Tomorrow’s EEB seminar will be presented by one of this year’s student-invited speakers: Dr. Thomas Kocher.  Dr. Kocher’s lab is part of a group at the University of Maryland interested in cichlids as a model species for a number of evolutionary questions.  His current projects include developing Lake Malawi cichlids as a genetic and genomic model species, pigementation, olfaction, coalescense, and sex determination.  In the past his lab has also worked on projects ranging from breeding behavior to morphological differences (remember Craig Albertson’s talk a few years ago?) to phylogenetics.  Please take a minute to check out his lab webpage for more details on his work and links to recent papers.  A reception at Rich Glor’s house will follow Dr. Kocher’s seminar on Friday afternoon. – Dan McNabney