All Events

May 21: Dr. Seema Sheth, Assistant Professor, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University "Does the evolution of thermal tolerance shape patterns of rarity, invasion, and population responses to climate change?" Host: Elsa Abs   All seminars are on Fridays at 3pm. For more information, please contact Matt Bracken (m.bracken@uci.edu). Seminars will be hosted at https://uci.zoom.us/j/96364157692....

  June 4: Dr. Amanda Larracuente, Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Rochester "Dynamic Y chromosome evolution in Drosophila" Host: J. J. Emerson All seminars are on Fridays at 3pm. For more information, please contact Matt Bracken (m.bracken@uci.edu). Seminars will be hosted at https://uci.zoom.us/j/96364157692. Meeting ID: 963 6415 7692 Passcode: UCI-EEB

Dr. Pamela Padilla, Professor and Dean, Department of Biological Sciences and College of Science, University of North Texas "Diet and oxygen deprivation – C. elegans as a model for human health issues" Host: Nancy Aguilar-Roca   Seminars are via Zoom on Fridays at 3pm except on Dec. 3 at 11am For more information and the...

Dr. Danielle Ignace, Assistant Professor, Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences, University of British Columbia "Amplifying Indigenous voices in invasive species and climate change adaptation" Host: Steve Allison   Seminars are via Zoom on Fridays at 3pm except on Dec. 3 at 11am For more information and the Zoom link, please contact Matt Bracken (m.bracken@uci.edu)

Dr. Christopher Schell, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, UC Berkeley "Urban ecology" Host: Jessica Pratt   Seminars are via Zoom on Fridays at 3pm except on Dec. 3 at 11am For more information and the Zoom link, please contact Matt Bracken (m.bracken@uci.edu)

Dr. Nikki Traylor-Knowles, Assistant Professor, Department Marine Biology and Ecology, University of Miami "Cnidarian immunity" Host: Matt Bracken   Seminars are via Zoom on Fridays at 3pm except on Dec. 3 at 11am For more information and the Zoom link, please contact Matt Bracken (m.bracken@uci.edu)

Dr. Li Zhao from Rockefeller University-"The origin and evolution of genetic and functional innovation." Li has been using cutting-edge single-cell -omics methods to answer fundamental questions in evolutionary genetics. Her profile could be found here https://www.rockefeller.edu/our-scientists/heads-of-laboratories/1157-li-zhao/ Li will be giving the seminar virtually. Many of us will watch her seminar together in Nature Science 1, Room...

Dr. Sasha Wright, Assistant Professor, California State University Los Angeles - "Diversity creates a new environment: facilitation and biodiversity-ecosystem functioning research" Zoom meeting: https://uci.zoom.us/j/95489177481?pwd=U3BsWkJoU3NFeGJHZVB5bjBqNkJUZz09 Meeting ID: 954 8917 7481 Passcode: EEB2022

Dr. Emily Choy, Postdoctoral Fellow, McGill University - "Marine predators as sentinel species species for monitoring ecosystem change" Zoom meeting https://uci.zoom.us/j/95489177481?pwd=U3BsWkJoU3NFeGJHZVB5bjBqNkJUZz09 Meeting ID: 954 8917 7481 Passcode: EEB2022

Dear EEB community, We will have our second invited external speaker for the FoE series next Tuesday (5/10) at 4pm. Dr. Molly Schumer from Stanford University will talk to us about "The genetic architecture, evolution, and development of a lethal hybrid incompatibility." Dr. Schumer's profile can be found here https://schumerlab.com/ Dr. Shumer will be giving the...