Research Talks – Spring 2012
The Arnold Arboretum holds a weekly seminar series most Mondays at 12:15pm at the Weld Hill Lecture Hall (*unless otherwise noted). Once a month the Harvard University Herbaria (HUH) Seminar is hosted at Weld Hill (*Tues at 12:15pm).
Calendar of additional life science seminars at Harvard University.
January 23Monday, 12:15 pm Weld Hill |
David BouffordHarvard University Herbaria / Arnold Arboretum Associate Field Studies in the Tibetan Regions of China |
January 31*Tuesday, 12:15 pm Weld Hill |
HUH Seminar at the ArboretumAlan KnappColorado State University / Harvard Forest Global Change and Grasslands |
February 13Monday, 12:15 pm Weld Hill |
Pamela TemplerBoston University Effects of winter climate change on northern hardwood forests |
February 28*Tuesday, 12:15 pm Weld Hill |
Rebecca PovilusArnold Arboretum, Friedman LabAuxin and the evolution of female gametophyte development in Angiosperms |
March 12Monday, 12:15 pm Weld Hill |
Selena AhmedTufts University Impacts of Climate and Management Variability on Tea Quality and Associated Farmer Perceptions |
March 27*Tuesday, 12:15 pm Weld Hill |
HUH Seminar at the ArboretumVivian IrishYale University Regulation of petal organogenesis |
April 2Monday, 12:15 pm Weld Hill |
Rick KesseliUniversity of Massachusetts, Boston Sex, lies and polyploid mates: Is invasive Japanese Knotweed really the world’s largest living being? |
April 3*Tuesday, 12:15 pm Weld Hill |
HUH Seminar at the ArboretumRachel SpicerConnecticut College Making connections: Auxin transport and leaf-system vascular continuity in the model woody plant Populus |
April 17*Tuesday, 12:15 pm Weld Hill |
HUH Seminar at the ArboretumErika EdwardsBrown University A clade’s eye view of plant ecological adaptation |
April 30Monday, 12:15 pm Weld Hill |
George Morris and IT teamArnold Arboretum of Harvard University The Evolution of IT at the Arnold Arboretum |
May 7Monday, 12:15 pm Weld Hill |
Rachel LevinAmherst College Lycium (Solanaceae): Fruits, Flowers, and Phylogenetics |
May 14Monday, 12:15 pm Weld Hill |
Peter Del TrediciArnold Arboretum The Ecology of Abandonment |
May 29*Tuesday, 12:15 pm Weld Hill |
Abby HirdBGCI-US and AA Associate Supporting public garden plant conservation efforts: an update from BGCI-US |
June 25Monday, 12:15 pm Weld Hill |
Peter Del Tredici and Garth HolmanArnold Arboretum and University of Maine A new species of Tsuga from Korea |

