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Marvin Seminar Series Archive

Fall 2012 Marvin Seminar Schedule

Date	Speaker	Seminar Title
Sep 6	Dr. Khidir Hilu, Virginia Tech Host: Dr. Jane Molofsky	Gene choice, cost-effectiveness and phylogenetic tree robustness: Case studies in angiosperms
Sep 13	Dr. Mel Tyree, University of Alberta Host: Dr. Phil Lintilhac	How to Design a Zero-Carbon, Net-Zero-Energy Home
Sep 20	Dr. Sam Scheiner, Program Officer, DEB National Science Foundation	A theory for biology
Sep 27	Dr. Roger Deal, Emory University Host: Dr. Laura Almstead	Chromatin dynamics and cell fate specification in plants
Oct 4	Dr. Neil Sarkar, UVM Microbiology & Molecular Genetics Host: Dr. Jeanne Harris	Challenges and Opportunities for Leveraging Biodiversity Knowledge for Advancing Biomedical Research
Friday, Oct 5	Dr. Wim Hordijk, World Wide Wanderings Host: Dr. Brian Beckage	Autocatalytic Sets and the Origin of Life
Oct 11	Dr. Mike Barker, University of Arizona Host: Dr. Dave Barrington	Polyploidy, hybridization, and the evolution of plant diversity
Oct 18	Dr. Paul Wolf, Utah State University Host: Meghan McKeown, Barrington lab	CANCELLED Evolution of plants with big genomes
Oct 25	Dr. Million Tadege, Oklahoma State University Host: Dr. Jeanne Harris	Regulation of leaf blade outgrowth in eudicots: STENOFOLIA and action in the middle
Nov 1	Dr. Taylor Ricketts, UVM Gund Institute of Ecological Economics Host: Dr. Jeanne Harris	Ecology and Economics of Pollination Services
Nov 8	Dr. Jannice Friedman, Syracuse University Host: Dr. Jill Preston	Evolutionary transitions in plant reproductive strategies
Nov 15	Dr. Ann Hazelrigg, UVM Plant & Soil Science Host: Dr. Jeanne Harris	UVM Plant Diagnostic Clinic - Or "How I spend my summer vacation!"
Nov 22	Thanksgiving	No Seminar
Nov 29	Dr. Jill Preston, UVM Plant Biology	Evolutionary genetics of plant habit and phase change
Dec 6	Prince Zogli, UVM Plant Biology graduate student, Delaney Lab Chang Zhang, UVM Plant Biology graduate student, Harris Lab	Elucidating the importance of SIF1-SON1 protein interaction in Planta Characterization of Transcription factors that act in LATD/ABA signaling in legume roots

Spring 2012 Marvin Seminar Schedule

Date	Speaker	Seminar Title
Jan 19	Dr. Anja Geitmann, University of Montreal Host: Dr. Mary Tierney	Shaping up - the challenge of making a tube
Jan 26	Open	Open
Feb 2	Dr. Sid Bosworth, UVM Plant & Soil Science	Do Grasses Make Sense As a Biomass Crop in Vermont?
Feb 9	Dr. Dong Wang, University of Massachussetts, Amherst Host: Dr. Jeanne Harris	Illuminating the underground trade: dissecting the molecular basis of nitrogen-fixing symbiosis
Feb 16	Dr. Christine Ondzighi, UVM Plant Biology Postdoc, Harris lab	Enhancing Biofuel Production Through The Improvement of Lignocellulosic Cell Walls Biomass Properties
Feb 23	Open	Open
Mar 1	Dr. Gabriela Bucini, UVM Plant Biology Postdoc, Beckage lab	Spatial and ecological scales of woody plant cover in savannas
Mar 8	Spring Break	No Seminar
Mar 15	Dr. Federica Brandizzi, Michigan State University Host: Dr. Mary Tierney	Morphological and Functional Identity of Organelles of the Early Plant Secretory Pathway
Mar 22	Dr. Eddie Watkins, Colgate University Host: Dr. Dave Barrington	An inordinate frondness for ferns: evolution and ecophysiology of seed-free vascular plants
Mar 29	Neil Kamman and Rich Langdon, Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation	Vermont's Surface Water Monitoring and Assessment Program - Integrating Science and Policy in support of Surface Water Protection and Restoration
Apr 5	Dr. Rebecca Dickstein, University of North Texas Host: Dr. Jeanne Harris	Tracking proteins en route to the symbiosome
Apr 12	Dr. Abby van den Berg, UVM Plant Biology, Proctor Maple Research Center	Impacts of modern processing technologies on maple syrup composition and flavor
Apr 19	Cathy Bell and Lindsay Watkins, UVM Plant Biology Field Naturalist students	My First Summer in the Sierra: Lessons Learned from Alpine Plants Forest health and tree mortality in Vermont forests
Apr 26	Audrey Clark and Danielle Owczarski, UVM Plant Biology Field Naturalist students	Which Is the Road More Traveled? Connectivity Conservation and Roadway Permeability for Wildlife A Field Naturalist's Approach to Interpreting and Evaluating Common Lands
May 3	Dr. Jack Williams, University of Wisconsin Host: Dr. Brian Beckage	Holocene aridity and the prairie-forest ecotone in Central North America: Intrinsic and extrinsic drivers of past abrupt change

