Seminars are held on Thursdays 4:15-5:15 in room Jeffords 110. People gather beforehand to socialize in room Jeffords 326 beginning at 3:45pm.
Seminars this semester will be held in person with a simultaneous livestream via Microsoft Teams. If you would like to attend a seminar remotely, please email plantbio@uvm.edu to request a link to the MS Teams live stream.
The current seminar schedule is posted below. Marvin Seminar schedules for previous academic years can be accessed here.
Spring 2024 Marvin Seminar Schedule
Date | Speaker | Seminar Title |
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Jan 18 | No Marvin Seminar | First week back! |
Jan 25 | Field Naturalist students | Using biological collections in research: Four brief presentations by Field Naturalist Master's Students |
Feb 1 | Celebration of Sam Fertig's art in the Jeffords stairwell | Reception in the main office (Jeffords 111) at 4pm |
Feb 8 | Dr. John Clark, Selby Gardens, Florida | Convergent evolution in a Neotropical plant group: When an evolutionary biologist's dream becomes a taxonomist's worst nightmare |
Feb 15 | Julie Raiguel and Regina Visconti, Plant Biology graduate students | Growth vs. Infection: Divergence of Related Transporter Genes to Function in the Major Processes of Symbiotic Root Nodule Development Arabidopsis root hair growth requires VTI13, VPS26C, and endosomal trafficking |
Feb 22 | Dr. Emily Josephs, Michigan State University | Identifying the Selective Forces Shaping the Evolution of Phenotypic Plasticity with Genomics |
Feb 29 | Dr. Jordon Tourville, Appalachian Mountain Club | Montane and Alpine Plant Communities in an Era of Global Change: Perspectives from the Appalachian Mountain Club |
Mar 7 | CANCELED: Mark Isselhardt, UVM Proctor Maple Research Center | We're still having a social at 3:45-4:15 in room Jeffords 326. We'll reschedule with Mark. |
Mar 14 | No Marvin Seminar | Spring Break |
Mar 21 | Dr. Nikisha Patel, Trinity College | Subgenome phasing and hybrid origins in mosses using target capture sequencing |
Mar 28 | Matt Scarborough, UVM Department of Engineering | Harnessing microbiomes (and plants?) to reduce methane emissions from landfills |
Apr 4 | Anoob Prakash and David Green, Plant Biology graduate students | Understanding the genetic architecture of local adaptation in red spruce (Picea rubens) Using the Genome to Understand Stress Response in Medicago truncatula |
Apr 11 | Michelle Giles and Catherine Wessel, Field Naturalist graduate students | What's a Woods? An Inquisitive and Inventory Informed Look at Centennial Woods Natural Area Alpine Plant Communities on Mount Mansfield, Vermont |
Apr 18 | Evan Horne and Lee Toomey, Field Naturalist graduate students | A Resilience and Vulnerability Assessment of Mass Audubon Forests Revitalizing the Hohe Garbe: Floodplain Restoration Along the Elbe River, Germany |
Apr 25 | Will Durkin and David Moroney, Field Naturalist graduate students | Climate Adaptive Forest Management: A modeled approach to assessing climate impacts on forest dynamics and silviculture in Northern New England Making Space: Balancing Wildlife Conservation and Human Recreation in Stowe, Vermont |
May 2 | Sarah Morris and Massi Khodaverdi, Plant Biology graduate students | Title TBA Climatic and Genetic Determinants of Biomass Production and Yield in the Temperate Model Grass Brachypodium distachyon |