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The Drift | February 17th

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 The University of Arizona

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Department Seminars
Monday Seminar – 3 PM in Saguaro Hall Room 101
"Models of speciation: where are we now?", presented by Sergey Gavrilets, in association with the University of Tennessee.

Tuesday Seminar – 12:30 - 1:45 PM in Bio Sciences West Room 208
"TBA", presented by Kelsey Yule, from the Bronstein Lab.

"TBA", presented by Ahvi Potticary, from the Duckworth Lab.

Department News
Erin Morrison's Dissertation Defense
On Tuesday, February 21st at 10 AM in Bryant Bannister Tree Ring 110, Erin Morrison (Badyaev Lab) will be defending her dissertation, titled "Exploring the deterministic landscape of evolution".

Larry Venable & Russ Monson Named ESA Fellows
     Congratulations to EEB Professors Larry Venable and Russ Monson who have just been elected as Fellows of the Ecological Society of America<http://arizona.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=db9ec68208a01ab34170f765f&id=5d140f0ae5&e=71068ef53d>.
     Fellows are members who have made outstanding contributions to a wide range of fields served by ESA, including, but not restricted to, those that advance or apply ecological knowledge in academics, government, non-profit organizations, and the broader society. They are elected for life.
     Larry was Elected for revolutionary work on plant community ecology and life history evolution, exemplifying the power of crossing temporal and spatial scales, mixing empirical and theoretical approaches, and integrating inquiries from physiology to evolutionary dynamics.
     Russ was Elected for his contributions to seminal discoveries in the areas of plant adaptation, biogeochemical cycling, and ecosystem-atmosphere gas exchange. His work has clarified patterns of C4 photosynthesis evolution, soil organic nitrogen uptake by plants, forest carbon cycling, and the exchange of volatile organic compounds between ecosystems and the atmosphere.

Other Seminars of Interest
Soil, Water, and Environmental Science Colloquium Series
No Seminar Next Week

Next Seminar: Monday, February 27th at 3 PM in Marley 230
"Effects of Soil Heterogeneity and Time-Variable Hydrologic Systems on the Fate and Transport of Contaminants - The Critical Zone of the Vadose Zone Processes", presented by Dr. Christophe J.G. Darnault, an Assistant Professor at Clemson University in association with the Department of Engineering and Earth Sciences.
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School of Plant Sciences Interdisciplinary Seminar Series
Monday, February 20th at 9 AM in McClelland Park 402
Candidate Teaching Seminar
"The Most Promising Field in Biotechnology: Transgenic Plants", presented by Rachel Hellmann Whitaker.

Tuesday, February 21st at 10 AM in TBA
"Integrating Phenomics and Genomics: Revealing the Genetic Basis of Stress-Adaptive Traits in Cotton", presented by W. Duke Pauli, in association with Cornell University.

Tuesday, February 21st at 4 PM in Marley 230
"Does that side salad come with bioavailable small RNAs?", presented by Dr. Kendal Hirschi, in association with USDA-ARS Baylor University.
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Neuroscience Seminar/Colloquium - NEW!
Tuesday, February 21st at 4 PM in Gould-Simpson 601
"Aged rats fail to integrate conflicting spatial reference frames", presented by Adam Lester, a Neuroscience Graduate Student.
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School of Natural Resources and the Environment Seminar Series
Wednesday, February 22nd at 3 PM in ENR2 S107
"Genomic and environmental DNA analysis for wildlife management in a no-analog world", presented by Caren Goldberg, in association with Washington State University.
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Tree-Ring Talk
Wednesday, February 22nd at 12 PM in Bryant Bannister 110
Wednesday Lecture presented by Tomasz Wazny.
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Genetics GIDP Student Invited Guest Speaker - NEW!
Wednesday, March 8th at 2 PM in ENR2 S210
"Adaptive and deleterious variation in domestic and wild canides", presented by Dr. Robert Wayne.

The Biological and Biomedical Joint Seminar Series
No Seminar Next Week but...
Friday, February 24th at 2 PM in ENR2 253
"PhD Defense: Competition of [PSI+] Prion Variants in Saccharomyces cerevisiae", presented by Jennifer Norton.
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Herbarium Lunch Talks
No Seminar Next Week

Next Seminar: Thursday, March 9th at 12 PM at Herring Hall
"Lantana", presented by Pat Lu-Irving.
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Geosciences Colloquium Series
Thursday, February 23rd at 4 PM in Saguaro Hall 101
"TBA", presented by David Blake, in association with NASA Ames.
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Classifieds
THMS Science Fair Judges Needed
It is that time of year again! Tucson High Magnet School is holding our Science Fair on March 3rd from 9 AM to 3:30 PM in the THMS Library (in the Main Building). We have long benefited from the participation of UA med students and UA COS graduate and undergraduate students as judges. This is an excellent outreach opportunity to support STEM education in our community. Please join us for any portion of the day that you can. It is especially helpful if you can come in the afternoon to talk to the students. A full explanation of the International Science and Engineering Fair judging criteria will be provided. If you attend anywhere from 9 AM - 12:30 PM, you will be reading student posters and providing written feedback. If you attend anywhere from 12:30  - 3:00 PM, you will be interviewing students and providing oral & written feedback at the Poster Session.
We appreciate your support very much. It is fun and you may be surprised at how sophisticated the projects can be! Our research program has been running since 1995 and many of our students work in University of Arizona research labs.
Please contact Margaret Wilch<mailto:Margaret.wilch at tusd1.org> and let her know when you will be able to attend or if you have any further questions!

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