From Ants to Ecosystems: Effects of Species Interactions on Resource Availability, Nutrient Cycling & Ecosystem Processes. Amelia Wolf PhD, Columbia Univ., candidate in Biology

Exploring the Ecological Drivers of Terrestrial Carbon Cycling. Thomas Crowther PhD, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, candidate for a faculty position in the Bio. Dept.

The Effects of Mycorrhizal Fungi on Soil Carbon Cycling Under Climate Change. Christopher Fernandez PhD, Univ. of Minnesota, candidate for a faculty position in the Biology Dept.

Digging Deeper: The Vulnerability of Soil Organic Carbon to Climate Change. Caitlin Hicks Pries PhD, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, candidate for a faculty position in Bio. Dept.

Bacterial Fortresses: Cooperation and Competition for Space in Biofilms. Carey Nadell PhD, Max Planck Inst. for Terrestrial Microbiology, candidate for faculty position in Biology

Ecological and Evolutionary Effects of Interactions Between Bacteria and Hosts. Tory Hendry PhD, Cornell Univ., candidate for a faculty position in the Biological Sciences.

Fall term ends

Engineering Protein Conformational Landscapes Using Multistate Computational Protein Design. Fan Zheng, MCB grad. student, will host Roberto Chica PhD, University of Ottawa.

Computational Methods for Protein Modeling & Design Based on Ensemble Representations of Protein Structures. Fan Zheng will present his PhD thesis.

David Montgomery & Anne Bikle, Dartmouth Montgomery Fellows, will discuss their book: "The Hidden Half of Nature: The Microbial Roots of Life and Health".