James Marvin Memorial Seminar Series

Marvin Seminars are held on Wednesdays from 1:00-2:00 p.m. in Jeffords 110. Attendees gather afterward from 2:00-2:30 p.m. in Jeffords 111 to socialize and enjoy refreshments.

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 found here.

Fall 2025 Marvin Seminar Schedule

Fall 2025 Marvin Seminar Schedule

DateSpeakerSeminar Title
Sept 10NO SEMINARNO SEMINAR
Sept 17Greta Savitsky and Sarah Morris, Plant Biology Graduate Students

Carbon, Climate, and Collapse: Coupling Climate Feedbacks and Resource Dynamics to Predict Societal Collapse

The Andes of Colombia and Ecuador as a Barrier to Fern & Lycophyte Species from Mesoamerica

Sept 24Prof. Jane Molofsky, Plant BiologyBiogeographic Insights from South Korean Plant Invasions: From Local to Continental Patterns
Oct 1Prof. Steve Keller, Plant BiologyForecasting impacts and fostering resiliency to global change: a merging of ecology, genomics, and partner-ships
Oct 8Hannah Shafer and Sandra Nnadi, Plant Biology Graduate Students

Phase change in shoots: aging and development in annual vs. perennial Pooideae grasses

The effect of mycorrhizal fungi on blueberry fruit anthocyanin and antioxidant content

Oct 15Nora Heaphy and Charlotte Uden, Plant Biology Graduate Students

Modeling shifting hybridization dynamics under climate change in a keystone northern forest tree

A burning question: What turns lightning into wildfire?

Oct 22Dr. Joe Gunn, Postdoctoral researcher in ALENon-genetic inheritance of insecticide-induced phenotypic variation in the globally invasive Colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata)
Oct 29Prof. David Barrington, Plant BiologyTBD
Nov 5Masoumeh Khodaverdi and Yusuf Oyebamiji, Plant Biology Graduate Students

Genetic Basis of Vernalization Sensitivity and Evidence of Local Adaptation in Temperate Melica Grasses

Unravelling the Role of Intraspecific Hybridization in Seed Longevity and Phenotypic Plasticity of Arabidopsis

Nov 12Prof. Emily Larson, Université de MontréalTBD
Nov 19Nicole Gorman and Rachel Wilson, Plant Biology Graduate Students

Using Proximity Labeling to Identify Retriever Interacting Proteins in Arabidopsis

TBD

HOLIDAYNO SEMINARNO SEMINAR
Dec 3Rei Jia and Ashley Lantigua, Plant Biology Graduate StudentsTBD