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| Day & time |
Location |
Class |
Speaker |
Topic |
Visitors welcome? |
| All Week |
|
BSCI106 Principles of Biology II |
Jeff Jensen |
In lab, students will discuss Darwin's (and Wallace's) role in providing an explanation
for the appearance of "design" as well as the relevance of Mendel in answering questions about the nature
of inheritance that was important to Darwin. |
No |
| Feb 9 |
| 9-9:50 |
SGII Rm 3062 Shady Grove Campus |
BSCI422 Principles of Immunology |
Nancy Noben-Trauth |
In lecture format, we will be discussing the inheritance of the Major Histocompatibility Complex
and the selection of disease-resistant individuals in a population. |
Y |
| 12-12:50 |
B/P0283 |
BSCI370 Principles of evolution |
Cristian Castilllo-Davis |
A lecture on the origin and diversification of life on Earth. |
Y |
| Feb 10 |
| 9:30-10:45 |
PLS1115 |
BSCI471 Molecular Evolution |
Michael Cummings |
There will be a lectures on Tuesday and Thursday 10 and 12 February on nucleotide substitution.
Nucleotide substitution is the most elemental genetic process leading to descent with modification, the
process of divergence, which is a fundamental process in evolution. |
Y |
| 11-12:15 |
PLS1164 |
ANTH 423/689 Human biodiversity |
Fatimah Jackson |
Student Debates and Critical Dialogue on the History of Human Biology (includes discussions of
the history of biology and the biology of history; the eugenics movement; and race and racial anthropology).
Students will lead the discussions and debates. |
Y |
| 12-2 |
B/P1245 |
Biol608P Conservation Biology: Evolution in Action |
Michele Dudash |
Lecture and discussion on how Darwin's early interests in plant-pollinator interactions,
plant breeding systems, and plant mating systems are today critical to maintaining global
species diversity and conservation and restoration efforts. |
Y |
| 12:30-1:45 |
PLS1113 |
BSCI338E Neuroethology |
Catherine Carr |
Lecture: prey location in barn owls. The lecture will identify common principles
in brain function, and how brains translate the external world into appropriate actions. |
Y |
| 12:30-1:45 |
|
BSCI 334 Mammology |
Kaci Thompson |
Brief presentation of biogeographical evidence in the development of Darwin's ideas about natural selection. |
No |
| 3:30-6 |
|
HONR 289a Ecology and Evolutionary Biology of Infectious Disease |
Benjamin Rosenthal |
The course is entirely organized around how evolutionary processes shape the diversification,
dissemination, and impact of infectious organisms, and the application of evolutionary inference to understanding
and managing the diseases they induce. Regrettably, the intentionally intimate setting of an honors course
precludes my offering this activity to a broader audience. |
No |
| 3:30-4:45 |
CCC 1100 |
CPSP 118G Earth, Life and Time |
Thomas Holtz |
"Charles Darwin and the Discovery of Natural Selection":
lecture reviewing Darwin's synthesis of geological principles, field
observations, and other information which led him to discover the primary
mechanism of evolution. |
Y |
| Feb 11 |
| 9-10:15 |
PLS1111 |
ENTM612 Insect Ecology |
Daniel Gruner |
I will provide a brief tribute (5-10 minutes) to Darwin's specific contributions
to Insect Ecology before beginning the scheduled lecture of the day. The course material would
make little sense if not viewed through the lens of the Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection.
Therefore in a most general sense, Darwin's contributions provide the fundamental underpinnings
to this discipline. |
Y |
| 9-9:50 |
BP1250 |
BSCI207 Principles of Biology III - Organismal Biology |
Jeff Jensen and Todd Cooke |
Lecture on the deep origins of life and further consideration of Darwin's Tree of Life metaphor. |
Y |
| 9-10:15 and lab |
|
PSYC 301, PSYC 401 Biological Bases of Behavior lecture and la |
David Yager |
Incorporate and emphasize evolutionary perspective on current course topics like
evolution of nervous system, interpretation of CNS control of behavior in evolutionary
context, commonalities of CNS structure from convergence and homology, some historical
perspective. Mostly lecture in 301, lecture/discussion in lab course. |
No |
| 11-11:50 |
BRB1101 |
BSCI 207 Organismal biology |
Bretton Kent and William Higgins |
A lecture on Prokaryotes and Archaea, focusing on the evolutionary
adaptations that allow these organisms to inhabit so many different environments. |
Y |
| 11-11:50 |
|
BSCI 363 Biology of Conservation and Extinction |
Leo Shapiro |
In my lecture on the responses of populations and species to environmental fluctuations I will pay tribute to Charles Darwin on his 200th birthday and note how profound and pervasive his ideas and discoveries are to the way we think about nearly everything in biology, as well as, more broadly, how we perceive our place in the world. |
No |
| 1-1:50 |
Tydings Hall 0130 |
BSCI106 Principles of Biology II |
