UC Davis

CPB STUDENT WORKSHOP ON COEVOLUTION

UC DAVIS CAMPUS

APRIL 15 - APRIL 17, 2008

sponsored by the

Center for Population Biology

 

The Coevolution Workshop Committee is pleased to inform you of the schedule for the first of two 2008 CPB workshops. In attendance will be Scott Nuismer (University of Idaho), Joel Sachs (UC-Riverside) Monica Medina (UC-Merced) and Mark Rausher (Duke University).

The workshop will run Tuesday April 15th to Thursday April 17th. We hope that you will be able to attend as many events as possible and are looking forward to an excellent workshop.

Coevolution Flyer (PDF)

Tuesday April 15th
12:10-Scott Nuismer: Chalk-talk during the Theoretical Ecology brown-bag lunch; Storer 2342
2:10-Joel Sachs Seminar Title: "The evolutionary breakdown of a plant-bacterial mutualism"; LSA 1022
http://www.biology.ucr.edu/people/faculty/Sachs.html,
Student Host: Sarah Dalrymple

Wednesday April 16th
11:10-Scott Nuismer Seminar Title: "Do we need a geographic mosaic theory to understand species interactions?" LSA 1022 http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/~snuismer/Nuismer_Lab/;
Student Host: Alex Perkins

2:10-Mark Rausher Seminar Title: "Community Coevolution: Morning Glories and Rust" LSA 1022; http://fds.duke.edu/db/aas/Biology/faculty/mrausher;
Student Host: Grace Lee

4:10-Roundtable Discussion with all four attendees; Moderator: Mau Stanton; Hart 1150
5:10-Panmixer with all four attendees; Storer 2342
6:10-Pizza/Salad Graduate Student Dinner with all four attendees, Storer 2342

Thursday April 17th
11:10-Monica Medina Seminar Title: "Coral Holobiont Co-Evolution: Insight from Genomic Approaches";
LSA 1022 http://www.ucmerced.edu/faculty/facultybio.asp?facultyid=46;
Student Host: Julia Saltz

 

More detailed information regarding scheduling meetings with individual speakers will follow. Feel free to spread the word to anyone whom you think may be interested in attending this workshop. Any additional questions can be directed to: Angus Chandler 530-752-8328.

Thanks,
The Coevolution Workshop Committee

Upated: Tuesday, April 9, 2008