[Plantsci] FW: [drift] The Drift - April 26th

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The Drift | April 26th

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The Drift
The Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
 The University of Arizona

Please send submissions to eeb-drift at email.arizona.edu<mailto:eeb-drift at email.arizona.edu?subject=Drift%20Submission%20>

Department Seminars
Monday Seminar –  3 PM in ENR2 Room S107
"Fancy features and a checkered past: genetics of diversity in the rock pigeon", presented by Mike Shapiro, in association with the University of Utah.

Tuesday Seminar – 12:30 - 1:45 PM in ENR2 S225
"Coloring the black box of plant metabolism from cells to ecosystems", presented by Matiss Castorena Salaks from the Enquist Lab.
"TBA", presented by Michiel Pillet from the Enquist Lab.

Friday Hot Paper – 12 PM in Bio Sciences West Room 302
The Enquist Lab will lead a paper from PNAS, titled "The biomass distribution on Earth<https://arizona.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=db9ec68208a01ab34170f765f&id=99a2025ae8&e=71068ef53d>", by Yinon M. Bar-On, Rob Phillips, and Ron Milo. This is the last Hot Paper of the semester!

Department News
Alex Badyaev in UANews - NEW!
Alex Badyaev was recently featured in UA News, and the article can be found here<https://arizona.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=db9ec68208a01ab34170f765f&id=7adb5579b3&e=71068ef53d>.

Zach Grochau-Wright's Dissertation Defense - NEW!
On Monday, May 6th at 8:30 AM in Bryant Bannister Tree Ring Room 110, Zach Grochau-Wright, from the Michod Lab, will be defending his dissertation, titled "The Origin and Evolution of the reg cluster in the Volvocine Green Algae: A Model System for the Evolution of Cellular Differentiation".

Gordon Smith's Dissertation Defense - NEW!
On Monday, May 6th at 11 AM in Bryant Bannister Tree Ring Room 110, Gordon Smith will be defending his dissertation, titled "Within-Species Variation in Hawkmoth Foraging Behavior: Patterns, Causes, and Consequences".

Undergraduate Research Poster Session Winners - NEW!
We would like to congratulate the winners from the 9th Annual EEB Undergraduate Research Poster Session:
     1st place in the Advanced Category Lindsey Malecha, Dr. Schroeder's Lab
     2nd place in the Advanced Category Amanda Becker, Dr. Wilder's Lab
     1st place in the Emerging Category Daniel Young, Dr. Dornhaus's Lab
     2nd place in the Emerging Category Priscilla Cortez, Dr. Michod's Lab
     People's Choice Award Alexus Cazares, Dr. Goode's Lab

Congratulations to Tom Watts
Tom was EEB'S winner of the 2019 College of Science Staff Excellence Award, recognizing his decades of exemplary work in our department. Congratulations Tom!

Congratulations Adam Chmurzynski
Enquist Lab PhD student Adam Chmurzynski was just awarded a Fullbright Fellowship to work on long-term tropical forest dynamics in Costa Rica. Congratulations Adam!

Congratulations Greg Chism
Dorhaus Lab student Greg Chism was awarded an NSF GRFP (Graduate Research Fellowship) last week. Congratulations Greg!

Congratulations Charles Bradley
Charles is one of Nick DiRienzo's undergraduate researchers in the Dornhaus Lab. Charles was awarded a GRFP and will be doing his PhD here at the University of Arizona.

Congratulations Evan Kelemen
Congratulations to Evan from the Dornhaus Lab, who received an NSF postdoc award!

New Course for Fall 2019
Ecological Physiology | ECOL 401/501, PSIO 401/501, ENTO 401, EIS 501
     During ontogeny, organisms constantly have to adjust their physiology in response to the environment they encounter. This course will provide an integrative understanding of life history evolution from the perspective of the constraints imposed by their underlying physiology. We will emphasize how physiological tradeoffs at the level of the whole organism ultimately define an organism's life history and fitness. This is NOT a course on physiological systems; rather, the course will provide students with a conceptual approach to the integration of whole-organism physiology underlying life history traits. Relevant physiological, evolutionary and ecological background necessary to understand the concepts discussed will be given in lecture. The course will have a strong bias towards insect but examples from other taxa will also be included.
Course motto: Nothing in biology makes sense except in light of the whole organism.
Instructor: Goggy Davidowitz goggy at email.arizona.edu<mailto:goggy at email.arizona.edu>
Fall 2019: Tu Th 8:00-9:15 Koffler 216
Prerequisites: Ecology ECOL 302 or Evolutionary Biology ECOL 335 or their equivalents

Mark Your Calendars!
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Other Seminars of Interest
U.S. Geological Survey Lunch Seminar - NEW!
Wednesday, May 1st at 11:30 PM in ENR2 S210
"Studying a Volcanic Eruption using Drones: The U.S. Geological Survey's Emergency Response to the 2018 Volcanic Eruption of Kilauea", presented by Brandon T. Forbes, a Hydrologist and UAS Pilot in association with the U.S. Geological Survey.

Precision Wellness Initiative Symposia Series - NEW!
Friday, May 3rd at 5 PM in Keating 103
"What Evolution Offers to Medicine... And Vice Versa", presented by Randy Neese, MD, in association with Arizona State University.
More information on current seminars can be found here<https://arizona.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=db9ec68208a01ab34170f765f&id=632f18144a&e=71068ef53d>.

Water Research Resources Center Seminar Series
No Seminar Next Week
More information on current seminars can be found here<https://arizona.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=db9ec68208a01ab34170f765f&id=fb326310bf&e=71068ef53d>.

Soil, Water, and Environmental Science Colloquium Series
Monday, April 29th at 3 PM in Marley 230
Undergraduate Students Internship Presentations
More information on current seminars can be found here<https://arizona.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=db9ec68208a01ab34170f765f&id=3a7ba7d796&e=71068ef53d>.

