dynamics of ecological systems
April 16	3:30, CMC147	Doria Gordon, Nature Conservancy, University of Florida	An Ounce of Prevention: Using risk assessments to avoid the next generation of plant invaders
April 23	3:30, CMC147	Nick Whitney, MOTE	Accelerometer technology to reveal the secret lives of sharks

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USF IB Seminar Series | Fall 2014

Date	Time & Location	Speaker	Title	Additional info
Total	Zero OPEN Seminars (Please contact Marc Lajeunesse lajeunesse@usf.edu for additional info)
Aug. 28	3:30, CWY107	Richards Lab, USF Integrative Biology	3 students' summer conference presentations
Sept. 4	3:30, CWY107	Angela Collins, USF Integrative Biology	An Investigation into the Habitat, Behavior and Opportunistic Feeding Strategies of the Protected Goliath Grouper Epinephelus itajara
Sept. 11	3:30, CWY107	Caitlin Gabor, Texas State University	Geographic variation in mate choice in a unisexual-bisexual species complex: Are populations consistent? + stress and disease in amphibians
Sept. 18	3:30, CWY107	Gordon Fox, USF Integrative Biology	Growth and decline of biological populations: from individuals to landscapes
Sept. 25	3:30, CWY107	Jeffrey Scales, University of Hawaii, Manoa	The evolution and design of the locomotor system in lizards of the Southwest United States
Oct. 2	3:30, CWY107	Jonathan Pruitt, University of Pittsburgh	From individuals, to populations, to communities, to extinction: when does animal personality matter?
Oct. 9	3:30, CWY107	Dan Simberloff, University of Tennessee	What's new in invasion biology and management, and why are they controversial?	BGSO invited speaker
Oct. 16	3:30, CWY107	Bob Schmitz, University of Georgia	Evolutionary significance of population epigenomics in Arabidopsis thaliana
Oct. 23	3:30, CWY107	Earl McCoy, USF Integrative Biology	The history and consequences of gopher tortoise exploitation in Florida
Oct. 30	3:30, CWY107	Steve Phelps, University of Texas	Peculiar positions: Variation in the mechanisms of monogamy
Nov. 6	3:30, CWY107	Lewis Lab, USF Integrative Biology	The long arm of land use: pervasive ecological impacts in time and space
Nov. 13	3:30, CWY107	Sadie Ryan, University of Florida	Clash of the titans: People, Environment, and Climate in Africa's Albertine Rift
Nov. 20	3:30, CWY107	Philipp Boersch-Supan, University of South Florida	Pelagic Ecology of Indian Ocean Seamounts and Islands
Nov. 27	3:30, CWY107	no seminar, Thanksgiving
Dec. 4	3:30, CWY107	Denis Noble, University of Oxford	Roundtable discussion of Noble’s online seminar titled: “Evolution and physiology: a new synthesis”. We highly suggest viewing the online seminar before attending the discussion. The link to the seminar is found here: Plenary seminar at the IUPS 2013 World Congress	Online seminar is approx. 42 min.

USF IB Seminar Series | SPRING 2014

Date	Time & Location	Speaker	Title	Additional info
Total	Zero Open Seminars (Please contact Christina Richards, Marc Lajeunesse, or Susan Bell for additional info)
Jan. 16	3:30, CWY107	Tiffany Doan-Costa, State College of Florida	Determinants of Reptile Distribution Patterns in South America
Jan. 23	3:30, CWY107	Elizabeth Miller, Department of Anthropology University of South Florida	Ecological immunity in mothers and infants of northern Kenya
Jan. 30	3:30, CWY107	Stephanie Gervasi, University of South Florida	Host identity matters: variation in amphibian responses to an emerging fungal pathogen and implications for disease dynamics
Feb. 6	3:30, CWY107	Jody Harwood, University of South Florida	Microbial Source Tracking: Who Poos There?
Feb. 13	3:30, CWY107	Kevin Padian, UC Berkeley	When is sexual selection not sexual selection? Quite often, actually ...	Darwin Day Lecture I
Feb. 14	3:30, FAO248	Kevin Padian, UC Berkeley	Richard Owen, Charles Darwin, and the shaping of Victorian biology	Darwin Day Lecture II, Philosphy/History
Feb. 20	3:30, CWY107	Luke Flory, University of Florida	Mechanisms, impacts, and long-term dynamics of a non-native grass invasion in eastern deciduous forests
Feb. 27	3:30, CWY107	OPEN
March 6	3:30, CWY107	Karen Kelsky	Graduate School As a Means to a Job
March 13	3:30, CWY107	SPRING BREAK
March 20	3:30, CWY107	Erica Crespi, Washington State University	Investigating the long-term effects of early life environments in amphibians: from the lab to the landscape.
March 27	3:30, CWY107	Mike Osland, U.S. Geological Survey, National Wetlands Research Center	From restoration to climate change: the ecological effects and drivers of mangrove expansion into salt marsh	BGSO speaker
April 3	3:30, CWY107	Stephanie Green, David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellow	New insights into the ecological effects and management of invasive lionfish in the Western Atlantic
April 10	3:30, CWY107	Kevin Lafferty, University of California, Santa Barbara	Parasites and Food Webs
April 17	3:30, CWY107	Eric Johnson, University of North Florida	A stronger role for ecology in fisheries management: Lessons from the Chesapeake blue crab
April 24	3:30, CWY107	Allan Feldman, College of Education, USF	Multiple Outcome Interdisciplinary Research and Learning (MOIRL): A model for K-12, University, and Community Partnerships

