Author Archives: Rich Glor

EEB Readings, Sept. 27-Oct. 1

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Monday: Speciation discussion group.  2PM in Graduate Student Lounge.  Ch. 5, Ecological Isolation (page 179-210) from Coyne and Orr.

Tuesday: EEB Journal club. 12:30 in Hutch 316. Korbel et al. (2007) Paired-end mapping reveals extensive structural variation in the human genome. Science. [link] (Don’t forget to read the supplement!)

Wednesday: Island biogeography discussion group.  Noon in Hutch 337.  Chapter 5 of The Theory of Island Biogeography Revisited (Toward a Trophic Island Biogeography).  Bring some cash if you want to eat with us, we’re probably going to do Indian this week.

GIS Training this Week

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Have you considered using GIS for your research, but been scared off by the prospect of learning to use the cumbersome ArcGIS software?  If so, you should consider Monroe County’s Intro to GIS Using ArcGIS 9.3.1, a two day class running this Thursday and Friday that’s free to Monroe County residents (there is a $300 fee for non-residents).

Vision Meeting Coming to Rochester

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From Floridapfe's flickr stream (http://www.flickr.com/photos/floridapfe/)

EEB researchers may be interested in some of the talks at the Optical Society of America’s vision meeting, which will be held at the UR Medical Center in a couple of weeks. The first session covers comparative color vision across the animal kingdom, and a later talk assesses evolutionary models of color categorization.  You can find the complete schedule and details on talks and presenters on the web.  Speakers of interest include Nathaniel Dominy, Claude Desplan, Almut Kelber, Joseph Corbo and Kimberley A. Jameson.  Oct 22/23 in the Class of ’62 Auditorium. – David Loehlin

EEB Readings, Sept. 20-25

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A member of the fig wasp genus Apocryptophagus, one of few possible examples of sympatric speciation (image from figweb.org).

Monday: Speciation discussion group.  2PM in Graduate Student Lounge.  Pages 111-178 of Coyne and Orr on parapatric and symatric speciation.

Tuesday: EEB Journal club. 12:30 in Hutch 316. Mardis (2009) Next generation DNA sequencing methods. Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics 9:387-402. [doi link]

Wednesday: Island biogeography discussion group.  Noon in Hutch 337.  Chapter 4 of The Theory of Island Biogeography Revisited (Whittaker et al.’s chapter on the rise and fall of volcanic islands).  Bring $6 if you want in on pizza from Great Northern Pizza Kitchen.

EEB Readings, Sept. 13-17

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The speciation reading group.

Monday: Speciation discussion group.  2PM in Graduate Student Lounge.  Pages 66 – 110 of Coyne and Orr on studying speciation and allopatric speciation.

Tuesday: EEB Journal club. 12:30 in Hutch 316. Poole et al. (2010) Population genetic inference from genomic sequence variation. Genome Research 20:291-300. [doi link]

Wednesday: Island biogeography discussion group.  Noon in Hutch 337.  Chapter 3 of The Theory of Island Biogeography Revisited (Schoener’s chapter on what the MacArthur & Wilson model said and how it was tested).  Bring $6 if you want in on pizza from Great Northern Pizza Kitchen.

Fall Seminar Series Starts This Week!

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Our first seminar of the fall semester happens this Friday at 3PM, when we’ll hear from new Jaenike Lab post-doc Quinn McFrederick on Evolution of nematode associates of solitary and social halictid bees. See you there!

Ithaca Field Trip

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The Museum of the Earth’s temporary exhibit on speciation One Fish, Two Fish, Old Fish, New Fish is closing at the end of this week. The Glor Lab is planning to head down to pick up some material we donated to the exhibit on Saturday morning. Drop Rich a line if you’re interested in tagging along. We can hit the Ithaca Farmer’s Market too!

UPDATE: Photos from our trip are here.