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Topic
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25 August 2011 |
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1 September |
Brad Bennett |
Florida Bromeliaceae |
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8 September |
no plant talk today |
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15 September |
Michael Calonje |
The cycad genus Zamia in the Bahamas: plant exploration, conservation, and outreach |
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22 September |
Klara Scharnagl |
Fungal biodiversity in northern Thailand |
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29 September |
David Lee |
Natural History of the North Cascades Mountains |
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6 October |
no plant talk today |
MBRS symposium |
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13 October |
Javier Francisco-Ortega |
David Fairchild's Plant Hunting Expedition to the Canary Islands |
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20 October |
no plant talk this week |
EPAC meeting in Gainesville |
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27 October |
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3 November |
Suzanne Koptur |
Australian plant/animal interactions |
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10 November |
Tonya D. Fotinos |
Conservation genetics and clonality estimates of Pilosocereus robinii, the Key Tree Cactus (Proposal seminar) |
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17 November |
Brian Machovina |
Suitability Modeling of Banana Cultivation (Proposal seminar) |
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1 December |
Carol Landry (Ohio State University) |
The pollination ecology of white mangrove,
Laguncularia racemosa: A common plant with an uncommon
breeding system
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8 December |
Esperanza Martinez-Romero (UNAM, Mexico) |
Rhizospheric and gut bacteria: common characteristics and roles in hosts |
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12 January 2012 |
first week of classes - no plant talk today |
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19 January |
Dr. Masahisa Nakamura (Shiga University, Japan) |
freshwater ecology around Lake Biwa |
26 January |
Jeremy May |
Monitoring Plant Community Change in Northern Alaska |
2 February |
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9 February |
Suzanne Koptur (and true experts?) |
The Great Backyard Bird Count - the role of plants |
16 February |
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23 February |
Dr. Brett Jestrow (Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden) |
Herbarium Happenings at FTBG: development, research, and projects |
1 March |
Dr. David Lee |
Dr. Eleanor Galt: Miami's first scientist |
8 March |
Glaser seminar speaker - Dr. Lacey Knowles (University of Michigan) |
Next Generation Sequencing and Phylogenomics |
15 March |
spring break - no plant talk |
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22 March |
Wuying Lin - Master's defense seminar |
Comparative reproductive biology of a rare endemic orchid and its sympatric congeners in southwestern China |
29 March |
Dr. Susan Sprunt (Florida State Parks) |
Morphology and Systematics of Pleopeltis ferns |
5 April |
Ian Wogan, FIU alumnus (Gardens of Ian) |
Special Earth Day Presentation - Edible Landscaping |
12 April |
Anuradha Gunathilake (U. Miami) |
Sri Lanka- A biodiversity hotspot |
19 April |
Dr. Ligia Collado-Vides |
Macroalgae in Biscayne Bay: potential indicators of salinity and nutrient status |