Journal Club, 8 November

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In next week’s journal club we will dive into the microbial experimental evolution literature.  First up is the classic 10,000-generation experiment on the Dynamics of Adaptation and Diversification, by Lenksi and Travisano.

Journal Club 11/01

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Now that we are done with the papers that gave us a perspective on the body and development of the theory of adaptation, we are moving to focus more on the data, generated over the past few decades, to assess this body of theory with empirical findings. As the first paper in this series, we are reading Orr and Coyne (1992) review that appeared in The American Naturalist — The Genetics of Adaptation: A reassessment.

Monday Seminar on Zebrafish Development

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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

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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.