Cultural burning returns to Jasper Ridge
Harry Gregory, 20 February 2026In this 2-minute video, Chairwoman Charlene Nijmeh of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe and Chairman Ron Goode of the North Fork Mono Tribe talk about Tribally led cultural burning at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve ('Ootchamin 'Ooyakma), which provided a learning opportunity to an undergraduate class.
Some thoughts on the role of multicultural Japanese researchers in international collaboration
Tadashi Fukami, 11 February 2026Presented at Science Council of Japan, this talk proposes that, to foster future researchers who can enhance Japan's research capability, the country invest more in study abroad programs for high-school, undergraduate, and graduate students.
Flowers as islands: a 16-year story of research–education synergy at Jasper Ridge
Tadashi Fukami, 15 October 2024This evening lecture at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve ('Ootchamin 'Ooyakma) is about some of the people involved in the nectar microbe project where research and education has fueled each other.
Introduction to traditional ecological knowledge
Tadashi Fukami, 26 September 2024Given to students taking Bio 81: Introduction to Ecology, this lecture presents some key points articulated by scholars of Indigenous science.
Flowers as islands
Tadashi Fukami, 15 April 2021This 30-min talk in the Ecology Live 2021 series run by the British Ecological Society gives an overview of our work on historical contingency that uses flowers as a natural microcosm.
Stanford virtual classroom: fieldwork at home
Tadashi Fukami and Nona Chiariello, 14 May 2020This 2-min video is about teaching a virtual undergraduate lab in response to COVID-19. This class is normally taught as a field-based course at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve.
Historical contingency in the Fukami lab
Callie Chappell, 16 November 2017Callie gives a 2-min explanation of some of what we do with our nectar microbes.
Nectar microbes: towards the genomics of community assembly
Manpreet Dhami, 23 March 2016In this talk at a JGI Genomics of Energy & Environment Meeting, Manpreet, a former postdoc of the lab, presents genomic and gene expression data on nectar yeasts.
Historical contingency in community assembly
Tadashi Fukami, 23 April 2015Tad discusses the lab's recent findings in the Colloquium on the Biology of Populations at Princeton University.
Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve 40th anniversary
Melinda Belisle, 9 May 2013In this talk, Melinda, a former PhD student of the lab (graduated in 2013), reflects on her research and teaching at Stanford's Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve.
Historical perspectives on ecological community assembly
Tadashi Fukami, 22 February 2008This is a job talk at Stanford, in which Tad presents a summary of his past findings, ongoing projects, and future directions.