Fall 2011 Marvin Seminar Schedule

Date	Speaker	Seminar Title
Sep 8	Dr. Jane Molofsky, UVM Plant Biology	The ecology and evolution of invasion: A model system approach
Sep 15	Chang Zhang, UVM Plant Biology graduate student, Harris lab Emily Larson, UVM Cell & Molecular Biology graduate student, Tierney lab	ABA-mediated regulation of root meristem function and cell expansion via ROS and the nitrate transporter LATD/NIP On the Move: Characterizing Trafficking Genes Whose Expression is Altered in the Cell Wall Mutant atprp3-1
Sep 22	Dr. Danny Schnell, University of Massachusetts at Amherst Host: Dr. Mary Tierney	Protein targeting to chloroplasts as a model for understanding organelle biogenesis and homeostasis
Sep 29	Dr. Bill Platt, Louisiana State University Host: Dr. Brian Beckage	Non-catastrophic disturbances, landscape dynamics, and biodiversity: implications for effects of ongoing rapid environmental change
Oct 6	Dr. Julia Frugoli, Clemson University Host: Dr. Jeanne Harris	How Does the Plant say “No More”?: The molecular Genetics of Nodule Number Regulation
Oct 13	Dr. Kirsten Bomblies, Harvard University Host: Dr. Jeanne Harris	Genomics of adaptation to anthropogenic habitats in tetraploid Arabidopsis arenosa
Oct 20	Open	Open
Oct 27	Dr. Lou Gross, NIMBioS Host: Brian Beckage	Space and Control in Natural Systems
Nov 3	Dr. Laura Hill Bermingham, UVM Plant Biology	Forest management affects rare plant persistence in the Green Mountain National Forest
Nov 10	Larry Millman, Fungi Author Host: Dr. Terry Delaney	How to Banish Evil Spirits: Uses of Fungi by Northern Native People
Nov 17	Dr. Elizabeth Crone, Harvard Forest, Harvard University Host: Dr. Jane Molofsky	Pulsed floral resources and pollinator population dynamics
Nov 24	Thanksgiving	No Seminar
Dec 1	Dr. Ramiro Barrantes, UVM Plant Biology postdoc, Beckage lab	When you don't know what you don't know: Changepoints and model selection in ecology
Dec 8	Prince Zogli, UVM Plant Biology graduate student, Delaney lab Stacy Jorgensen, UVM Plant Biology graduate student, Barrington lab	Investigating the Role of Arabidopsis SON1 in Plant Defense An investigation of the genetic diversity and evolutionary history of the allotetraploid fern Polystichum braunii (Dryopteridaceae)

Spring 2011 Marvin Seminar Schedule

Date	Speaker	Seminar Title
Jan 20	Jamie Carter, UVM Plant Biology graduate student, Tierney lab	Signals from the Outside-In: Two cell wall proteins that mediate stomatal function
Jan 24 (Monday) 4:00 Rm 110	Dr. Michael Prigge, University of California, San Diego Candidate for the Assistant Professor position in Plant Development and Evolution	The auxin-signaling pathway of moss and its implications on plant evolution
Jan 26 (Wednesday) 2:30 Rm 112	Dr. Nolan Kane, University of British Columbia, Vancouver Candidate for the Assistant Professor position in Plant Development and Evolution	Evolutionary genomics of adaptation and speciation in sunflowers
Feb 1 (Tuesday) 4:00 Rm 110	Dr. Chelsea Specht, University of California, Berkeley	Emerging complexity in tropical gingers (Zingiberales): flowers, form, and diversification
Feb 3	Dr. Benjamin Blackman, Duke University Candidate for the Assistant Professor position in Plant Development and Evolution	Bridging genetic and environmental complexity in the evolution of developmental plasticity
Feb 10	Dr. Jill Preston, University of Kansas Candidate for the Assistant Professor position in Plant Development and Evolution	Evolutionary Genetics of Plant Diversity: insights from inflorescence and flower development
Feb 17	Dr. Joshua Bongard, UVM Computer Science Host: Dr. Jeanne Harris	Building Better Robots using Evo-Devo
Feb 24	Dr. Michael Sundue, UVM Plant Biology postdoc, Pringle Herbarium	Phylogenetics of grammitid ferns: new insights into morphology and biogeography
Mar 3	Dr. Deborah Alongi, Castleton State College Host: Dr. David Barrington	Sugar transport and its role in land plant evolution on ancient and modern scales
Mar 10	Spring Break	No Seminar
Mar 17	Dr. Jeff Munroe, Middlebury College Host: Dr. Brian Beckage	Lacustrine Sedimentary Records of Holocene Glacier Activity in Glacier National Park, Montana
Mar 24	Dr. Raka Mitra, Carlton College Host: Dr. Jeanne Harris	The Bacterial Wilt Disease of Plants: Getting to the Root of the Problem
Mar 31	Carrie Pucko, UVM Plant Biology graduate student, Beckage Lab Matthew Kaproth, UVM Plant Biology graduate student, Molofsky Lab	Examining Climate Change in the Green Mountains through Seedling and Gap Dynamics Investigating litter feedbacks on establishing invasive Phalaris arundinacea
Apr 1 (Friday) 12:50pm Rm 110	Dr. Ana Caiceido, University of Massachusetts, Amherst joint PSS-PBIO seminar (lunch before talk in Rm 234)	How to evolve a weed: the origins of invasive weedy rice in the U.S.
Apr 7	Dr. Maitrayee Das Gupta, University of Calcutta Host: Dr. Jeanne Harris	Deciphering the molecular code that predisposed plants to root nodule symbiosis
Apr 14	Zachary Ispa-Landa, UVM Field Naturalist graduate student Charlie Hohn, UVM Field Naturalist graduate student	The college sustainability corps: moving beyond conservation The Lost Channels of Squirrel Hill: Outreach Methods for Citizen Watershed Awareness in Pittsburgh, PA
Apr 21	Taylor Bushell, UVM Field Naturalist graduate student Sam Schaefer-Joel, UVM Field Naturalist graduate student	Monitoring Vegetation at the Ossipee Pine Barrens, NH Increasing undergraduate engagement: Two case studies and a proposal for the GreenHouse Residential Learning Community
Apr 28	Monique McHenry, UVM Plant Biology graduate student, Barrington lab Bryarly McEachern, UVM Field Naturalist graduate student	Delimiting species boundaries in Andean ferns: using morphometric and phylogenetic data to understand species in the genus Polystichum Opportunities for land stewardship, research, and education at the VINS Nature Center
May 5	Yucan Zhang, UVM Plant Biology graduate student, Harris lab	The effect of red and far-red light on nodulation of Medicago truncatula

