Spring 2013 Seminar Series
| Date | Day | Time | Location | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/11 | Fri. | 2pm | DO 103 | Microbiology Candidate #1 |
Mobile cell surface adhesins and a novel protein secretion system are required for gliding motility in Flavobacterium johnsoniae |
| 1/18 | Fri. | 2pm | DO 103 | Microbiology Candidate #2 | Friends, Foes and Freeloaders: Microbial Symbionts in Marine Invertebrates |
| 1/25 | Fri. | 2pm | DO 103 | Microbiology Candidate #3 | The Microbiomes of Reef-Building Corals |
| 1/29 | Tue. | 3:30pm | FR 1014 | Microbiology Candidate #4 | The ecology of the human pathogen, Vibrio vulnificus, and interactions with the oyster reservoir |
| 1/30 | Wed. | 11am | DO 103 | Justin Eichinger UNC Wilmington (Satterlie) |
Thesis Defense: Organization and physiology of the peripheral nerve nets in box jellyfish (Class: Cubozoa) |
| 2/01 | Fri. | 2pm | DO 103 | No seminar | |
| 2/08 | Fri. | 2pm | DO 103 | Marine Biology Candidate #1 | Global Jellyfish Blooms and Oil Spills: Perceptions, Paradigm and Consequences for Ecosystem Functioning |
| 2/11 | Mon. | 2pm | DO 205 | Marine Biology Candidate #2 | Worms as wedges: The mechanics of burrowing in marine sediments |
| 2/12 | Tue. | 2pm | DO 205 | Steve Midway UNC Wilmington (Scharf) |
Dissertation Defense: Population Ecology of Southern Flounder in the US South Atlantic |
| 2/15 | Fri. | 2pm | DO 103 | Marine Biology Candidate #3 |
Trophic bottlenecks, zombie amphipods, and vegetarian predators: complex food-web interactions in a salt marsh |
| 2/18 | Mon. | 2pm | DO 205 | Marine Biology Candidate #4 | Marine environmental endocrinology: From the benchtop to the beach |
| 2/22 | Fri. | 2pm | DO 103 | Marine Biology Candidate #5 | The ties that bind: social environment effects in benthic marine populations |
| 2/25 | Mon. | 2pm | DO 205 | Marine Biology Candidate #6 | To feed or not to feed: the role of oceanography in pelagic predator ecology |
| 3/01 | Fri. | 2pm | DO 103 | Marine Biology Candidate #7 | Multidisciplinary apporaches to the invasive potential of a marine globetrotter |
| 3/08 | Fri. | No seminar | Spring Break | ||
| 3/15 | Fri. | 2pm | DO 103 | Dr. Peter Sale United Nations University |
How sophisticated behavior underlies patterns of connectivity in reef fish populations |
| 3/20 | Wed. | 1pm | TL 1053 | Sandy Camilleri UNC Wilmington (Koopman) |
Thesis Defense: Monitoring avian stomach oil quality and organochlorine contaminants |
| 3/22 | Fri. | 2pm | DO 103 | Dr. Richard Satterlie UNC Wilmington |
A Smack of Squishies: How they move! |
| 3/29 | Fri. | No seminar | Good Friday | ||
| 4/05 | Fri. | 2pm | DO 103 | Nathan Gavin UNC Wilmington (Durako) |
Dissertation Prospectus: Comparative photobiology of the seagrasses Thalassia testudinum and Halophila johnsonii |
| 4/12 | Fri. | 2pm | DO 103 | Dr. Ann Pabst UNC Wilmington |
Building a Deep-Diving Mammal: Insights into functional morphology through the investigation of strandings |
| 4/17 | Wed. | 2pm | TL 1053 | Zach Siders UNC Wilmington (Koopman) |
Thesis Defense: Spatial distribution and vertical movement of basking sharks in the Bay of Fundy, CAN |
| 4/19 | Fri. | 2pm | DO 103 | Dr. Alex Costidis UNC Wilmington |
Imaging the Dead: Computed tomographic angiography and dissection of blood vessels in manatees and dolphins |
| 4/20 | Sat. | 9am | DO 103 DO 134 |
Graduate Student Prospectus Symposium | Various topics |
| 4/24 | Wed. | 10 am | FR 2052 | Heather Manching UNC Wilmington (Stapleton) |
Thesis Defense: Nonlinear effects of abiotic and biotic stress on yield and phyllosphere diversity |
| 4/25 | Thu. | 2pm | DO 205 | Melissa Heintz UNC Wilmington (White) |
Thesis Defense: Endocrine disrupting compounds alter fish (Poecilia reticulata) risk-taking behavior |
| 4/26 | Fri. | 2pm | DO 103 | Dr. Joel Fodrie UNC Chapel Hill |
Basin-scale to landscape-scale movement and habitat use of estuarine fishes: can we really identify 'essential fish habitat?' |
| 4/29 | Mon. | 4pm | TL 1053 | Steve Thornton |
Thesis Defense: Functional morphology of dorsal acoustic structures in pygmy (Kogia breviceps) and dwarf (K. sima) sperm whales |
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