Department of Biology Research Days: March 28th and March 29th, 2019.

Please join the Department of Biology for Research Days: March 28^th and March 29^th, 2019.

The Department of Biology will be hosting its 28^th Annual Research Days and MSB Open House and reception on Thursday, March 28^th and Friday, March 29^th.  This annual event is a showcase of student research celebrating discovery and education in the biological sciences.

I have attached the speaker announcements and a schedule for your review and posting.  For more information please go to our web page http://biology.unm.edu/news/research-day.shtml.

Check out the Flyer for the list of speakers!  Below is the Schedule of Events or click on this link:

Research Day Schedule, Thursday, March 28^th and Friday, March 29^th, 2019

(all lectures in Castetter Hall,  Room 100)

Thursday

 12:30 pm         Invited lecture – Dr. Jerry Smith, Professor Emeritus and Curator Emeritus, University of Michigan

Interactions among geologic, climatic, and biotic mechanisms determine fish species persistence in western US

 3:30 pm           Biology Department Faculty Lecture – Dr. Sam Loker, Distinguished Professor & Regents' Professor, UNM

The world's schistosomes and their snail hosts: my personal story, with a tribute to CETI and the comparative approach

 4:45                 Scholarship presentations, room 100

 5:00 pm           Museum of Southwest Biology open house and full reception

Friday

7:00 am           Breakfast for speaker and grad students, Room 107

8:00-11:30       Oral presentations in Castetter Hall

Coffee break for all attendees, Greenhouse

11:00-12:30     Lunch Buffet, Castetter Hall lower level

12:30-1:30       Keynote lecture – Dr. Whendee Silver - Rudy Grah Chair and Professor of Ecosystem Ecology and Biogeochemistry in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at U.C. Berkeley

Real world biogeochemistry: the carbon and greenhouse gas dynamics of climate change mitigation using grasslands

 1:30 – 5:00      Posters, Castetter Hall

 *Silent Auction in the greenhouse 8:00 – 4:30 pm

Sunday

 Museum of Southwest Biology open to the public (time TBD)