The Ramsey lab would like to invite all interested students and faculty to participate in the [doi link], or P.E.E. (insert Beavis and Butthead laugh here). P.E.E. meets Wednesdays at 2PM in Hutchison 316. Focal topics for this semester include forest ecology, plant invasion, and pollination biology. The schedule of papers can be found on the [doi link].
Category Archives: Reading Groups
EEB Readings, Oct. 11-15
Tuesday: EEB journal club. 12:30 in Hutch 316. Neafsey et al. Population genomic sequencing of Coccidioides fungi reveals recent hybridization and transposon control. Genome research (2010) 20:938 [doi link]
Wednesday: Island biogeography discussion group. Noon in Hutch 341. Chapters 7 & 8 The Theory of Island Biogeography Revisited (Hanski on island biogeography and metapopulations and Laurence on habitat fragmentation in the real world). Contact the Glor Lab if you want to get in on lunch.
Wednesday: Plant ecology and evolution journal club. 2PM in Hutch 316. Scheller R.M. and Mladenoff D.J. (2002) Understory species patterns and diversity in old-growth and managed northern hardwood forests. Ecological Applications 12:1329-1343. [doi link]
Thursday: Speciation reading group. 2PM in Hutch 341. Chapter 7 of Coyne and Orr.
EEB Readings, Oct. 4 – 8
Monday: Speciation discussion group. 2PM in Graduate Student Lounge. Ch. 6 on Behavioral and Non-ecological speciation from Coyne and Orr.
Tuesday: EEB Journal club. 12:30 in Hutch 316. Begun et al. (2007). Population genomics: whole-genome analysis of polymorphism and divergence in Drosophila simulans. PLoS Biology. [link]
EEB Readings, Sept. 27-Oct. 1
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.
EEB Readings, Sept. 20-25
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
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.
New Fall Discussion Group: Island Biogeography
This fall, the Glor Lab’s weekly meetings will focus on the topic of island biogeography. The plan is to work through a new edited volume on The Theory of Island Biogeography Revisited. Before digging into this volume, however, we’re going to kick things off with a discussion of MacArthur and Wilson’s classic monograph – The Theory of Island Biogeography. Our discussion of this monograph will take place this Thursday or Friday at a time that has yet to be determined (pending availability of course schedules). If you want to be kept informed of our plans, just drop Rich an e-mail.
New Fall Discussion Group: Speciation by Coyne and Orr
A small group has just started meeting to discuss Coyne and Orr’s 2004 monograph on speciation. Our meetings are scheduled for 2PM on Mondays in the graduate student lounge, but that time may change when classes get underway. We discussed chapter 1 today, and will be moving on to chapter 2 for next week. Contact Anthony Geneva if you want to get on the mailing list for this group.
Bioperl Group Moving On
The bioperl group is mostly finished with Tisdall’s Beginning Perl for Bioinformatics and are ready to face a new challenge. They’re going to have an open discussion about initiating a small bioinformatics project tomorrow at 1PM in the graduate student lounge.
Bioperl Group Meeting Tomorrow
The bioperl reading group has a new location. Tomorrow’s meeting discussing Ch. 4 Tisdall’s Beginning Perl for Bioinformatics will be held at 1PM in Hylan 303.