Vol. 5 (13) : 11/17/2008
Biology Colloquium
Friday Nov. 21, 2 PM in EH2132
Dr. Mo Donnelly
Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University
“Territoriality, Space Use, Vocalizations, and Toxicity in a
Neotropical Poison Frog
Publications ⎯ Dr. Mary-Pat Stein and graduate student Kavitha
Thyagarajan have published an article on Rab35 in UCSD-Nature
Signaling Gateway Molecule Pages, a free publication by the Nature
Publishing Group on molecules involved in cellular signaling
⎯ Dr. Robert Espinoza and two of his Argentine colleagues have a
paper accepted in Herpetologica describing two new species of
Liolaemus lizards from northwestern Argentina
⎯ Dr. Paul Wilson and graduate student Betsy Jordan have had a
paper accepted in the journal Botany on Hybrid intermediacy
between pollination syndromes in Penstemon and the role of nectar
in affecting hummingbird visitation
Faculty Presentations ⎯ Dr. Robert Espinoza gave invited talks at
CSU Los Angeles and San Diego State University on his studies of
herbivory in South American Lizards
Faculty Outreach ⎯ Dr. Polly Schiffman has been invited by the
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County to be a consultant
for their development of a new permanent exhibit about the
environmental history of Los Angeles to open in 2012