USF IB Seminar Series | Fall 2013

Date	Time & Location	Speaker	Title	Additional info
Total	1 Open Seminar (Please contact Christina Richards or Marc Lajeunesse for additional info)
Sept. 5	3:30, CWY107	Brian Andres, Department of Geology, USF	Evolution on the Wing: Form, Function, and Phylogeny in Pterosaurs
Sept. 12	3:30, CWY107	Gordon Fox, Dept. of Integrative Biology, USF	Individuals and populations in ecology and evolution
Sept. 19	3:30, CWY107	Emilie Snell-Rood, University of Minnesota	Nutritional constraints on life history evolution: historical limitations and modern change	BGSO invited speaker
Sept. 26	3:30, CWY107	Jason Kolbe, University of Rhode Island	From small islands to big cities: evolutionary responses during Anolis lizard introductions
Oct. 3	3:30, CWY107	Hojun Song, University of Central Florida	Evolution of density-dependent phenotypic plasticity in grasshoppers and locusts
Oct. 10	3:30, CWY107	Mark Lloyd, Moffitt Cancer Center	The Ecology of Cancer
Oct. 17	3:30, CWY107	Larissa Williams, Bates College	Signatures of selection in natural populations adapted to chronic pollution
Oct. 24	3:30, CWY107	Leticia Avilés, University of British Columbia	The ecology of social evolution: empirical studies on social spiders and a general theoretical framework
Oct. 31	3:30, CWY107	Dave Civitello, University of South Florida	Environmental drivers, key traits, and fungal epidemics in Daphnia
Nov. 14	3:30, CWY107	Burton Singer, University of Florida	Asymptomatic infections in animals and plants: implications for disease control and elimination strategies
Nov. 21	3:30, CWY107	John Wiens, University of Arizona	Niche conservatism and the gain and loss of biodiversity

USF IB Seminar Series | Fall 2012

Date	Time & Location	Speaker	Title	Additional info
Total	zero Open Seminars (Please contact Christina Richards for additional info)
Aug. 30	3:30, CHE217	Doug Crawford, University of Miami	Biological Importance of -Omics: How do we know what is important
Sept. 6	3:30, CHE217	Erin Feichtinger, Texas State University	Fine-scale habitat associations of scissor-tailed tlycatchers (Tyrannus forficatus) in south-central Texas
Sept. 13	3:30, CHE217	Cathy Walsh, Mote Marine Laboratory	Of marine mice & men: comparative immunology of marine invertebrates
Sept. 20	3:30, CHE217	Mollie Brooks, University of Florida	Effects of forest fragmentation on the demography and variability of an Amazon understory herb
Sept. 27	3:30, CHE217	Suzanne Young, University of South Florida, Columbia University, and Queens College	Diversity and distribution of antibiotic resistant bacteria in the Hudson River estuary
Oct. 4	3:30, CHE217	Ryan Earley, University of Alabama	Phenotypic variation and plasticity in a selfing vertebrate
Oct. 11	3:30, CHE217	Philip William Bateman, Archbold Biological Station & University of Pretoria	Getting ahead by leaving bits of you behind: the costs and benefits of autotomy
Oct. 18	3:30, CHE217	Mark Haussmann, Bucknell University	A bird's eye view of aging
Oct. 25	3:30, CHE217	Kevin Hovel, San Diego State University	Predator-prey interactions in seagrass landscapes: integrating complexity, patchiness, and behavior	Cosponsored by Florida Sea Grant
Nov. 1	3:30, CHE217	Sharon Feit, USF Integrative Biology	Variability and Role of Ecosystem Properties in Regulating Soil Organic Matter Stability in Isolated Freshwater Wetlands of West-Central Florida
Nov. 8	3:30, CHE217	Reed Bowman, Archbold Biological Station	The behavioral ecology of jays in response to habitat structure
Nov. 15	3:30, CHE217	Chantale Bégin, USFSP Department of Biological Sciences	Land use and sedimentation impacts on coral reefs in the eastern Caribbean
Nov. 22	3:30, CHE217	THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
Nov. 29	3:30, CHE217	Graduate Student USF Group Seminar	Taegan McMahon on "Disease and Amphibian declines: alternative hosts of the Chytrid fungus" Brittany Sears on "Host life history influences parasite encystment location and tolerance in tadpoles" Zachery Staley on "Effects of agrochemicals on protozoa and bacterivorous predation"
Dec. 6	3:30, CHE217	Graduate Student USF Group Seminar	Maria Laura Habegger on "Feeding biomechanics in billfishes, inferring the role of the rostrum from a mechanical standpoint" Amanda Boller on "Stable Carbon Isotope Discrimination by RubisCO Enzymes Relevant to the Global Carbon Cycle"

