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Abstract: Biologists and philosophers have long debated the units of selection. Richard Dawkins gave priority to the gene because of its immortality. Others like, like Ernst Mayr, have instead emphasized the unity of the selected individual. David Hull suggested that these are both important, calling the first replicators and the second interactors. I present a progress report on a project that takes a new tack on this problem. There are sufficient differences in my approach that I will refer not to the units of selection but to the elements of selection, transmission, and evolution. Instead of assuming a vertical or multilevel structure, I will use a horizontal one: Dawkins’ gene’s-eye view that considers a focal gene and treats everything else, including other genes, as part of its environment. I then apply Alan Templeton’s suggestion that units/elements of selection ought to involve identifying only the causal components that are necessary to predict or describe selective change. I show that elements of genic evolution can be defined as the product or intersection of elements of selection and elements of co-transmission or genetic structure. An element of evolution needs to be added whenever it has both distinct effects on fitness and distinct patterns of structure. I attempt to show how this logic applies to all kinds of interactions with the focal gene: with other alleles at its locus, with other loci, with other individuals of the same species, and with individuals of other species.
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Abstract: Both proponents and opponents of the claim that mental disorders are natural kinds compare mental disorders to paradigmatic examples of natural kinds, to inquire into a set of properties that achieve three scientific tasks: explanation, prediction, and intervention. I argue that the comparative strategy fails to take us to any intervention-related properties of mental disorders. I replace it with what I call a trilateral strategy—a strategy guided by first person accounts of individuals with mental disorders, and the relevant clinical and scientific work on psychopathology. I conclude with a discussion on the ramifications of my view to various research frameworks in psychiatry, such as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), and the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC).
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Abstract: The debate that broke out among biologists over Mendel's pea-hybrids paper after its rediscovery in 1900 -- the so-called "Biometrician/Mendelian Debate" -- has long been regarded as "done," thanks to the superb historical scholarship of the 1970s and 1980s. But recent research with the unpublished papers of the leading anti-Mendelian biologist, W. F. R. Weldon, is opening up new perspectives on just what was at stake in the debate and why it went the way it did. This research has also stimulated a novel teaching experiment, where students were taught introductory genetics with a curriculum reflecting Weldonian rather than Mendelian ways of structuring knowledge about inheritance. In this seminar I'll examine the power of this experiment (and the improved version of the future) to illuminate a scientific debate from the past. Going in the other direction, I'll also consider the power of past scientific debates, as understood from the inside by historians of science, to provide new resources for science teaching in the present.
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2017 Honors & Research Emphasis Reception and Awards Ceremony
Please join us for this catered event to recognize the Biology Department’s Class of 2017 Honors and Research Emphasis students.
•Research Emphasis students have completed at least two semesters of independent research (Bio 500), have successfully submitted a written Biology thesis based on their research, and have presented their research at the Undergraduate Research Symposium. All students listed have completed the Research Emphasis in Biology.
•**Latin Honors in Biology** students have completed the Research Emphasis and have also met these academic eligibility requirements: 1. Cumulative 3.3 GPA+ in Biology courses. 2. Cumulative 3.3 GPA+ in other science and math courses required for the Biology major 3. Cumulative 3.65+ overall GPA. NOTE: Students listed as Latin Honors or Research Emphasis subject to change due to final grades and GPA requirements.
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Fri, June 23, 4:00 – 5:30 pm: "An Extra Sense"
Over the past 20 years, a growing number of biology education consortia and national societies have advocated for a more quantitative curriculum to match the increasingly mathematical, statistical, and computational nature of modern biological and biomedical research. At the same time, biology instructors frequently report that their students seem less mathematically prepared than in previous years. In this session, we will discuss some of the main challenges facing the integration of quantitative reasoning into the biology curriculum, draft sample learning objectives (both broad and narrower in scope), and introduce an assortment of pedagogical strategies, free software tools, and sample curricula.
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Fri, June 30, 4:00 – 5:30 pm: "Introduction to Stochastic Modeling"
Stochastic processes are those in which a certain level of unavoidable randomness prevents the outcome from being predicted with 100% certainty. Such stochasticity is not just intrinsic within all physical processes, but in many cases directly motivates specific practices in scientific research. Unfortunately, life science undergraduates across different levels of academic achievement and class standing often struggle to understand this core concept. Developing an appreciation for the interplay between deterministic and stochastic processes often requires either a solid grasp of statistical theory and/or years of practical research experience, neither of which forms a key part of a typical biology curriculum.
In this session, we will contrast novice and experienced learners’ understanding of randomness; introduce simple, scalable Excel models that explore the effect of stochasticity in representative biological systems (Mendelian genetics and predator-prey models); and discuss the assessment of students' understanding of stochasticity.
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“The Developing Brain: New Directions in Science, Policy, and Law”
This conference kicks off a new effort at Washington University to address topics where the fields of neuroscience intersect with emerging issues for our society. This new effort, led by the Office of Neuroscience Research (ONR), brings together the academic community (faculty, post docs, students and others) as well as those outside our academic walls, to engage in ways that help to educate and inform. The conference includes keynote talks, talks from WashU faculty, and a panel discussion.
The ONR is grateful for support from the Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (IDDRC), the Department of Neurology, the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, and the Office of the Provost.
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The WashU Institute for School Partnership: Inspiring the Next Generation of Scientists
Join us to learn about the Institute for School Partnership, founded by Sarah Elgin and led by Vicki May. The ISP does outreach work in K-12 schools and has professional development programs for teachers and administrators. Vicki will provide a brief overview of the ISP programs and opportunities for faculty to participate.
Speaker:
Victoria May
Assistant Dean of Arts & Sciences
Executive Director of the Institute for School Partnership
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"Comparative metabolomics of forest communities: species differences in foliar chemistry are greater in the tropics"
Host: Jonathan Myers
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Science on Tap
Securing Postdoc Funding: Assessment, Feasibility, and Statistics
Dr. Marenda, NSF Program Officer, will be on campus to discuss Postdoctoral Fellowships in Biology.
Minority Association of Rising Scientists Conference
This half-day conference is scheduled to take place on Saturday, April 14th from 9:30 AM to 2:00 PM. Students can RSVP through the Facebook event.
Our goal is to equip WashU undergraduate minority students with the necessary skills for success after graduating, either in pursuing higher education or entering the professional sphere. Additionally, we hope to bring together bright minds to give talks that are idea-focused, and on a wide range of subjects, to foster learning, inspiration, and wonder in order to spark conversations that matter.
RSVPDoes Competition Really Rule the World?
Scott Mangan, Washington University, “Does Competition Really Rule the World? Plant-Microbial Interactions as Drivers of Plant Diversity”
Co-Metabolic Innovation Along Eco-Thermodynamic Gradients
Steven Hallam, University of British Columbia, "Co-Metabolic Innovation Along Eco-Thermodynamic Gradients"
Cyanogenesis and Insights on the Genetics of Climatic Adaptation in Plants
Evolution, Ecology and Population Biology Seminar
PMB Brunch Seminar
Living Earth Collaborative Seminar
The Evolution and Genetics of Aphid Wing Dimorphisms
Evolution, Ecology and Population Biology Seminar
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Biophysics of Biomolecular Condensates
Living Earth Collaborative Seminar
PMB Brunch Seminar
Sensory Systems, Learning, and Communication - Insights from the Enigmatic World of Arachnids
Evolution, Ecology and Population Biology Seminar
Wiring Plant Development Through Receptor Kinase Signaling Circuits
Evolution, Ecology and Population Biology Seminar
Department Seminar - Shankar Mukherji
Hosted by: Elizabeth Haswell
Living Earth Collaborative Seminar
Department Seminar - Rebecca Safran
Hosted by: Carlos Botero
Circadian Rhythms are Turning Heads: Clock Regulation of Sunflower Growth and Development - Stacey Harmer
Biology Department Seminar: Stacey Harmer, University of California - Davis
Hosted by: Erik Herzog
Peroxisome Dynamics in Arabidopsis - Bonnie Bartel
Biology Department Seminar: Bonnie Bartel, Rice University
Hosted by: Richard Vierstra
Kangaroos, Kudu, and Caribou: Mammalian Herbivores, Nutrients, and Future Grasslands on Earth - Elizabeth Borer
Biology Department Seminar: Elizabeth Borer, University of Minnesota, "Kangaroos, Kudu, and Caribou: Mammalian Herbivores, Nutrients, and Future Grasslands on Earth"
Hosted by: Rachel Penczykowski
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The Signature of Competition for Shared Resources Across the Avian Radiation-Angela Chira
Biology Bioforum - Angela Chira, Botero Lab, "The Signature of Competition for Shared Resources Across the Avian Radiation"
Bioforum - Richard Marshall; Kristin Winchell & James Stroud
Bioforum - Nicholas Morffy; Arnaud Theirry Djami Tchatchou
History & Philosophy of Science and Medicine Seminar
Division Plane Orientation in Plant Cells
PMB Brunch Seminar
Living Earth Collaborative Seminar
An Emerging Paradigm for Generalizing Medical Inference Beyond Definitive Diagnoses
Biological Roles of Self-cleaving Ribozymes - Andrej Luptak
Biology Department Seminar: Andrej Luptak, University of California - Irvine; "Biological Roles of Self-cleaving Ribozymes"
Hosted by: Hani Zaher
The Role of Fungi in Mediating Ecosystem Responses to Climate Change - Kathleen Treseder
Biology Department Seminar: Kathleen Treseder, University of California, Irvine; "The Role of Fungi in Mediating Ecosystem Responses to Climate Change"
Hosted by: EEPB Students
Stress Signaling in Gram Positive Bacteria - Jade Wang
Biology Department Seminar: Jade Wang, University of Wisconsin
Hosted by: PMB Students
Dr. Wang's lab in the Department of Bacteriology seeks to understand how microbes coordinate fundamental biological processes such as DNA replication, transcription, and cell division. Additionally, her research has explored how these mechanisms change in response to stress, especially in response to the alarmone (p)ppGpp. Her work has shown that there is fascinating diversity in these basic biological concepts across the bacteria kingdom.
Viktor Hamburger Lecture - Visualization of Transvection in Living Drosophila Embryos - Mike Levine
Mike Levine, Princeton University; "Visualization of Transvection in Living Drosophila Embryos"
Abstract:
Transcriptional enhancers regulate the on/off activities of target genes in response to a variety of cellular signals. The human genome is thought to contain hundreds of thousands of enhancers, ~10-20 enhancers per protein coding gene. For many years we have used the early embryo of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster to study the basic properties of enhancer DNAs. Past studies using traditional fixed tissue methods provided many insights into the spatial limits of gene expression, but only limited information about temporal dynamics. Live imaging methods provide new opportunities for understanding the timing of gene activity. The early Drosophila embryo is ideally suited for such studies, since the nuclei are organized in a simple grid along the surface of the egg. These studies identified transcriptional bursting as a common feature of gene expression. Bursts do not appear to be caused by unstable enhancer-promoter loops since a single enhancer can co-activate linked reporter genes in cis or in trans (transvection). I will discuss “transcription hubs” to explain these results. Transvection assays also provide insights into the proximity of enhancer-promoter interactions, and reveal a curious
Hosted by: Ian Duncan
Varner Lecture - Dissecting Phytochrome Photosensory Signaling and Transcriptional Networks - Peter Quail
Peter Quail, University of California - Berkeley; "Dissecting Phytochrome Photosensory Signaling and Transcriptional Networks"
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Our research interests are in defining the mechanisms by which light signals are perceived and transduced by the phytochrome (phy)-PIF module to Direct-Target Genes (DTGs), focused specifically on the two sequential interfaces (a) between the phy and PIF proteins, and (b) between the PIFs and their DTGs. Existing data suggest that these components engage in dynamic multimolecular complexes comprised variously of (a) protein kinases (that include PPKs (Photoregulatory Protein Kinases)) and E3 ubiquitin ligases (including LRBs, EBFs and COP1-SPA), that sequentially phosphorylate and ubiquitinate the PIFs to regulate their abundance, and (b) a diversity of other interacting components that modulate the intrinsic transcriptional activation activity of the PIFs (including the core clock protein, TOC1). The data suggest yet greater complexity in the system, including potential mechanistic differences among the individual PIFs, as yet unidentified factors that may contribute to the signaling process, and transfactors that may modulate PIF transcriptional regulatory capacity in situ at the genome interface, independently of the level of promoter occupancy. Our current efforts, using a combination of mass-spectrometric, biochemical, molecular genetic and genomic approaches to explore these possibilities will be described
Hosted by: Ram Dixit & Richard Vierstra
St. Louis Area Brain Bee Competition
Evidence for Activity-dependent Critical Dynamics in Rat Striatum - Sam Funderburk
4:00/ Hengen Lab, "Evidence for Activity-dependent Critical Dynamics in Rat Striatum"
The Clocks That Time Us: A Time to Deliver - Carmel Martin-Fairey
4:00 Carmel Martin-Fairey / Herzog Lab, "The Clocks That Time Us: A Time to Deliver"
Hall Lecture - Interdependence - Helen Longino
Helen Longino, Stanford University; "Interdependence"
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This talk proposes that we take interaction seriously in philosophy and biology and it explores consequences - scientific and social - of doing so.
