BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Tijuana BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20231105T010000 RDATE:20240310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241103T010000 RDATE:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 RDATE:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 RDATE:20270314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20271107T010000 RDATE:20280312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20230731T190000 RDATE:20231105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240310T030000 RDATE:20241103T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 RDATE:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 RDATE:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20270314T030000 RDATE:20271107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1b74b2d7e282b5d729499ede0cf42f65 CATEGORIES:Native Plant Talks CREATED:20240625T145603 SUMMARY:Flowers as Islands, a talk by Tadashi Fukami LOCATION:Los Altos Library Orchard Room\, 13 S. San Antonio Rd.\, Los Altos DESCRIPTION:Whether native or introduced, almost all species of plants whose flowers co ntain nectar host microorganisms like bacteria and yeasts in the nectar. In itially free of microbes, flower nectar gets its microbial inhabitants from bees, butterflies, hummingbirds and other flower-visiting animals as they come to sip nectar from flowers.\nDr. Fukami’s research team at Stanford Un iversity has been studying the nectar-inhabiting microorganisms over the pa st 15 years, focusing on the sticky monkeyflower, Diplacus aurantiacus, the common hummingbird-pollinated shrub native to the Bay Area and elsewhere i n California.\nIn this talk, Dr. Fukami will share a story of “flowers as i slands,” where the microbial community that is formed in flower nectar, wit h the help of hummingbirds, can subsequently change nectar chemistry to alt er how attractive the flowers are to hummingbirds and therefore how success ful the flowers will be in producing seeds. This research has mostly been c onducted at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve – ‘Ootchamin ‘Ooyakma in Woods ide, but also on the Dish hill of Stanford University, other sites in and a round the San Francisco Peninsula and outward to Bodega Bay to Big Sur.\nDr . Tadashi Fukami is Professor of Biology and Earth System Science and Facul ty Director of Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, ‘Ootchamin ‘Ooyakma, at St anford University. He earned his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Tokyo , Japan, and a PhD from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He was a po stdoctoral fellow at Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research in New Zealand and then Assistant Professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa before joinin g the Stanford faculty in 2008.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Whether native or introduced, almost all species of plants whose flowe rs contain nectar host microorganisms like bacteria and yeasts in the necta r. Initially free of microbes, flower nectar gets its microbial inhabi tants from bees, butterflies, hummingbirds and other flower-visiting animal s as they come to sip nectar from flowers.

Dr. Fukami’s research te am at Stanford University has been studying the nectar-inhabiting microorga nisms over the past 15 years, focusing on the sticky monkeyflower, Diplacus aurantiacus, the common hummingbird-pollinated shrub native to the Bay Are a and elsewhere in California.

In this talk, Dr. Fukami will share a story of “flowers as islands,” where the microbial community that is form ed in flower nectar, with the help of hummingbirds, can subsequently change nectar chemistry to alter how attractive the flowers are to hummingbirds a nd therefore how successful the flowers will be in producing seeds. This re search has mostly been conducted at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve – ‘Oot chamin ‘Ooyakma in Woodside, but also on the Dish hill of Stanford Universi ty, other sites in and around the San Francisco Peninsula and outward to Bo dega Bay to Big Sur.

Dr. Tadashi Fukami is Profess or of Biology and Earth System Science and Faculty Director of Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, ‘Ootchamin ‘Ooyakma, at Stanford University. He earne d his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from Tokyo, Japan, and a PhD from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Manaak i Whenua – Landcare Research in New Zealand and then Assistant Professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa before joining the Stanford faculty in 2 008.

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