
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 2022 Marvin Seminar Schedule
Date | Speaker | Seminar Title |
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Feb 3 | Dr. Matt Kling, Postdoc in UVM Biology | Whither, whence, and whether: modeling the ability of plant biodiversity to track climate change |
Feb 10 | Dr. Jennifer Mandel, University of Memphis | Phylogeny and evolution of the worlds largest group of flowering plants |
Feb 17 | Tenaya Driller, PhD candidate at University of Canterbury, New Zealand | The mechanisms behind sap exudation in sugar maple (Acer saccharum) |
Feb 24 | Open | Open |
Mar 3 | Berke Tinaz and Baxter Worthing, UVM Plant Biology graduate students | Abscisic Acid (ABA) Localization in Mediago truncatula A New Age for Poplar Genomics |
Mar 10 | Spring Break | No Seminar |
Mar 17 | Julie Raiguel and Laura Hatmaker, UVM Plant Biology and Field Naturalist graduate students | The Functional Evolution of Transporters involved in the Legume-Rhizobum Symbiosis Balch Head Heath: A Coastal Raised Bog in Maine |
Mar 24 | Dr. Dan Park, Purdue University | The ecological implications of intra- and inter-specific variation in phenological responses |
Mar 31 | Sarah Morris and Zoe Portlas, UVM Plant Biology graduate students | Historical Biogeography of the Chocó Biogeographic Region Drought tolerance in invasive and native Centuarea populations |
Apr 7 | Masoumeh Khodaverde and Morgan Southgate, UVM Plant Biology graduate students | Role of climate variation in shaping sensitivity to vernalization The hidden aspect of reticulate evolution in ferns; a study of allopolyploid gametophyte ecology |
Apr 14 | Dr. Li-Jun Ma, University of Massachusetts, Amherst | Accessory chromosomes and Fusarium pathogenomics |
Apr 21 | Dr. Chandra Jack, Clark University | Selection on microbially-mediated traits in natural and agricultural systems |
Apr 28 | Sarah Lindsay and Jaime Van Leuven, UVM Field Naturalist graduate students | Lepidopteran diversity and abundance in the Ossipee Pine Barrens ecosystem American Chestnut Restoration with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians |
May 5 | Rachael Monosson, UVM Field Naturalist graduate student | Inspiring Environmental Leadership in Teens |