Spring 2012 Seminar Series

Date Day Time Location Speaker Topic
1/13 Fri. 2pm DO 103 Dr. Fred Scharf
UNC Wilmington

Southern flounder ecology and population dynamics in NC and US South Atlantic waters

 

1/20 Fri. 2pm DO 103 Dr. Heather Koopman
UNC Wilmington

Northern Exposure: Physiological Ecology in the Bay of Fundy

1/27 Fri. 2pm DO 103 Jackie Howarth
UNC Wilmington
(Durako)

Diurnal variation in chlorophyll fluorescence and pigments of Thalassia testudinum in response to salinity and light

(marine science thesis defense)
2/03 Fri. 2pm DO 103 Steve McMurray
UNC Wilmington
(Finelli)

Demography of the giant barrel sponge Xestospongia muta and sponge-mediated planktonic carbon flux on coral reefs

(dissertation prospectus)
2/10 Fri. 2pm DO 103 No seminar  
2/17 Fri. 2pm DO 103 Dr. Jeffrey Maynard
Maynard Marine Consulting
Using resilience assessments and vulnerability mapping to inform coral reef management decision-making in an era of climate change
2/17 Fri. 3:45pm DO 103 Julie Campbell
UNC Wilmington
(Wilbur)

Seasonality and transmission of parasites infecting Ostrea equestris in Masonboro Sound, NC (thesis defense)

2/24 Fri. 2pm DO 103 Dr. Vanessa Yu
Former Visiting Fellow USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
The Role of BRCA1 in Controlling Mitotic Arrest in Ovarian Cystadenoma Cells
3/02 Fri. 2pm DO 103 Ginger Winder
UNC Wilmington
(Emslie)
Mercury exposure and winter ecology of Nelson's, Seaside, and Saltmarsh Sparrows (dissertation defense)
3/09 Fri. 2pm DO 103 Dr. R. Martin (Marty) Roop II
East Carolina University
Brucella iron acquisition in host macrophages
3/16 Fri.     No seminar Spring Break
3/23 Fri.     No seminar

 

3/27 Tue. 2pm DO 103 Microbiologist Candidate #1 TBA
3/30 Fri. 2pm DO 103 Microbiologist Candidate #2

TBA

4/03 Tue. 2pm DO 103 Microbiologist Candidate #3 TBA
4/06 Fri.     No seminar Easter Break
4/10 Tue. 9am MC 1051 Anne-Marie Hodge
UNC Wilmington
(Arbogast)
Niche Partitioning and Behavior Patterns of the Margay (Leopardus wiedii) and Other Carnivores of the Eastern Andes: A Remote Camera Survey (thesis defense)
4/11 Wed. 2pm DO 202 Mike Tidwell, Director
Chesapeake Climate Action Network
We Are All From New Orleans Now: America's Coasts and Climate Change
4/11 Wed. 7pm Lumina Theatre Mike Tidwell, Director
Chesapeake Climate Action Network
Serial Environmental Catastrophes in the Gulf of Mexico: Are there lessons for the Cape Fear Region?
4/13 Fri. 2pm DO 103 Mike Polito
UNC Wilmington (Emslie)
Examining Niche Partitioning and Dietary Change in Pygoscelis Penguins Using Stable Isotopes (dissertation defense)
4/19 Thu. 2pm DO 103 Lara Jarvis
UNC Wilmington (McCartney)
Conspecific Sperm Precedence in a Free-spawning Marine Invertebrate Hybrid Zone (thesis defense)
4/20 Fri. 2pm DO 103 Gail Marcus
Department of Health and Human Services
General discussion of the field of genomics
4/21 Sat. 9am DO 103
DO 134
Graduate Student Prospectus Symposium Various topics
4/27 Fri. 2pm DO 103 Dr. Martin Klotz
UNC Charlotte
Microbes mislabeled and misunderstood - a new perspective on the Nitrogen cycle
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