Fall 2010 Marvin Seminar Schedule

Date	Speaker	Seminar Title
Sep. 2	Emily Larson, UVM Plant Biology graduate student, Tierney lab Cecilia Rodriguez Furlan, visiting graduate student, Tierney lab	Changes in root hair cell wall structure affect gene expression and cell function in Arabidopsis Characterization of the polarized secretion of AtPRP1 and AtPRP3
Sep. 9	OPEN
Sep. 16	Dr. Stuart Kauffman, UVM Biochemistry Department	Ideas on Development, Evolution and Community Assembly: For discussion
Sep. 23	Stacy Jorgensen, UVM Plant Biology graduate student, Barrington lab Joao Condack, visiting graduate student, Barrington lab	Insights into the relationships of three Costa Rican allotetraploids in the fern genus Polystichum (Dryopteridaceae) from nuclear DNA sequence analysis Phylogeny and biogeography of the fern genus Polystichum in the Brazilian center of diversity
Sep. 30	OPEN
Oct. 7	Dr. David Domozych, Skidmore College Host: Dr. Philip Lintilhac	Unraveling the mysteries of the plant cell wall: Charophycean Green Algae and the evolution of wall polymers
Oct. 14	Dr. Madhur Anand, University of Guelph Host: Dr. Brian Beckage	Understanding global ecological changes in forests
Oct. 21	Dr. Maarten Eppinga, Postdoctoral Associate, Molofsky lab	Litter feedbacks, evolutionary change and the spatial spread of plant communities
Oct. 28	Dr. Yolanda Chen, UVM Plant & Soil Science Department	Ecological consequences of crop artificial selection
Nov. 4	Dr. Laura Hill Bermingham, UVM Plant Biology Department	Ecological and anthropogenic factors affecting the distribution and persistence of rare plant Polemonium vanbruntiae in the Green Mountain National Forest
Nov. 11	Dr. Simon Gilroy, University of Wisconsin Host: Dr. Jeanne Harris	Feeling Green: Ca2+, pH and ROS Signaling in Mechanical Responses of Arabidopsis
Nov. 18	Chang Zhang, UVM Plant Biology graduate student, Harris lab	Identifying Transcription Factors in the ABA/LATD signaling pathway
Nov. 25	Thanksgiving	No Seminar
Dec. 2	Dr. Chunfang Wei, UVM Plant Biology Department	Searching for the physical mechanism of cell wall growth
Dec. 9	Mark Isselhardt, UVM Plant Biology graduate student, Proctor Maple Research Center	Do modern sap extraction methods affect the nonstructural carbohydrate reserves of Acer saccharum?

Spring 2010 Marvin Seminar Schedule

Date	Speaker	Seminar Title
Jan. 28	Dr. Jacqueline Bede, McGill University Host: Dr. Jeanne Harris	Plant-Insect Interactions: The Montreal Tango
Feb. 4	Dr. Holly Gorton, St. Mary's College of Maryland Host: Dr. Thomas Vogelmann	Bright, Cold and Red: Light and Life in the Snow
Feb. 11	Dr. Mary Tierney, University of Vermont	PRPs: Structural Cell Wall Proteins Essential for Root Hair and Stomatal Function
Feb. 18	Dr. Arnold Bloom, University of California at Davis Host: Dr. Don Stratton	Global Climate Change and Plants: Myths and Misdemeanors
Feb. 25	Rosemary Mosco, UVM Field Naturalist Graduate Student Teage O'Connor, UVM Field Naturalist Graduate Student	Bringing Climate Change Home: A Web-based Climate Project PLACE Program: Creating effective community partnerships
Mar. 4	Carrie Pucko, UVM Plant Biology Graduate Student	From Acer to Viola: Community shift in the Green Mountains
Mar. 11	Spring Break	No Seminar
Mar. 18	Vivek Sharma, UVM Plant Biology Graduate Student Emily Stone, UVM Field Naturalist Graduate Student	Potential Role of Extracellular ATP in Regulating Root Hair Growth Wetland Monitoring in the Wilds of Maine
Mar. 25	Dr. Sam Hazen, University of Massachusetts at Amherst Host: Dr. Mary Tierney	Systems biology of plant biofuel attributes
Apr. 1		No Seminar
Apr. 8	Dr. Elison Blancaflor, Noble Foundation Host: Dr. Jeanne Harris	Tip growth in plants: Filling the GAP between membrane trafficking and the cytoskeleton
Apr. 15	Yucan Zhang, UVM Plant Biology Graduate Student Chang Zhang, UVM Plant Biology Graduate Student	The Effect of Far-Red Light on Nodulation Identifying transcription factors in the ABA/LATD signaling pathway
Apr. 22	Dr. Kathleen Pryer, Duke University Host: UVM Plant Biology Graduate Students	Fern diversification in an angiosperm-dominated world
Apr. 29	Monique McHenry, UVM Plant Biology Graduate Student Autumn Foushee, UVM Field Naturalist Graduate Student	Notes from the field: new insights on the fern genus Polystichum in South America Ecological Indicators of Climate Change and Land Use Impacts in the Coos Watershed, Oregon
May 6	Gianna Sassi, UVM Plant Biology Graduate Student Matt Kaproth, UVM Plant Biology Graduate Student	Characterizing M. truncatula abscisic acid-response mutants Phenotypic response of Cardamine hirsuta genotypes to varying competition densities

