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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |