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Spring 2019 Tuesday, Noon, SLB 121 Date Speaker Title 22 January Karly Cazzato Micaela Ryan Rainforest Ecology student presentations Evolutionary significance of drip tips in increasing leaf survival Factors affecting load selection and worker division in the foraging caste of Atta cephalotes 29 January Jan-Ulrik Dahl The anti-inflammatory drug Mesalamine - a novel antimicrobial strategy? 05 February Krista Kirkham (Nature Conservancy) The Franklin Research and Demonstration Farm: a case study for the value of demonstration farms for conservation science, soil health, and outreach 12 February Kris McIntire (Juliano lab) Dilution in Aedes host-parasite relationships 19 February Roger Anderson Midwest historic vegetation and 34 years of vegetation changes in Funks Grove 26 February Nicole Campbell (Paitz and Bowden labs) Deciphering the consequences of yolk testosterone metabolism in birds: inactivation or modification of an active signal? 05 March Tony Breitenbach (Bowden and Paitz labs) Heat wave timing, continuity, and length affect temperature-dependent sex determination in a freshwater turtle 12 March Spring Break No seminar 19 March Jessica Chambers (Horticulture Center) ParkLands Foundation: protecting life along the Mackinaw River watershed in McLean and Woodford counties 26 March Kate Evans (Juliano lab) Likelihood of overcompensation in Aedes mosquitoes in the field 02 April Austin Calhoun (Sadd lab) Influence of disease and agrochemical variation on bumble bee health 09 April Nate Mortimer Leveraging machine learning and computational tools for image analysis 16 April Jesse Smith (Byers lab) Soil microbial communities influences on pollinator activity in Illinois prairies 23 April Kara Hodges (Sakaluk, Connecting the dots between eggshell pigmentation and oxidative stress
