<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:large"><span style="color:rgb(39,78,19);font-family:"times new roman",serif">The CEES Seminar Series presents:</span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Dr. Tara Stewart Merrill, </span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Aquatic Disease Ecologist, Cary Institute of Ecosystem</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt">Studies</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b style="font-size:11pt;text-indent:0.75in"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><br></span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b style="font-size:11pt;text-indent:0.75in"><i><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Cause and consequences of disease in aquatic ecosystems</span></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:black;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-size:12pt">Considerable gaps exist in our understanding of the environmental conditions under which pathogens spread, as well as how parasites – as naturally occurring enemies – structure species interactions and ecosystem-level processes. Tara’s research confronts these gaps with interdisciplinary approaches, connecting theoretical models to laboratory experiments and observational field studies.</span></p></div><div><br></div><div><div><b>Friday October 17th</b><b> 3:30</b><b>pm. </b><br></div><div><div><div><div><div><b>Hudson 106</b></div></div><div><b>Reception prior to the talk at 3:00</b></div></div><div><br></div><div>You can add the full seminar schedule to your <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=Y18xMDhkNjVlMjY1ZGVmNjI5MTU3NDJhNzU0ZmQyMTE4ZjBhNmRhYmJjNDg2MDE0MGU3NmUwMTU0YzNiOGFmZTQwQGdyb3VwLmNhbGVuZGFyLmdvb2dsZS5jb20" target="_blank">Google Calendar</a><br></div></div><div><div><div>You can also get weekly updates by following our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/SUNYPlattsburghCEES" target="_blank">Facebook</a> or <a href="https://www.instagram.com/cees_sunyplattsburgh/" target="_blank">Instagram</a> pages<br></div><div><br></div><div>Please advertise broadly and distribute to anyone you think might be interested.<br></div></div></div></div><img src="cid:ii_mghyr3iu0" alt="Slide1.JPG" width="542" height="407" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;"><br></div></div>