Ecology, Evolution, Behavior, & Organismal Biology (EEBOB) Seminar Series Fall 2018 The Ecology, Evolution, Behavior, & Organismal Biology (EEBOB) seminar series focuses on biological topics at whole-organism and higher scales of organization. Speakers will include KSU faculty, graduate students, and guests from other universities. Unless specified otherwise, seminars are held on Wednesdays at 1:00pm in the Clendenin Building, room 1008 (CL 1008), Kennesaw campus. Wednesday, August 22, 2018 Dr. Lisa Ganser, Assistant Professor of Biology in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Kennesaw State University Wednesday, September 5, 2018 Dr. Thomas McElroy, Associate Professor of Biology in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology at Kennesaw State University “Differential Toxicity and Venom Gland Gene Expression in the Striped Bark Scorpion (Centruroides vittatus)” Wednesday, September 12, 2018 Dr. Chris Cornelison, KSU Bioinnovation Lab "The Ecology of Beer" Wednesday, September 19, 2018 Dr. Bryan Becker, University of Alabama-Birmingham Medical College “Sensing Salt – Renal Nerves and Endothelin” Wednesday, September 26, 2018 Nathan Klaus, Georgia Department of Natural Resources “Fire history of Pine Mountain Georgia – A guide for restoration” Wednesday, October 3, 2018 Dr. Nastassia Patin, Georgia Tech "The Microbiome of the Georgia Aquarium's Ocean Voyager Exhibit" Wednesday, October 10, 2018 Dr. Ashley Morris, Middle Tennessee State University "Molecular markers in time and space - choosing the right tools for the questions at hand" Wednesday, October 17, 2018 Dr. Richard Hall, University of Georgia "Shifts in Migratory Behavior and Parasitism: Monarch Butterflies as a Case Study" Wednesday, October 24, 2018 Dr. Heather Alexander, Mississippi State University "Forest Resilience with Changing Fire Regimes: Case Studies from Upland Oak Forests of the Eastern U.S. and Larch Forests of the Siberian Arctic" Wednesday, October 31, 2018 Chris Mowry, Berry College "Coyotes and Urban Biodiversity: The Return of an Apex Predator" Wednesday, November 7, 2018 MSIB Graduate Student Presentations Wednesday, November 14, 2018 Jared Taglialatela, Associate Professor of Biology in the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology at Kennesaw State University "Dr. Primatelove or: How I learned to stop worrying and love ape cognition".