All seminars are held in Hewlett 201 at 4:15 PM (Refreshments at 4 PM in lobby)

April 7
Dominique Bergmann - Stanford University
“Transcriptional and signaling networks defining asymmetry and patttern in the plant epidermis”

http://www.stanford.edu/group/bergmann/

April 14
Magnus Nordborg- University of Southern California
"Population genomics of Arabidopsis thaliana"

http://walnut.usc.edu/

April 21
Jacob Weiner- NCEAS(National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis)
“Applying plant population ecology: increasing the suppression of weeds by cereal crops”

http://www.jacobweiner.dk/Site/Jacob%20Weiner.html

April 28
Oswald Schmitz- Yale University
“From individuals to ecosystems: predator identity and old-field ecosystem function”

http://www.yale.edu/eeb/schmitz/index.htm

May 5
Tyrone Hayes- UC Berkeley
"From Silent Spring to Silent Night: A Tale of Toads and Men."

http://ib.berkeley.edu/research/interests/research_profile.php?person=85

May 12
Erich Jarvis- Duke University
"Evolution of brain structures for vocal learning"

http://www.jarvislab.net/

May 19
May Berenbaum- University of Illinois
Title: "Wild parsnips and parsnip webworms;when interactions go international"

http://www.life.uiuc.edu/entomology/faculty/berenbaum.html

June 2
Stephen Sillett- Humboldt State University
"Size and carbon balance determine growth of tall trees"

http://www.humboldt.edu/~sillett/sillett.html

For Information: Franco Errico, ferrico@stanford.edu
650-723-2413