Hosted by: Allan Larson
Greater Prairie Chicken in Illinois: Genetic Monitoring of a Conservation Icon-Whitney Anthonysamy
Living Earth Collaborative Seminar: Whitney Anthonysamy, St. Louis College of Pharmacy
Darwin Day
Molecular evolution at the origin of life and applications for the present day-Irene Chen
Biology Department Seminar: Irene Chen, University of California-Santa Barbara
Hosted by: Bob Blankenship
Sensing stress: how bacterial RNAs recognize small molecules-Christopher Jones
Biology Department Seminar: Christopher Jones, National Institutes of Health; "TBD"
Hosted by: Hani Zaher
Structure-based discovery of RNA regulatory mechanisms-Anthony Mustoe
Biology Department Seminar: Anthony Mustoe, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Hosted by: Hani Zaher
Master microbial manipulators: How bacteria shape host and microbial biology-Tera Levin
Biology Department Seminar: Tera Levin, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Hosted by: Ram Dixit
PMB Brunch Seminar-Yunci Qi, Angela Schlegel
Plant and Microbial Biosciences (PMB) Seminar Series featuring Yunci Qi of Blodgett Lab and Angela Schlegel of Haswell Lab
PMB Brunch Seminar-Tayte Campbell, Dinesh Gupta
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Brunch Seminar Series featuring Tayte Campbell of Dantas Lab and Dinesh Gupta of Bose Lab
PMB Brunch Seminar-Sam Powers, Anne Phillips
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Brunch Seminar Series featuring Sam Powers (Strader and Jez Labs) and Anne Phillips (Bart Lab)
PMB Brunch Seminar-Sarah Rommelfanger, Jenny Shoots
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Brunch Seminar Series featuring Sarah Rommelfanger (Umen Lab) and Jenny Shoots (Haswell Lab)
PMB Brunch Seminar-Kari Miller, Natasha Bilkey
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Brunch Seminar Series featuring Kari Miller (Haswell Lab) and Natasha Bilkey (Dixit Lab)
PMB Brunch Seminar-Ryan Emenecker & Andrew Lin
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Brunch Seminar Series featuring Ryan Emenecker (Strader Lab) and Andrew Lin (Pappu Lab)
PMB Brunch Seminar-Ginger Johnson, Maria Sorkin
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Brunch Seminar Series featuring Ginger Johnson (Pakrasi Lab) and Maria Sorkin (Nusinow Lab)
PMB Brunch Seminar-Emily Davenport, Rachel Jouni, Helen Blaine
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Brunch Seminar Series featuring First Years Emily Davenport, Rachel Jouni, and Helen Blaine
PMB Brunch Seminar-Jeffrey Allen, Kevin Blake, Sarah Pardi
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar Series Featuring First Years Jeffrey Allen, Kevin Blake, Sarah Pardi
PMB Brunch Seminar-Taylor Harris, Ed Wilkinson, Cynthia Lee
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Brunch Seminar Series featuring First Years Taylor Harris, Ed Wilkinson, Cynthia Lee
PMB Brunch Seminar-Eric Conners, Josh Johnson, Vivian Kitainda
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Brunch Seminar Series featuring First Years Eric Conners, Josh Johnson, and Vivian Kitainda
How Statistics Changed Natural Selection-Andre Ariew
History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine Seminar Series featuring Andre Ariew, University of Missouri, Columbia
According to a standard story found in textbooks and historical treatments, the 20th century “modern synthesis” is a unification of Mendelian genetics with Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection. Yet, in his 1952 presidential address to the Royal Statistical Society R.A. Fisher—one of the pioneering modern synthesists—presents a sharp rebuke of Darwin’s version of natural selection. Fisher claims that Darwin was unaware that the argument for the theory of natural selection is “manifestly statistical” although much of the relevant statistical theory was available in Darwin’s day. Instead Darwin based his theory on the unrealistic rhetoric of Robert Malthus’s doctrine of over-reproduction which invokes non-existent violent struggles between organisms in order to provide the impression to his “thick-headed audience” that adaptive speciation is the product of cosmic forces. Is Fisher right that Darwin was unaware of the statistical methods of his day? What does it mean for natural selection to be “manifestly statistical”? What makes Darwin’s theory not statistical? What role does Malthus’s doctrine of overproduction play in Darwin’s theory? My attempt to answer these questions and evaluate Fisher’s critique has provided me with a long and fruitful research project in the history and philosophy of evolutionary science that has culminated in a book manuscript. I will be presenting the main discoveries and themes. Contrary to Fisher’s claim, Darwin was not only conceptually aware of the statistical methods of his day, he used them to further develop his theory of natural selection and principle of divergence. However, Darwin did not regard the phenomenon of adaptive speciation as manifestly statistical as Fisher claims, but manifestly ecological. I will explain the difference in terms of two kinds of natural large scale effects that emerge out of individual variation. I trace the distinction to a treatise written in 1713 by William Derham concerning harmonies of nature. The philosophical upshot of my corrective to Fisher is that the standard story about the modern synthesis is misleading. The modern synthesis version of natural selection is not only a different theory than that of Darwin’s version but a different kind of theory of the dynamics of evolution. No two ways of looking at population dynamics could be more different.
Mechanisms of Honey Bee Nestmate Recognition Cue Production - Cassie Vernier
4:00 / Ben-Shahar Lab; "Mechanisms of Honey Bee Nestmate Recognition Cue Production"
A Conserved Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor's Role in Social Traits of Drosophila melanogaster - Iris Chin
4:30; Ben-Shahar lab; "A Conserved Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor's Role in Social Traits of Drosophila melanogaster"
Metabolic Power and Marine Predator Diversity - John Grady
4:00 / NGRREC, Dell Lab; "TBD"
Bacterial Symbionts Receive Variable Benefits from Their Host, Dictyostelium Discoideum-Justine Garcia
Biology Forum featuring Justine Garcia, Strassmann/Queller Lab, "Bacterial Symbionts Receive Variable Benefits from Their Host, Dictyostelium Discoideum"
The Population Genetics of Environmental Racism-Kelly Lane-deGraaf
Living Earth Collaborative Seminar featuring Kelly Lane-deGraaf, Fontbonne University
Modeling the Evolutionary Origins and Dynamics of Social Complexity-Sergey Gavrilets
Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Seminar featuring Sergey Gavrilets, University of Tennessee – Knoxville, “Modeling the Evolutionary Origins and Dynamics of Social Complexity”
Plant Evolutionary Adaptation to a Changing World-Loren Rieseberg
Living Earth Collaborative Seminar featuring Loren Rieseberg, University of British Columbia
This Seminar has been moved to Wednesday, February 27, 2019, 4:00 p.m. Simon Hall, Room 023
Deciphering the ecology, Natural history of African giant pouched rats, Cricetomys ansorgei-Danielle Lee
Evolution, Ecology and Population Biology Seminar featuring Danielle Lee, Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville
“Deciphering the Ecology, Natural History of African Giant Pouched Rats, Cricetomys Ansorgei”
Though charged with examining the individual behavioral variation in natural populations of African giant pouched rats, Cricetomys ansorgei – apart of a larger interest to improve breeding and training protocols of this fascinating rodent that had proven it could detect long-buried land mines. The research goals included determining if consistent or variable behavioral tendencies were 1) observable in this species and 2) hopefully genetic. Experiencing a variety of pauses and interruptions to research from political, economic and logistical, I came to realize the path to establishing a new model organism is built through the hard work and contributions of indigenous and lay know, ethology and natural history. Then I’ll be discussing the exciting challenges of researching an organism that has been understudied and sharing what science is learning about the biology and behavior giant pouched rats.
Drivers of animal movement and some consequences for species interactions-Anthony Dell
Living Earth Collaborative Seminar featuring Anthony Dell, NGRREC/Washington University
"Drivers of animal movement and some consequences for species interactions"
A huge diversity of factors influence how animals move, including body size, temperature, hunger, and how resources are distributed across the landscape. These and other effects on movement have important consequences for species interactions, and thus patterns of biodiversity from local to global scales. Using data and theory, and examples that span taxa and environments, I will explore some of the mechanisms by which environmental drivers influence how animals move and behave at local scales, and the resulting (and often surprising!) multi-scale impacts on ecological systems. Uncovering these patterns and processes should lead to a more predictive science of community ecology, providing a mechanistic link between the individual organisms and entire ecosystems.
Experimental Evolution in the Wild: Lessons for Conservation in a Rapidly Changing World-Colin Donihue
Evolution, Ecology and Population Biology Seminar featuring Colin Donihue, Washington University, “Experimental Evolution in the Wild: Lessons for Conservation in a Rapidly Changing World”
Studying the Distribution of Species and Assembly of Communities Across Elevational Gradients in the Tropical Andes-Sebastian Tello
Living Earth Collaborative Seminar featuring Sebastian Tello, Missouri Botanical Garden
Role of Behavioral Novelty in the Evolution of Extreme Encephalization and Brain Reorganization-Erika Schumacher
Evolution, Ecology and Population Biology Seminar featuring Erika Schumacher (Carlson Lab), Washington University
Biodiversity by Stealth-Rod Barnett
Living Earth Collaborative Seminar featuring Rod Barnett, Sam Fox School of Design
How do we introduce large-scale, meaningful biodiversity programs into the urban field? Fundamentally, there are two kinds of urban terrain:
a) public space
b) private space
Because these types of terrain are funded, managed and controlled differently, we need to consider different types of design program that will effectively hasten the evolution of urban territory into ecologically effective biodiverse communities that operate at cross-urban scales. This means adapting terrains eventually at scales that are bigger than community parks, bigger than university campuses and bigger than urban riparian zones, eventually, even, that are as big as the city itself.
To do this we need two things:
a) feasible urban biodiversity models that are city-scale
b) small-scale strategies that introduce biodiversity in ways that are palatable to public and private constituencies.
The talk will discuss how these are issues are being addressed in the WashU landscape architecture program, using case studies. It argues that, since there is some public and community resistance to biodiverse landscapes, we may need to introduce them by stealth.
Plasticity and Constraint in Task Allocation: How and Why do Ants Choose Tasks-Nicole Leitner
Evolution, Ecology and Population Biology Seminar-Nicole Leitner, Washington University
“Plasticity and Constraint in Task Allocation: How and Why do Ants Choose Tasks"
Ants are social insects that live together in colonies and divide work among themselves to meet all of the colony's needs. How individual ant workers come to be allocated to different tasks is not well understood. This talk explores both the individual-level mechanisms by which workers choose tasks and the colony-level strategies for responding dynamically to changes in task need.
PMB Brunch Seminar-Ryan Calcutt & Patricia Walker
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Brunch Seminar featuring Ryan Calcutt (Dixit Lab) & Patricia Walker (Pakrasi Lab)
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Town Hall Meeting
PMB Town Hall Meeting
What social epistemology could learn from philosophy of science-Helen Longino
History & Philosophy of Science & Medicine Seminar featuring Helen Longino, Stanford University
Seeming to Remember-Sarah Robins
History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine Colloquium: Sarah Robins, University of Kansas
Climate-driven Shifts in Plant Range and Phenology: Perspectives from Ecology, Ethnobotany, and Natural History Collections - Robbie Hart
Biology Department Seminar: Robbie Hart, Missouri Botanical Garden, Assistant Curator, High Elevation Ethnobotany and Plant Ecology; "Climate-driven Shifts in Plant Range and Phenology: Perspectives from Ecology, Ethnobotany, and Natural History Collections"
Hosted by: Joe Jez
How do temperate and tropical ecosystems differ? What I learned from Owen Sexton-Alan Covich
Tyson Summer Seminar Series: Inaugural Owen Sexton Seminar
Alan Covich, University of Georgia: "How do temperate and tropical ecosystems differ? What I learned from Owen Sexton"
Host: Kim Medley
Tropical Diversity Along Environmental Gradients: insights from functional ecology-Natalia Umana
Tyson Summer Seminar Series featuring Natalia Umana, University of Michigan, Host-Jonathan Myers
Seminars take place on Thursday afternoons starting at 4:00 PM in the Living Learning Center at Tyson Research Center (tyson.wustl.edu/contact). Seminars are followed by an informal potluck‐‐please bring your favorite side dish or dessert, and Tyson will provide the protein! For additional information please contact Ruth Ann Bizoff (rabizoff@biology2.wustl.edu; 314-935‐8430).
The Chemistry of Life: understanding the structure and function of ecological systems-Angelica Gonzalez
Tyson Summer Seminar Series featuring Angelica Gonzalez, Rutgers University, Host-Amanda Koltz
Seminars take place on Thursday afternoons starting at 4:00 PM in the Living Learning Center at Tyson Research Center (tyson.wustl.edu/contact). Seminars are followed by an informal potluck‐‐please bring your favorite side dish or dessert, and Tyson will provide the protein! For additional information please contact Ruth Ann Bizoff (rabizoff@biology2.wustl.edu; 314-935‐8430).
Species Interactions and Adaptation to the Thermal Environment-Michelle Tseng
Tyson Summer Seminar Series featuring Michelle Tseng, The University of British Columbia, Host-Katie Westby
Seminars take place on Thursday afternoons starting at 4:00 PM in the Living Learning Center at Tyson Research Center (tyson.wustl.edu/contact). Seminars are followed by an informal potluck‐‐please bring your favorite side dish or dessert, and Tyson will provide the protein! For additional information please contact Ruth Ann Bizoff (rabizoff@biology2.wustl.edu; 314-935‐8430).
Restoration science, policy, and practice(2021-2030): a seventh generation perspective-James Aronson
Tyson Summer Seminar Series featuring James Aronson, Missouri Botanical Garden, Host-Micah Stanek
Seminars take place on Thursday afternoons starting at 4:00 PM in the Living Learning Center at Tyson Research Center (tyson.wustl.edu/contact). Seminars are followed by an informal potluck‐‐please bring your favorite side dish or dessert, and Tyson will provide the protein! For additional information please contact Ruth Ann Bizoff (rabizoff@biology2.wustl.edu; 314-935‐8430).
Behind the Scenes of "Poached" with science journalist Rachel Nuwer
Tyson Summer Seminar Series featuring Rachel Nuwer, Freelance Journalist, Host-Suzanne Loui
Seminars take place on Thursday afternoons starting at 4:00 PM in the Living Learning Center at Tyson Research Center (tyson.wustl.edu/contact). Seminars are followed by an informal potluck‐‐please bring your favorite side dish or dessert, and Tyson will provide the protein! For additional information please contact Ruth Ann Bizoff (rabizoff@biology2.wustl.edu; 314-935‐8430).
Harnessing the power of soil microbes for ecological restorations-Tanya Cheeke
Tyson Summer Seminar Series featuring Tanya Cheeke, Washington State University, Host-Rachel Becknell
Seminars take place on Thursday afternoons starting at 4:00 PM in the Living Learning Center at Tyson Research Center (tyson.wustl.edu/contact). Seminars are followed by an informal potluck‐‐please bring your favorite side dish or dessert, and Tyson will provide the protein! For additional information please contact Ruth Ann Bizoff (rabizoff@biology2.wustl.edu; 314-935‐8430).
Traveling while diseased: ecology and evolution of migratory birds and their malarial parasites-Leticia Soares
Tyson Summer Seminar Series featuring Leticia Soares, University of Western Ontario, Host-Solny Adalsteinsson
Seminars take place on Thursday afternoons starting at 4:00 PM in the Living Learning Center at Tyson Research Center (tyson.wustl.edu/contact). Seminars are followed by an informal potluck‐‐please bring your favorite side dish or dessert, and Tyson will provide the protein! For additional information please contact Ruth Ann Bizoff (rabizoff@biology2.wustl.edu; 314-935‐8430).
Biological power and the diversity of life-John Grady
Tyson Summer Seminar Series featuring John Grady, National Great Rivers Research and Education Center, Host-Tony Dell/Kim Medley
Seminars take place on Thursday afternoons starting at 4:00 PM in the Living Learning Center at Tyson Research Center (tyson.wustl.edu/contact). Seminars are followed by an informal potluck‐‐please bring your favorite side dish or dessert, and Tyson will provide the protein! For additional information please contact Ruth Ann Bizoff (rabizoff@biology2.wustl.edu; 314-935‐8430).
How biotic and abiotic changes to freshwater communities affect infectious disease-Catherine Searle
Tyson Summer Seminar Series featuring Catherine Searle, Purdue University, Host-Rachel Penczykowski
Seminars take place on Thursday afternoons starting at 4:00 PM in the Living Learning Center at Tyson Research Center (tyson.wustl.edu/contact). Seminars are followed by an informal potluck‐‐please bring your favorite side dish or dessert, and Tyson will provide the protein! For additional information please contact Ruth Ann Bizoff (rabizoff@biology2.wustl.edu; 314-935‐8430).
