Jim Fry will be speaking this week on “Genetics of Adaptation to Ethanol in Sophophora melanogaster.”
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EEB Seminar, Dec. 2nd: John Jaenike on Flies and their Endosymbionts
Some endosymbionts can protect from this type of gruesome outcome.
This Friday, our own John Jaenike will be giving a seminar titled “Mondo Bizarro: tales of flies and their endosymbionts”
Journal Club, November 22: Convergent Evolution in a Virus
This week’s journal club reading is Bull et al.’s 1997 paper on “Exceptional convergent evolution in a virus.”
EEB Seminar, Nov. 18th: John Colbourne on Duplicated Genes, Daphnia, and Toxic Environments
Image from http://basementbettas.wordpress.com/2011/06/11/culturing-daphnia/
Dr. John Colbourne from Indiana University is in town today to discuss “Duplicating Genes Allow Daphnia Populations to Thrive in Toxic Environments.”
New Faculty Position
We’re delighted to announce plans to add a new faculty member to our EEB group. The advertisement for this job is up at Science and applications are being accepted through our remarkably easy to use on-line system. As the advertisement notes, we’re interested in all areas of evolutionary biology and ecology, but particularly encourage applicants interested in evolutionary or ecological genomics, computational biology, and evolutionary developmental genetics. We have an outstanding group, great facilities and administrative support, and excellent students. Learn more about our current research interests and labs through this web page. Get your applications in before December 1st!
Presgraves Seminar this Friday
Daven will be talking this Friday on “New findings on the evolution, expression, and regulation of the Drosophila X chromosome.” See you at Hutch 316 at 3PM!
EEB Seminar on Wasp Learning and Memory
Photo by Hans Smid from http://www.bugsinthepicture.com/
Dr. Hans Smid from Wageningen University is in town this Friday to discuss his work on “Variation in learning and memory in parasitoid wasps: Genes, brains and behavior.” Judging from the photographs Dr. Smid has posted at Bugs in the Picture, seminar attendees may enjoy both scientific and visual treats.
EEB Seminar on Pollinators and Extreme Drought
Our own Bob Minckley will be speaking tomorrow on “Response of desert pollinators to an extreme drought and long-term implications.”
Monday Seminar on Zebrafish Development
Florence Marlow is here today to talk on “Maternal control of oocyte polarity – setting aside the germline and the embryonic axes in zebrafish.” Hopefully I’ll have a chance to give Dr. Marlow my award for best use of alliteration in the title of a scientific paper for her Developmental Biology paper titled “Bucky ball functions in Balbiani body assembly and animal-vegetal polarity in the oocyte and follicle cell layer in zebrafish.”
EEB Seminar Oktoberfest Afterparty
Join us for a beer after Xu Wang’s seminar today! I’ll bring a growler of Naked Dove’s Oktoberfest to share, so bring a mug if you want to give it a shot. This growler is from the first batch of a new beer that will be arriving in local bars over the next few weeks. It was brewed with inspiration from the German adage that an Oktoberfest should taste so good you don’t realize how strong it is until you stand up.