Welcome to the School of Biological Sciences

School of Biological Sciences

Speakers

Roger C. Anderson

Plant Ecology &
Restoration

  • The role of fie and large herbivores in tallgrass
    prairie ecology
  • The silent invasion: the ecology of garlic mustard
  • Prairies in the prairie state

Victoria A. Borowicz

Plant - Pathogen - Insect Interactions

  • Herbivores, phytopathogens, and the plant in between

Diane L. Byers

Evolutionary
Genetics

  • Living in heterogeneous environments: when can
    species adapt? 

Martha Cook

Plant Morphology
& Evolution

  • Moving onto Land: Critical Innovations for a
    Green Invasion

Kevin A. Edwards

Molecular Genetics

  • Genetic analysis of the Cytochrome P450 system: roles in
    development and detoxification

Paul A. Garris

Neurobiology

  • Is the Asymptomatic Phase of Parkinson's Disease
    Asymptomatic?

Steven A. Juliano

Ecology & Evolution

  • Pattern and process in a biological invasion: 
    Coexistence or exclusion among competing mosquitoes?
  • Plasticity of reproductive tactics in grasshoppers: 
    Mechanisms and fitness consequences

William Perry

Limnology &
Stream Ecology

  • Invasion of the rusty crayfish:  role of ecology and
    genetics in the displacement of resident species

Robert L. Preston

Animal Physiology

  • The "Unnatural" and the Unexpected: D-Amino acids
    in Marine Invertebrates
  • Osmoregulation in Euryhaline Fish

Scott K. Sakaluk

Animal Behavior

  • Of cricket song and sex
  • Sexual conflict in gift-giving insects
  • Biparental care and conflict in burying beetles

John C. Sedbrook

Plant Molecular
Genetics

  • Making plants do the wave.  Molecular
    genetic analysis of cell expansion in Arabidopsis

Charles F. Thompson

Avian Ecology &
Evolution

  • The evolution of reproductive rates in birds
  • Why do female house wrens engage in extra-pair matings?

Laura  A. Vogel

Immunology

  • The role of CD40-CD154 in autoimmune disease
  • The effects of aging on B cell responses and immunity

Douglas W. Whitman

Entomology

  • How Insects Conquered the World
  • Anti-predator Defensive Mechanism of Insects
  • Plants that Scream "Help," and the Parasitic Wasps
    that Fly to their Rescue