Photosystem II assembly and the role of a bound bicarbonate cofactor-Julian Eaton Rye
Biology Department Special Seminar: Julian Eaton Rye, Visiting Professor from University of Otago, New Zealand
Genomic Signatures of Conflict and Cooperation in Plants and Social Amoebae
Program in Evolution, Ecology and Population Biology
Laboratory of Dr. David Queller and Joan Strassmann
Circuit mechanisms for learning in sensory cortex- Arianna Maffei
Biology Department Seminar: Arianna Maffei, Associate Professor, Department of Neurobiology & Behavior, SUNY at Stony Brook
Hosted by: Keith Hengen
Linking evolutionary change in sensory perception to its cellular and network substrates in weakly electric fish- Bruce Carlson
Biology Department Seminar: Bruce Carlson, Washington University in St. Louis
The genetics of neuronal robustness-Yehuda Ben-Shahar
Biology Department Seminar: Yehuda Ben-Shahar, Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis
Countering protein misfolding with engineered protein disaggregases-Meredith Jackrel
Biology Department Seminar: Meredith Jackrel, Department of Chemistry, Washington University in St. Louis
Hosted by: Elizabeth Haswell
Getting in Shape from the Inside Out-Ram Dixit
Biology Department Seminar: Ram Dixit, Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis
The genomic basis of communication signal variation in electric fish-Jason Gallant
Biology Department Seminar: Jason Gallant, Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University
Hosted by: Bruce Carlson
Biology Department Seminar-Keith Hengen
Biology Department Seminar: Keith Hengen, Department of Biology, Washington University in St. Louis
Microbes, metals, and nanowires-Gemma Reguera
Biology Department Seminar: Gemma Reguera, Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University
Hosted by: Josh Blodgett
How self vs non-self recognition impacts group behaviors of an opportunistic pathogen-Karine Gibbs
Biology Department Seminar: Karine Gibbs, Associate Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University
Hosted by: Petra Levin
CANCELLED Viktor Hamburger Lecture: Cell Types as Building Blocks of Neural Circuits- Josh Sanes
This event has been cancelled.
40th Annual Viktor Hamburger Lecture - Josh Sanes, Paul J. Finnegan Family Director, Center for Brain Science, Jeff C. Tarr Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University
The Sanes lab studies the assembly and function of neural circuits in the retina.
Title: Cell Types as Building Blocks of Neural Circuits
An Integrative Approach using Phylogenomics and High-resolution X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) for Species Delimitation in Cryptic Earless Dragon lizards (Genus Tympanocryptis) from Australia-Jane Melville
Living Earth Collaborative Seminar featuring Jane Melville, Museums Victoria, Melbourne: “An Integrative Approach using Phylogenomics and High-resolution X-ray Computed Tomography (CT) for Species Delimitation in Cryptic Earless Dragon lizards (Genus Tympanocryptis) from Australia”
Avian ecology and pest reduction services in a temperate agroecosystem: inferences for conservation and farming-Sacha Heath
Living Earth Collaborative Seminar featuring Sacha Heath, postdoc in the Losos Lab
Experimental and Ecological Approaches to Plant Domestication: the Case of North America's Lost Crops-Natalie Mueller
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Seminar featuring Natalie Mueller, WUSTL Anthropology
Lighting up biodiversity: the visual ecology of natural and anthropogenic light cycles-Brett Seymoure
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Seminar featuring Brett Seymoure, postdoc in the Losos Lab
Temperature and the evolution of breeding coloration-Michael Moore
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Seminar featuring Michael Moore, postdoc in the Losos Lab
What happens when Andean-Amazonian forests get hotter?-William Farfan-Rios
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Seminar featuring William Farfan-Rios, Wake Forest University
From City to Megalopolis: The Ecology and Evolution of Feral Pigeons in the Northeastern United States-Elizabeth Carlen
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Seminar featuring Elizabeth Carlen, Fordham University
More Than One Way to Kill a Spruce Forest: Spatial Fingerprint of Deglacial Temperature Change in Eastern North America - John Williams
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology along with Earth & Planetary Sciences present John Williams, University of Wisconsin-Madison, "More Than One Way to Kill a Spruce Forest: Spatial Fingerprint of Deglacial Temperature Change in Eastern North America"
Joint seminar with Earth & Planetary Sciences
Friends, Foes, and Phages in the Phyllosphere: How Multi-trophic Interactions Shape and Reshape the Microbiome-Britt Koskella
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Seminar featuring Britt Koskella, University of California – Berkeley
Why regional differences in past and future spring-frost risk threaten Europe and Asia more than North America-Susanne Renner
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Seminar featuring Susanne Renner, University of Munich
Circadian circuits underlying daily rhythms in corticosterone release-Jeff Jones
Bioforum seminar featuring Jeff Jones of the Herzog Lab
Environmental plasticity in the E. coli cell wall synthesis machinery-Elizabeth Mueller
Bioforum Seminar featuring Elizabeth Mueller of the Levin Lab
Bioforum-Suresh Damodaran of Strader Lab and Molly Shallow of Hengen Lab
Bioforum Seminar featuring Suresh Damodaran of Strader Lab and Molly Shallow of Hengen Lab
Piezo channels in moss-Ivan Radin, Haswell Lab
Bioforum Seminar featuring Ivan Radin of Haswell Lab
Regulatory Mechanisms for Polycyclic Tetramate Macrolactom (PTMs) Production in Streptomyces-Keshav Kumar Nepal, Blodgett Lab
Bioforum Seminar featuring Keshav Kumar Nepal of the Blodgett Lab
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Brunch-Angela Schlegel, Nicholas Morffy
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Brunch Seminar-Angela Schlegel of Haswell Lab, Nicholas Morffy of Strader Lab
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Brunch-Thi Nguyen
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Brunch Seminar featuring Thi Nguyen, Associate Dean for Graduate Career and Professional Development, WUSTL
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Brunch-Debarati Basu, Jenny Shoots
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Brunch Seminar featuring Debarati Basu and Jenny Shoots of Haswell Lab
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Brunch-Dennis Zhu, Ryan Calcutt
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Brunch Seminar featuring Dennis Zhu of Stallings Lab and Ryan Calcutt of Dixit Lab
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Brunch-Sarah Rommelfanger, Tricia Walker
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Brunch Seminar featuring Sarah Rommelfanger and Tricia Walker of Pakrasi Lab
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Brunch-Ginger Johnson, Yanbing Wang
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Brunch Seminar featuring Ginger Johnson of Pakrasi Lab and Yanbing Wang of Haswell Lab
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Brunch-Dinesh Gupta, Leo Yan
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Brunch Seminar featuring Dinesh Gupta of Bose Lab and Leo Yan of Zaher Lab
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Brunch-Maria Sorkin, Andrew Lin
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Brunch Seminar featuring Maria Sorkin of Nusinow Lab and Andrew Lin of Pappu Lab
Phasing in” on the properties and functions of sticky disordered proteins-Broder Schmidt
Special Talk by Broder Schmidt, Stanford University
“Phasing in” on the properties and functions of sticky disordered proteins
Hosts: Lucia Strader and Alex Holehouse
Dragons Down Under-Jane Melville
Featured Speaker: Dr. Jane Melville, an evolutionary and conservation biologist, has studied dragon lizards across Australia for the last 20 years and has named 30 new species. Across the vast, hot and dry continent of Australia, the dragons are some of the most iconic and best-known lizards. The spectacular frill-necked lizard, the prickly thorny devil and the bearded dragon are popular as pets worldwide. The 102 dragon species in Australia show remarkable variety in color, shape and behavior. Dr. Melville will convey her admiration for these unique animals. Using spectacular images gathered for her recent book, “Dragon Lizards of Australia,” she will present the most recent understanding of their diversity, ecology and conservation.
The Conservation Conversation Series is co-sponsored by the Saint Louis Zoo and The Academy of Science-St. Louis. For information on this event, visit stlzoo.org or academyofsciencestl.org, or call (314) 646-4544.
This lecture is co-sponsored by the St Louis Zoo, Academy of Science Living Earth Collaborative.
How to Tame a Fox and Build a Dog-Lee Alan Dugatkin
Featured speaker: Lee Alan Dugatkin, Ph.D., Professor of Biology and Distinguished Scholar, University of Louisville. Dr. Dugatkin will lecture on his book, co-authored with Lyudmila Trut, “How to Tame a Fox and Build a Dog.”
For the last six decades, a dedicated team of researchers in Siberia has been domesticating silver foxes to replay the evolution of the dog in real time. Lyudmila Trut has been the lead scientist on this work since 1959, and together with biologist and historian of science Lee Dugatkin, she tells the inside story of the science, politics, adventure and love behind it all. “How to Tame a Fox and Build a Dog” opens up to reveal story after story, each embedded within the one that preceded it. Inside this tale of path-breaking science in the midst of the often brutal -35° winters of Siberia is a remarkable collaboration between an older, freethinking scientific genius and a trusting, but gutsy, young woman. Together, these two risked not just their careers, but to an extent their lives, to make scientific history. If you go one level deeper, you find yourself lost in the magical tale of how some hardscrabble but open-hearted humans and the wild animals that they domesticated developed such deep attachments to each other.
The Conservation Conversation Series is co-sponsored by the Saint Louis Zoo and The Academy of Science-St. Louis. For information on this event, visit stlzoo.org or academyofsciencestl.org, or call (314) 646-4544.
This lecture is co-sponsored by the Living Earth Collaborative.
Trends in Publishing at Journal of Cell Science-Manuel Breuer
Special Seminar hosted by Ram Dixit
Assembling Plant Communities: The Role of History, Chance, and Local Species Interactions-Stephen Murphy
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Seminar featuring Stephen Murphy of Missouri Botanical Garden
Why the Process Turn?-Mazviita Chirimuuta
History and Philosophy of Science & Medicine Seminar featuring Mazviita Chirimuuta, University of Pittsburgh
Abstract:
Recent proponents of “scientific emergence” (e.g. Mitchell, Gillett) have held that it is consistent with the widely held tenets of physicalism. Here I provide an exposition of emergence as presented in recent philosophy of science, where the key claim is that “parts behave differently in wholes”, based on the empirical finding of what Gillett (2016) calls “differential powers.” Gillett argues that the empirical evidence does not yet settle the question of whether there is downward causation or any other form of influence from the whole system to its constituent parts, but that such evidence might be obtained. I propose instead that the question of whether or not the finding of differential powers is taken to provide overwhelming evidence for strong emergence depends on the further interpretation of differential powers, and ultimately on very broad metaphysical commitments. The interpretation of differential powers that is most resistant to objections from opponents of strong emergence involves a rejection of substance ontology, and hence the rejection of physicalism, in favour of a process ontology. This explains the attraction of process ontology to some philosophers who also endorse emergence (e.g. John Dupré). Thus, I conclude, philosophers should not wait in expectation for empirical results that will settle the question of whether or not there is strong emergence.
Chemical signaling between pathogenic Pseudomonas syringae and host plants: Uncovering roles for extracellular metabolites in virulence and defense-Jeff Anderson
Dr. Jeff Anderson from Oregon State (and previously from Scott Peck’s lab at Missou) will be visiting the Kunkel Lab on the afternoon of Tuesday Nov. 5 and giving a special seminar
Using isotope tracer additions to understand the effects of organisms on ecosystems: a new analytical toolbox-Andres Lopez-Sepulcre
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Seminar featuring Andres Lopez-Sepulchre, Assistant Professor of Biology, WUSTL
Blue Skies and Beyond Series: 'Why Do Teens Sleep In?' -Erik Herzog
The talk will explore what wakes us up when we don’t use an alarm clock. We will discuss daily clocks in the brain, how they synchronize to each other and the local light cycle and how this system is relevant to deciding when the school day should start for teenagers.
Free and open to all. Middle and high school teachers encouraged to attend. Registration is required.
Photo Sensing and Quorum Sensing Converge to Control Bacterial Collective Behaviors-Sampriti Mukherjee
Biology Department Seminar featuring Sampriti Mukherjee, postdoc in Bassler Lab, Princeton University
Hosted by Barbara Kunkel
Molecular Mechanisms of Anti-viral Immunity by RNA-targeting CRISPR-Cas Systems-Alexander Meeske
Biology Department Seminar featuring Alexander Meeske, Marrafinni Lab, The Rockefeller University
Size-Dependent Changes in Tissue Patterning and Function-Christopher Arnold
Biology Department Seminar featuring Christopher Arnold, HHMI/Stowers Institute for Medical Research
Building the Oligodendrocyte: Mechanisms of Acentrosomal Microtubule Nucleation and mRNA Transport-Meng-meng Fu
Biology Department Seminar featuring Meng-meng Fu, Barres Lab, Stanford University
Bioforum: What’s new in the Biology Imaging Facility (Basically Everything!)-Dianne Duncan, Imaging Facility Director
Bioforum featuring Dianne Duncan, Imaging Facility Director
Sexual Interactions Induce Early Death in Nematodes: Strategies and Counter-Strategies-Lauren Booth
Biology Department Seminar featuring Lauren Booth, Brunet Lab, Stanford University
Recognition of Identity in Social Insects-Patrizia d'Ettorre
Biology Department Seminar featuring Patrizia d'Ettorre, Clark Harrison Way Visiting Professor in Biology at Wash U, Professor in Ethology, Université Paris 13
CANCELLED: Thomas Hall Lecture: “Reviving the Hopeful Monster: Richard Goldschmidt’s Evolutionary Heresies” - Michael Dietrich
Richard Goldschmidt was one of the most controversial biologists of the twentieth century. Rather than fade from view, however, Goldschmidt’s work and reputation has persisted in the biological community long after he has. How should we explain Goldschmidt’s longevity? Are revivals of Goldschmidt as an evolutionary heretic in the 1970s and 1980s historically accurate or selective reinventions which are useful to contemporary scientists? This is the annual Thomas S. Hall Lecture. A reception will follow in the Biology Commons.
Michael Dietrich is a professor of the history and philosophy of science at the University of Pittsburgh. His research concerns developments in 20th-century genetics, evolutionary biology, and developmental biology, with a special emphasis on scientific controversies.
CANCELLED: Varner Lecture: Making a difference: cell fate, polarity and potential in the plant epidermis-Dominique Bergmann
Annual Varner Lecture: Dominique Bergmann, Professor, Stanford University
Dominique C. Bergmann is a plant scientist with a specific focus on developmental biology and plant biology. Correspondingly, she is a professor of Biology at Stanford University and is in association with the Stanford Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine.
Title: Making a difference: cell fate, polarity and potential in the plant epidermis
Microbe-microbe Interactions and the Oral Microbiome-Gina Lewin
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Seminar featuring Gina Lewin, Georgia Tech
The Evolution of the Nectar-Feeding Niche Among Neotropical Bats-Nathan Muchhala
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Seminar featuring Nathan Mucchala, UMSL
PMB Brunch Seminar- Jeffrey Allen, Vivian Kitainda
PMB Brunch Seminar featuring Jeffrey Allen of Strader Lab and Vivian Kitainda of Jez Lab
PMB Brunch Seminar- Rachel Jouni, Cynthia Lee
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar featuring Rachel Jouni of Meyers Lab and Cynthia Lee of Kunkel Lab
PMB Brunch Seminar- Sarah Rommelfanger, Sarah Pardi
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar featuring Sarah Rommelfanger of Pakrasi Lab and Sarah Pardi of Nusinow Lab
PMB Brunch Seminar- Kari Miller, Erin Mattoon
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar featuring Kari Miller of Haswell Lab and Erin Mattoon of Zhang Lab
2020 Darwin Day Celebration
Celebrate Charles Darwin’s birthday with a free evolution education event for K-12 teachers! Keynote Speaker: Dr. Barbara Schaal, Dean of the Faculty of Arts & Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, renowned evolutionary plant biologist. Speaker: Dr. Minglu Gao, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center.
Breakout sessions for elementary, middle and high school teachers. Evolution activities you can take, use and share! Breakfast and lunch on us! Enjoy birthday cake! Network with educators and scientists! Win fossils and books!
