Spring 2012 - upcoming seminars
BIGCB Graduate Seminar Series: Hosted by Ecolunch - Mondays 12-1:30pm 2063 VLSB
| 01/23/2012 |
Overview of the BiGCB. Open forum for faculty to discuss research ideas that will secure and increase the breadth and depth of BiGCB science; funding opportunities. |
| Speakers: Prof Rosemary Gillespie, Prof Charles Marshall |
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| 01/30/2012 |
Spatial analysis of biodiversity data to test and apply theory-based indicator metrics for effects of global changes in California: MaxEnt, Macroecology, and Foodweb Theory |
| Speakers: Prof John Harte, Prof Steve Beissinger, Prof John Huelsenbeck, Nick Matzke (Grad Student), Andy Rominger (Grad Student), and Dr Neo Martinez. |
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| 02/06/2012 | California’s coastal aquatic ecosystem response to climate change and water management. |
| Speakers: Prof Jonathon Stillman, Prof Mary Power, Prof Patrick O'Grady, Dr Brian Ort (Postdoc), Michael Peterson (Grad Student), Lisa Marrack (Grad Student) |
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| 02/13/2012 | Climatic change, fire regimes, and human landscape management practices on the central coast of California |
| Speakers: To be named. Coordinating Group Members: Prof Kent Lightfoot, Prof David Ackerly, Prof Roger Byrne, Dr Josh Collins, Dr Laurel Collins, Dr Rand Evett, Prof Paul Fine, Prof Diane Gifford-Gonzalez, Prof Christine Hastorf, Prof Lynn Ingram, Prof Max Moritz, Prof Scott Stephens. |
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| 02/27/2012 | Invasive species in the San Francisco Bay Area: Climate change, next generation genomics, and economics. |
| Speakers: To be named. Coordinating Group Members: Prof George Roderick, Prof Rodrigo Almeida, Prof Doris Bachtog, Prof Nicholas Mills, Prof Ellen Simms, Prof Wayne Sousa, Prof David Zilberman. |
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| 03/05/2012 | High resolution record of past climate change and the biotic response: Drilling Clear Lake, Lake County, Central California. |
| Speakers: To be named. Coordinating Group Members: Prof Cindy Looy, Prof David Ackerly, Prof Tony Barnosky, Prof Roger Byrne, Prof John Chiang, Prof Richard Dodd, Prof Ivo Duijnstee, Prof Lynn Ingram, Prof Charles Marshall, Prof Bent Mishler, Prof Mary Power, Prof David Wahl, Prof Kip Will, Prof Susan Zimmerman. |
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| 03/12/2012 | Using genomics, isotopes and pollen to illuminate the past and predict the future of California bees. |
| Speakers: To be named. Coordinating Group Members: Prof Neil Tsutsui, Prof David Ackerly, Prof Todd Dawson, Prof Gordon Frankie, Prof Claire Kremen, Prof Cindy Looy, Prof Rasmus Nielsen, Dr Santiago Ramirez (Postdoc) |
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| 03/19/2012 | Applying novel tools to museum specimens to detect early signatures of species and community responses to environmental change. |
| Speakers: To be named. Coordinating Group Members: Prof Eileen Lacey, Prof David Ackerly, Dr Ke Bi (Postdoc), Prof Mike Eisen, Prof Jeff Good, Prof Maggi Kelly, Prof Marjorie Matocq, Prof Adina Merenlender, Prof Rasmus Nielsen, Prof Todd Dawson, Prof Craig Moritz, Prof Wayne Sousa. |
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| 04/16/2012 | The Terrestrial Biodiversity and Climate Change Collaborative (TBC3): Applied Science for Bay Area Conservation and Climate Adaptation |
| Speakers: David Ackerly (UC Berkeley), Lisa Micheli (Pepperwood Preserve), Alicia Torregrosa (USGS), Al and Lorrie Flint (USGS). |
FAll 2011 - seminars
Presented during existing campus seminar series
| 10/25/2011 |
Reconciling neontological and paleontological perspectives response to climate change. |
| Venue 1101 VLSB - Fossil Coffee (11am-12pm); Speaker: Prof Craig Moritz |
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| 10/31/2011 |
The Interaction of Climatic Change, Fire Regimes, and Human Landscape Management Practices on the Central Coast of California: A BIGCB-Moore Foundation Project. |
| Venue: 2063 VLSB - Ecolunch (12-1pm); Speaker: Prof Kent Lightfoot |
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| 11/30/2011 | A conceptual framework for forecasting biological impacts of global change. |
| Venue: 3101 VLSB - MVZ Lunch Seminar (12-1pm); Speaker: Prof Anthony Barnosky |
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| 12/12/2011 | Landscape Genomics for Climate Adaptation. |
| Venue: 3101 VLSB - MVZ Lunch Seminar (12-1pm); Speaker: Prof Justin Borevitz |
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