Lab meetings: fall 2009
In fall 2009 we'll meet on Tuesdays or Thursdays from 11am - 12pm in Marley 341 to discuss current topics in fungal ecology and evolution. Our discussion will convene as a one-credit course; contact Betsy for more information. Dates listed here are Tuesdays unless marked with 'Th.'
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Date
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Presenter
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Topic
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9/1
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Betsy
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Organizational Meeting/research discussion
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9/8
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Michele
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Paper Discussion
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9/17 Th
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Ellen
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Practice Talk
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9/22
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Nick
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Paper Discussion
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10/1 Th
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Jana
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Paper Discussion
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10/13
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Joe
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Paper Discussion
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10/15 Th
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Fabiola
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Paper Discussion
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10/20
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MJ
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Paper Discussion
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10/27
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Dustin
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Paper Discussion
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11/3
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Jacob
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Paper Discussion
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11/10
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Joe
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Paper Discussion
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11/17
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Nick
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Paper Discussion
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11/24
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Darren
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Paper Discussion
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12/1
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Ellen
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Paper Discussion
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12/8
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Jana
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Paper Discussion
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12/15
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Fabiola
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Paper Discussion
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Lab meetings: spring 2008
During the spring semester of 2008, we'll meet on Wednesdays or Fridays from 3:00-4:00pm in Forbes 229 to discuss current topics in fungal ecology and evolution. Our discussion will convene as a one-credit course; contact Betsy for more information.
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Day
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Date
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Leader
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Topic
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Treats
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Fri
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Jan 18
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Betsy
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Mycorrhizal fungi
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Alex
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Weds
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Jan 23
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Cara
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Mycoheterotrophy
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Cara
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Weds
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Jan 30
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MJ
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Ectomycorrhizal networks
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Michele
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Fri
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Feb 8
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Daniel
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Antifungal activity of Chaetomium
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Daniel
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Weds
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Feb 13
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Joe
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Cave-inhabiting fungi
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Joe
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Fri
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Feb 22
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Daniel
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Chaetomium
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Daniel
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Weds
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Feb 27
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Nick
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PEP cluster/gene phylogeny
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Nick
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Fri
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Mar 7
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Joe
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Prospective grad student interview
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Joe
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Spring break
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Fri
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Mar 28
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Nick
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TBA; also anastomoses!
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Nick
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Weds
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Apr 2
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Fabiola
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TBA
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Fabiola
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Fri
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Apr 11
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Jana
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practice seminar
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Jana
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Weds
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Apr 16
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Betsy
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plant sexual systems
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Betsy
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Fri
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Apr 25
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Michele
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TBA
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Michele
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Weds
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Apr 30
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Jana
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paper TBA
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Jana
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Lab meetings: fall 2007
We will meet on Mondays (and occasionally on Tuesdays) from 3:00-4:15pm in Forbes 229 to discuss mycology, ecology, evolutionary biology, systematics, and more.
| Date |
Leader and topic |
Edibles |
| 10 September |
Lab safety and lab maintenance |
Amritha |
| 17 September |
Mariana: fungi associated with early-diverging lineages of land plants |
Mariana |
| 24 September |
Betsy: mycoviruses (Marilyn Roossinck's visit) |
Betsy |
| 1 October |
Michele: preparation for prelims |
All |
| 8 October |
Michele: defining endophytism |
Fabiola |
| 15 October |
Amritha: fungal endophytes on the Navajo Nation |
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| 22 October |
Alex: |
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| 29 October |
Mali: |
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| 5 November |
Fabiola: |
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| 13 November |
Jana: |
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| 19 November |
Mariana: |
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| 26 November |
Mary Jane: |
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| 3 December |
Betsy: seed-associated fungi in tropical forests (Jim Dalling's visit) |
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| 10 December |
TBA |
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Lab meetings: spring 2007
We will meet on Fridays from 4-5pm in Forbes 229 to discuss mycology, ecology, evolutionary biology, systematics, and more.
| Date |
Leader and topic |
Edibles |
| 12 January |
Betsy: organization/lab news/welcome back |
Betsy |
| 19 January |
Mariana: Border cells and their bacterial associates |
Lindsay |
| 26 January |
Cara: Schiestl FB. 2006. Biology Letters 2:401-404. |
Mali |
| 2 February |
Mary Jane: Emerging questions in ecology (what I learned from rotation #2) |
Dylan/Fabiola |
| 9 February |
Michele: Neutral theory for mycologists |
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| 16 February |
No meeting: graduate interviewees in town |
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| 23 February |
Betsy: Endophyte fiesta/workshop/discussion with Kitty Gehring and lab |
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| 2 March |
Jana: Fusarium genomics (IGERT talk) |
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| 9 March |
Fabiola: Introduction to the mycological herbarium and our new teaching collection |
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| 16 March |
No meeting: Spring break/Betsy in Peru |
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| 23 March |
Lab business; visit to Kiona's project at the Southern Arizona science fair |
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| 30 March |
Betsy: Seed-associated fungi in the Amazon basin (what I did for spring break) |
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| 6 April |
Betsy: Waldrop et al. 2006. Ecology Letters 9:1127-1135 |
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| 13 April |
Libby: Bacteria associated with lichen thalli; Mary Jane: Laboulbeniales on beetles! |
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| 20 April |
Betsy: TBA |
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| 27 April |
TBA |
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| 4 May |
No meeting: Betsy at NSF |
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