St Louis Area Brain Bee
The St. Louis Area Brain Bee (SLABB) is a competition for high school students that tests knowledge in neuroscience. Questions come from Brain Facts, a book produced by the Society for Neuroscience. The winner and their chaperone will be sent to the US national Brain Bee.
Reptile and Amphibian Conservation Initiatives at the Saint Louis Zoo-Lauren Augustine
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Seminar featuring Lauren Augustine, St. Louis Zoo
A dry and lonely world: Environmental Effects on Reproductive Behaviors-Daniel Sasson
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Seminar featuring Daniel Sasson, St Louis University
Mode of Maternal Provisioning Builds a Bridge between Microevolution and Macroevolution-David Resnick
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Seminar featuring David Reznick, University of California-Riverside
Growth and Spread: Spatial Dynamics of an Invasive Species-Kelley Erickson
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Seminar featuring Kelley Erickson, Missouri Botanical Garden
Sex- and morph-biased dispersal affect population structure and polymorphism: a test using a 'non-model' model system-Swanne Gordon
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Seminar featuring Swanne Gordon, Assistant Professor, Wash U Biology
Helping our native birds: The North American Songbird Program at the Saint Louis Zoo-Anne Tieber
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Seminar featuring Anne Tieber, St Louis Zoo
The Land of Cinnamon and Gold: 500 Years of Amazon Science and Exploration-Thomas Lovejoy
Featured Speaker: Thomas Lovejoy, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, United Nations Foundation; Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Policy, College of Science, George Mason University
The Amazon is as big as the 48 contiguous United States and represents the greatest terrestrial repository of biodiversity on Earth. The Amazon river system contains 20 percent of all the world’s river water and more species of fish than any other river. It has been inhabited for millennia by very sophisticated indigenous tribes, some of which remain uncontacted. Not surprisingly, the Amazon has drawn the attention of scientists and explorers. Thomas Lovejoy presents the highlights of exploration and science from the 1539-1541 expedition of Francisco de Orellana up to the present day.
The Land of Cinnamon and Gold is a Conservation Conversation of The Academy of Science – St. Louis, the Saint Louis Zoo, and the Living Earth Collaborative Center for Biodiversity. Special thanks to co-sponsors the Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, the American Association of University Women, and the Tuesday Women’s Association of The Ethical Society of St. Louis.
Free and OPEN to ALL. Junior Academy members and middle and high school students are welcome and encouraged to attend. Reservations not required. Parking is free in the Zoo North lot or on the street in Forest Park.
Madagascar: From crisis to conservation opportunity
Featured speaker: Andrea Baden, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Hunter College, City University of New York
Andrea Baden is a biological anthropologist with training in behavioral and molecular ecology. Her research takes an interdisciplinary approach to answer broad evolutionary questions about lemur adaptation and evolution.Madagascar, the fourth largest island in the world, is home to more than 12,000 plant and 700 vertebrate species, 80 to 90 percent of which are found nowhere else on Earth. Sadly, much of this biodiversity is currently threatened by human activity, making it among the hottest biodiversity hotspots in the world. In her talk, primatologist and lemur specialist Andrea Baden will describe her recent work with Madagascar’s critically endangered ruffed lemur (Genus Varecia) – an important seed disperser and indicator of rainforest health – and how her results are being used to inform conservation practice in an effort to save them.This lecture is co-sponsored by the Living Earth Collaborative and the STL Zoo.
Free Admission, No reservations needed.
The distinctiveness of disease explanation
The philosophical literature on explanation is full of colorful examples from science and ordinary life contexts. These examples include explanatory targets such as: blocks sliding down an incline, eye color of fruit flies, length of a flagpole's shadow, movement of ocean tides, and extinction of the dinosaurs. In much of this literature, disease traits are discussed as a common explanatory target. This is seen in Hempel's discussion of childbed fever and measles (Hempel 1965), Salmon's example of paresis as a symptom of syphilis (Salmon 1984), Kitcher's reflections on Huntington’s disease (Kitcher 2003), and Woodward's discussion of psychiatric diseases, such as schizophrenia (Woodward 2010).
Including these biomedical examples in a theoretical analysis of scientific explanation is a welcome move in philosophy. However, while attention to disease examples has the advantage of properly including these cases in analyses of scientific explanation, it has the curious disadvantage of suggesting that disease traits are no different from all other explanatory targets. A main aim of this talk will involve questioning this assumption. In particular, I will explore ways in which disease explanation differs from standard accounts of explanation in philosophy of science. This talk will consider: (i) ways in which disease traits are conceptualized as explanatory targets, (ii) the process in which these targets are explained, and how (i) and (ii) differ from standard scientific explanations in the philosophical literature.
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Virtual Seminar
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar--special virtual summer seminar series featured via Zoom. This week: Emily Davenport of Bose Lab, Taylor Harris of Bart Lab, and Josh Johnson of Kunkel Lab.
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Virtual Seminar
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar--special virtual summer seminar series featured via Zoom. This week: Natasha Bilkey of Dixit Lab and Helen Blaine of Stallings Lab.
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Virtual Seminar
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar--special virtual summer seminar series featured via Zoom. This week: Eric Conners of Bose Lab and Kevin Blake of Dantas Lab.
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Virtual Seminar
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar--special virtual summer seminar series featured via Zoom. This week: Michelle Cho of Topp Lab and Jessie Bullock of Levin Lab.
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Virtual Seminar
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar--special virtual summer seminar series featured via Zoom. This week: Jenna Eschbach of Kutluay Lab and Chris Harper of Blodgett Lab.
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Virtual Seminar
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar--special virtual summer seminar series featured via Zoom. This week: Nastya Onyshchenko of Peterson Lab and Ryan Valdez of Levin Lab.
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Virtual Seminar
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar--special virtual summer seminar series featured via Zoom. This week: Industry Talk by Dr. Larry Gilbertson, Applied Genome Modification Lead at Bayer
Linking Forest Elephants, Galapagos Tortoises and American Bison-Travels in Lilliput and Brobdingnag - Stephen Blake, SLU
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Virtual Adventures in Biodiversity Research Seminar by Stephen Blake, Assistant Professor of Biology, St. Louis University
"Linking Forest Elephants, Galapagos Tortoises and American Bison-Travels in Lilliput and Brobdingnag"
Livestream at the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfLG3SSfA2BlKqb5mnm8-8Q
Effects of climate change on subalpine wildflowers in the Rocky Mountains, and consequences for their pollinators
Tyson Summer Seminar Series featuring David Inouye, University of Maryland, Department of Biology
"Effects of climate change on subalpine wildflowers in the Rocky Mountains, and consequences for their pollinators"
Host: Rachel Penczykowski
For the health and safety of our community, we are live streaming the presentations by our invited speakers on the Tyson YouTube channel. Please join us!
Climate drives the diversification of animal beauty
Tyson Summer Seminar Series livestream featuring Living Earth Collaborative Postdoc Michael Moore
"Climate drives the diversification of animal beauty"
Host: Kim Medley, Director, Tyson Research Center
For the health and safety of our community, we are live streaming the presentations by our invited speakers on the Tyson YouTube channel. Please join us!
Tyson Summer Seminar by Anny Chung
Tyson Summer Seminar Series livestream featuring Anny Chung, Haines Family Assistant Professor of Plant Ecology, Plant Biology, University of Georgia
Host: Mahal Bugay, EEPB Grad Student
For the health and safety of our community, we are live streaming the presentations by our invited speakers on the Tyson YouTube channel. Please join us!
Understanding disease emergence patterns by combining long-term data sets and computational approaches
Tyson Summer Seminar Series livestream featuring Samniqueka Halsey, University of Missouri, School of Natural Resources
"Understanding disease emergence patterns by combining long-term data sets and computational approaches"
Host: Solny Adalsteinsson, PI, Tyson Research Center
For the health and safety of our community, we are live streaming the presentations by our invited speakers on the Tyson YouTube channel. Please join us!
Evolution of brain pathways and genes for vocal learning and spoken language -Erich Jarvis
Biology Department Seminar featuring Erich Jarvis of Rockefeller University.
He leads a team of researchers who study the neurobiology of vocal learning, a critical behavioral substrate for spoken language. The animal models he studies include songbirds, parrots, and hummingbirds.
This seminar will be virtual, via Zoom. Join us here: https://wustl.zoom.us/j/92203209833
Ribosome collisions, quality control and stress response-Hani Zaher
Biology Department Seminar featuring Hani Zaher, Associate Professor, Washington University"Ribosome collisions, quality control and stress response"
Register for the virtual seminar here
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Evolution of a protective symbiont in the honey bee-Irene Garcia Newton
Biology Department Virtual Seminar featuring Irene Garcia Newton, Associate Professor, Indiana University"Evolution of a protective symbiont in the honey bee"
The Newton Laboratory is broadly interested in host-associated microbes. We study who those microbes are, what those microbes are doing , how they persist and infect and what the consequences are to their genomic evolution. Projects in the laboratory range from highly mechanistic and cell biological to ecological and bioinformatic.
Exploring the Electric Side of Photosynthesis
Biology Department Seminar featuring Arpita Bose, Assistant Professor, Washington UniversityThis seminar will be offered via Zoom.
Register for Virtual Seminar Here
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Sleeping with the Enemy: Getting Rid of Latent Parasites
Biology Department Virtual Seminar featuring William Sullivan, Showalter Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Indiana University School of Medicine"Sleeping with the Enemy: Getting Rid of Latent Parasites"
Bill Sullivan, PhD has been studying the intracellular parasite Toxoplasma gondii since he was a graduate student in the laboratory of Dr. David Roos at the University of Pennsylvania in 1994. He completed postdoctoral fellowships with Dr. Chuck Smith at ELANCO (a division of Eli Lilly, Co.) from 1998-2000 and Dr. Sherry Queener at the Indiana University School of Medicine from 2000-2002. He became an Assistant Professor at the Indiana University School of Medicine in 2003. Dr. Sullivan is now the Showalter Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology and Microbiology & Immunology at the Indiana University School of Medicine.
Effects of ecosystems on disease, and vice versa: Lessons from wild plants and their pathogens
Biology Department Seminar featuring Rachel Penczykowski, Assistant Professor, Washington University
"Effects of ecosystems on disease, and vice versa: Lessons from wild plants and their pathogens"
Biodiversity and community assembly in a changing world
Biological stoichiometry of nutrient limitation in ecology and evolution
James Elser is Bierman Professor of Ecology of the University of Montana and since March 2016 has been Director of UM’s Flathead Lake Biological Station at Yellow Bay. He also holds a part-time research faculty position in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University. Trained as a limnologist, Dr Elser is best known for his role in developing and testing the theory of ecological stoichiometry, the study of the balance of energy and multiple chemical elements in ecological systems.
Currently, Dr Elser's research focuses most intensively on Flathead Lake as well as mountain lakes of western Montana and western China. Specific studies involve observational and experimental studies at various scales, including laboratory cultures, short-term field experiments and sustained whole-ecosystem manipulations. Previous field sites have included the Experimental Lakes Area in Ontario, Canada; lakes of the Arctic and of Patagonia; lakes, forests, and grasslands of the upper Midwest; and desert springs in Mexico's Chihuahuan Desert.
Symbiont Interactions Across Scales
My research group investigates the community ecology of infectious disease. We study pathogens infecting wild plants, chiefly grasses. Our main current interest is interactions between fungal pathogens and the broader leaf microbiome.
The MttB superfamily of methyltransferases: combatting agents of heart disease with, or without, the 22nd amino acid
Register for Zoom seminar here
Cell behavior as cellular robotics: understanding and engineering cellular diversity
Our approach is premised on a back and forth between discovery-oriented systems biology that mines the diversity of the natural world for guiding principles into how behaviors are encoded by cells; synthetic biology that expands this knowledge into motifs and modules with broad, transferable utility; and a molecular machine shop in which we assemble microscale molecular systems from biochemical components in vitro to clarify our understanding from the bottom-up to provide a path forward towards engineering microscale machines and molecular robots.
Tales of Conservation Veterinarian: Tracking Pathogens and their Hosts in Madagascar, South Africa and More-Maris Brenn-White
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology, and Population Biology Seminar featuring Maris Brenn-White, Saint Louis Zoo
“Tales of Conservation Veterinarian: Tracking Pathogens and their Hosts in Madagascar, South Africa and More."
We will livestream the presentations at the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel.
The molecular regulation and ecological applications of seasonal responses in mosquitoes-Megan Meuti
Tyson Summer Seminar Series livestream featuring Megan Meuti, The Ohio State University, Department of Entomology
"The molecular regulation and ecological applications of seasonal responses in mosquitoes"
Host: Katie Westby, Postdoc, Tyson Research Center
For the health and safety of our community, we are live streaming the presentations by our invited speakers on the Tyson YouTube channel. Please join us!
Tyson Summer Seminar by Swanne Gordon and Andrés López-Sepulcre
Tyson Summer Seminar Series livestream featuring Swanne Gordon and Andrés López-Sepulcre, Department of Biology, Wash U
For the health and safety of our community, we are live streaming the presentations by our invited speakers on the Tyson YouTube channel. Please join us!
Tyson Summer Seminar by Martha Muñoz
Tyson Summer Seminar Series livestream featuring Martha Muñoz, Yale University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Host: Michael Moore, Postdoc, Living Earth Collaborative
For the health and safety of our community, we are live streaming the presentations by our invited speakers on the Tyson YouTube channel. Please join us!
Tropical Botanists Still Discover New Plants in the 21st Century, AND in more ways than you think!-Pete Lowry
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology, and Population Biology Seminar featuring Pete Lowry, Missouri Botanical Garden
“Tropical Botanists Still Discover New Plants in the 21st Century, AND in more ways than you think!”
We will livestream the presentations at the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfLG3SSfA2BlKqb5mnm8-8Q
Conservation in Madagascar: A One Health Journey-Jess Carag
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Seminar featuring postdoc Jess Carag"Conservation in Madagascar: A One Health Journey"
We will livestream the presentation at the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/aqD-TiF0oKI
Females that look like hermaphrodites and berries that no one eats: Australia’s prickly bush tomatoes
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Seminar featuring Chris Martine, David Burpee Professor in Plant Genetics & Research, Bucknell UniversityFemales that look like hermaphrodites and berries that no one eats: Australia’s prickly bush tomatoes
We will livestream the presentation on the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/UkGUk7T0gik
Innovative Conservation for Mexican Wolves: Pups to the Wild
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Seminar featuring Regina Mossotti, Endangered Wolf CenterTitle: Innovative Conservation for Mexican Wolves – Pups to the Wild
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Inferring where the wild things were through phylogenetic models of historical biogeography
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Seminar featuring assistant professor Michael Landis"Inferring where the wild things were through phylogenetic models of historical biogeography"
We will livestream the presentation at the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMhULSGhmug&feature=youtu.be
Bioforum Seminar-Adalee Lube, Wen-Hsi Kuo, Aryeh Miller
Biology Forum Seminar featuring:
Adalee Lube of Carlson Lab: Spike-Timing-Dependent Plasticity Alters Sensory Network Connectivity
Wen-Hsi Kuo of Olsen Lab: White Clover Cyanogenesis: Dual Benefit or Double-Edged Sword?
