Biodiversity Research Seminar Series

The Biodiversity Research Seminar Series (BRS) is held on Wednesdays at noon in the Beaty Biodiversity Museum auditorium

The BRS series organizers are Diane Srivastava, John Richardson, and Judith Mank. Cookies and coffee are provided in the Biodiversity Research Centre atrium at 11:30am. To update the title/speaker changes, please contact Katie Beall.

Upcoming Events

BRS: Lisa D. White "Integrating field and fossil data with visualization tools to enhance instruction in biodiversity, Earth system processes, and global climate change"

host: Bridgitte Clarkson, cookies: Sierra S and Chelsea L Lisa D. White, Director of Education, Museum of Paleontology, University of California at Berkeley The extensive fossil holdings and significant online resources at the University of California Museum of Paleontology (UCMP) are accessible...

BRS: Chelsea Little "Everything Is Moving: Ecosystem Function in a Changing World"

host: Rachel Germain, cookies: Sean M and Gil H Topic: My research centers on how connections between ecosystems influences their dynamics and functioning. In this talk, I will present how spatial configuration of ecosystems in a landscape affects the flow of materials and organisms between them;...

BRS: Noelle Beckman "Seed dispersal ecology under global change"

host: Jennifer Williams, cookies Sarah S-T and Megan S Abstract: Dispersal influences individual fitness, population persistence, and biodiversity across scales, as well as a population’s ability to track shifting habitats, deal with large-scale environmental variability, and adapt to novel...

BRS: Lauren Shoemaker "The role of environmental variability and food web structure for species coexistence"

host: Rachel Germain, cookies Angie N and Mia W Abstract: Environmental variability and interspecific interactions are two cornerstones of the longstanding effort to understand how species coexist and the mechanisms that maintain biodiversity. Recently it has become evident that these two factors...

BRS: no seminar READING WEEK

host: none

BRS: Evolution lecture Nancy Emery

host: graduate students, cookies Pirmin N and Tom B

BRS: Cathy Pfister "The dynamics of Kelp forests in the northeast Pacific and their diverse contributions to coastal productivity."

host: Chris Harley, cookies provided by Alyssa G and Sandra E abstract: As foundational species, the underwater forests comprised of kelp species have known importance as habitat for fishes and invertebrates. I will show kelp forests also have significant effects on seawater chemistry, productivity...

BRS: Peter Chesson "Aedt: the new equilibrium for the nonequilibrium world of an ever-changing climate"

host: Elizabeth Wolkovich, cookies Ellen N and Carla DF Abstract: The concept of equilibrium has always been controversial but always central in ecological thought. The problem is that most natural populations fluctuate greatly, and may exhibit trends on observable time scales. In the past, there...

BRS: Ingrid Parker “Phylogenetic ecology and plant disease”

host: Jonathan Davies, cookies Marie and Laura P. Abstract: Pathogens play an important role in shaping the structure and dynamics of natural plant communities. We study how the phylogenetic and ecological structure of the surrounding community can be important predictors of disease pressure in a...

BRS: Stephen Wright "Y degenerate? Evolutionary genomics of plant sex chromosomes”

host: Keith Adams, cookies Mariana P and Julian H

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BRS: Lisa D. White "Integrating field and fossil data with visualization tools to enhance instruction in biodiversity, Earth system processes, and global climate change"

BRS: Chelsea Little "Everything Is Moving: Ecosystem Function in a Changing World"

BRS: Noelle Beckman "Seed dispersal ecology under global change"

BRS: Lauren Shoemaker "The role of environmental variability and food web structure for species coexistence"

BRS: no seminar READING WEEK

BRS: Evolution lecture Nancy Emery

BRS: Cathy Pfister "The dynamics of Kelp forests in the northeast Pacific and their diverse contributions to coastal productivity."

BRS: Peter Chesson "Aedt: the new equilibrium for the nonequilibrium world of an ever-changing climate"

BRS: Ingrid Parker “Phylogenetic ecology and plant disease”

BRS: Stephen Wright "Y degenerate? Evolutionary genomics of plant sex chromosomes”