Seminars in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Seminars are held in Hutchison Hall, on the River Campus. (Campus map) Contact the Biology Department at 273-1139 at least 3 days in advance to request any special accommodations or if you would like to meet with an outside speaker. Refreshments provided.

 

November 20 (Friday) 3:00 PM
Hutchison 316   
Dr. Christopher Desjardins, University of Rochester
"Genetics of Host Preference in Nasonia"

 

November 30 (Monday) 12:00 PM
Hutchison 473   
Dr. Sheila Patek, University of Massachusetts Amherst
"Airborne ants and smashing shrimp at the intersection of physics and macroevolution"

 

December 2 (Wednesday) 10:00 AM
Special Seminar
Hutchison 316   
Dr. Laurent Keller, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
"Complex interactions between genes and social behavior modulate ant sociality"

 

December 4 (Friday) 3:00 PM
Hutchison 316   
Robert Laport & Robert Unckless, University of Rochester
"Reproductive Isolation in the North American Creosote Bush (Larrea tridentata, Zygophyllaceae)" & "Fitness effects of a male-killing Wolbachia in wild Drosophila innubila"

 

December 11 (Friday) 3:00 PM
Hutchison 316   
Dr. Daniel Weinreich, Brown University
"Predicting mutational trajectories in principle and in practice"

 

December 14 (Monday) 12:00 PM
Hutchison 473   
Dr. Elodie Ghedin, University of Pittsburgh
"Evolutionary dynamics and the genesis of influenza virus diversity"

 

January 15 (Friday) 3:00 PM
Hutchison 316   
Julienne Ng, University of Rochester
"TBA"

 

January 22 (Friday) 3:00 PM
Hutchison 316   
Emily Landeen, University of Rochester
"TBA"

 

January 29 (Friday) 3:00 PM
Hutchison 316   
Dr. David Lambert, University of Rochester
"TBA"

 

February 8 (Monday) 12:00 PM
Hutchison 473   
Dr. William Kelly, Emory University
"TBA"

 

February 12 (Friday) 3:00 PM
Hutchison 316   
Mahul Chakraborty, University of Rochester
"TBA"

 

February 26 (Friday) 3:00 PM
Hutchison 316   
Jing Zhu, University of Rochester
"TBA"

 

March 19 (Friday) 3:00 PM
Hutchison 316   
Dr. Colin Meiklejohn, University of Rochester
"TBA"

 

March 26 (Friday) 3:00 PM
Hutchison 316   
Rhitoban Ray Choudhury, University of Rochester
"Population structure of Nasonia"

 

March 29 (Monday) 12:00 PM
Hutchison 473   
Dr. Justin Blumenstiel, University of Kansas
"Meiosis in the crossfire: Understanding the consequences of germline conflict"

 

April 2 (Friday) 3:00 PM
Hutchison 316   
Dr. Douglas Schemske, Michigan State University
"Ecological genetics of adaptation and speciation in plant populations"

 

April 5 (Monday) 12:00 PM
Hutchison 473   
Dr. David Reich, Harvard Medical School & The Broad Institute
"TBA"

 

April 9 (Friday) 3:00 PM
Hutchison 316   
Dr. Tracie Ivy, University of Rochester
"TBA"

 

April 12 (Monday) 12:00 PM
Hutchison 473   
Dr. Catherine Peichel, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
"Genetics of adaptation and speciation in sticklebacks"

 

April 16 (Friday) 3:00 PM
Hutchison 316   
Dr. Walter Eanes, Stony Brook University
"TBA"

 

April 19 (Monday) 12:00 PM
Hutchison 473   
Dr. Jonathan Losos, Harvard University
"TBA"

 

April 23 (Friday) 3:00 PM
Hutchison 316   
LeAnne Lovato, University of Rochester
"TBA"