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