Adam Johnson, graduate student in the Lambert lab at the University of Rochester, is presenting a talk titled, “Characterizing posterior growth in Ilyanassa obsoleta”, on Friday Oct. 10 at 3pm.
Happy hour, Friday October 3
Come join us for EEB happy hour on the 2nd floor patio after Bort’s seminar!
EEB Seminar, Friday, October 3: “Biogeography of the Australian monsoon tropics”
Dr. Robert (Bort) Edwards, postdoctoral associate at the University of Rochester, is presenting a talk titled “Biogeography of the Australian monsoon tropics”. Bort did his doctoral work at the University of Queensland studying Australian monsoon biogeography and the systematics of broad leaved paperback trees. He is currently a postdoctoral associate with Dr. Daven Presgraves studying hybrid incompatibilities on the X chromosomes of Drosophila mauritiana and Drosophila simulans.
Dr. Dan Scantlebury
Congratulations to Dan Scantlebury from the Glor Lab who successfully defended his dissertation on “Patterns of adaptive radiation in insular reptiles and amphibians.” There will be a party tonight at Bob’s house to celebrate!
EEB Seminar, Friday, April 4: “Species interactions and the evolution of mate choice in Drosophila”
Dr. Kelly Dyer will be giving a talk titled, ” Species interactions and the evolution of mate choice in Drosophila,” on Friday, April 4. Kelly earned her B.S. in Evolution and Ecology from UC Davis, her M.S. from the University of Arizona, and finally her Ph.D. from the University of Rochester. She spent three years at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland as a Royal Society USA Research Fellow before founding the Dyer Lab at UGA in November of 2007. While at UGA, Kelly has been a Lilly Teaching Fellow and she has received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation and also a New Scholar in Aging Award from the Ellison Medical Foundation. Kelly is broadly interested in evolutionary genetics and molecular evolution.
EEB Seminar, March 28: “Reproductive isolation in Anolis lizards”
Anthony Geneva, graduate student of the University of Rochester and member of the Garrigan Lab, is presenting a talk entitled, “Reproductive isolation in Anolis lizards,” on Friday, March 28.
Donut Talk 4/7
Please join us for next week’s Donut talk at 12pm in Hutch 473. Dr. Nadia Singh is visiting from NC State to present her talk titled: “Genetic and Environmental Determinants of Recombination Rate in Drosophila“. As usual, Donuts, Coffee, and Tea will be provided!
March Madness is here!!
Please join us for the departments annual March Madness bracket challenge. Brackets are due by Thursday at noon before the games start (we will not be counting the first four play in games). Entrance is $5 per bracket and you can enter as many brackets as you would like! Also, please participate in our no-bracketology-needed lottery contest where $1 will get you team drawn out of a hat. The person with the team who goes farthest wins!
The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, place winners the bracket challenge will receive 60, 30, and 10 percent of the total pot. For the lottery, champion, runner up, and first 1 seed team to lose will receive 60, 30, and 10 percent of the total pot.
Blank brackets can be found in the mailroom, front office, and stockroom. Make sure you turn your bracket in to Adam in Hutch 338 by Thursday 3/20 at noon!!
Happy March Madness! Good Luck!
Two Talks: Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics Seminar & GWIS Seminar
Lorraine Symington, professor of microbiology and immunology at Columbia University, will present two talks at the Medical Center Thursday, March 20. At 2 p.m., she’ll present “Mechanism and Regulation of DNA Double-Strand Break Repair” at 2 p.m. in Auditorium K-307 (3-6408) for the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics Seminar Series. At 3 p.m., she’ll discuss “The Joy of Cooking: From Cookies to Plasmids” at the Graduate Women in Science meeting in the Case Method Room (1-9576).
EEB Seminar, Friday, March 21: “Population genomics & molecular evolution in Caenorhabditis elegans”
LeAnne Lovato, a graduate student of the University of Rochester and member of the Garrigan Lab, is presenting a talk titled, “Population genomics & molecular evolution in Caenorhabditis elegans,” on Friday, March 21.