Aryeh Miller of Losos Lab: Novel Tests of the Key Innovation Hypothesis: Adhesive Toepads in Arboreal Lizards
Bioforum Seminar-Nicole Leitner, Yifan Xu, Jenny Shoots
Biology Forum Seminar featuring:
Nicole Leitner of Ben-Shahar Lab: Crossing the midline: The neurogenetics of a polymorphic circuit
Yifan Xu of Hengen Lab: Long term computational stability in the brain: criticality and sleep
Jenny (Shoots) Codjoe of Haswell Lab: Connections between mechanosensitive ion channel MSL10 and ER-plasma membrane contact sites
Bioforum Seminar-Rachappa Balkunde, William Farfan-Rios, and Michelle Liberton
Biology Forum Seminar featuring:
Rachappa Balkunde of Dixit Lab: Novel regulators of Arabidopsis trichome branching
William Farfan-Rios of Myers Lab: Responses to global warming of earth's most diverse tropical forests
Michelle Liberton of Pakrasi Lab: Probing photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation in Cyanothece 51142, a unicellular cyanobacterium
How Protecting Wildlife Can Help to Prevent Pandemics
Living Earth Collaborative Seminar featuring David Wang: Professor of Molecular Microbiology and Pathology & Immunology at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine; Lisa Kelley: Director of Saint Louis Zoo, WildCare Institute; Sharon Deem: Director of Saint Louis Zoo, Institute for Conservation Medicine
As the coronavirus pandemic illustrates, the fate of humanity and nature are inextricably linked. COVID-19 is just the latest of several zoonotic diseases to emerge in recent decades as a result of detrimental human-induced environmental changes to the planet, and if we don't change the way we treat nature, it won't be the last. Join our discussion with leading Saint Louis scientists to understand how diseases arise in nature and jump to humans, and what we can do to keep it from happening again. Register for virtual seminar
Ecophysiology meets disease ecology: understanding amphibian disease dynamics in a changing world
Ecophysiology meets disease ecology: understanding amphibian disease dynamics in a changing world
We will livestream the presentation on the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel: Watch Livestream
Pollination systems in changing environments: plant-pollinator responses to environmental variability
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Seminar featuring Matthew Austin, Postdoc, LEC
Pollination systems in changing environments: plant-pollinator responses to environmental variability
We will livestream the presentation on the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel: Watch Livestream
Divergent mating behaviors as a driver of rapid evolution: sexual selection, reproductive isolation, and eco-evo dynamics
Divergent mating behaviors as a driver of rapid evolution: sexual selection, reproductive isolation, and eco-evo dynamics
We will livestream the presentation on the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel: Watch Livestream
Heterospory is one of the most important traits of land plants. But, what do we really know about its origin?
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Seminar featuring Kurt Petersen, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center
Heterospory is one of the most important traits of land plants. But, what do we really know about its origin?
We will livestream the presentation on the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel: Watch Livestream
Ornaments, Enemies and Sensory Filters in the Evolution of Communication Systems
Ornaments, Enemies and Sensory Filters in the Evolution of Communication Systems
We will livestream the presentation on the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel: Watch Livestream
The nature of Espeletia species
The nature of Espeletia species
We will livestream the presentation on the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel: Watch Livestream
Water in, microbes out: Water in buildings as a model system to study microbial ecology
Water in, microbes out: Water in buildings as a model system to study microbial ecology
We will livestream the presentation on the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel: Watch Livestream
Do soil organisms matter? Determining the role of soil microbes in rare plant reintroduction & ecosystem restoration
Do soil organisms matter? Determining the role of soil microbes in rare plant reintroduction & ecosystem restoration.
We will livestream the presentation on the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel: Watch Livestream
Microbes to mountains, why dispersal barriers are higher in the tropics
Microbes to mountains, why dispersal barriers are higher in the tropics.
We will livestream the presentation on the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel: Watch Livestream
Biological Essentialism, HPC Kinds, and the Projectability of Human Categories
Biological Essentialism, HPC Kinds, and the Projectability of Human Categories
This talk examines the projectability of human categories with reference to psychiatric classifications. I argue that human science classifications (e.g., ‘schizophrenia’) yield projectable inferences when they individuate natural kinds (i.e., HPC kinds) constituted by a set of interacting biological mechanisms. In contrast with Richard Boyd’s (1999) presentation of HPC kinds as non-essentialist kinds, I argue that to yield robust and ampliative projectable inferences, some of the mechanisms underwriting HPC kinds must be intrinsic (i.e., biological) mechanisms. This stance implies that projectable HPC kinds are characterized by a partly intrinsic biological essence (Devitt, 2008, 2010). Against Ian Hacking’s (1995, 1999) argument that human science classifications do not yield projectable inferences because of the instability generated by the looping effects of human kinds, biological kinds remain stable in spite of such classificatory feedback. Hacking’s analysis highlights the ways in which social mechanisms (e.g., imitation of stereotypes, role adoption) can causally influence the expression of mental disorders. I examine—with reference to cross-cultural research on mental disorders, transitory mental disorders, and culture-bound syndromes—the ways in which biological and social mechanisms interact to influence the stability and expression of mental disorders. I conclude that the proper objects of study and classification in psychiatry are biological kinds.
A War on Science? The Death of Expertise? Rethinking Vaccine Hesitancy and Refusal
Because vaccine hesitancy has been framed as a problem of public misunderstanding of science, vaccine outreach has focused on educating the misguided publics. Where efforts to change vaccine attitudes have failed, cynicism has bred the harsher view that the publics are anti-science and anti-expertise. Yet research into science and the publics lends strong support to the view that public attitudes regarding scientific claims turn crucially on epistemic trust rather than engagement with science itself. It follows that it is poor trust in the expert sources that engender vaccine hesitancy. This consideration redraws the lines of responsibility, where vaccine hesitancy signals a problem with scientific governance rather than a problem with the wayward publics. In order to improve vaccine communications, we should focus on building that trust rather than educating the misinformed publics or puzzling over the moral and epistemic failings of the publics. Doing this does not discount that public health agencies have the science on their sides. It does mean recognizing that the best science is not enough to ensure public uptake of health recommendations.
Contact philosophy@wustl.edu for pre-read papers and Zoom meeting details.
Picture a Scientist: film screening hosted by the Biology Inclusion Committee
Email gerrity@wustl.edu by Wednesday, 10/21 at 4:00pm to request a viewing link, accessible 10/25—10/27
PICTURE A SCIENTIST chronicles the groundswell of researchers who are writing a new chapter for women scientists. Biologist Nancy Hopkins, chemist Raychelle Burks, and geologist Jane Willenbring lead viewers on a journey deep into their own experiences in the sciences, ranging from brutal harassment to years of subtle slights. Along the way, from cramped laboratories to spectacular field stations, we encounter scientific luminaries - including social scientists, neuroscientists, and psychologists - who provide new perspectives on how to make science itself more diverse, equitable, and open to all.PICTURE A SCIENTIST was an official selection of the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival, postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The film’s virtual theatrical run reached 47 theaters across the USA in June 2020, and raised money for two organizations advancing women of color in STEM.
Plant & Microbial Biosciences Seminar-Chris Harper
Plant & Microbial Biosciences Seminar featuring Chris Harper, Blodgett Lab
email Jenna Eschbach jeschbach@wustl.edu for Zoom link info
Plant & Microbial Biosciences Seminar-Kiona Elliott, Kari Miller
Plant & Microbial Biosciences Seminar featuring Kiona Elliott, Bart Lab and Kari Miller, Haswell Lab
email Jenna Eschbach jeschbach@wustl.edu for Zoom link info
Plant & Microbial Biosciences Seminar-Helen Blaine, Andrew Lin
Plant & Microbial Biosciences Seminar featuring Helen Blaine, Stallings Lab and Andrew Lin, Pappu Lab
email Jenna Eschbach jeschbach@wustl.edu for Zoom link info
Plant & Microbial Biosciences Seminar-Erin Mattoon, Natasha Bilkey
Plant & Microbial Biosciences Seminar featuring Erin Mattoon, Zhang Lab and Natasha Bilkey, Dixit Lab
email Jenna Eschbach jeschbach@wustl.edu for Zoom link info
Plant & Microbial Biosciences Seminar-Maria Sorkin, Ginger Johnson
Plant & Microbial Biosciences Seminar featuring Maria Sorkin, Nusinow Lab and Ginger Johnson, Pakrasi Lab
email Jenna Eschbach jeschbach@wustl.edu for Zoom link info
Free Will, Neuroscience, and Social Kind Eliminativism
Contact Sue McKinney for Zoom link
Mental Health Disparities for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)
Presenter: Dr. Kristin Miserocchi, Ph.D., Staff Psychologist at Habif Health and Wellness Center
Hosted by: Biology Inclusion Committee
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://wustl.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYudeCoqjsqG9G47vNxGYZZrm-Lj3qYStCQ
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Phylogenetic Ecology and Plant Disease
Untangling the Cryptic Biology of the World's Largest Flowers
Bioforum: Sam Funderburk, Kyusik Kim, and Mariana Braga
Bioforum seminar featuring:
Sam Funderbunk (Hengen lab) "The representation of sleep spiking activity in rodent brain"
Kyusik Kim (Zaher lab) "Investigating non-canonical translation in S. cerevisiae"
Mariana Braga (Landis Lab) "Reconstructing ancestral ecological networks"
Bioforum
Bioforum Seminar featuring:
Joan Garcia-Porta (Botero Lab): How did crows and ravens conquer the world
Rajesh Singh (Bose Lab): Understanding the role of phototrophic extracellular electron uptake in terrestrial carbon cycling at the systems level
Anna Damato (Herzon Lab): Circadian rhythms in cancer and implications for patients
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Seminar featuring Christy Edwards
Virtual seminar will be broadcast on the Living Earth Collaborative Youtube Channel
Harnessing the power of the people for conservation science: A Shutterbee Story
Virtual seminar will be broadcast on the Living Earth Collaborative Youtube Channel
St Louis Area Brain Bee
Learn more about SLABB at https://sites.wustl.edu/slabb/
Time and location to be decided, stay tuned!
Does ecological niche modeling look good on paper? Applying methods in global change biology to an ethnobotanical system
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Mechanisms of Demographic Variability in Aquatic Ecosystems
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Threatened plant translocation: patterns and determinants of success in the United States
Quantitative approaches to understanding biological and cultural diversity
Rethinking Objectivity in Psychiatry: Unmuting Patients in Epistemic Practices
One of the central aims of psychiatry is to identify the properties of mental disorders to enable their diagnosis and treatment. As a branch of both science and medicine, psychiatry draws on a variety of scientific and medical practices to glean information about these properties. These practices include scientific research on mental disorders, such as clinical drug trials for depression treatment, as well as clinical research, such as case studies on treatment resistant depression. The ultimate goal is to develop effective interventions into mental disorders. While the first-person experience and reports of individuals with mental disorders provide unmatched resources for investigating the properties of mental disorders and designing effective interventions, dominant psychiatric frameworks have not systematically included patients in the scientific inquiry. Patient communities are rarely considered “subjects” who produce knowledge. Rather, patients are “objects” of investigation, e.g., when they are recruited for clinical trials. This problematic epistemic exclusion is most evident in the creation/revision process of the Diagnostic and the Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), i.e., the primary classificatory schema used to expand knowledge on mental disorders. From the publication of the DSM-I (1952) to the DSM-5 (2013), patients were never part of the decision-making process. While there were extensive calls to the American Psychiatric Association (APA) to include patients and their families in the DSM-5 revision process to make it more democratic, the APA opposed this on epistemic grounds, suggesting patients’ involvement would compromise psychiatry’s commitment to objectivity.
In this paper, I argue there are epistemic – rather than exclusively social/political – reasons for including individuals with mental disorders in psychiatry’s efforts to identify the properties of mental disorders. In the context of the crisis, controversy, and uncertainty in current mental health research and treatment, individuals with mental disorders can serve as important resources to enhance psychiatric epistemology. I challenge APA’s position by demonstrating the notion of objectivity operant in its reasoning is insufficiently examined. It is reminiscent of positivism which characterizes objectivity as “detached” or “impartial” knowledge. An account of scientific objectivity developed by feminist philosophers is a better fit for psychiatry. As a collective enterprise shaped by a variety of scientific and medical practices that aim to develop effective interventions for mental disorders, psychiatry requires the inclusion of patients’ perspectives if it is to be objective. In what I call the Participatory Intersubjective Objectivity in Psychiatry (PIOP) view, psychiatry represents the activity of an expert community, including those with technical expertise (medical professionals) and those with experience-based expertise (patients). The engagement between different kinds of experts not only allows a diversity of views to go through a process of transformative criticism, enhancing objectivity, but also facilitates the development of effective treatments of mental disorders that will help patients flourish, not just survive.
Wings, Feathers, Flight: The PhyloG2P Approach to Bird Evolution
Virtual Biology Department Seminar by Scott Edwards, Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Curator of Ornithology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology; and Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology in the Museum of Comparative Zoology
Turtle Conservation as a Vehicle for One Health
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Undertaking conservation: The Saint Louis Zoo’s Effort to Recover a Carrion Beetle Species
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The ecology and evolution of species diversity
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Decentralizing & Democratizing Wildlife Biosurveillance
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Project Biodiversify
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From Island Trees to Mountain Forests: Exploring patterns and drivers of diversity within biodiversity hotspots
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Fingerprinting changes in the global water cycle over the past millennium
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Ancient Anthropogenic Landscapes in the Amazon
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Pronouns as Cornerstone to Gender Inclusion
Sponsored by the Biology Inclusion Committee
Plant & Microbial Biosciences Seminar-Jenna Eschbach, Michelle Cho
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Plant & Microbial Biosciences Seminar-Sarah Rommelfanger, Ryan Valdez
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Plant & Microbial Biosciences Seminar-Ryan Calcutt, Vivian Kitainda
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Plant & Microbial Biosciences Seminar-Jessie Bullock, Rachel Jouni
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Plant & Microbial Biosciences Seminar-Emily Davenport, Patricia Walker
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Plant & Microbial Biosciences Seminar-Chia-Yun Lee, Josh Johnson
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Plant & Microbial Biosciences Seminar-Edward Lopatto, Lily O'Connor
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Plant & Microbial Biosciences Seminar-Olivia Gomez, Kristen Edgeworth
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Plant & Microbial Biosciences Seminar-Adrienne Brauer, Alex Liu, and Cooper Hostetler
Causes, Conditions, and Comparative Trials: Agricultural Experimentation around 1800
History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine Seminar: "Causes, conditions, comparative trials: Agricultural experimentation around 1800"
This paper is a part of a broader attempt to come to grips with a key ingredient of experimentation, experimental control. I focus on a particular type of control experiment, the comparative trial in agriculture. Agricultural trials have mostly been discussed from the perspective of the development of statistical thinking, and historians have approached them looking for evidence of statistical interpretations of trial outcomes. In my paper, I shift the focus to the methodological principles guiding comparative trial design and their history. I trace how these principles unfolded and took shape in 18th-century discussions about how to make experimental findings more secure. I also show that comparative experiments were introduced in diverse experimental contexts, in agriculture and beyond. Comparative trials were perceived as an extra check on experimental trials when the multitude of circumstances and conditions was particularly complex and difficult to manage.