USF IB Seminar Series | SPRING 2013

Date	Time & Location	Speaker	Title	Additional info
Total	2 Open Seminars (Please contact Christina Richards or Marc Lajeunesse for additional info)
Jan. 17	3:30, CHE101	RESERVED
Jan. 24	3:30, CHE101	RESERVED
Jan. 31	3:30, CHE101	RESERVED
Feb. 7	3:30, CHE101	RESERVED
Feb. 14	3:30, MSC2100 6:00 pm, TECO Room (Education)	Lee Dugatkin, University of Louisville Lee Dugatkin, University of Louisville	Darwin, genes and culture: mate choice in guppies and humans The Evolution of Altruism: From Darwin to Today	Darwin Day Lecture I Darwin Day Lecture II
Feb. 21	3:30, CWY107	Camille Parmesan, University of Texas at Austin and Plymouth University	Impacts of global warming on wild life
Feb. 28	3:30, CHE101	Joe Torres, USF St. Petersburg	The Antarctic silverfish in Western Antarctic Peninsula shelf waters: victim of changing climate?
March 14	3:30, CHE101	SPRING BREAK
March 21	3:30, MSC2708	David Wake, University of California, Berkeley	Progress in Understanding the Global Amphibian Biodiversity Crisis: Paradoxes and Opportunities	BGSO invited speaker
March 28	3:30, CHE101	Christopher Anderson, University of South Florida	Environmental Effects on the Biomechanics and Motor Physiology of Elastically Powered Movements in Chameleons	Ph.D. defence seminar
April 4	3:30, CHE101	Iliana Baums, Penn. State University	Adaptation to climate change in coral-algal symbioses
April 11	3:30, CHE101	Jason Hoeksema, University of Mississippi	Genetic variation and the potential for coevolution in mycorrhizal interactions
April 18	3:30, CHE101	Richard Wassersug, Dalhousie University and University of British Columbia	Not Fish nor Frog, but Polliwog: Key Features in the Design of Anuran Larvae

