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TODAY'S HOURS: 8 AM – 4 PM

*Last entry is an hour before closing

Research Lecture Series

Lunchtime Lectures & Research Seminars

The BRIT Lecture Series is designed to create community wide conversation about a diverse range of important and rapidly developing topics. This series gives scientists and speakers a forum for sharing the most current information about their areas of expertise and allows the public to interact with leading members of the local, national, and international scientific community.

Our Lecture Series is made up of Lunchtime Lectures and Research Seminars. Lunchtime Lectures take place the first Tuesday of each month, February – December, from noon – 1 pm (Central) in the BRIT Commons (**Now held virtually until further notice**). Research Seminars take place periodically throughout the year and are scheduled based on the availability of our in-house and visiting researchers.

All events are free and open to the public. Please watch this page and our social media channels for announcements of upcoming Lunchtime Lectures and Researcher Seminars. For email reminders about upcoming programs, events, and opportunities from BRIT Research, please sign up for our BRIT Research Mailing List. Check out recordings of past talks and other videos from the Research team at our YouTube Playlist.

Upcoming Events

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Past Events

November 2023
October 2023

October Lunchtime Lecture: Wild DFW

Wild DFW: A Deep Dive into the North Texas Ecotone & its Natural Wonders Why is North Texas an epic ecotone? What is the Great Trinity Forest the easternmost example of? How do tilted layers of bedrock shape our three ecoregions, foster a plethora of soil types, and lead to our plant and wildlife diversity? […] ...
03 Oct
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
August 2023

August Lunchtime Lecture: Curating and Digitizing the Sherwin Carlquist Collection

“Musings on Curating and Digitizing the Sherwin Carlquist Collection & Natural History Museum Collections Career Paths” Hear from Librarian Ana Niño about BRIT Library and California Botanic Garden’s National Science Foundation-funded joint digitization project, “Advancing the Sherwin Carlquist Collection”!  These two institutions are collaborating to digitize the biological and archival materials of the late botanist, […] ...
08 Aug
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
July 2023

July Lunchtime Lecture: Into the Neotropics, Looking at the taxonomy and evolution of Agarista (Ericaceae)

“Into the Neotropics: looking at the taxonomy and evolution of Agarista (Ericaceae)” A Hybrid Lecture from Claudenice Dalastra. Agarista D.Don (Lyonieae, Vaccinioideae) is a little-known genus of subshrubs to trees in the blueberry family (Ericaceae), including 32 species classified into two sections (sect. Agauria and sect. Agarista). Agarista sect. Agauria comprises only one species, A. […] ...
11 Jul
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
May 2023

May Lunchtime Lecture: “Illuminations: Past, Present, and Future of Fern Research”

“Illuminations: Past, Present, and Future of Fern Research”  A (Virtual) Lunchtime Lecture by Dr. Alejandra Vasco Dr. Vasco will be speaking about the Ferns of Colombia project she is spearheading as well as “Illuminations: Past, Present, and Future of Fern Research” – a tripartite art exhibition featuring fern vouchers from Colombia and other BRIT Herbarium specimens.  This art exhibition […] ...
02 May
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
April 2023

Lunchtime Lecture Series: Fern Reproductive Ecology with Eddie Watkins, PhD

Please join us Tuesday, April 11th, for “The cost of doing business in ferns: reproductive ecology and swimming sperm.” Like all organisms, plants have to carefully balance energy budgets across maintenance, growth, and reproduction. Over evolutionary time, plants have shifted to greater degrees of specialization in an apparent effort to more effectively control and regulate […] ...
11 Apr
12:00 am - 1:00 pm
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Program Information

Lunchtime Lectures
Dates: First Tuesday of each month
Time: 12 – 1 pm (Central)
Location: Online for now
Cost: Free, open to the Public

BRIT Research Seminars
Date: Various dates throughout the year
Time: Various (Central)
Location: Online for now
Cost: Free, open to the Public

Visit the event page for specific date and time information. View recordings of past events on YouTube.

Point of Contact

Erin Flinchbaugh

Research Administrative Assistant

Email: eflinchbaugh@fwbg.org