Email Sue McKinney for zoom link
Coordinating whole-body regeneration: growth-dependent behavior and injury-induced cell states
Biology Department Seminar
Environmental Racism and Biodiversity Conservation in St. Louis
Led by moderator Dr. Zuleyma Tang-Martínez, Professor Emeritus at the University of Missouri - St. Louis. Local leaders and scholars in urban ecology and environmental law will present on the intersection between environmental racism and biodiversity, followed by an open discussion on how to address structural inequalities in research and outreach.
Our panelists include:
Dr. Kelly Lane-deGraaf - Associate Professor and director of the Center for One Health at Fontbonne University
Sebastian Moreno - Ph.D. student at UMass-Amherst studying urban bird biodiversity and community science
Debbie Njai - Board Vice President of the Missouri Coalition for the Environment and founder of Black People Who Hike
Dr. Tara Rocque - Assistant Professor of Practice and Assistant Director of the Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic at Washington University in St. Louis
The event will stream live on YouTube HERE
Unraveling repressive three-dimensional chromatin structure in quiescence
Tracing the Cellular Origins of Germline Formation and Regeneration in the Annelid Platynereis dumerilii
I Don’t Like Bananas: Epistemic Injustice and Iatrogenic Harm
Iatrogenesis refers to the negative or unwanted effects that accompany treatment by medical providers. Things like adverse drug interactions and hospital-acquired infections are iatrogenic effects of treatments that were intended to – and hopefully did – provide some benefit to the patient. In psychiatry, more attention has been paid to iatrogenic effects of medications than to the effects of psychotherapy. As various psychotherapeutic interventions are increasingly shown to have causal efficacy, however, we should expect that they may produce negative effects as well as positive outcomes. I argue that we can understand many of the negative effects of psychiatric interventions in terms of epistemic injustice. In this talk, I will focus on the ways in which forms of silencing arise within therapeutic contexts and on the types of epistemic harm that are produced.
Astrocytes close a motor circuit critical period
Bacterial sensing, elimination, and manipulation of host-generated reactive oxygen species
Fitting the Pieces Together: How Cells Assemble Centrosomes and Cilia
Intrinsically disordered proteins as thermosensors in plants
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Epigenetic Regulation of Plant Traits and Environmental Adaptation
Experimental organisms, neuron regeneration, and the curious case of the lamprey in the history of the neurosciences, 1870s-present
History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine Seminar:
I this talk, I will explore the recurrent roles of lampreys in the history of neurobiology, especially with regards to studies of central nervous system (CNS) regeneration. Three attributes, I shall argue, have bolstered lampreys’ staying powers in the laboratory: their large CNS neurons, which have enabled direct physiological recordings for circuit analyses; their robust CNS regeneration after spinal cord injuries; and their early branching position in the vertebrate phylogeny. Three time periods delineate the talk, corresponding roughly to the three attributes above. From the 1870s to the 1940s, the lamprey’s giant reticulospinal neurons--in conjunction with studies of terrestrial animals more frequently found in physiology, such as cats--helped neurologists, including a young Sigmund Freud, document the very existence of neurons while also characterizing vertebrate CNS anatomy with light microscopy. Then, from the 1950s to the 1970s, biologists characterized anatomical regeneration in the lamprey spinal cord, bolstered by funders such as the US National Institutes of Health hoping to probe the remarkable capacities of this fish next to the limited CNS regeneration observed in most mammals. Finally, since the 1980s, biologists have employed multiple methods to explore functional regeneration in the lamprey CNS, such as recovery of swimming after spinal injuries in tandem with physiological recordings and molecular tools. In these last four decades, biologists have especially leveraged the evolutionary place of lampreys, providing phylogenetic insights into mammals’ regenerative limitations by comparing molecular responses after injury. In each of these periods, however, and building on the three attributes above, neurobiologists have employed lampreys to explore problems of jointly biological and medical relevance, a duality that has stabilized the laboratory utility of this jawless fish. Yet, this work at the nexus of biology and medicine has also promoted studies in comparative perspective, suggesting that “translational” research, including in regenerative medicine, should also be comparative. Through comparison, this history shows, we can maximize insights and applications from the laboratory to the clinic.
Fall Classes Begin
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Environmental Justice in the Greater St. Louis Area
Beth Gutzler and Sr. Dolores Sanchez, Metropolitan Congregations United (MCU)
Kentaro Kumanomido, United Congregations Metro East (UCM), Environmental Justice in the Greater St. Louis Area
Every summer, the Tyson Research Center hosts a weekly seminar series with presentations on a variety of environmental topics. The goal of the series is to provide a casual forum for local and national researchers to speak to the St. Louis scientific community and to foster camaraderie and collaboration.
The Seminar Series will be live-streamed on the Tyson YouTube channel.
What can we learn from the tropical dry forest — rain forest transition zone?
Catherine Hulshof, Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Biology
Every summer, the Tyson Research Center hosts a weekly seminar series with presentations on a variety of environmental topics. The goal of the series is to provide a casual forum for local and national researchers to speak to the St. Louis scientific community and to foster camaraderie and collaboration.
The Seminar Series will be live-streamed on the Tyson YouTube channel.
Urban Evolution from Phenotype to Genotype
Every summer, the Tyson Research Center hosts a weekly seminar series with presentations on a variety of environmental topics. The goal of the series is to provide a casual forum for local and national researchers to speak to the St. Louis scientific community and to foster camaraderie and collaboration.
The Seminar Series will be live-streamed on the Tyson YouTube channel.
Janzen-Connell effects in tropical dry forests: unravelling the interactive effects of drought and soil microbial communities on seedling survival and growth
Camila Pizano, Universidad ICESI, Departamento de Ciencias Biológicas
Every summer, the Tyson Research Center hosts a weekly seminar series with presentations on a variety of environmental topics. The goal of the series is to provide a casual forum for local and national researchers to speak to the St. Louis scientific community and to foster camaraderie and collaboration.
The Seminar Series will be live-streamed on the Tyson YouTube channel.
Living in the ever-changing litter: a discussion of ant spatial and temporal dynamics
Robin Verble-Pearson, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Ozark Research Field Station
Every summer, the Tyson Research Center hosts a weekly seminar series with presentations on a variety of environmental topics. The goal of the series is to provide a casual forum for local and national researchers to speak to the St. Louis scientific community and to foster camaraderie and collaboration.
The Seminar Series will be live-streamed on the Tyson YouTube channel.
Silver gulls and scary (bits of) bugs: investigating antimicrobial resistance at the human-wildlife interface
Bethany Hoye, University of Wollongong, Centre for Sustainable Ecosystem Solutions
Every summer, the Tyson Research Center hosts a weekly seminar series with presentations on a variety of environmental topics. The goal of the series is to provide a casual forum for local and national researchers to speak to the St. Louis scientific community and to foster camaraderie and collaboration.
The Seminar Series will be live-streamed on the Tyson YouTube channel.
How do we understand a Hurricane like Maria? Insect responses to a large disturbance event in Puerto Rico
Don Yee, The University of Southern Mississippi, School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences
Every summer, the Tyson Research Center hosts a weekly seminar series with presentations on a variety of environmental topics. The goal of the series is to provide a casual forum for local and national researchers to speak to the St. Louis scientific community and to foster camaraderie and collaboration.
The Seminar Series will be live-streamed on the Tyson YouTube channel.
Coloring the Conservation Conversation
J. Drew Lanham, Clemson University, Forestry and Environmental Conservation Department
Every summer, the Tyson Research Center hosts a weekly seminar series with presentations on a variety of environmental topics. The goal of the series is to provide a casual forum for local and national researchers to speak to the St. Louis scientific community and to foster camaraderie and collaboration.
The Seminar Series will be live-streamed on the Tyson YouTube channel.
Processes determining plant species diversity in restored tallgrass prairies
Virtual seminar will be broadcast on the Living Earth Collaborative Youtube Channel
Ecological effects on brain form in adaptively diverging sunfish
Virtual seminar will be broadcast on the Living Earth Collaborative Youtube Channel
Lifestyle Variation and Parasitic Disease Patterns: Environmental Exposures and Associated Health Inequities
Theresa Gildner, Assistant Professor of Biological Anthropology, Washington University
Virtual seminar will be broadcast on the Living Earth Collaborative Youtube Channel
The Origin and Future of a Tropical Biodiversity Hostpot
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Seminar
Virtual seminar will be broadcast on the Living Earth Collaborative Youtube Channel
Integrating physiology and behavior to evaluate adaptive and plastic responses to a changing climate
Virtual seminar will be broadcast on the Living Earth Collaborative Youtube Channel
Eco-evolutionary dynamics, fluctuating selection, and climate change
Biology Department seminar
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New Angles on Gene Function Discovery
Biology Department Seminar
While this event will be offered in-person in Rebstock 322 , it will also be presented over Zoom for those who want to attend virtually. Register here:
What’s the best way to attach a scientific name to a biological entity, and do we need new Codes?
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology seminar
Virtual seminar will be broadcast on the Living Earth Collaborative Youtube Channel
21st century changes to agriculture permanently alter the weedy rice genome in the United States; The evolution and ecology of key innovations
Virtual seminar will be broadcast on the Living Earth Collaborative Youtube Channel
The Evolution, Domestication, and Improvement of Diverse Crops
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology seminar
Virtual seminar will be broadcast on the Living Earth Collaborative Youtube Channel
Global and local dispersal of ecologically dominant grasses
Virtual seminar will be broadcast on the Living Earth Collaborative Youtube Channel
From the ground up: urban evolution in squirrels and pigeons
Living Earth Collaborative/EEPB seminar, Co-sponsored by The Center for Race, Ethnicity and Equity (CRE2: https://cre2.wustl.edu/)
Virtual seminar will be broadcast on the Living Earth Collaborative Youtube Channel
Veterinary science at the forefront of carnivore conservation
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Seminar
Virtual seminar will be broadcast on the Living Earth Collaborative Youtube Channel
Apex predators are rare. As they are at the top trophic level, their ecological roles and ecosystem services collide with a wide range of human interests and conflicts. Nevertheless, large carnivores are necessary for the maintenance of biodiversity and ecosystem function. Conservation of this taxon requires the efforts of multiple disciplines. Veterinary science occupies a unique niche within conservation programs for these species, and the implementation of this field will unarguably benefit carnivore conservation outcomes. During this presentation, I will go over some documented facts regarding the ecological role of carnivores, their main threats, and finally, two examples of personal experiences to illustrate how veterinarians may contribute to the study and conservation of these species.
Health and diseases at the human, domestic animal and wildlife interface in Madagascar
Living Earth Collaborative/EEPB seminar, Co-sponsored by The Center for Race, Ethnicity and Equity (CRE2: https://cre2.wustl.edu/)
Virtual seminar will be broadcast on the Living Earth Collaborative Youtube Channel
Centering Equity in Urban Biodiversity, Climate Justice and Eco-Literacy
Living Earth Collaborative/EEPB seminar, Co-sponsored by The Center for Race, Ethnicity and Equity (CRE2: https://cre2.wustl.edu/)
Virtual seminar will be broadcast on the Living Earth Collaborative Youtube Channel
Life at its Limits: The Extreme Overwintering Biology of Painted Turtles
Virtual seminar will be broadcast on the Living Earth Collaborative Youtube Channel
The Initiation of Epigenetic Silencing in Plants
Biology Seminar Series
Mechanisms of antibiotic resistance and sensitivity in Staphylococcus aureus
Hybrid event.
Scale-free body movements directly linked to scale-free brain dynamics
Hybrid event
Seeing the Light—Lessons about and from Plants
Biology Department Seminar, hybrid event. Register for virtual version here
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar
PMB seminars will be both online and in-person (hybrid) meetings. Contact Jenna Eschbach jeschbach@wustl.edu or Adrienne Brauer abrauer@wustl.edu for Zoom info.
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar
PMB seminars will be both online and in-person (hybrid) meetings. Contact Jenna Eschbach jeschbach@wustl.edu or Adrienne Brauer abrauer@wustl.edu for Zoom info.
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar
PMB seminars will be both online and in-person (hybrid) meetings. Contact Jenna Eschbach jeschbach@wustl.edu or Adrienne Brauer abrauer@wustl.edu for Zoom info.
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar
PMB seminars will be both online and in-person (hybrid) meetings. Contact Jenna Eschbach jeschbach@wustl.edu or Adrienne Brauer abrauer@wustl.edu for Zoom info.
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar
PMB seminars will be both online and in-person (hybrid) meetings. Contact Jenna Eschbach jeschbach@wustl.edu or Adrienne Brauer abrauer@wustl.edu for Zoom info.
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar
PMB seminars will be both online and in-person (hybrid) meetings. Contact Jenna Eschbach jeschbach@wustl.edu or Adrienne Brauer abrauer@wustl.edu for Zoom info.
Bioforum
Biology Forum seminar featuring:
Isha Sharma, Undergrad, Leung Lab (Internal Medicine, WUSM): “Characterization of Marburg virus nucleocapsid assembly”
Evan Mutic, Undergrad, Payton Lab (Pathology & Immunology, WUSM): “Assaying phagocytosis via flow cytometry in Lair1 knock-out and wild-type cells”
Ephraim Oyetunji, Undergrad, Miller Lab (Neurology, WUSM): "Investigating TREM2’s Role in Tau Accumulation using Antisense Oligonucleotides in a Mouse Tauopathy Model"
Bioforum
Biology Forum Seminar
Sarah Beagle, Levin Lab: "Klebsiella pnemoniae response to the Beta-lactam, Mecillinam"
Joshua Johnson, Kunkel Lab: "Investigating Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato strain DC3000's response to IAA"
Josh Coomey, Haswell Lab: "bZIP-ping forward: utilizing mechanotropic transcription factors to identify novel plant mechanosignaling components"
Bioforum
Biology Forum seminar
Hana Zand Karimi, Vierstra Lab: "Plant extracellular RNAs and their function in Host Induced Gene Silencing"
Nicole Leitner, Ben-Shahar Lab: "The neurogenetics of brain complexity in Drosophila: from embryonic segmental modularity to adult segmental specialization along the anterior-posterior brain axis"
Sam Brunwasser, Hengen Lab: "State-dependent network failure in a mouse model of Alzheimer's Disease"
Bioforum
Biology Forum seminar featuring:
Matasaburo Fukutomi, Grad Student, Carlson Lab: "Signal diversification is associated with corollary discharge evolution in electric fish"
Kyusik Kim, Grad Student, Zaher Lab: "N1-methyl-pseudouridine found within COVID-19 mRNA vaccines produces faithful protein products"
Ricky Illindala, Undergrad, Chheda Lab (Siteman Cancer Center): "Functional characterization of the ZFHX4-CHD4 interaction in glioblastoma cancer stem cell"
Virtual option available: Register here
Limitations and Cautions for the Interpretation of Genome Wide Association Studies and Polygenic Scores: Lessons from Lewontin
History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine lecture
“Though written almost a half-century before the age of massive genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and the related development of polygeneic scores (GPS), several elements of Lewontin’s work remain relevant to thinking about the limitations of GWAS / PGS for discovering causal relationships. Lewontin’s work on population structure points towards why it is so difficult to successfully address problems of population stratification / cryptic population structures in such research. His work on gene-environment interactions point towards why we should not expect associations found in one population to be predictive in others. And his work on the ways in which organisms construct their environments points towards the difficulty of using GWAS / PGS as an entry into developmental biology.”
