Seminar
Lester Newman Seminar Series
Welcome to the PSU Biology Department Lester Newman Seminar Series. Seminars are free and open to the public. Seminars are hosted on ZOOM (https://pdx.zoom.us/j/86036933703) from 12-1pm on Thursdays. Please join the ZOOM by 11:55am. Recordings of the seminar are not available. For additional information, please contact Professor Anna-Louise Reysenbach (bwar@pdx.edu).
Please see this spreadsheet for past and future seminar topics.
January 7th 2021
Bacterial symbionts of shipworms: a prolific source of new drug candidates
Margo Haygood
Research Professor - University of Utah - Host: Reysenbach
January 14th 2021
Movement Ecology of Songbirds Across the Full Annual Cycle
Nathan Cooper
Research Ecologist - Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center - Host: Murphy
January 21st 2021
Carnosaurs as Apex Scavengers: Agent-based Simulations Reveal Possible Vulture Analogues in Late Jurassic Dinosaurs
Cameron Paul
Oregon Health and Science University - Host: Murphy and Ruedas
January 28th 2021
Hidden Microbes in the Human Mouth
Mircea Podar
Distinguished Staff Scientist - Oak Ridge National Laboratory - Host: Reysenbach
February 4th 2021
February 11th 2021
Flowering phenology in a changing climate: Historical patterns over time and latitude
Steve Travers
Associate Professor - North Dakota State University - Host: Cruzan
February 18th 2021
Using population structure and host-symbiont specificity to inform knowledge of transmission dynamics in two obligate marine microbial symbioses
Roxanne Beinart
Assistant Professor - University of Rhode Island - Host: Reysenbach
February 25th 2021
The Mitochondrion as a Nexus for Evolution
Justin Havird
Assistant Professor - The University of Texas at Austin - Host: Estes
March 4th 2021
Molecular evolution in Caenorhabditis speciation and development
Asher Cutter
Professor and Associate Dean - University of Toronto - Host: Estes
March 11th 2021
Multi-trophic drivers of ecosystem succession after canopy restoration in subtropical forests
Stephanie Yelenik
Rangeland Scientist - USDA Forest Service, Rangland Ecologist, Rocky Mountain Research Station - Host: Kautz