Zoology Departmental Seminars

The Zoology Departmental Seminar Series is open to the public. Seminars are usually held at 4:30-6:00 pm in George Lynn Cross Hall room 123, with refreshments available inside GLC 123 (near the stage) at 4:15 pm. Exceptions to the normal schedule are indicated below.

Spring 2008

Date Speaker Title

Host

16-Jan

Piers Hale
Department of the History of Science, University of Oklahoma

Darwin's Other Bulldog: Charles Kingsley and the Popularization of Darwinism in England Knapp
23-Jan

Rich Cifelli
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, University of Oklahoma

Origin of modern mammals: an historical perspective

 

30-Jan

Karl Cottenie
Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph

Cryptic zooplankton dispersal: insights
from a metacommunity perspective

Weider
6-Feb
Dr. Deana Smith
Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina
A post-developmental role for the lissencephaly protein, Lis1 Zhang
13-Feb
Dr. Andrew Fagg
Department of Computer Science, University of Oklahoma
Predicting Dynamic Arm Motion from Motor Cortical Activity: A Step Toward Direct Control of Robotic Prosthetic Limbs Berkowitz
20-Feb

Dr. Patrik Nosil
Department of Biosciences, Simon
Fraser University

Ecological Speciation: Details and Generalities

Grad Students

27-Feb

Dr. Randy Hewes
Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma 

Conserved insulin signaling mechanisms control neuron growth in the fly  
5-Mar

Dr. Joel Trexler
Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University

Regional Ecology and Local Population Dynamics: Metacommunities in the Florida Everglades Schlupp
12-Mar

Dr. Michael Beecher
Psychology & Zoology Depts., University of Washington

Social factors in song learning by bird Mock
19-Mar
Spring Break
No Seminar  
26-Mar Dr. Orti
School of Biological Sciences, University of Nebraska
The tree of life of "fishes": significance, update, and challenges Broughton

2-Apr

John J. Wiens
Department of Ecology and Evolution, SUNY at Stoney Brook
Integrating Evolution, Ecology, and Historical
Biogeography
Vitt-Caldwell
9-Apr
Dr. Dave Caron
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California
New Approaches and Insights Into Phytoplankton & Protozoan Ecology

Hambright

16-Apr

Dr. Adkins-Regan
Psychology / Neurobiology & Behavior, Cornell University

Hormonal Activation and Organization of Mating and Pairing: A tale of Two Birds Knapp
23-Apr
Don Shepard
Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma
Lineage Diversification in Sky Island Salamanders  
30-Apr

Paulette Reneau
Department of Zoology, University of Oklahoma

Differential Gene Expression and Adaptation to Thermally Variable Environments  
 


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