Fertilizing the Land Carbon Sink: Feedbacks Between Nitrogen Fixation and Climate Change. Thomas Bytnerowicz PhD, Univ. of Florida, a faculty candidate in the Biology Dept.

How Do Variable Interactions Affect Populations? Integrating Data & Theory in Plant-based Food Webs. Jessie Mutz PhD, Univ. of Tennessee, a faculty candidate in the Biology Dept.

Kaitlin McDonald will present her PhD thesis: From Lab to Landscape to Social Media: An Integrated Approach to Understanding the Ecology of the Backlegged Tick

Illuminating Synaptic Mechanisms of Parkinson's Disease Using the Lamprey Model. Magdalena Bezanilla will host Jennifer Morgan PhD, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA.

Epithelial Plasticity: Integrating Biochemical and Biomechanical Inputs to Build 3D Tissues. Bing He will host Mo Weng PhD, University of Nevada - Las Vegas.

The Life and Death of an Oligodendrocyte. C. Robertson McClung will host Robert Hill PhD, Dartmouth College.

Neuronal Excitability: A Target for Cannabinoids and Deliriolytics? Michael Hoppa will host Stephen M. Smith PhD, Oregon Health & Science University.

Regulation of Germ Line Stem Cell Niche Development in Space and Time. Kevin Peterson will host Kacy L. Gordon PhD (D'06), University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill.

Under Pressure: How Phospholipids Change Their Shape for Life in the Deep Sea. Emily Behrman will host Itay Budin PhD, University of California - San Diego.

Molecular Basis of Synaptic Vesicle Fusion: New Insights into Munc13 and Complexin Function. Michael Hoppa will host Jeremy Dittman PhD, Weill Cornell Medical College.