Fall 2009 Marvin Seminar Schedule

Date	Speaker	Seminar Title
Sep. 17	Dr. Sheng Qiang, Nanjing Agricultural University, China Host: Dr. Jane Molofsky	Physiological Adaptation to Temperature as one of the Mechanisms of Invasive Alien Plants
Sep. 24	No Seminar This Week
Oct. 1	Dr. John C. Volin, University of Connecticut Host: Dr. Brian Beckage	The Florida Everglades: Will an Alien Fern Strangle its Restoration?
Oct. 8	OPEN
Oct. 15	OPEN
Oct. 22	Dr. Dominique Bergmann, Stanford University Host: Dr. Jeanne Harris	Integrating signaling and transcriptional networks during plant stomatal development
Oct. 29	OPEN
Nov. 5	Mark Isselhardt, UVM Plant Biology Graduate Student, Proctor Maple Research Center	Carbohydrate removal and maple sugaring: Are modern practices sustainable?
Nov. 12	OPEN
Nov. 19	Dr. Maarten B. Eppinga, Postdoctoral Associate, Dept. of Environmental Science, Utrecht University, The Netherlands (currently doing research in Dr. Jane Molofsky's lab)	aMazing Pattern: Spatial Self-organization in Ecosystems
Nov. 26	Thanksgiving	No seminar
Dec. 3	OPEN

Spring 2009 Marvin Seminar Schedule

Date	Speaker	Seminar Title
Jan. 29	Carrie Pucko, UVM Plant Biology Graduate Student, Beckage Lab Kimmie Beal, UVM Plant Biology Graduate Student, Beckage Lab	Recent understory vegetation shift in response to climate change on Camels Hump, VT Our changing landscape: Increased tree cover at New England's treelines
Feb. 5	OPEN
Feb. 12	OPEN
Feb. 19	OPEN
Feb. 26	Dr. Robert I. Bertin, College of the Holy Cross Host: UVM Plant Biology Graduate Students	Seventy years of change in the flora of one New England county
Mar. 5	Emily Larson, UVM Cell & Molecular Biology Graduate Student, Tierney Lab	The role of extracellular matrix proteins in Arabidopsis root hair cells
Mar. 12	Spring Break	No Seminar
Mar. 19	Dr. Michael Dietze, University of Illinois Host: Dr. Brian Beckage	Effects of edaphic variation on forest response to climate change in central New England
Mar. 26	Yucan Zhang, UVM Plant Biology Graduate Student, Harris Lab Kerry Alley, UVM Plant Biology Graduate Student, Molofsky Lab	Title TBA Title TBA
Apr. 2	David Jaffe, UVM Field Naturalist Graduate Student Philip Halteman, UVM Field Naturalist Graduate Student	Riparian functionality and avian species richness along the Little Chazy River in northeastern New York Evaluating riparian restoration in Vermont: Lessons and applications
Apr. 9	Allaire Diamond, UVM Field Naturalist Graduate Student Quincy Campbell, UVM Field Naturalist Graduate Student	Artisan non-timber forest products: Local ecological knowledge and potential as a conservation tool Title TBA
Apr. 16	Dr. Alison Brody, UVM Biology Department	Resistance to multiple antagonists: how plants might benefit from consumers
Apr. 23	Giovanna Sassi, UVM Plant Biology Graduate Student, Harris Lab Jamie Carter, UVM Plant Biology Graduate Student, Tierney Lab	Characterization of ABA and glucose mutants of the model legume Medicago truncatula Title TBA
Apr. 30	Isaac Nadeau, UVM Field Naturalist Graduate Student Chang Zhang, UVM Plant Biology Graduate Student, Harris Lab	Ephemeral and enduring: A management plan for Abraham's Woods Title TBA

Fall 2008 Marvin Seminar Schedule

Date	Speaker	Seminar Title
Sep. 18	Dr. Jeanne Harris, UVM Plant Biology Department	The regulation of legume nodulation by light
Sep. 25	Dr. Hank Kaestner, Director of Procurement, McCormick & Company, Inc.	Organic Spice production: Biology and environmental protection in the tropics
Oct. 2	Dr. Robbin Moran, Curator of Ferns, New York Botanical Garden Host: Dr. David Barrington	Linnaeus, the Second Adam
Friday Oct. 3 9:00am Given E105	Dr. Jen Sheen, Harvard University Host: Dr. Terry Delaney	Plant-Bacterial Warfare - Innate Immunity and Bacterial Suppressors
Oct. 9	Dr. Keiko Yoshioka, University of Toronto Host: Dr. Terry Delaney	Pathogen Resistance in Plants - The Programmed Cell Death Mutant cpr22 in Arabidopsis Contains a Novel Chimeric Ion Channel
Oct. 16	Matt Kaproth, UVM Plant Biology Graduate Student, Molofsky Lab	Biological Invasions: Exploring Cellular Automata with Memory
Oct. 23	Monique McHenry, UVM Plant Biology Graduate Student, Barrington Lab	Systematics and Evolution of Andean Ferns in the Genus Polystichum: A Progress Report
Oct. 30	Dr. Brian Beckage, UVM Plant Biology Department	Climate Change, Fire, and the Dynamics of Ecological Communities
Nov. 6	Dr. Magdalena Banzanilla, University of Massachusetts at Amherst Host: Dr. Jeanne Harris	Molecular Control of Plant Cell Tip Growth
Nov. 13	Dr. Vivian Irish, Yale University Host: Dr. Jeanne Harris	Petal Development: Variations on a Theme
Monday Nov. 17	Dr. John Freudenstein, Ohio State University Co-sponsored with the Biology Department	Systematics and evolution of the Orchidaceae
Nov. 20	Dr. Shelly Rayback, UVM Department of Geography	Stable Carbon Isotopes Ratios of a High Arctic Dwarf Shrub and the Potential for Extracting a Climate Signal and Reconstructing Past Climate

