Dr. Jeremy Wright, Postdoctoral Fellow of the University of Rochester and member of the Werren Lab, is presenting a talk titled, “Ecological and Evolutionary Consequences of Venom Production in Catfishes,” on Friday, September 28.   He recently completed his Ph.D. at the University of Michigan, where his research interests included the ecology and evolution of venoms in catfishes at various levels of biological organization, as well as traditional and molecular systematics of various groups of fishes.  He joined the Werren lab in late July, where he is working on the function and molecular evolution of venoms in parasitoids.

Rayna Bell, graduate student from Cornell University with the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, is presenting a talk titled, “Mechanisms underlying diversification in tropical reptiles and amphibians,” on Friday, September 21.  For more information on Rayna’s research, please go to her  website.

Anthony Geneva, graduate student of the University of Rochester and member of the Glor Lab, is presenting a talk titled, “Speciation in Hispaniolan Bark Anoles,” on Friday, September 14.

This amazing fungus is growing from the stump of an oak tree that came down earlier this year just south of Hutch Hall.

Join us on the patio for beers today after Jeffrey’s talk (likely around 3:45 or 4PM)!

Jeffrey Vedanayagam, graduate student of the University of Rochester and member of the Garrigan Lab, is presenting a talk titled, “Evolutionary genomics of piRNA-Mediated transposon silencing in Drosophila,” on Friday, September 7.  For more information on Jeffrey’s research, please go to the Garrigan website.

Graduate students Emily Landeen and Julienne Ng of the University of Rochester, will be presenting talks entitled “Regulation of X Chromosome in Drosphila Male Germline” and “Adaptive Dewlap Divergence in Anolis Distichus,” on Friday, April 27.

Dr. Molly Cummings of the University of Texas, Austin, is presenting a talk titled “Predicting Diversity in Animal Communication: Insights from Mechanistic Studies,” on Friday, April 20.  For information on Dr. Cummings research, check out her lab webpage.

Dr. Jacob Mueller of Whitehead Institute, MIT, will be giving a seminar on “Recent Specialization of the Mammalian X Chromosome,” on Friday April 6.

Ryan Bickel from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln is here today to talk about “Identification of quantitative genetic variation affecting Drosophila pigmentation.” His seminar is at 2PM in Hutch 316.

Dr. Jennifer Brisson from the University of Nebraska is here on Thursday to discuss “The Evolution and Development of Aphid Wing Dimorphisms.”