Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Spring Quarter Seminar Series
Apr. 30:
Dr. Nandita Garud, Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UCLA
“Adaptation in natural populations: Lessons from Drosophila melanogaster and the human gut microbiome”
Host: Graduate Students
May 7:
Dr. Pavitra Muralidhar, Postdoctoral Scholar, Center for Population Biology, UC Davis
“The causes and consequences of sex chromosomes”
Host: Tiffany Batarseh
May 14:
Dr. Bala Chaudhary, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science & Studies, DePaul University
“Trait-based aerial dispersal of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi”
Host: Elsa Abs
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
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 and the Zoom link, please contact Matt Bracken
(m.bracken@uci.edu)