Seminars for the Spring 2021 semester are being held remotely via Microsoft Teams on Thursdays 4:15-5:15. If you would like to attend, please email plantbio@uvm.edu to request a link to the live-streaming seminar.
The current seminar schedule is posted below. Marvin Seminar schedules for previous academic years can be accessed here.
Spring 2021 Marvin Seminar Schedule
| Date | Speaker | Seminar Title |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 4 | Dr. Tanisha Williams, Bucknell University | Conserving Biodiversity from South Africa to Australia |
| Feb 11 | Open | Open |
| Feb 18 | Dr. Allyson MacLean, University of Ottawa | Plant-based vaccines: how bacteria, lettuce, and a relative of tobacco help combat COVID-19 |
| Feb 25 | Julie Raiguel, UVM Plant Biology Graduate Student | The Mystery of NPF1B: Does this LATD cousin also play a role in the legume-rhizobium symbiosis? |
| Mar 4 | Dr. Alejandra Vasco, Botanical Research Institute of Texas | Simple and divided leaves in ferns: Exploring the evolution and genetic basis for leaf morphology differences in the genus Elaphoglossum |
| Mar 11 | Dr. Robbin Moran, New York Botanical Garden | Darwin’s Passion for Plants |
| Mar 18 | Dr. Laura Hill, UVM Plant Biology | Contemplative Teaching and Learning in Higher Education: Theory and Practice |
| Mar 25 | No Seminar | UVM Blackboard Jungle Symposium |
| Apr 1 | Matt Grasso, UVM Plant Biology Graduate Student | Developing a protocol for the encapsulation of living plant protoplasts in hydrogel microspheres: motivations and methods |
| Apr 8 | Morgan Southgate, UVM Plant Biology Graduate Student | Ecological dynamics of allopolyploidy in the Adiantum pedatum complex across micro- and macro- habitat scales |
| Apr 15 | Dr. Catalina Pislariu, Texas Women's University | Belowground peace talks: Decoding symbiotic nitrogen fixation in the model legume Medicago truncatula |
| Apr 22 | Berke Tinaz, UVM Plant Biology Graduate Student | Functional evolution of LATD/NIP prior to symbiotic nitrogen fixation evolution |
| Apr 29 | Baxter Worthing and Brittany Verrico, UVM Plant Biology Graduate Students | Titles TBA |
| May 6 | Aayudh Das and Charlotte Uden, UVM Plant Biology Graduate Students | Titles TBA |
| May 13 | Zoe Portlas and Meredith Naughton (Field Naturalist), UVM Plant Biology Graduate Students | Titles TBA |