SEMINARS - Fall 2008

November 2008

Date	Speaker	Title
Nov-7-2008	Jonathan Wynn University of South Florda - Geology	“A difference in the decomposition rate of organic matter derived from C3 and C4 photosynthesis - a mechanism for the "missing" terrestrial carbon sink?”
Nov-14-2008	Pamela J. Morris Medical University of South Carolina - Hollings Marine Laboratory	“The microbial ecology of Caribbean corals” co-sponsored by the Florida Branch of the American Society for Microbiology
Nov-21- 2008	Russell T. Hill UMBI Center of Marine Biotechnology	“Bacterial symbionts of marine sponges: diversity and functions” co-sponsored by the Florida Branch of the American Society for Microbiology
Nov-25- 2008	Julian Sachs School of Oceanography, University of Washington	Pacific Rainfall Changes During the Last Millennium from Microbes, Molecules & Isotopes in Tropical Island Sediments (no video)

Date	Speaker	Title
Oct-3-2008	Ian Hewson University of California Santa Cruz	“Metatranscriptomic analyses of microbial assemblages in surface waters of the oligotrophic ocean”
Oct -10-2008	Eugene Shinn USF, College of Marine Science	“The Mystique of Beachrock” For background information, visit: http://www.mysterious-america.net/bimini-caysal200.html
Oct-17-2008	Bill Baker USF, Department of Chemistry	"In Search of Chemical Diversity: Treasures from Under the Antarctic Ice"
Oct-24-2008	Paul Schroeder University of Georgia	“Hot times in Kamchatka Russia: Looking at the interface between mineralogy and microbiology"
Oct-31-2008	Jim Patten USF, Center for Ocean Technology	"The Once and Future COT: A Historical Perspective and the Emerging Role of COT in the College of Marine Science”

Date	Speaker	Title
Aug-29-2008	Chuanmin Hu CMS, University of South Florida	“The Many Shades of Ocean Blue: The Role of Optical Remote Sensing in Marine Science”
Sep-12-2008	Robert Y. George RSMAS, University of Miami	“Future of Marine Fisheries: Ecosystem based Management (EbM)"
Sep-19-2008	Eric Montie Post Doctoral Fellow, CMS University of South Florida	"Novel Approaches for Assessing the Effects of Anthropogenic Chemicals and Red Tide Toxins on the Central Nervous System of Marine Vertebrates”
Sep-26-2008	Ernst Peebles CMS University of South Florida	“Eutrophication, dead zones, and the water crisis: Ex ploring dynamic habitat quality and its effects on fish”