Marcia Shofner |
106 infuses Darwin throughout the course. We will wrap up our talk about types of variation in inheritance and tie it in to Darwin's dilemma and premises as review. The last 20 minutes or so will celebrate Darwin's birthday with student observations and a video clip or two about his life and work. We have been talking about natural selection and evolution up to this point in the course already. |
Y |
| 1-3 pm |
B/P1208 |
Biol708J Genomic Approaches in Ecology and Evolutionary Biolog |
Thomas Kocher |
Graduate class - lecture/discussion on evolution of sex chromosomes |
Y |
| Feb 12 |
| 9-10:15 |
SGII Rm 3062 Shady Grove Campus |
HIST404 History of Biology |
John Parascandola |
We will be serving Birthday Cake for Darwin's 200th birthday followed by a lecture
"The Reception of Darwin". |
Y |
| 11-12:15 |
B/P 1230 |
BSCI 446 Intro to neural systems |
Daphne Soares |
Evolution of sensory nervous systems |
Y |
| 11-12:15 |
|
BSCI124 Plant biology for non-science majors |
Edgar Moctezuma |
I will have a complete lecture on Darwininan evolution on February 24 - but I will
give a brief preview on Feb. 12. We go over different theories of evolution before Darwin,
a brief history of Darwin's life (with video clips), the main concepts of natural selection,
adaptations, and the evidence for evolution (Feb. 26th lecture). I would like to welcome
visitors, but the classroom is quite full this semester. Thanks! |
No |
| 11-12:15 |
PLS1130 |
BSCI338W/BIOL708W Animal Communication |
Jerry Wilkinson |
The lecture topic will be on sound reception, but I intend to include some discussion of one
of Darwin's four great works, "The expression of the emotions in man and animals." |
Y |
| 11-12:15 |
|
PHIL364 Metaphysics |
Mathias Frisc |
Lecture and discussion on the design argument for the existence of God and on how Darwin's
theory of evolution affects the premises of the argument. |
No |
| 12:30-1:45 |
PLS1130 |
BSCI430 Developmental Biology |
Eric Haag |
This is a lecture course, and that day's topic is scheduled to be on early
embryonic cell divisions, formation of the blastula, and cytoplasmic determinants. To add a
Darwinian angle on this, I will discuss the homology and variety of these processes seen in
different animal phyla. This combination of divergence and unexpected homology can only
readily be explained by descent with modification from a remote common ancestor. Of course,
I will also make a point of emphasizing that Feb. 12 is the exact 200th anniversary of
Darwin's birth, and nearly the 150th anniversary of the Origin's publication. I
will also note that later in the course, we'll look specifically at how development and
adaptive evolution relate. |
Y |
| 12:30-1:45 |
Skinner 1115 |
PHIL256 Philosophy of Biology I |
Lindley Darden |
Lecture comparing Darwin's theory of natural selection with Richard Dawkins's
view of the selfish gene & critiques of Dawkins's selfish gene perspective. |
Y |
| 12:30-1:45 |
Microbiology 1207 |
BSCI410 Molecular Genetics |
Leslie Pick |
A portion of the day's lecture will be devoted to discussing the mechanisms underlying natural variation. We will make the point that Darwin observed natural variation and it was central to his arguments, but he did not understand the mechanism. We will discuss the critical roles of independent assortment and genetic recombination in generating natural variation. |
Y |
| 12:30-1:45 |
PLS1119 |
BSCI338v Biology of Vision |
Karen Carleton and Richard Payne |
In developing his theory of natural selection, Darwin addressed
arguments which could be made against his theory. In 'Organs of extreme perfection
and complication' he considered the difficulty of explaining a complex organ like the eye.
We will discuss his arguments, as well as more recent data, that support evolution of the
eye by natural selection. |
Y |
| 2-4:40 |
|
BMGT808L Complex Systems in Busines |
William Rand |
We will discuss evolutionary computation in the context of multi-agent simulation,
an idea which would not exist without Darwin. |
No |
| Feb 13 |
| 10-10:50 |
B/P 4239 |
Biol608L Behavioral ecology |
Gerald Borgia |
Darwin and sexual selection. Darwin invented the term sexual selection and had
remarkable insights into this process. We will discuss how his views have shaped this field and
to what extent his model has changed. Participants will be asked to select, read and report on
one chapter of sexual selection and the descent of man. Please email me at borgia@umd.edu if
you plan to attend as we may need to move to a larger room. |
Y |
| 2-2:50 |
|
Psyc 309V The Psychology of Video Game |
Kent Norman |
We will discuss the impact of Darwin on video games such as "Pokemon: Evolvers Psychic", "The Adventures of Darwin", and "Spore" as well as an article "5 ways Charles Darwin influenced tech." (http://www.techradar.com/news/world-of-tech/5-ways-charles-darwin-influenced-tech-525474) |
No |
