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Paleobiology Seminar: Lauren Sallan

Apr 3, 2018
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2:00PM EDT
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Haller Hall (Geology Museum 102)
Lauren Sallan Martin Meyerson Assistant Professor in Interdisciplinary Studies Earth and Environmental Science University of Pennsylvania The Rise and Fall of Fishes: How Ecology and Mass Extinction Shaped Vertebrate Biodiversity Vertebrates (55000+...

Geobiology Seminar: Benjamin Van Mooy

Mar 8, 2018
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2:00PM EST
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Haller Hall (Geology Museum 102)
Benjamin Van Mooy Senior Scientist Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution The Trichodesmium microbiome and its role in the marine nitrogen and phosphorus cycles Trichodesmium is a colonial cyanobacterium that...

Paleobiology Seminar

Dec 1, 2017
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11:30AM EST
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Haller Hall (Geological Museum 102)
What were the Ediacaran biota? Growth, morphology and phylogeny Jennifer F. Hoyal Cuthill1,2 1Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan. 2Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, UK...

Paleobiology Seminar

Nov 3, 2017
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11:30PM EDT
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Haller Hall (Geological Museum 102)
Emily Mitchell (University of Cambridge, UK) Spatial analysis of Ediacaran ecosystems: a new approach to illuminate the origins of complex life Ediacaran macro-organisms occupy a crucial position in the history of life on Earth, marking the transition...

Geobiology Seminar

Oct 6, 2017
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11:30AM EDT
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Haller Hall (Geological Museum 102)
Rogier Braakman (MIT) Metabolic evolution and the self-organization of the biosphere Metabolism is the biochemical network that supplies the energy and building blocks for all cells on Earth. The collective metabolism of all cells in turn mediates the...

Geobiology Seminar

May 1, 2017
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3:00PM EDT
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Haller Hall (Geological Museum 102)
Sophia Roosth Frederick S. Danziger Associate Professor of the History of Science Harvard University “The Origins of the Origins of Life” This talk will survey the theoretical, methodological, and institutional origins of geobiology. While thinking about...

Paleobiology Seminar

Apr 10, 2017
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3:00PM EDT
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Haller Hall (Geological Museum 102)
Alycia Stigall Professor and Graduate Chair Department of Geological Sciences Ohio University “Fossil Invasion! Modeling ancient species niche dynamics to help predict consequences of modern invasive species” Abstract: Invasive species are one of the...

Paleobiology Seminar

Mar 6, 2017
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3:00PM EST
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Haller Hall (Geological Museum)
Andrew Czaja Assistant Professor, Department of Geology University of Cincinnati “Sulphur oxidation, biodiversity, and oxygenation in the Archean” Abstract: The first 2 billion years of Earth’s history was an important time for life when microbes evolved...

Paleobiology Seminar

Oct 18, 2016
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2:00PM EDT
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Haller Hall (Geological Museum 102)
Simon Darroch Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences Vanderbilt University “Mass extinctions, the spatial fossil record, and how paleoecology may help save the planet” A critical challenge for paleontologists in the 21st Century is...

2016 Northeastern Geobiology Symposium

Apr 29, 2016
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12:00AM EDT
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Geology Museum Lecture Hall, 100
The Northeastern Geobiology Symposium is an annual daylong conference organized between the northeastern universities to encourage interaction, strengthen existing ties and build new collaborations in the Geobiology community. In particular, this...