[Plantsci] FW: The Drift - February 23rd

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The Drift | February 23rd


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Department Seminars
Monday Seminar –  3 PM in ENR2 S107
"Comparison of natural and artificial gene drives", presented by Michael J. Wade, in association with Indiana University.

Tuesday Seminar – 12:30 - 1:45 PM in Bio Sciences West Room 208
TBD presented by Brendan Larsen from the Worobey Lab
"What determines the species richness of genera?" presented by Liz Miller from the Wiens Lab

Friday Hot Paper – 4:00 - 5:00 PM in Bio Sciences West Room 302
"Does high relatedness promote cheater-free multicellularity in synthetic lifecycles?", by candidate Dr. Frederik Inglis. Dr. Inglis studies how social interactions between bacteria can evolve and their consequences for bacterial virulence and disease.




Department News
Ben Goldman's Dissertation Defense
On Thursday, March 1st at 9 AM in Bannister Tree Ring 110, Ben Goldman-Huertas, from the Whiteman and Papaj Labs, will be defending his dissertation titled, "Evolution of Chemosensation in Herbivorous Drosophilidae".




Other Seminars of Interest
Water Research Resources Center Brown Bag Seminar
Friday, March 2nd at 12 PM in the WRRC Sol Resnick Meeting Room<https://arizona.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=db9ec68208a01ab34170f765f&id=b3e3be62f3&e=71068ef53d>
"Salt River Project and HydroLogics", presented by Steven Nebiker (Vice President at HydroLogics), and Tim Skarupa (Senior Analyst in Water Right and Contracts group of the Salt River Project).
More information on current seminars can be found here<https://arizona.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=db9ec68208a01ab34170f765f&id=27a520d972&e=71068ef53d>.

Soil, Water, and Environmental Science Colloquium Series
Monday, February 26th at 3 PM in Marley 230
"Fate and transport of energetics in the environment" presented by Dr. Katerina Dontsova, an Associate Professor in the UA SWES Department.
More information on current seminars can be found here<https://arizona.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=db9ec68208a01ab34170f765f&id=8af6027e2c&e=71068ef53d>.

School of Plant Sciences Interdisciplinary Seminar Series
No Seminar Next Week
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Neuroscience Seminar/Colloquium
Tuesday, February 27th at 4 PM in Medical Research Building 102
"The role of kappa opioid receptor signaling in injury-free pain", presented by Kelsey Nation, a Neuroscience Graduate Student.
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School of Natural Resources and the Environment Seminar Series
Wednesday, February 28th at 3 PM in ENR2 S107
"Aiming for a different impact factor: The Nature Conservancy's approach to applied science", presented by Gita Bodner, in association with The Nature Conservancy.
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Tree-Ring Talk
Wednesday, February 28th at 11:45 AM in Bryant Bannister 110
"A three-century context for recent enhanced high-summer North Atlantic Jet variability", presented by Valerie Trouet, in association with the Laboratory of Tree Ring Research.
More information on current seminars can be found here<https://arizona.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=db9ec68208a01ab34170f765f&id=7f9160716b&e=71068ef53d>.

The Biological and Biomedical Joint Seminar Series
Tuesday, February 27th at 4 PM in ENR2 S107
"The role of gene fusions and other molecular changes in cancer of the skeletal muscle lineage", presented by Fred Barr, M.D., Ph.D., an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
More information on current seminars can be found here<https://arizona.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=db9ec68208a01ab34170f765f&id=015a0eb435&e=71068ef53d>.

Herbarium Lunch Talks
Thursday, March 1st at 12 PM in Herring Hall
"How natural disturbance and anthropogenic disruptions affect plant communities' diversity and structure", presented by Erica Newman.
More information on current seminars can be found here<https://arizona.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=db9ec68208a01ab34170f765f&id=be1c8c2979&e=71068ef53d>.

Geosciences Colloquium Series
Thursday, March 1st at 4 PM in Haury 216
TBD presented by Arend Meijer, in association with the University of Arizona.
More information on current seminars can be found here<https://arizona.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=db9ec68208a01ab34170f765f&id=c390732583&e=71068ef53d>.

School of Geography and Development Colloquium Series
TODAY, February 23rd at 3:30 PM in ENR2 S107
"SAGA Lecture: Landscapes of Foundational Racial Violence", presented by Laura Pulido.

Friday, March 2nd at 3:30 PM in ENR2 S107
"Flood Risk Belief Heterogeneity and Coastal Home Price Dynamics: Going Under Water?", presented by Laura Bakkensen.
More information on current seminars can be found here<https://arizona.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=db9ec68208a01ab34170f765f&id=8b87d7d78f&e=71068ef53d>.







Classifieds
Science Fair Judges Needed
Join us for the Tucson High Science Fair on Pie Day, March 14, 2018. Eat pie, read posters, talk to bright young scientists and provide feedback on their research! Graduate students and undergraduate with research experience are welcome; any time you can donate from 9:00 to 3:30 is appreciated.  Please contact Margaret Wilch at Margaret.wilch at tusd1.org<mailto:Margaret.wilch at tusd1.org>

R Labs in February
All sessions will be 9-11 am on Tuesday in the iSpace in the Science-Engineering Library<https://arizona.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=db9ec68208a01ab34170f765f&id=86bb413a55&e=71068ef53d>. To get the most out of these workshops, participants should bring a laptop with R and RStudio installed<https://arizona.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=db9ec68208a01ab34170f765f&id=edb04b0256&e=71068ef53d>.

February 27: Your first species distribution model. Predicting ranges' of species from latitude and longitude coordinates has become increasingly easier with a suite of R packages. Come learn how to turn your coordinate data into a range map in this workshop.

A tentative schedule of upcoming workshops is also available at: https://jcoliver.github.io/learn-r/schedule<https://arizona.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=db9ec68208a01ab34170f765f&id=91a7c8df88&e=71068ef53d>  Want to stay up to date with R programming training opportunities? Sign up for the University of Arizona R Users mailing list at: https://list.arizona.edu/sympa/subscribe/ruaz<https://arizona.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=db9ec68208a01ab34170f765f&id=76d1db93c4&e=71068ef53d>





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