Spring 2008 Marvin Seminar Schedule

Date	Speaker	Seminar Title
Jan. 31	Dr. Stephen J. Jackson, Department of Botany, University of Wyoming Host: Dr. Thomas Vogelmann	Space, Time, and History in Ecology: Environmental Texture and its Consequences
Feb. 7	James Barnes, UVM Plant Biology Department Field Naturalist Student Bob Zaino, UVM Plant Biology Department Field Naturalist Student	A New Model for Land Stewardship in Vermont and Beyond From the Ground Up: Putting Nature First in Land Use Planning
Feb. 14	Jens Stevens, UVM Plant Biology Graduate Student, Beckage Lab Matt Kaproth, UVM Plant Biology Graduate Student, Molofsky Lab	The Role of Fire in the Invasion of Florida Pine Savannas by Brazilian Pepper Spatial modeling of propagule pressure in Ailanthus altissima
Feb. 21	Dr. Mark Lubkowitz, Department of Biology, St. Michael's College Host: Dr. Jeanne Harris	Resource Allocation in Germinating Rice Seeds: An Unusual Link between peptides and Metals
Feb. 28	Dr. Charles Canham, Forest Ecologist, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Host: Dr. Brian Beckage	Invasion of Northeastern Forests by Norway Maple and Tree of Heaven
Mar. 6	Dr. Wouter van Hoven, Center for Wildlife Management, University of Pretoria, South Africa Host: Dr. David Barrington	The Role of Plant Tannins in Browser Population Density Regulation
Mar. 13	Spring Break	No Seminar
Mar. 20	Dr. Carroll Vance, USDA/ARS Research Leader, Adjunct Professor, University of Minnesota Host: Dr. Jeanne Harris	Phosphate Stress Induces Complex Changes in Root Architecture and Biochemistry
Mar. 27	Jamie Carter, UVM Plant Biology Graduate Student, Tierney Lab Carrie Pucko, UVM Plant Biology Graduate Student, Beckage Lab	Characterization of T-DNA Insertional Mutants of Two Arabidopsis Cell Wall Proteins Mechanisms Controlling Range Shifts of Montane Forests in Response to Climate Change
Apr. 3	Dr. Julin Maloof, Section of Plant Biology, University of California, Davis Host: Dr. Jeanne Harris	A Timely Coincidence: Plant Growth in a Diurnal World
Apr. 10	Giovanna Sassi, UVM Plant Biology Graduate Student, Harris Lab	Identification and Characterization of ABA-insensitive mutants of Medicago truncatula
Apr. 17	Kimmie Beal, UVM Plant Biology Graduate Student, Beckage Lab Emily Schadler, UVM Plant Biology Department Field Naturalist Student	Changing Climate and Treeline Elevation in New England Community Wood Energy and Biomass Fuel from Vermont's Forests
Apr. 24	Robin Collins, UVM Plant Biology Graduate Student, Molofsky Lab Ryan Salmon, UVM Plant Biology Department Field Naturalist Student	Title TBA Greenhouse Gas Accounting and Management for Local Climate Action

Fall 2007 Marvin Seminar Schedule

Date	Speaker	Seminar Title
Sep. 27	Dr. Barbara Whitlock, Biology Department, University of Miami Host: Dr. David Barrington	Biogeography and the Evolution of Life Histories in Gentianopsis, the Fringed Gentians
Oct. 4 617 Main St	Dr. Mark Starrett, UVM Plant & Soil Science Department Dr. Jane Molofsky, UVM Plant Biology Department	Tour the New UVM Educational Invasive Woody Plants and their Alternatives Garden. Tour location: 617 Main St., Johnson House (Gund Institute)
Oct. 11	Dr. John Boyer, University of Delaware Host: Dr. Philip Lintilhac	Molecular Mechanisms of Enlargement in Plant Cells
Oct. 18	Dr. Andrea Lloyd, Middlebury College Host: Kimmie Beal, UVM Plant Biology Graduate Student	The Greening of the Subarctic? Effects of Recent Climate Warming on Boreal Forests
Oct. 24 11:15-12:05 Aiken 116	Dr. Michael Allen, Botany & Plant Sciences Department, UC Riverside (Co-sponsored with Plant & Soil Science) Host: Dr. Deborah Neher	Using Distributed Sensors in a California Mixed Conifer Forest Soil: Surprises from Continuous Measurements
Oct. 25	Dr. Edith Allen, Botany & Plant Sciences Department, UC Riverside (Co-sponsored with Plant & Soil Science) Host: Dr. Deborah Neher	Critical Loads of Anthropogenic Nitrogen Deposition and vegetation-type Conversion to Exotic Annual Grassland in Southern California
Nov. 1 CANCELLED	Dr. Jane Molofsky, UVM Plant Biology Department	Invasions in Plant Communities: An Ecological and Evolutionary Perspective CANCELLED
Nov. 8	Dr. Nicole Donofrio, Plant & Soil Science Department, University of Delaware Host: Dr. Terrence Delaney	Conducting Business Under Pressure: Three stress management programs in Magnaporthe grisea
Nov. 15	Dr. Donald Ross, UVM Plant & Soil Science Department	A cross-Site Comparison of Factors Influencing Soil Nitrification Rates in Northeastern USA Forested Watersheds
Nov. 22	Thanksgiving	No Seminar
Nov. 29	Dr. Phil Camill, Carleton College Host: Jens Stevens, UVM Plant Biology graduate student	Carbon Cycle Responses to Climate Warming in Boreal and Arctic Ecosystems are Complicated by Landscape Context

