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Spring Seminars 2002*

April May June

bulletApril 3–Tom Whittam, Michigan State University

Molecular evolution of bacterial pathogens

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Friday April 12 at 12:00 Noon–Mariana Mateos, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Dissertation Defense: Molecular systematics and biogeography of sexual and asexual forms of Poeciliopsis (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae)

bulletApril 17–Greg Stone, Ph.D., New England Aquarium

Exploring Antarctica’s Islands of ice

bulletApril 23 (Tuesday)–William P. Dillon, Ph.D., U.S. Geological Survey

Morphology and erosional development of the Blake Escarpment, a massive submarine carbonate cliff

bulletApril 24–Cliff Hearn, Ph.D., Oceanography, UNSW

Marine life and roughness: Examples from coral reefs and coasts

bulletApril 26 (Friday)–Luis Hurtado, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Dissertation Defense: Evolution and biogeography of hydrothermal vent creatures

bulletMay 1–Jan Rines, Ph.D., Oceanography School of the University of Rhode Island

Exploring the dazzling diversity of microscopic life in the sea

bulletMay 15–Adam Wilt, DV Magazine
2:00–3:00 Seminar
3:00–4:00 Hands-on demo session

Practical aesthetics for underwater videography: Getting good pix from an ROV

bulletMay 29–Fiorenza Micheli, Ph.D., Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University

Conservation of coastal marine communities: lessons from marine protected areas

bulletThursday, May 30–Sally (Penny) W. Chisholm, Ph.D.,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

David Packard Distinguished Lecturer

Prochlorococcus: A window into the photosynthetic machinery of the oceans

bulletJune 12–Barbara Block, Ph.D., Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University

Electronic tags reveal movements, behavior and physiology of pelagic fish

bulletJune 19–Zbigniew Kolber, Rutgers University

Measuring photosynthesis: From marine bacteria to terrestrial ecosystems

bulletJune 26–Christopher L. Kitting, Ph.D., Professor at California State University and Director of San Francisco Bay/Delta Area Shore Institute

 High-resolution audio and photographic recording of small marine organisms, as non-destructive ecological sampling and documentation

bulletTHIS SEMINAR HAS BEEN CANCELLED 
Friday, June 28–Jeff Drazen, Ph.D., Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Feeding and energetics of Pacific macrourid fishes

* All seminars are at 3:00 p.m. in the Pacific Forum
 unless noted otherwise. 
The seminar schedule is subject to change.
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