No Bones Lunch Seminars

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History

IZ's No Bones Lunch Seminars are a series of casual presentations designed for speakers to share their expertise and foster discussion of some of our favorite topics concerning invertebrates! Seminars begin at 1 P.M. EST on Tuesdays and are available via Zoom broadcast. Please use the form below to request the Zoom link for seminars and indicate in your message if you would like your email added to the weekly reminder distribution list.

Date	Speaker(s)	Topic	Affiliation
19-Jan	Zahra Bagheri	Target tracking by dragonfly inspired robots and selective attention in fiddler crabs	UWA
26-Jan	Alexis Weinnig	Impacts of multiple stressors on a cold-water coral: Lophelia pertusa elicits distinct phenotypic and cellular stress responses to a decrease in pH, increase in temperature, and pollution exposure	Temple University
2-Feb	Elin Thomas	Exploring the nature of a deep-sea cosmopolitan holothurian	Queen's University, Belfast
9-Feb	Rebecca Helm	Life between worlds: the ecosystems of the ocean’s surface	University of North Carolina, Ashville
16-Feb	Katherina Joerger	Hidden among sand grains - Evolution of mesopsammic slugs	University of Munich
23-Feb	Steve Haddock	Ctenophores and bioluminescence	Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
2-Mar	Nathan Whelan	Systematics and Conservation of Freshwater gastropods	Auburn University
9-Mar	Cathy McFadden	Species delimitation and biogeography of the Indo-Pacific zooxanthellate soft corals	Harvey Mudd College
16-Mar	Jerry Lewis	Zoogeography and evolution of the isopod genus Lirceus	Lewis Bioconsulting
23-Mar	Joseph Mack	From mud to meat: How predatory annelids can demystify the evolution of animal carnivory	University of Maryland College Park/Bely lab
30-Mar	Kate Bemis/Allen Collins/Chris Meyer	Fish barcoding	IZ/VZ
6-Apr	Ann Budd	The Eocene diversification of scleractinean reef corals	U Iowa
13-Apr	Danielle Deleo	Population genetics of cold seep mussels (Bathymodiolus)	IZ/Quattrini
20-Apr	Alexa Bely	TBD	University of Maryland College Park
27-Apr	Ashleigh Smythe	New world drifters: Marine nematodes ride Japanese tsunami debris to our Pacific coast	Virginia Military Institute
4-May	Jakob Winnikoff	Grease Under Pressure: Lipid Composition of Ctenophores Reveals Temperature-Independent Depth Adaptation	Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
11-May	Andrea Quattrini	Octocoral systematics	IZ
18-May	Emma Saso	Biogeography of Deepwater Octocorals in the North Atlantic	IZ/Quattrini
25-May	Vanessa Stenvers	cephalopod gill parasites	Lewis Bioconsulting
1-Jun	Cheryl Ames/student	Staurozoa systematics and detecting their eDNA in post-Great East Japan Earthquake Tsunami area	Tohoku University, Sendae, Japan
8-Jun	Ken Hayes	TBD	University of Hawaii

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