Spring 2007 Marvin Seminar Schedule

Date	Speaker	Seminar Title
Feb. 1	Craig Brodersen, UVM Plant Biology Department Graduate Student	Rethinking Photosynthesis and the Light Environment of Plants
Feb. 8	No Seminar
Feb. 15	No Seminar (Blizzard '07)
Feb. 22	Monica Erhart, UVM Plant Biology Department Field Naturalist Student Katie Pindell, UVM Plant Biology Department Field Naturalist Student	Natural History for the Community: Bridging the Gap Between Academia and Public Knowledge Birds in a Thicket: A Project in Shrubland Habitat Management at the Green Mt. Audubon Ctr. & Birds of VT Museum Important Bird Area
Mar. 1	Shana Stewart, UVM Plant Biology Department Field Naturalist Student Kristen Sharpless, UVM Plant Biology Department Field Naturalist Student	Invasive Plant Management at U.S. Army Reserve Fort Greene, Narragansett, Rhode Island Teach Local: Place-based Education for K-8 Public School Education in Hinesburg, VT
Mar. 8	Corrie Miller, UVM Plant Biology Department Field Naturalist Student Erin Sigel, UVM Plant Biology Department Graduate Student	A Celebration of Place: Inspiring Land Stewardship in a Watershed Community Investigating the Number of Origins of the Allopolyploid Mountain Wood Fern, Dryopteris Campyloptera
Mar. 15	No Seminar (Spring Break)
Mar. 22	Manisha Patel, UVM Plant Biology Department Graduate Student Craig Yendrek, UVM Plant Biology Department Post-Doctoral Associate	Growth of Phalaris arundinacea Under Various Temperature and Water Regimes in the Greenhouse CRY 1 is Involved in Mediating Leaf Development in Response to Light Intensity
Mar. 29	Mary An Godshall, Director Sugar Processing Research Institute (SPRI), New Orleans Host: Dr. Timothy Perkins	Sugar Cane--The Other Sweetener
Apr. 5	Dr. Estelle Hrabak, Plant Biology Department, University of New Hampshire Host: Dr. Jeanne Harris	Protein targeting to membranes using fatty acids
Apr. 12	Zhen Li, UVM Plant Biology Department Graduate Student	Characterization and Cloning of NIP1 (NIM1/NPR 1 - Independent Resistance to Peronospora)
Apr. 19	Dr. Chris Martine, SUNY Plattsburgh Host: Dr. Jane Molofsky	Two in the Bush: The Evolution of Dioecy in Australian Solanum
Apr. 26	Robin Collins, UVM Plant Biology Department Graduate Student Carrie Pucko, UVM Plant Biology Department Graduate Student	Genetic Diversity: Implications for Establishment and Invasion Success A Dual Approach to Evaluating Climate Change Effects in the Green Mountains
May 3	Wei Xiao, UVM Plant Biology Department Graduate Student Jamie Carter, UVM Plant Biology Department Graduate Student	Cell Wall Structure Proteins in Developmental Process: The Minimum PRP Sequence for Cross-linking & Function Two Cell Wall Proteins are Specifically Targeted to the Modified Cell Wall Surrounding the Stomatal Pore in A. thaliana

Fall 2006 Marvin Seminar Schedule

Date	Speaker	Seminar Title
Sep. 14	Dr. David Barrington, Plant Biology Faculty, UVM	Hunting for Holly Ferns in the Far West of China
Sep. 21	OPEN
Sep. 28	Abby van den Berg, Plant Biology Graduate Student, UVM	Physiological Functions of Anthocyanin Pigments in Juvenile and Senescing Sugar Maple Leaves
Oct. 5	Dr. William K. Smith, Biology Department, Wake Forest University Host: Dr. Thomas Vogelmann	How to Survive as an Evergreen Tree at the Alpine Treeline: Adaptation by Structure
Oct. 12	OPEN
Oct. 19	OPEN
Oct. 26	Dr. Jon Monroe, Biology Department, James Madison University Host: Dr. Mary Tierney	Secreted Alpha-Amylase in Arabidopsis Leaves: A Possible Role in Dead Cells
Nov. 2	Dr. Ann Hirsch, Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology, UCLA Host: Dr. Jeanne Harris	Communication in the Rhizosphere--Can you hear me now?
Nov. 9	Dr. Shelly Rayback, Geography Department, UVM Host: Dr. Thomas Vogelmann	Using Dendrochronological and Stable Isotope Analysis Techniques to Reconstruct Past Climate in the Canadian Arctic
Nov. 16	Dr. Michael Neff, Plant Biology Department, Washington University Host: Dr. Terrence Delaney	Light and Hormone-Mediated Development in Plants: Modulators of Stature and Biomass
Nov. 23	N/A	Thanksgiving; No Seminar
Nov. 30	Dr. Jacques Dumais, Herbaria, Harvard University Host: Dr. Philip Lintilhac	Plant Cell Morphogenesis: What We Have Learned from Rubber Balloons and Soap Bubbles

