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The Sex Life of Spiders (Or Adventures in Spider Sexual Biology)

Martina Ramirez, a professor at Loyola Marymount University, presented on 'The Sex Life of Spiders' during Faculty Pub Night on April 21, 2015. The talk highlighted the ecological importance and biodiversity of spiders, as well as the research conducted by the Spider Lab at LMU, which aims to enhance student involvement in scientific inquiry. Ramirez's work emphasizes the need for greater understanding of spider species and fosters student success, particularly among underrepresented groups.

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The Sex Life of Spiders (Or Adventures in Spider Sexual Biology)

Martina Ramirez, a professor at Loyola Marymount University, presented on 'The Sex Life of Spiders' during Faculty Pub Night on April 21, 2015. The talk highlighted the ecological importance and biodiversity of spiders, as well as the research conducted by the Spider Lab at LMU, which aims to enhance student involvement in scientific inquiry. Ramirez's work emphasizes the need for greater understanding of spider species and fosters student success, particularly among underrepresented groups.

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Faculty Pub Night William H.

Hannon Library

Spring 4-21-2015

The Sex Life of Spiders (or Adventures in Spider Sexual Biology)


Martina Ramirez
Loyola Marymount University, [email protected]

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Ramirez, Martina, "The Sex Life of Spiders (or Adventures in Spider Sexual Biology)" (2015). Faculty Pub
Night. 11.
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information, please contact [email protected].
Faculty Pub Night – Spring 2015
Date: April 21, 2015
Speaker: Martina Ramirez

About the Author

Martina Giselle Ramirez is Director of Undergraduate Research and Professor of Biology at Loyola
Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA. She received her B.S. in biology from LMU in 1981, and her
Ph.D. in biology from U.C. Santa Cruz in 1990. Prior to LMU, Dr. Ramirez was a professor at Pomona
College, CA (1991-1993); Bucknell University, PA (1993-1996); Denison University, OH (1996-1998);
and East Stroudsburg University, PA (1998-1999). Dr. Ramirez received the Rudinica Award for Student-
Faculty Research from LMU’s Seaver College of Science and Engineering (2012), as well as a Biology
Mentor Award from the Council on Undergraduate Research (2013). She is co-author of "Genetic
Diversity Among Island and Mainland Populations of the California Trapdoor Spider (Bothriocyrtum
Californicum Araneae, Ctenizidae)," published in Arachnology: The Journal of the British
Arachnological Society. For Faculty Pub Night, Martina will present "The Sex Life of Spiders (or
Adventures in Spider Sexual Biology).”

About the Author’s Work

With over 44,000 described species, spiders are perhaps the fifth largest animal order and are a major
predatory group in most ecosystems. Yet, relative to their biodiversity and ecological importance,
knowledge concerning the lives of most spider species is unknown. Since its start in fall 1999, the Spider
Lab @ LMU has had two goals: To seek out new science concerning a diversity of spiders; and to foster
the success of LMU undergraduates, especially women and members of underrepresented groups. This
talk will present some of the surprising findings the students and I have made concerning the sex life of
spiders, spotlighting along the way how involvement in eight-legged science @ LMU can catalyze
student excellence.

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