BOTANY 5971 - SCHEDULE

SPRING SEMESTER 2006

Seminars are every Friday at 1:00 pm in GLCH 310

DateSpeakerTitle
JAN 20O R G A N I Z A T I O N A L    M E E T I N G
JAN 27Dr. Michael Dunn
Dept. of Biology
Cameron University, Lawton OK
"Reconstructing Paleozoic Plants: the case of Tetrastichia bupatides"
FEB 3Dr. Richard Lupia
Okla Museum of Natural History
Geology& Geophysics
Assoc Prof/Assoc Curator
Who needs molecules? Using fossils to date clade origins: an  example using water ferns.
FEB 10Dr. David Elmendorf
Botany-Microbiology
Reduction of fecal indicator bacteria in agricultural runoff
FEB 17Ms. Erin Miller
Grad Student-Botany
W/ Dr. Lupia
Preliminary descriptions and phylogenetic relationships of two new fossil flowers from the Santonian (Cretaceous, 85Ma) of Georgia USA
FEB 24Ms. Xw Wu
Grad Student-Botany
W/ Dr. Luo
Spatial pattern of invasive plants in China and its relationship with environmental and anthropological factors
MAR 3Mr. Che Guevara
Grad Student-Botany
W/ Dr. Who
Dionaea muscipula and global spread of socialism
MAR 10Mr. Jesse E Bell
Grad Student-Botany
W/ Dr. Luo
Public policy and global climate change
MAR 17S P R I N G    V A C A T I O N
MAR 24No seminarAttend Developmental Plant Molecular Biology Interview Seminars
MAR 31Ms. Rebecca Powell
Grad Student-Botany
W/ Dr. Li
The effects of Brassinosteroid regulating genes on Arabidopsis thaliana and soybean.
APR 7Mr. Kai He
Grad Student-Botany
W/ Dr. Li
BAK1 and BAK2 are essential for postembryogenesis in Arabidopsis
APR 14Mr. Michael Cyrwus
Grad Student-Botany
W/ Dr. Wallace
Rodent herebivory influences grassland ecosystems
APR 21Ms. Gloria Hoggard
Grad Student-Botany (exit)
W/ Dr. Elisens
The systematics of Gaura (Onagraceae): R.I.P. of a genus.
APR 28Ms. Adjoa Ahedor
Grad Student-Botany (exit)
W/ Dr. Elisens
Genetic variation and differentiation among populations of the Mecardonia acuminata species complex inferred from inter simple sequence repeats [ISSR] banding patterns.
MAY 5Ms. Xiaoping Wei
Grad Student-Botany
W/ Dr. Russell
"Plumbago isopentenyl transferase (IPT) gene expression pattern and paternal transmission during fertilization"