NF-POGO Centre of Excellence Year 2 Report

2.4 Guest Lectures and Seminars8/27/09 Dr. Anne Cohen, Woods Hole Oceanographic InstitutionWhy corals care about ocean acidification9/10/09 Dr. Thomas Anderson, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UKModels and muddles9/17/09 Dr. Gretchen Goodbody-Gringley, BIOSSex on the Run: Does Mode of Reproduction Determine DispersalPotential"10/15/09 Dr. Chris Worboys, University of Newcastle, UKReducing Fossil Fuel Dependency in Bermuda10/22/09 Julia Lawson, Dalhousie University, CanadaThe Nightlife of Bermuda: Lunar and diel cues to reproduction in acommon Bermudian coral, Porites astreoidesRachel Evans, Southampton University, UKAnalysing Sediment Samples around Bermuda for Sewage ContaminationRussell Smith, University of VirginiaMercury and the Environment: An overview with focus on BermudaNick Jones, Southampton University, UKFish Kills: Natural Phenomena or Anthropogenic Impact?10/23/09 Steve Gaurin, University of MassachusettsNorth Atlantic Climate Variability over the Late Holocene, A View fromBermuda: Statistical Analysis of Historical Weather Records, CaveDripwater Dynamics, and Stalagmite Stable Isotopes.11/20/09 Dr. Alyson Venti, University of Miami, RSMASA comparison of coral calcification rates and aragonite saturation states1/5/10 Dr. Lisa Rodrigues, Villanova UniversityCoral strategies for survival when it gets too hot2/12/10 Dr. Jerome Aucan, BIOSComparing indigenous and western scientific knowledge of the ocean3/16/10 Dr. Jodi Schwarz, Vassar CollegeGoing Broke: Transcriptome-Level Responses of Corals to StressDr. Brian McAdoo, Vassar CollegeThe Tsunami Project- Interdisciplinary Approaches to Tsunami RiskReduction3/18 Dr. Simon Ussher, BIOSMe, Myself and Iron3/19/10 Sarah Fawcett, Princeton UniversityCoupling flow cytometry with natural abundance nitrogen isotope analysisin the Sargasso Sea: Sources of N for algal growth3/25/10 Dr. Katye Altieri, Princeton UniversityThe Composition of Rainwater Organic Matter: Caffeine, Cigarettesand Drugs4/9/10 Dr. Kristen Buck, BIOSIron, copper, and the ligands that bind them8