USF IB Seminar Series | fall 2011

Date	Time & Location	Speaker	Title	Additional info
Total	0 OPEN Seminar (Please contact Marc Lajeunesse lajeunesse@usf.edu for additional info)
Aug. 25	3:30, CHE217	Brian Silliman, University of Florida	Food webs, Climate change and new paradigms in Marine Ecology
Sept. 1	3:30, CHE217	Lynn (Marty) Martin, USF Integrative Biology	Physiological integration and phenotypic variation in vertebrates	Tenure Seminar
Sept. 8	3:30, CHE217	Steve Deban, USF Integrative Biology	Constraint and convergence in the evolution of musculoskeletal systems	Tenure Seminar
Sept. 15	3:30, CHE217	Thomas Unnasch, USF Department of Global Health	You transmit what you eat - Using mosquito blood meals to decipher the dynamics of the transmission of Eastern Equine Encephalitis
Sept. 22	3:30, CHE217	David L. Reed, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida	Of Lice and Men: using a lousy parasite to shed new light on human evolution
Sept. 29	3:30, CHE217	Megan Sheffield, Academic Services Librarian USF	Research Rescue: Caught in the Web of Science
Oct. 6	3:30, CHE217	John Orrock, Zoology Department, University of Wisconsin	Some consequences of plant-mediated animal behavior: the invasion ratchet and potential changes in disease risk
Oct. 13	3:30, CHE217	Patrick Krug, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Cal. State Los Angeles	Shifts in host use and larval type promote speciation in photosynthetic sea slugs
Oct. 20	3:30, CHE217	Greg O'Mullan, CUNY Queens College	Sewage loading and microbial ecology in urban estuaries of New York
Oct. 27	3:30, CHE217	Michael Reed, Tufts University	Persistence & Extinction of Small Populations: Birds, Fish, and Elvis
Nov. 3	3:30, CHE217	Carol Rizkalla, USF Integrative Biology	Modeling Connectivity for Forest Rodents in Indiana
Nov. 10	3:30, CHE217	Lorena Madrigal, USF Anthropology	The evolution of human post-reproductive longevity
Nov. 17	3:30, CHE217	Amy Litt, New York Botanical Garden	What makes a tomato a tomato: comparative gene function in the development of fleshy and dry fruits in the tomato family
Nov. 24	3:30, CHE217	THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY
Dec. 1	3:30, CHE217	Andrea Liebl & Courtney Coon (USF Integrative Biology)	TBA: Slide show of Kenya safaris and field work	Kenyan food!?

USF IB Seminar Series | Spring 2012

Date	Time & Location	Speaker	Title	Additional info
Total	Zero Open Seminars (Please contact Marc Lajeunesse lajeunesse@usf.edu for additional info)
Jan. 12	3:30, CHE217	Sandy Westerheide, USF CMMB	Regulation of heat shock transcription factor HSF1 by SIRT1
Jan. 19	3:30, CHE217	Bill Baker, USF Chemistry	Antarctic Marine Chemical Ecology
Jan. 26	3:30, CHE217	Robert Fletcher, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida	A network perspective on the connectivity and persistence of populations
Feb. 2	11:00 am, FAH101 3:30, CHE217	Barry Sinervo, University of California, Santa Cruz Rich McBride, NOAA's Northeast Fisheries Science Center at Woods Hole	Climate-forced extinctions threaten biodiversity at tropical and temperate speciation hotspots Effects of food and energy assimilation on egg production in relation to fish reproductive strategies
Feb. 9	3:30, MSC2100C 7:00 pm, FAH101	Eugenie Scott, National Center for Science Education Eugenie Scott, National Center for Science Education	Dr. Scott's Handy-Dandy Guide to Teaching Evolution Florida's 'Critical Thinking' bills: Creationism du jour?	Darwin Day Lecture I Darwin Day Lecture II
Feb. 16	3:30, CHE217	Chris Stallings, USF St. Petersburg Marine Science	Indirect effects of fishing on predators and their prey
Feb. 23	3:30, CHE217	Michele Nishiguchi, Department of Biology, New Mexico State University	How many degrees of separation? Interfacing ecology with beneficial associations between bobtail squids and Vibrio	BGSO invited speaker
Mar. 1	3:30, CHE217	Corinne Richards-Zawacki, Tulane University	A frog of a different color: why are the poison frogs of Bocas del Toro Panama so amazingly diverse?
Mar. 8	3:30, CHE217	Harold Drake, Department of Ecological Microbiology, University of Bayreuth	Darwin's Invertebrates, an Oasis for Soil Anaerobes
Mar. 15	3:30, CHE217	SPRING BREAK
Mar. 22	3:30, CHE217	Peter Sale, University of Windsor	Our planet does not have to die
Mar. 29	3:30, CHE217	Mark Tamplin, University of Tasmania, Australia	Predictive models to manage microbial contamination of food
Apr. 5	3:30, CHE217	Christine Miller, Entomology and Nematology Department, University of Florida	Sexual selection in variable environments
Apr. 6	10:30, SCA333	Moshe Inbar, Department of Evolutionary & Environmental Biology, University of Haifa (Haifa, Israel)	Direct interactions between mammalian herbivores and plant-dwelling insects
Apr. 12	3:30, CHE217	Alex Levine, Philosophy Department, USF	Darwinism and Human Nature
Apr. 19	3:30, CHE217	Craig Osenberg, Department of Biology, University of Florida	Ecological synthesis: from climate change to marine reserves
Apr. 26	3:30, CHE217	David Jenkins, Department of Biology, University of Central Florida	Interactive effects of pasture management, grazing, and fire on wetland biodiversity