Seminars in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Seminars are held in Hutchison Hall, on the River Campus. (Campus map) Contact the Biology Department at 275-8837 at least 3 days in advance to request any special accommodations or if you would like to meet with an outside speaker. Refreshments provided.
January 20 (Friday) 3:00 PM
Hutchison 316
Daniel Scantlebury, University of Rochester
"A Post MacAurthur-Wilson Perspective of Island Biogeography: the View from Madagascar"
January 27 (Friday) 3:00 PMDaniel Scantlebury, University of Rochester
"A Post MacAurthur-Wilson Perspective of Island Biogeography: the View from Madagascar"
Hutchison 316
Dr. John Werren, University of Rochester
"Winging It: Phoenix or Icarus?"
February 9 (Thursday) 2:00 PMDr. John Werren, University of Rochester
"Winging It: Phoenix or Icarus?"
Hutchison 473
Dr. Andre Pires da Silva, University of Texas-Arlington
"Evolution of animals with three sexual morphologies: how and why?"
February 20 (Monday) 10:00 AMDr. Andre Pires da Silva, University of Texas-Arlington
"Evolution of animals with three sexual morphologies: how and why?"
Ph.D. Thesis Defense
Hutchison 473
Victoria Cattani, University of Rochester
"Genetic analysis of postzygotic isolation and recombination rate differences in Drosophila"
February 24 (Friday) 3:00 AMHutchison 473
Victoria Cattani, University of Rochester
"Genetic analysis of postzygotic isolation and recombination rate differences in Drosophila"
Hutchison 316
Jing Zhu and LeAnne Lovato, University of Rochester
“Ethanol preference in Drosophila melanogaster” and "Whole-genome polymorphism in multiple wild isolates of C. elegans"
March 2 (Friday) 3:00 PMJing Zhu and LeAnne Lovato, University of Rochester
“Ethanol preference in Drosophila melanogaster” and "Whole-genome polymorphism in multiple wild isolates of C. elegans"
Hutchison 316
Yasir Ahmed and Mahul Chakraborty, University of Rochester
“The Genetics of Speciation and Adaptation in the Virilis group of Drosophila” and "Phenotypic effects of single nucleotide polymorphisms: Insights from aldehyde dehydrogenase of D. melanogaster"
March 5 (Monday) 12:00 PMYasir Ahmed and Mahul Chakraborty, University of Rochester
“The Genetics of Speciation and Adaptation in the Virilis group of Drosophila” and "Phenotypic effects of single nucleotide polymorphisms: Insights from aldehyde dehydrogenase of D. melanogaster"
Hutchison 473
Dr. Olga Zhaxybayeva, West Virginia University
"Evolutionary Bioinformatics in the Postgenomic and Metagenomic Eras"
March 8 (Thursday) 2:00 PMDr. Olga Zhaxybayeva, West Virginia University
"Evolutionary Bioinformatics in the Postgenomic and Metagenomic Eras"
Hutchison 473
Dr. Jennifer Brisson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
"The Evolution and Development of Aphid Wing Dimorphisms"
March 26 (Monday) 12:00 PMDr. Jennifer Brisson, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
"The Evolution and Development of Aphid Wing Dimorphisms"
Hutchison 473
Dr. Felicity Jones, Stanford University School of Medicine
"The genomics of parallel evolution and reproductive isolation in threespine sticklebacks "
March 29 (Thursday) 2:00 PMDr. Felicity Jones, Stanford University School of Medicine
"The genomics of parallel evolution and reproductive isolation in threespine sticklebacks "
Hutchison 473
Dr. Frank Chan, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology
"Selecting for Giants—Genetic and genomic dissection of parallel body size increase in laboratory and wild mice"
April 2 (Monday) 12:00 PMDr. Frank Chan, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology
"Selecting for Giants—Genetic and genomic dissection of parallel body size increase in laboratory and wild mice"
Hutchison 473
Dr. Matthew Gibson, Stowers Institute for Medical Research
“On Growth and Form: Coordinating Proliferation and Morphogenesis in Epithelial Layers”
April 6 (Friday) 3:00 PMDr. Matthew Gibson, Stowers Institute for Medical Research
“On Growth and Form: Coordinating Proliferation and Morphogenesis in Epithelial Layers”
Hutchison 316
Dr. Jacob Mueller, Whitehead Institute
“Recent specialization of the mammalian X chromosome”
April 13 (Friday) 3:00 PMDr. Jacob Mueller, Whitehead Institute
“Recent specialization of the mammalian X chromosome”
Hutchison 316
Dr. Josep Comeron, University of Iowa
"The many landscapes of recombination in Drosophila"
April 16 (Monday) 12:00 PMDr. Josep Comeron, University of Iowa
"The many landscapes of recombination in Drosophila"
Hutchison 473
Dr. Allan Drummond, University of Chicago
“Selection shapes the global protein aggregation profile of budding yeast”
April 20 (Friday) 3:00 PMDr. Allan Drummond, University of Chicago
“Selection shapes the global protein aggregation profile of budding yeast”
Hutchison 316
Dr. Molly Cummings, University of Texas at Austin
“Predicting Diversity in Animal Communication: Insights from Mechanistic Studies”
April 23 (Monday) 12:00 PMDr. Molly Cummings, University of Texas at Austin
“Predicting Diversity in Animal Communication: Insights from Mechanistic Studies”
Hutchison 473
Dr. Kirsten Bomblies, Harvard University
"Patterns of selection in the genome of Arabidopsis arenosa, an established autotetraploid"
April 27 (Friday) 3:00 PMDr. Kirsten Bomblies, Harvard University
"Patterns of selection in the genome of Arabidopsis arenosa, an established autotetraploid"
Hutchison 316
Emily Landeen and Julienne Ng, University of Rochester
"Regulation of the X chromosome in the Drosphila male germline" and "Adaptive dewlap divergence in Anolis distichus"
April 30 (Monday) 12:00 PMEmily Landeen and Julienne Ng, University of Rochester
"Regulation of the X chromosome in the Drosphila male germline" and "Adaptive dewlap divergence in Anolis distichus"
Hutchison 473
Dr. Charles Thornton, University of Rochester Medical Center
"TBA"
May 4 (Friday) 3:00 PMDr. Charles Thornton, University of Rochester Medical Center
"TBA"
Hutchison 316
Dr. Locke Rowe, University of Toronto
"Good genes, condition dependence and the evolution of sexual dimorphism”
May 11 (Friday) 3:00 PMDr. Locke Rowe, University of Toronto
"Good genes, condition dependence and the evolution of sexual dimorphism”
Hutchison 316
Dr. Amanda Larracuente, University of Rochester
"Genomic satellite DNA repeats and small RNAs: An evolutionary analysis of the Responder satellite in the Drosophila melanogaster genome"
Dr. Amanda Larracuente, University of Rochester
"Genomic satellite DNA repeats and small RNAs: An evolutionary analysis of the Responder satellite in the Drosophila melanogaster genome"