Towards an Ameliorative Account of Psychiatric Disorder
The concept of disorder in psychiatry is as elusive as the concept of disease in medicine. Despite many efforts to analyze the history and present usage of the concepts, we still do not have an understanding that helps with resolving difficult cases. Using an example from medicine (migraine) and an example from psychiatry (grief) I will argue that what Sally Haslanger (2005) calls an “ameliorative approach” is more productive than conceptual and descriptive approaches at getting to the heart of what we want these concepts to do. I will take some initial steps towards such an ameliorative account.
The plant endoplasmic reticulum, making new connections after all these years!
PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE IN TIME!
THIS SEMINAR WILL BEGIN AT 3:00 PM CST. (The speaker is in ET.)
Virtual Event Register here for Zoom link
Disease in Freshwater Zooplankton: What have we learned and where are we going?
Register for Virtual Event HERE
Sleep and its role in the recovery from plastic activities
Hybrid event, Zoom registration link here
Annual Varner Lecture: Mechanisms of dynamic and tunable development in plant leaves
Mechanisms of dynamic and tunable development in plant leaves
Annual Viktor Hamburger Lecture: Cell Types as Building Blocks of Neural Circuits
"Cell Types as Building Blocks of Neural Circuits"
Living for the city: Exploring the social-ecological drivers of urban biodiversity
Hybrid event: join virtual seminar through Zoom
Contests in Context: Causes, Costs & Correlations
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Seminar
Seminars will be livestreamed on the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel. Watch Here
The Evolution of Recombination Rate Variation
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Seminar
Seminars will be livestreamed on the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel. Watch Here
Clocks gone wild: Circadian rhythms in St. Louis
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Seminar
Seminars will be livestreamed on the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel. Watch Here
Begging for attention: the information content and function of offspring solicitations
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Seminar
Seminars will be livestreamed on the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel. Watch Here
Ongoing Hellbender Research at the Saint Louis Zoo
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Seminar
Seminars will be livestreamed on the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel. Watch Here
Eco Art in a Precarious World
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Seminar
Seminars will be livestreamed on the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel. Watch Here
Detrimental Influences: Tracing the Links Between Historical Segregation and Contemporary Inequality in St. Louis
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Seminar
Seminars will be livestreamed on the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel. Watch Here
Complexity, diversity, and robustness at the origin of biological construction
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Seminar
Seminars will be livestreamed on the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel. Watch Here
Growing the botanical foundation for crop development: characterizing patterns of variation and covariation in herbaceous perennials
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Seminar
Seminars will be livestreamed on the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel. Watch Here
Adventures in Undergraduate Education: Seeing beyond the wall of green using cross-discipline approaches
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Seminar
Seminars will be livestreamed on the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel. Watch Here
Spring Peeper Program Update: What is happening to three of our smaller spring-breeding frog species in the STL-Metro Area?
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Seminar
Seminars will be livestreamed on the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel. Watch Here
Way Beyond Bigness: The Need for a Watershed Architecture
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Seminar
Seminars will be livestreamed on the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel. Watch Here
Addressing the Hutchinsonian Shortfall: How can we better characterize the fundamental niche of species?
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Seminar
Seminars will be livestreamed on the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel. Watch Here
LEC/EEPB Seminar featuring Sebastián Tello
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology Seminar
Seminars will be livestreamed on the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel. Watch Here
Microbial diversity and eco-evolutionary dynamics: Insights into food safety and human health
Biology Candidate Seminar
Social and environmental factors associated with human microbiome variation: Implications for health and health disparities
Biology Candidate Seminar
Green with phenology -- Warmer and brighter cities trick trees into thinking spring arrives earlier
Biology Candidate Seminar
Urban environments and human health inequality: Environmental exposures from the local to the global
Biology Candidate Seminar
Emotions as Multisensory Perceptions; or, What James Got Right
History & Philosophy of Science and Medicine seminar
Virtual link TBA
Beginning in 1884, William James argued emotions are bodily feelings. However, acceptance of his theory was short-lived due to trenchant criticisms by Walter Cannon (1927) and Stanley Schachter and Jerome Singer (1962). In this talk, I first survey this history. Second, I consider the most worrisome objection for James’ theory—bodily feelings are not intentional, but emotions are. That is, emotions seem to be directed towards the world and not our own bodies. Recently, neo-Jamesian Jesse Prinz (2004) has tried to show how emotions both involve bodily feelings and represent features of the world outside us. Third, I argue that his “embodied appraisal” theory fails. Finally, I argue that emotions are multimodal perceptions integrating exteroceptive and interoceptive sources. James was right if only partially so.
"Phytochrome Signaling: Finally Light at the End of the Tunnel"
Hybrid seminar. Watch virtually via Zoom HERE
Aaron T. Beck's Chart of Virtues
History & Philosophy of Science and Medicine Seminar
There are many options in today’s psychotherapeutic marketplace and it can be difficult to know, when seeking treatment, which one is right for you. What are the differences, for instance, between psychoanalysis, psychodynamic therapy, cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT), mindfulness-based treatment, etc.? If you’re already in therapy how can you identify your particular therapist's approach? This talk will offer a historical-biographical code, of sorts, for making sense of this confusing marketplace. In particular, I’ll be taking a biographical plunge into the father-figure of the cognitive-behavior therapy (CBT) movement, Aaron T. Beck, and exploring the roots of his centerpiece psychotherapeutic technology, the “Daily Thought Record" (DTR). The talk will conclude with suggestions for how this backstory of Beck’s DTR can help you make informed decisions about treatment across the board.
Bioforum
Bioforum Seminar featuring:
Tina Ruedlin, Chalker Lab: Ventral PKA localization and ciliate cell surface patterning
Ivan Radin, Haswell Lab: The secret lives of carnivorous plants
David Henderson, Myers/Tello Labs: Plant community assembly across a tropical biodiversity gradient
Bioforum
Bioforum Seminar featuring:
Nikhil Lokesh, Herzog Lab: Using behavioral feedback to infer network connectivity within the mammalian SCN
Fábio K. Mendes, Landis Lab: TBD
If you wish to view via Zoom, here is the link
Locating Black Racial Science
Abstract: For much of the twentieth century, African American physicians, scientists, and activists embraced aspects of eugenics and racial science to make arguments for racial equality. They mobilized what I call black eugenics, which I define as a hereditarian approach to racial uplift that emphasized social reform, public health, and reproductive control as strategies of biological racial improvement. I argue that this engagement and embrace of eugenics was also undergirded by a long history of racial science that relied upon a commitment to beliefs in biological racial differences. African Americans invested in eugenics and racial science sought to disentangle ideas of biological race from racism by using the tools and practices of racial science. They hoped that with rigorous scientific study, they could understand the true nature of biological race and its relationship to their quest for equality. Understanding the true nature of biological race would also contribute to how they imagined the utility of eugenic interventions for improving the biological composition of the race.
Wednesdays with WashU: A Conversation with CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, AB ’91, MD, MPH
Wednesdays with WashU is a webinar series featuring Washington University alumni, faculty, parents, and friends from around the world.
Feng Sheng Hu, dean of Arts & Sciences, professor of biology and of earth and planetary science, and Lucille P. Markey Distinguished Professor in Arts & Science will host a discussion with Rochelle P. Walensky, AB ’91, MD, MPH, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The discussion will include Dr. Walensky’s highlights from her current role as the CDC director and how her academic path at Washington University helped prepare her.
Due to anticipated high attendance, Dr. Walensky will only answer presubmitted questions during the presentation. Registered attendees are encouraged to submit questions on the registration form.
Register to Receive the Livestream Link
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar
Hybrid event, zoom link coming soon!
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar
Hybrid event, email Adrienne Brauer abrauer@wustl.edu for a zoom link
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar
Hybrid event, email Adrienne Brauer abrauer@wustl.edu for a zoom link
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar
Hybrid event, email Adrienne Brauer abrauer@wustl.edu for a zoom link
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar
Hybrid event, email Adrienne Brauer abrauer@wustl.edu for a zoom link
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar
Hybrid event, email Adrienne Brauer abrauer@wustl.edu for a zoom link
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar
Hybrid event, email Adrienne Brauer abrauer@wustl.edu for a zoom link
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar
Hybrid event, email Adrienne Brauer abrauer@wustl.edu for a zoom link
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar
Hybrid event, email Adrienne Brauer abrauer@wustl.edu for a zoom link
The True and The Helpful: Lessons from Psychotherapy
In recent years, philosophy of psychiatry has moved away from traditional areas of inquiry such as questions of nosology and the demarcation of mental disorder, to more wide ranging debates concerning the relationship between rationality and mental health. For instance, though one might think mental disorders involving delusions, such as schizophrenia, clearly involve failures of epistemic rationality, the work of Lisa Bortolotti demonstrates the difficulty of disambiguating delusions from ordinary beliefs.
I consider a parallel problem in the characterisation of mental illness by one of the most prominent schools of contemporary therapy, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT). CBT describes mental illnesses such as depression in terms of "thinking errors", suggesting that the basis of mental disorder involves familiar epistemic errors such as unwarranted inferences and the holding of inaccurate beliefs. I will begin by demonstrating that CBT's description of mental illness is unsupported by current research, then draw some general lessons not only for questions of mental disorder but philosophical debates concerning rationality more broadly.
Briefly, I shall argue that mental disorders such as depression, if they involve failures of rationality at all, are more likely to involve failures of epistemic rather than practical rationality and that philosophical debates in rationality should reconsider their tendency to assume that epistemic rationality is somehow superior to, or 'trumps' practical rationality
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar
Hybrid event, email Adrienne Brauer abrauer@wustl.edu for a zoom link
POSTPONED Biotech Explorers Pathway Student Panel
This event has been postponed. We'll be in touch with registrants when we decide on a new date and time. Thank you for your understanding.
Learn more about the exciting connections Biotech Explorers Pathway (BEP) students are finding between the lab and real world. Join us for panel with former BEP students and Professor Joe Jez. Read about senior Gaby Smith's experience in BEP in the Ampersand online or in the latest print edition of the magazine.
One thing leads to another: from zooplankton to global human resource consumption
Every summer, the Tyson Research Center hosts a weekly seminar series with presentations on a variety of environmental topics. The goal of the series is to provide a casual forum for local and national researchers to speak to the St. Louis scientific community and to foster camaraderie and collaboration.
The Seminar Series will also be live-streamed on the Tyson YouTube channel.
Justice and Healing through Urban Agriculture
Every summer, the Tyson Research Center hosts a weekly seminar series with presentations on a variety of environmental topics. The goal of the series is to provide a casual forum for local and national researchers to speak to the St. Louis scientific community and to foster camaraderie and collaboration.
The Seminar Series will also be live-streamed on the Tyson YouTube channel.
Shedding light on invasive shrubs in eastern deciduous forests
Every summer, the Tyson Research Center hosts a weekly seminar series with presentations on a variety of environmental topics. The goal of the series is to provide a casual forum for local and national researchers to speak to the St. Louis scientific community and to foster camaraderie and collaboration.
The Seminar Series will also be live-streamed on the Tyson YouTube channel.
Tyson Summer Seminar
Every summer, the Tyson Research Center hosts a weekly seminar series with presentations on a variety of environmental topics. The goal of the series is to provide a casual forum for local and national researchers to speak to the St. Louis scientific community and to foster camaraderie and collaboration.
The Seminar Series will also be live-streamed on the Tyson YouTube channel.
Tyson Summer Seminar
Every summer, the Tyson Research Center hosts a weekly seminar series with presentations on a variety of environmental topics. The goal of the series is to provide a casual forum for local and national researchers to speak to the St. Louis scientific community and to foster camaraderie and collaboration.
The Seminar Series will also be live-streamed on the Tyson YouTube channel.
Owen Sexton Seminar
Every summer, the Tyson Research Center hosts a weekly seminar series with presentations on a variety of environmental topics. The goal of the series is to provide a casual forum for local and national researchers to speak to the St. Louis scientific community and to foster camaraderie and collaboration.
The Seminar Series will also be live-streamed on the Tyson YouTube channel.
Mycorrhizal fungi mediate plant species interactions: consequences for forest
Every summer, the Tyson Research Center hosts a weekly seminar series with presentations on a variety of environmental topics. The goal of the series is to provide a casual forum for local and national researchers to speak to the St. Louis scientific community and to foster camaraderie and collaboration.
The Seminar Series will also be live-streamed on the Tyson YouTube channel.
Investigating the gut microbial communities of a disease vector across fragmented landscapes
Every summer, the Tyson Research Center hosts a weekly seminar series with presentations on a variety of environmental topics. The goal of the series is to provide a casual forum for local and national researchers to speak to the St. Louis scientific community and to foster camaraderie and collaboration.
The Seminar Series will also be live-streamed on the Tyson YouTube channel.
Tyson Summer Seminar
Every summer, the Tyson Research Center hosts a weekly seminar series with presentations on a variety of environmental topics. The goal of the series is to provide a casual forum for local and national researchers to speak to the St. Louis scientific community and to foster camaraderie and collaboration.
The Seminar Series will also be live-streamed on the Tyson YouTube channel.
Tyson Undergraduate Fellows Symposium
Every summer, the Tyson Research Center hosts a weekly seminar series with presentations on a variety of environmental topics. The goal of the series is to provide a casual forum for local and national researchers to speak to the St. Louis scientific community and to foster camaraderie and collaboration.
The Seminar Series will also be live-streamed on the Tyson YouTube channel.
Sharks, trees, and dinosaurs: How metabolic power shapes species interactions and global biodiversity
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology seminars are hybrid. Those who wish to join virtually can watch the livestream on youtube
Diet and foraging in a community of generalist predators, wolf spiders
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology seminars are hybrid. Those who wish to join virtually can watch the livestream on youtube
Environmental DNA for assessing genetic diversity and species abundance
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology seminars are hybrid. Those who wish to join virtually can watch the livestream on youtube
All presentations are archived on the LEC Channel for watching at a later date: Presentation Archive
NOTE: Seminars will be presented LIVE in Rebstock 322 as well as Livestreamed. Receptions will be held outside of Bayer Hall. In the event of inclement weather, they will be held in Rebstock 309.
Precision Human Medicine at the Intersection of Biodiversity Science and Functional Genomics
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology seminars are hybrid. Those who wish to join virtually can watch the livestream on youtube
All presentations are archived on the LEC Channel for watching at a later date: Presentation Archive
NOTE: Seminars will be presented LIVE in Rebstock 322 as well as Livestreamed. Receptions will be held outside of Bayer Hall. In the event of inclement weather, they will be held in Rebstock 309.
Listening to Locals: Folk Conservation Among Wild Plant Harvesters in Rural Appalachia
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology seminars are hybrid. Those who wish to join virtually can watch the livestream on youtube
All presentations are archived on the LEC Channel for watching at a later date: Presentation Archive
NOTE: Seminars will be presented LIVE in Rebstock 322 as well as Livestreamed. Receptions will be held outside of Bayer Hall. In the event of inclement weather, they will be held in Rebstock 309.