School of Plant Sciences Interdisciplinary Seminar Series
Tuesday, April 30th at 4 PM in Marley 230
"Abundant phased siRNAs from long, non-coding RNAs in plant reproductive organs", presented by Blake Meyers, in association with Danforth.

Friday, May 3rd at 3 PM in Marley 230
"Recruitment of Microbes to Seeds of an Ethnobotanical Plant of Southern Arizona Tribal Nations", presented by Desirae Kissell, in association with the School of Plant Sciences.
More information on current seminars can be found here<https://arizona.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=db9ec68208a01ab34170f765f&id=476c2949ea&e=71068ef53d>.

Neuroscience Seminar/Colloquium
No Seminar Next Week
More information on current seminars can be found here<https://arizona.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=db9ec68208a01ab34170f765f&id=75ce014e64&e=71068ef53d>.

School of Natural Resources and the Environment Seminar Series
Wednesday, May 1st at 3 PM in ENR2 S107
"Safety and Professionalism Talk", presented by Jeff Fehmi, in association with SNRE.
More information on current seminars can be found here.<https://arizona.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=db9ec68208a01ab34170f765f&id=1f679e69a6&e=71068ef53d>

Tree-Ring Talk
Wednesday, May 1st at 12 PM in Bannister 110
TBA, presented by Amy Hudson.
More information on current seminars can be found here<https://arizona.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=db9ec68208a01ab34170f765f&id=7cedb40022&e=71068ef53d>.

The Biological and Biomedical Joint Seminar Series
No Seminar Next Week
More information on current seminars can be found here<https://arizona.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=db9ec68208a01ab34170f765f&id=7190c45bf1&e=71068ef53d>.

Herbarium Lunch Seminar
Thursday, May 2nd at 12 PM in Herring Hall
"Using insects to address the nine-billion problem", presented by Goggy Davidowitz.
More information on current seminars can be found here<https://arizona.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=db9ec68208a01ab34170f765f&id=f349635675&e=71068ef53d>.

Ecosystems Genomics Seminar Series
No Seminar Next Week
For the live webinar link, please click here<https://arizona.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=db9ec68208a01ab34170f765f&id=fab73d276a&e=71068ef53d>.

Geosciences Colloquium Series
No Seminar Next Week
More information on current seminars can be found here<https://arizona.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=db9ec68208a01ab34170f765f&id=2d5cee9c1d&e=71068ef53d>.

School of Geography and Development Colloquium Series
TODAY, April 26th at 3:30 PM in ENR2 S107
David Plane Symposium, presented by William A.V. Clark.
More information on current seminars can be found here<https://arizona.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=db9ec68208a01ab34170f765f&id=5b0469b898&e=71068ef53d>.

UA Science Café Spring Series
Thursday, May 2nd at 6 PM at the Tucson Botanical Gardens<https://arizona.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=db9ec68208a01ab34170f765f&id=7d05fa8453&e=71068ef53d>
"Climate Change and Forests - Can History Predict the Future?", presented by Margaret Evans, Assistant Research Professor, at 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=79c8b5b815&e=71068ef53d>.

Classifieds
Plant & Insect Biological Technicians - Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge (BANWR) - NEW!
     The U.S. Geological Survey’s (USGS) Southwest Biological Science Center in Tucson will be studying grassland health over time and in relationship to land management at BANWR this summer and early fall. We are looking to hire two students or recent graduates (up to 1.5 years post-graduation) to assist with the project.
     BANWR is located approximately 60 miles southeast of Tucson and supports semi-desert grassland. The biological technicians will measure vegetation along permanent transects, enter field and quality check data, identify plants, help with pollinator identification and specimen processing, and potentially assist with data analysis and writing reports.  Housing will be provided at the Refuge during field work days and other work will be conducted at the USGS offices at the University of Arizona campus.
     Core employment is July through September (field work will be conducted in early parts of day to avoid heat) and potentially into late fall. Persons in this position will be hired as contractors ($21 to $30/hour depending on experience) but will be responsible for their own taxes and social security deductions in their contractor status.

Desired Qualifications
•    Knowledge of flora of Sonoran grasslands or ability to quickly learn
•    Knowledge of routine field data collection procedures and collection of biological samples
•    Must be able to engage in physical work, including walking, bending, climbing and working in Sonoran desert, sometimes during adverse conditions
•    Experience planning and executing field logistics and safety protocols
•    Experience driving 4WD vehicles on highways and in rugged terrain
•    Valid driver’s license and clean driving record
•    Experience using topographic maps and GPS units to locate sites in remote areas
•    Experience with data entry and quality control
•    Ability to work both independently and as a member of a team
•    Familiarity with insect fauna and GIS a plus
•    Certified in first aid and CPR

Please send statements of interest and resume to Kathryn_a_thomas at usgs.gov<mailto:Kathryn_a_thomas at usgs.gov> by May 8th.

R Labs in April
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=6cd1e3d241&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=8d0df8154c&e=71068ef53d>.

  *   April 30th: Open R lab.
Additional resources:

  *   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=27f78a23bd&e=71068ef53d>
  *   Want more help? Sign up for the UA Data Science Slack workspace at: https://jcoliver.github.io/uadatascience-slack/<https://arizona.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=db9ec68208a01ab34170f765f&id=e6b52bdca7&e=71068ef53d>
  *   Stay up to date with R workshops by signing 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=f9c6c976f3&e=71068ef53d>
  *   Find even more data science resources by signing up for the Data Science Events list at: https://list.arizona.edu/sympa/info/data7-events<https://arizona.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=db9ec68208a01ab34170f765f&id=fc2b3e0da9&e=71068ef53d>

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