CPB Seminar Series: Spring Quarter 2017
When: Tuesdays, 4:10 - 5:30PM
Where: 1022 Life Sciences Building (campus map)
PBG 290 - CRN 82949
Interested in presenting? Please contact gradcoordinator.
CPB Spring Quarter 2017 - Seminar Schedule and Reminder (PDF)
April 4, 2017 – Nicolas Saleh
Graduate Student, Population Biology Graduate Group, Ramirez Lab, UC Davis
Title: The determinants of facultative eusocial behavior in the orchid bee, Euglossa dilemma
Host: Santiago Ramirez, sanram@ucdavis.edu
April 11, 2017 – Mike Gil
NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Sih and Baskett Labs, UC Davis
Title: Context-dependent control of algae by coral reef fishes
Hosts: Andy Sih, asih@ucdavis.edu, Marissa Baskett, mlbaskett@ucdavis.edu
April 18, 2017 – Eric LoPresti
Graduate Student, Ecology Graduate Group, Karban Lab, UC Davis
Title: Floral polymorphisms, pollination, fire, and reproductive ecology of the annual mint Trichostema laxum
Host: Rick Karban, rkarban@ucdavis.edu
April 25, 2017 – Jessica Selby
Postdoctoral Scholar, Willis Lab, Duke University
Title: The genetic basis of repeated adaption to serpentine soils in Mimulus guttatus
Hosts: Katie Ferris, kgferris@ucdavis.edu
May 2, 2017 – Kathleen Ferris
CPB Postdoctoral Fellow, Schmitt, Coop & Ross-Ibarra Labs, UC Davis
Title: The genomics of rapid adaptation in house mice across the Americas
Hosts: Annie Schmitt, jschmitt@ucdavis.edu, Graham Coop, gmcoop@ucdavis.edu, Jeffrey Ross-Ibarra, rossibarra@ucdavis.edu
May 9, 2017 – Ben Blackman
Assistant Professor, Department of Plant & Microbial Biology, UC Berkeley
Title: Trackers and guides: the genetics of natural variation in heliotropism and pollinator attraction
Host: Katie Ferris, kgferris@ucdavis.edu
May 16, 2017 – Grace Lee
Postdoctoral Scholar, Karpen Lab, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Title: Pervasive epigenetic effects of transposable elements impact genome evolution
Host: Katie Ferris, kgferris@ucdavis.edu
May 23, 2017 – Kelley Harris
NIH NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow, Pritchard Lab, Stanford University
Title: Rapid Evolution of the Human Mutation Spectrum
Host: Katie Ferris, kgferris@ucdavis.edu
May 30, 2017 – Ammon Thompson
Postdoctoral Scholar, Kopp Lab, UC Davis
Title: Transcriptome turnover and the evolution of Drosophila male reproductive organs
Host: Artyom Kopp, akopp@ucdavis.edu
June 6, 2017 – Alejandra Martinez-Berdeja
Postdoctoral Scholar, Schmitt Lab, UC Davis
Title: Genetic basis of natural variation in the timing of germination in Arabidopsis thaliana
Host: Annie Schmitt, jschmitt@ucdavis.edu
June 13, 2017 – Nicole Kollars
Graduate Student, Population Biology Graduate Group, Stachowicz Lab, UC Davis
Title: The eco-evolutionary consequences of grazing disturbance on seagrass genetic diversity
Host: Jay Stachowicz, jjstachowicz@ucdavis.edu