2019 Fall Museum Seminar Schedule
Roberta Canton and Diego Paredes
Dept. of Biological Sciences & Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium, Louisiana State University
Titles: "Population structure and gene flow in the absence of a current physical barrier in
the Amazonian parakeet Brotogeris sactithomae"
and "Updating the knowledge of the Melastomataceae family in a poorly-studied Andean area."
Dr. Jonathan Richards
Dept. of Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology, Louisiana State University
Title: "Genomic insights into fungal plant pathogen virulence and adaptation"
Jonathan Nations and Subir Shakya
Dept. of Biological Sciences and Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University
Title: "Travelogues Part I: Borneo and Sumatra"
Dr. Terrence Tiersch
School of Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University
Title: "Repository development for aquatic germplasm and genetics resources"
Dr. Daniel Warner
Dept. of Biological Sciences and Museum of Natural History, Auburn University
Title: "Adaptive developmental plasticity: case studies of environmental effects on phenotypes
and fitness in lizards"
Dr. Craig McClain
Executive Director, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium
Title: TBA
Dr. Teague O'Mara
Dept. of Biological Sciences, Southeastern Louisiana University
Title: TBA
No Seminar: Fall Break
October 25Dr. Ethan Linck
Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Title: "Niche conservatism, speciation, and range limits on tropical mountainsides"
No Seminar: Rails and Rice Festival
November 8No Seminar: Museum Retreat
November 15Dr. Maggie MacPherson
University of California, Santa Barbara Institute for Social, Behavioral & Economic
Research, and Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Title: TBA
Glaucia Del-Rio
Dept. of Biological Sciences and Museum of Natural Sciences, Louisiana State University
Title: "Travelogues Part II: Brazil - The Emilie Snethlage Expedition"
No Seminar: Thanksgiving Break
December 6Randy Klabacka
Dept. of Biological Sciences, Auburn University
Title: "Riverine barriers as drivers of biodiversification in terrestrial fauna of Southeast
Asia"
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