CPB Tuesday Seminar Series - Spring Quarter 2026
CPB TUESDAY SEMINAR SERIES
When: Tuesdays, 4:10 - 5:30PM
Where: 1022 Green Hall
PBG 290 – CRN 49159
March 31 Aaron Ragsdale
Assistant Professor, U Wisconsin-Madison
Title: Inferences and predictions of deep population structure and polygenic selection in humans
Host: Henn
April 7 Matt Kustra
Miller Postdoctoral Fellow, UC Berkeley
Title: From Theory to Genomics: The Ecology and Evolution of Postmating Sexual Selection and Its Role in Speciation
Host: Julia Harenčár
April 14 Sebastian Schreiber
Graduate group meeting
Host: Sebastian Schreiber
April 21 Brandie Quarles-Chidyagwai
Postdoc in Gremer and Maloof Labs
Title: Adaptational lag at high elevations and potential consequences of early gene flow to high elevations
Host: Gremer/Julia
April 28 Pankaj Dhakad
Postdoc at Kopp lab
Title: Comparative genomics and the evolution of immune genes in Drosophila
Host: Artyom Kopp
May 5 Claire Murphy (exit seminar)
PBGG grad student
Title: Connecting seasonal patterns of predation risk with prey traits, predator communities, and prey abundance
Host: Jay Stachowicz
May 12
May 19 Oshiomah Oyageshio
PBGG Grad Student
Title: The Immunogenetics of TB Susceptibility
Host: Brenna Henn
May 26 Gillian Meeks (exit seminar)
CPB affiliate; IGG graduate student
Title: Revisiting epigenetic aging, MHC-based mate choice, and epistasis through the lens of African genomic diversity
Host: Brenna Henn
June 2 Karolina Zabinski (Exit seminar)
Grad student
Title: Microbial contributions to seagrass intraspecific variation
Host: Jay Stachowicz
June 4 Nick Peoples (Exit seminar)
PBGG Grad Student
Title: Functional innovations and their role in fish diversification
Host: Peter Wainwright