Spring 2006 Marvin Seminar Schedule

Date	Speaker	Seminar Title
Jan. 26	Dr. Gahlord Dewald	Information Graphics: Making Charts and Graphs that Work
Feb. 2	Yan Liang, Botany Graduate Student, UVM Zhen Li (Valerie), Botany Graduate Student, UVM	Characterization of the Role of the LATD gene in ABA Signaling Characterization of NIM1-Independent Induced Defense Response Pathways in Arabidopsis Thaliana
Feb. 9	Dr. Sebastian Lavergne, Botany Post-Doctoral Associate, UVM	The Ecological Genetics of Range Expansion: The Invasion of Reed Canary Grass in North America
Feb. 16	Dr. Valerie Eviner, Institute of Ecosystem Studies, NY Host: Dr. Jane Molofsky	Using Plant-soil Interactions to Understand and Manage Ecosystems
Feb. 23	OPEN
Mar. 2	Dr. Alison Fisher Host: Dr. Jeanne Harris	Volatile Signaling Molecules and Flowering in Pharbitis nil
Mar. 9	OPEN
Mar. 16	Amanda Devine, Field Naturalist Graduate Student, UVM	Dead and Deader: Post-fire Dead Wood Dynamics in the Oregon Cascades with Implications for Carbon Flux
Mar. 30	Charley Eiseman, Field Naturalist Graduate Student, UVM Lisa Passerello, Field Naturalist Graduate Student, UVM	Exploring the Wilds of the Winooski Valley TBA
Apr. 6	Dr. Chunfang Wei and Dr. Philip Lintilhac, Botany Department, UVM	A Unifying Theory of Plant Growth: What the Physics of Cell Wall Stress Relaxation Reveals about the Control of Growth
Apr. 13	Abby Van den Berg, Botany Graduate Student, UVM Wei Xiao (Feena), Botany Graduate Student, UVM	Anthocyanins - Sunscreens for Spring Leaves? Structural Proteins in Plant Development: The Minimum PRP Sequence for Crosslinking
Apr. 20	Tang Xiaowei (Kitty), Botany Graduate Student, UVM Ryan Owens, Field Naturalist Graduate Student, UVM	Understanding Cell Enlargement in Plants: Cellulose Orientation and Mechanical Properties as Revealed by Split-thickness Chara Cell Walls Beyond Birds, Bears, and Botany: Musings on the Politics of Public Land Conservation
Apr. 28 12:00pm	Dr. William Platt, Louisiana State University Host: Dr. Brian Beckage	Natural Disturbances, Non-equilibrium Dynamics, and Biodiversity: A Pine Savanna Perspective The seminar has been rescheduled for 12:00 noon on Friday, April 28, in 410 Stafford

Fall 2005 Marvin Seminar Schedule

Date	Speaker	Seminar Title
Sept. 22	Dr. Tao Sang, Michigan State University Host: Julie Dragon	Wild Relatives of Rice: A Model System for Plant Phylogenetics and Evolutionary Genetics
Sept. 29	Hank Kaestner, Director of Procurement, McCormick & Company, Inc. Host: Dr. Phil Lintilhac	Spices: What are They and Where do They Come From?
Oct. 6	Dr. Deborah Neher, Chair, Department of Plant & Soil Science, UVM	Effects of Altered Precipitation and Temperatures on Soil Protozoa and Nematodes as Mediated by Biological Soil Crusts
Oct. 13	Fall Recess - No Seminar	Fall Recess - No Seminar
Oct. 20	Dr. William Fry, Cornell University Host: Dr. Terry Delaney	Homeland Security: The Risk of Anti-Agricultural Terrorism
Oct. 27	Connell Gallagher, UVM Special Collections Host: Dr. Phil Lintilhac	Bibliophilia Botanica: Rare Botanical Books at UVM
Nov. 3	Dr. Jeanne Harris, Botany Department, UVM	Signaling Networks that Regulate Legume Nodulation
Nov. 10*	Craig Brodersen, Botany Graduate Student, UVM	Do Plant Prefer Cloudy Days? A New Perspective on Plant Photosynthesis
Nov. 17	Dr. Tom Jack, Dartmouth Host: Dr. Jeanne Harris	Molecular Genetics of the AP3/PI Pathway in Arabidopsis
Dec. 1	Dr. Jane Molofsky, Botany Department, UVM	Species Coexistence, Extinction and Invasion: How Spatial Processes Alter Dynamics in Landscapes

