Museum Seminar Series

The Museum Seminar Series is a weekly research talk at the LSU Museum of Natural Science given by invited speakers and LSU personnel that revolves around topics of natural history, ecology, or evolutionary biology. Seminars are open to the public and take place on Fridays at 3:30pm in the museum exhibits area. See schedule below. #MuseumSeminar

2019 Fall Seminar Schedule

Download Fall 2019 LSUMNS Seminar Schedule.

Date	Details
August 30	Roberta Canton and Diego Paredes Dept. of Biological Sciences & Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium, Louisiana State University Titles: "Population structure and gene flow in the absence of a current physical barrier in the Amazonian parakeet Brotogeris sactithomae" and "Updating the knowledge of the Melastomataceae family in a poorly-studied Andean area."
September 6	Dr. Jonathan Richards Dept. of Plant Pathology and Crop Physiology, Louisiana State University Title: "Genomic insights into fungal plant pathogen virulence and adaptation"
September 13	Jonathan Nations and Subir Shakya Dept. of Biological Sciences and Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University Title: "Travelogues Part I: Borneo and Sumatra"
September 20	Dr. Terrence Tiersch School of Renewable Natural Resources, Louisiana State University Title: "Repository development for aquatic germplasm and genetics resources"
September 27	Dr. Daniel Warner Dept. of Biological Sciences and Museum of Natural History, Auburn University Title: "Adaptive developmental plasticity: case studies of environmental effects on phenotypes and fitness in lizards"
October 4	Dr. Craig McClain Executive Director, Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium Title: TBA
October 11	Dr. Teague O'Mara Dept. of Biological Sciences, Southeastern Louisiana University Title: TBA
October 18	No Seminar: Fall Break
October 25	Dr. Ethan Linck Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Title: "Niche conservatism, speciation, and range limits on tropical mountainsides"
November 1	No Seminar: Rails and Rice Festival
November 8	No Seminar: Museum Retreat
November 15	Dr. Maggie MacPherson University of California, Santa Barbara Institute for Social, Behavioral & Economic Research, and Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. Title: TBA
November 22	Glaucia Del-Rio Dept. of Biological Sciences and Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University Title: "Travelogues Part II - Brazil: The Emilie Snethlage Expedition"
November 29	No Seminar: Thanksgiving Break
December 6	Randy Klabacka Dept. of Biological Sciences, Auburn University Title: "Riverine barriers as drivers of biodiversification in terrestrial fauna of Southeast Asia"

For further information, please contact Spenser Babb-Biernacki at sbiern1@lsu.edu.