Spring 2005 Marvin Seminar Schedule

Date	Speaker	Seminar Title
Jan. 27	Yan Liang - Graduate Student-UVM	Responsiveness of Root Branching to Abscisic Acid is Correlated with Nodule Formation both in Legumes & Non-legumes.
Feb. 3	Dr. Greg Jordan, U. Tasmania	Photoprotection in Sclerophylls
Feb. 10	Dr. Anja Geitmann, Univ. of Montreal Host: Dr. Phil Lintilhac	The Secret of Virility in Flowering Plants
Feb. 17	Dr. Anja Geitmann, Univ. of Montreal	Rescheduled from February 17, 2005
Feb. 24	Dr. Frederick Guichard, McGill Univ. Host: Dr. Jane Molofsky	From Open Populations to Metacommunities: Marine Hotspots Revisited.
Mar. 3	1. William Abbott - FN Graduate Student 2. J. Bradley Materick - FN Grad. Student	1. Predicting Invasive Species Distribution in Vermont's Clayplain Forests: A Tool for Conservation Targeting 2. Title: TBA
Mar. 10	Dr. Dan Gavin - Univ. Illinois, Urbana Host: Dr. Brian Beckage	Climatic and Ecological Controls of Species Distributions: Integrating Paleoecology and Predictive Species Modeling
Mar. 17	Dr. Jim Hoffmann - University of VT	Darwin and Ecoinformatics: Can Simple Computational Models of Evolution Inform our Search for Better Models of Ecological Systems?
Mar. 31	1. Abby Van den Berg - Botany Dept. Graduate Student 2. Sally Andersen - FN Graduate Student	1. Why Sugar Maple Leaves Turn Red 2. Riparian Birds of Gates of the Arctic National Park, Alaska: Where are they and why?
April 7	1. Dr. Jim Clark - Duke University Host: Dr. Brian Beckage 2. Dr. Leslie Sieburth - Univ. of Utah Host: Dr. Mary Tierney	Titles: TBA
April 14	1. Jen Cramer - FN Graduate Student 2. Matt Kolan - FN Graduate Student	1. Wildfire and the Flora of the Serpentine Fens of the Klamath-Siskiyou Region: Can they Stand the Heat, or Did they Get Out of the Kitchen? 2. A Shelburne Year
April 21	Dr. Tobias Baskin - U Mass Amherst Host: Dr. Phil Lintilhac	On the Mechanism of Anisotropic Expansion in Plants: Microtubules, Microfibrils and Beyond
April 28	1. Ben Osborne - Botany Graduate Student 2. Michelle Crowder - Bot. Grad. Student	1. The Effects of Climate Change on the Green Mountains 2. Differentiation Among Natural Populations of Arabis lyrata from Vermont and New York

Fall 2004 Marvin Seminar Schedule

Date	Speaker	Seminar Title
9-Sep	Thomas Cate, Botany Department. MS Thesis defense	Physiological responses in seedlings of suar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) to varying levels of nitrogen input.
15-Sep	Xu Zhang, Botany Department, PhD defense	Atprp1 and Atprp3, two structural cell wall proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana, have distinct roles for root hair morphology and function
23-Sep	no seminar this week
30-Sep	Betsy von Holle, Harvard Forest	An exploration of the ecosystem factors that contribute to invasibility of natural habitats
7-Oct	No seminar- go hear Dr. Peter Singer instead	(Zeltzerman Lecture, 4:30 PM in Ira Allen Chapel)
14-Oct	Dr. Channapatna Prakash, Tuskegee University	Realizing the Promise of Agricultural Biotechnology Especially in Developing Countries
21-Oct	Dr. Neal Stewart, University of Tennessee	Genetically Modified Planet: Environmental Impacts of Genetically Engineered Plants
28-Oct	David Lee, Florida International University	(Why leaves turn red)
4-Nov	Janneke HilleRisLambers, Univ. of Minnesota	Species traits and species interactions: the mechanisms underlying the positive diversity-productivity relationship.
11-Nov	Dave Barrington, Botany Dept. UVM	The big thaw: New England in the holocene
18-Nov	Aaron Atkinson, Botany Dept. UVM Craig Brodersen, Botany Dept. UVM	Molecular Breeding of IRT1: the major iron transporter in Arabidopsis. Got Carbon? Photosynthetic carbon gain during an episodically dry year in Subalpine Fir and Engelmann Spruce across a treeline ecotone.
25-Nov	Thanksgiving	No Seminar this week
2-Dec	Julie Dragon, Botany Dept. UVM Yan Liang, Botany Dept. UVM	tba Effect of Abscisic acid on lateral root development.

Spring 2004 Marvin Seminar Schedule

Date	Speaker	Seminar Title
5-Feb	Evan Delucia Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Illinois	The Changing role of Forests in the Global Carbon Cycle.
12-Feb	Sebastien Lavergne Botany Department, UVM	Ecological and biological aspects of narrow plant endemism in the Mediterranean Region.
19-Feb	Alison Brody Biology Department, UVM	The role of termites in biodiversity of East African savannas.
26-Feb	Valerie Oke Department of Biological Sciences, U. Pittsburgh	Adaptation of Rhizobium soil bacteria to life inside a plant
4-Mar	Vinitha Cardoza Botany Department, UVM	Self-reporting space crops and landmine detection: plants as biosensors
11-Mar	Damon Little Department of Plant Biology, Cornell University	Evolution and circumscription of the true cypresses (Cupressaceae: Cupressus)
18-Mar	spring break-- no seminar
25-Mar	F. Jack Putz Botany Department, University of Florida	History as a Guide to Forest Management in the Bolivian Amazon
1-Apr	Jim Zaczek Department of Forestry, Southern Illinois University	Sap characteristics of silver maple provenances, clones, and native trees in southern Illinois.
8-Apr	Ray Callaway Division of Biological Sciences, Univ. of Montana	Centaurea invasions: allelopathy, soil microbes and the importance of evolution in communities.
15-Apr	Peter Ellis and Regan Brooks Botany Department, UVM	Forest Compostion and Structure in Lake Umbagog National Wildlife Refuge and Marsh birds: monitoring and conservation on Important Bird Areas
22-Apr	Kristen Puryear and Heather Driscoll Botany Department, UVM	Landscape Level Grassland Bird Conservation in the Southern Champlain Valley of Vermont and Evolution and biogeography of the Hawaiian holly ferns (Polystichum:Dryopteridaceae)
29-Apr	Michael White and Michelle Crowder Botany Department, UVM	Spatial and temporal patterns of tree regeneration in clearcuts and Epistasis and outbreeding depression in Arabis lyrata

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