The Relative Roles of Contingency, Determinism, and Stochasticity in the Evolution of West Indian Boas
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology seminars are hybrid. Those who wish to join virtually can watch the livestream on youtube
All presentations are archived on the LEC Channel for watching at a later date: Presentation Archive
NOTE: Seminars will be presented LIVE in Rebstock 322 as well as Livestreamed. Receptions will be held outside of Bayer Hall. In the event of inclement weather, they will be held in Rebstock 309.
LEC/EEPB Grad Student presentations
Presentations:
Rhiannon Vargas: Microbiome of dairy farm workers have compositional similarities to that of dairy cows
Justin Baldwin: Avian adaptation to thermal gradients
Sean McHugh: Macroevolutionary Shifts in both Realized and Fundamental Biome Affinities
Ethan Abercrombie: The Effects of Climate Change on Small-mammal Communities in the Sierra Nevada
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology seminars are hybrid. Those who wish to join virtually can watch the livestream on youtube
All presentations are archived on the LEC Channel for watching at a later date: Presentation Archive
NOTE: Seminars will be presented LIVE in Rebstock 322 as well as Livestreamed. Receptions will be held outside of Bayer Hall. In the event of inclement weather, they will be held in Rebstock 309.
LEC/EEPB Grad Student presentations
Presentations:
Brock Mashburn: How connected is the globe?: Biogeographic surprises in Hibiscus
Anna Wassel: Why do pawpaws do the things they do? Foundation species' effects on community assembly
Wen Kuo: The genetics of the white mark polymorphism in white clover
Lauren Johnson: Hormones and Behavior in Anolis Lizards
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology seminars are hybrid. Those who wish to join virtually can watch the livestream on youtube
All presentations are archived on the LEC Channel for watching at a later date: Presentation Archive
NOTE: Seminars will be presented LIVE in Rebstock 322 as well as Livestreamed. Receptions will be held outside of Bayer Hall. In the event of inclement weather, they will be held in Rebstock 309.
Microbial Feedbacks to Climate Change: Current Status, Challenges, and Future Perspectives
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology seminars are hybrid. Those who wish to join virtually can watch the livestream on youtube
All presentations are archived on the LEC Channel for watching at a later date: Presentation Archive
NOTE: Seminars will be presented LIVE in Rebstock 322 as well as Livestreamed. Receptions will be held outside of Bayer Hall. In the event of inclement weather, they will be held in Rebstock 309.
LEC/EEPB Seminar TBA
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology seminars are hybrid. Those who wish to join virtually can watch the livestream on youtube
All presentations are archived on the LEC Channel for watching at a later date: Presentation Archive
NOTE: Seminars will be presented LIVE in Rebstock 322 as well as Livestreamed. Receptions will be held outside of Bayer Hall. In the event of inclement weather, they will be held in Rebstock 309.
Bugs and Bugs: Insectivory and the Primate Microbiome
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology seminars are hybrid. Those who wish to join virtually can watch the livestream on youtube
All presentations are archived on the LEC Channel for watching at a later date: Presentation Archive
NOTE: Seminars will be presented LIVE in Rebstock 322 as well as Livestreamed. Receptions will be held outside of Bayer Hall. In the event of inclement weather, they will be held in Rebstock 309.
Developments in Community-Driven Science: People, Salt, and Mussels
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology seminars are hybrid. Those who wish to join virtually can watch the livestream on youtube
All presentations are archived on the LEC Channel for watching at a later date: Presentation Archive
NOTE: Seminars will be presented LIVE in Rebstock 322 as well as Livestreamed. Receptions will be held outside of Bayer Hall. In the event of inclement weather, they will be held in Rebstock 309.
Native Foods, Native Peoples, Native Pollinators: An Initiative to Support Pollinators, Native Americans and the Environment
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology seminars are hybrid. Those who wish to join virtually can watch the livestream on youtube
All presentations are archived on the LEC Channel for watching at a later date: Presentation Archive
NOTE: Seminars will be presented LIVE in Rebstock 322 as well as Livestreamed. Receptions will be held outside of Bayer Hall. In the event of inclement weather, they will be held in Rebstock 309.
Helping people help bees: The case for branding pollinator conservation
Living Earth Collaborative/Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology seminars are hybrid. Those who wish to attend virtually can watch the livestream on Youtube
All presentations are archived on the LEC Channel for watching at a later date: Presentation Archive
NOTE: Seminars will be presented LIVE in Rebstock 322 as well as Livestreamed. Receptions will be held outside of Bayer Hall. In the event of inclement weather, they will be held in Rebstock 309.
Big Data and Health
Biology Seminar Series
Dr. Snyder received his Ph.D. training at the California Institute of Technology and carried out postdoctoral training at Stanford University. He is a leader in the field of functional genomics and proteomics, and one of the major participants of the ENCODE project.
New lessons from old molecules: twists on antibiotic discovery in the genomic age
Biology Department Seminar
Cross-cultural inclusion in science: strategies for effective communication across linguistic and cultural differences
The speakers will be Haley Dolosic and Katie Blackburn Brown from the English Language Program.
Biology Seminar featuring Hani Zaher
Title TBA
Seminar will be recorded and link sent to the Biology Department
Biology Seminar featuring Kou-San Ju
Title TBA
Seminar will be recorded and link sent to the Biology Department
Building Bacterial Fitness through Secondary Metabolism
Seminar will be recorded and link sent to the Biology Department
Bioforum
Ethan Abercrombie, Graduate Student in Jonathan Myers’ Lab, presenting: The Effects of Climate Change on Small-mammal Communities in the Sierra Nevada
Hana Zand Karimi, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Rick Vierstra’s Lab , presenting: Extracellular proteasomes: Their functions in plant-pathogen interactions
Jia Gwee, Graduate Student in Xuehua Zhong’s lab, presenting: Mechanism and evolution of chromomethylases for non-CG DNA methylation
Bioforum
Maria Gonzalez will present: Glucocorticoid signaling synchronizes tumor and host circadian rhythms and promotes tumor growth in glioblastoma
Rupal Singh Tomar will present: Structural Localization of PsbR in Photosystem II of Higher Plants
Blake Martin will present: Introducing Project ENABLE: an online resource for Enriching Navajo as a Biology Language for Education
Biology Seminar featuring Stacy Horner
Title TBA
Seminar will be recorded and link sent to the Biology Department
Biology Seminar featuring Robin Hopkins
Title TBA
Seminar will be recorded and link sent to the Biology Department
Comparative Plant Genomics: Patterns and Processes
Seminar will be recorded and link sent to the Biology Department
“Scientists and students in the Soltis Lab are currently working with a variety of technologies to investigate mechanisms of speciation, evolutionary relationships and character evolution in flowering and land plants at all taxonomic levels.
Current projects include the study of higher level phylogenetic relationships and character evolution in the angiosperms, floral evolution, the genetic and genomic consequences of polyploidy, conservation genetics of rare plants, phylogeography, and biogeography. Please explore our website for more information on our research.” https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/soltis-lab/
Antifungal resistance in the plant-associated human pathogen Aspergillus fumigatus develops in agricultural environments
Seminar will be recorded and link sent to the Biology Department
Research in [Dr. Brewer’s] lab focuses on understanding the genetic basis of emerging fungal threats to plants and people. We are particularly interested in the evolutionary processes that contribute to population-level diversity, to the formation of new species, and to species diversification. We aim to uncover the genetic basis for differences in pathogenicity, virulence, and host specialization within species and among closely-related species. We want to understand differences between agricultural and natural populations of fungal plant pathogens and how agriculture shapes population structure and diversity. We use population genetics, population genomics, comparative genomics, and molecular phylogenetics to answer our questions.
Other interests include phylogeography, fungal mating systems, and using population genetics to solve epidemiological problems in the field including sources of inoculum, pathogen overwintering mode, populations overcoming host resistance, and the evolution of fungicide resistance. https://site.caes.uga.edu/mycologylab/
HPSM
’Simulating Medicine’ (with Hamed Tabatabaei Ghomi)
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar
Hybrid Seminar, email Adrienne Brauer abrauer@wustl.edu for the link!
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar
Vivian Kitainda: "Molecular mechanisms behind glucosinolate diversity in Brassica plants."
Jia Gwee: "Mechanism and Evolution of Chromomethylases for Non-CG DNA Methylation"
Hybrid Seminar, email Adrienne Brauer abrauer@wustl.edu for the link!
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar
Hybrid Seminar, email Adrienne Brauer abrauer@wustl.edu for the link!
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar
Hybrid Seminar, email Adrienne Brauer abrauer@wustl.edu for the link!
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar
Hybrid Seminar, email Adrienne Brauer abrauer@wustl.edu for the link!
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar
Hybrid Seminar, email Adrienne Brauer abrauer@wustl.edu for the link!
Dynamic defense optimization strategies in plants
“My work investigates the different strategies plants use to navigate the fine line between growth and defense to maximize fitness. I employ and develop various computational and statistical approaches to study how plants defend against pathogens, with an emphasis on understanding the role development, tissue type, and the circadian clock play in susceptibility to disease. I also examine how domestication and selection have impacted these innate adaptations and the implications this has for agriculture.” https://www.benmansfeld.com/
The ecology of hybrid incompatibilities
I am an evolutionary biologist whose research centres around the evolutionary ecology of hybrid organisms. I use a combination of theory, data synthesis, and experiments to work toward identifying general features about how selection acts on hybrids in relevant ecological contexts. The overarching goal of my research is to clarify the importance of ecology-based selection (i.e., ‘extrinsic’) selection against hybrids for speciation, and identify the genetic mechanisms through which it acts. Hybrid ecology
Spatial Biology to Study Meristem Development in Duckweed and Plant-Microbe Interactions
The impact of recombination on Microbial species
The Bobay Lab focuses on the evolution of microbial genomes and populations. We apply and develop computational approaches to elucidate the forces that shape the architecture and gene repertoire of microbial genomes. We are particularly interested in understanding the impact of population dynamics on microbial evolution. We are working on the evolution of gene flow across bacterial populations and on the processes leading to microbial speciation. https://biology.uncg.edu/people/louis-marie-bobay-2/ https://louismariebobay.wixsite.com/bobaylab
A genomic ecosystem of transposable elements in maize
Stitzer is a postdoctoral fellow at Cornell University, working with Cedric Feschotte and Ed Buckler. She graduated from the Population Biology Graduate Group at UC Davis with a PhD in 2019, where she worked with Jeff Ross-Ibarra in the Department of Evolution and Ecology.
"I am interested in the evolutionary forces acting on and enacted by transposable elements in plant genomes. Most of my work involves the genus Zea, which includes maize and wild relatives collectively called teosintes. Transposable elements were first discovered in maize, due to the dramatic and unexpected spots and speckles they caused on kernels when they jumped in and out of anthocyanin genes during development. Although the extent of transposable elements was unknown upon their discovery, now, DNA derived from transposable elements is known to make up 85% of the maize genome. How do these exceptional mutagens persist? What forms of regulation and cooperation have evolved between transposon and host? Between different kinds of transposable elements? How can knowledge of these interactions be leveraged in agricultural systems?" LEARN more
Ecology and evolution of host-associated microbes
“As an evolutionary biologist, my broad interest is in understanding how microbes evolve and adapt as populations and communities. My research has addressed microbial evolution both at the broad-scale (e.g. ancient evolutionary relationships) and fine-scale (e.g. microbial community response to perturbation). Currently, my lab uses the honeybee, an important agricultural and environmental pollinator, as a model system to study the evolution and dynamics of host-associated microbial communities. In particular, we are interested in understanding how chemical and environmental perturbations impact the population dynamics of the honeybee gut microbial communities and how these perturbations impact honeybee health. It is well known that perturbed communities can lead to infection by several pathogens, including opportunists, but the processes of how perturbation facilitates invasion remain elusive. Our research involves investigating how microbial community imbalance and within-host evolution influences pathogen susceptibility, what role resident microbes play in protecting their host, and how and when opportunistic pathogens become virulent.” https://biology.uncg.edu/people/kasie-raymann/ https://kraymann86.wixsite.com/raymannlab
Novel traits and the origins of diversity in social wasps
We will livestream the presentations on Thursdays at 4:00 p.m.
at the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel
Vector microbiome-pathogen-environment associations across multiple scales: Implications for Chagas disease transmission
We will livestream the presentations on Thursdays at 4:00 p.m.
at the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel
The potential for the weaponization of water in a changing climate
We will livestream the presentations on Thursdays at 4:00 p.m.
at the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel
Phylogenomic methods for evolutionary mechanisms in free-living and parasitic plants
I am a systematic biologist broadly interested in the study of phylogenetics and evolutionary genomics. My research integrates fieldwork, museum/herbaria collections, and genomic analysis to characterize the patterns and drivers of biodiversity. I am trained as a botanist but I love thinking about insects as well.
I am currently a Stengl-Wyer Postdoctoral Scholar at UT Austin. My current research is focused on the mito-nuclear co-evolution of parasitic plants. I am co-advised by Dr. Robert K Jansen and Dr. Justin C Havird. Before I came to UT, I did my PhD in the Davis Lab at Harvard University with lots of support from the Edwards Lab and the Pierce Lab. I also worked shortly on plant-insect interaction as a postdoc at UC Riverside during 2020-2021. https://lmcai.weebly.com/
Plant evolution at different phylogenetic, temporal, and spatial scales
Our work addresses questions about the evolutionary processes that generate biological diversity at multiple phylogenetic, spatial, temporal, and phenotypic scales. We focus on flowering plants, but we occasionally work with other organisms. Most of our projects are based in the Neotropics, California, and Hawaii. https://www.zapatalab.org/home
Saving birds the World Bird Sanctuary Way
We will livestream the presentations on Thursdays at 4:00 p.m.
at the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel
Living Earth Collaborative Seminar
We will livestream the presentations on Thursdays at 4:00 p.m.
at the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel
Sarah Swiston: How the environment shapes diversification and dispersal: a feature-informed phylogenetic method of historical biogeography (+ Lizards!)
Shreenidhi Perukkaranai Madabhushi: Strategies for predation in the social amoeba, Dictyostelium discoideum
Wen-Hsi Kuo: Gene copy number variation and local adaptation in clover
Jhan Salazar: Once upon a time in Colombia: evolution and ecology of thermal physiology in the Andes
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar
Hybrid seminar, contact Adrienne Brauer for a Zoom link
Brian Gallagher: Characterizing the carbon sequestration of freshwater wetland microbiomes using a multi-omics approach
Cynthia Lee: PmeR, a TetR-like transcriptional repressor, mediates auxin responsiveness in Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato strain DC3000
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar
Hybrid seminar, contact Adrienne Brauer for a Zoom link
Adrienne Brauer: The role of trehalose in the nutrient stress response Cytoplasmic Condensation in E. coli
Katherine Benza: Investigating the function and mechanism behind host cytoskeletal restructuring upon colonization by arbsucular mycorrhizal fungi
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar
Hybrid seminar, contact Adrienne Brauer for a Zoom link
Huy Le: Dissecting the role of epigenetic regulations in plant immune response
Alex Liu: root architecture genetics in Maize
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar
Hybrid seminar, contact Adrienne Brauer for a Zoom link
Kristen Edgeworth: The circadian regulation of DGAT1 in nitrogen-starved Arabidopsis
Stefanie King: Investigating the role of cold-responsive proteins in the Arabidopsis circadian clock
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar
Hybrid seminar, contact Adrienne Brauer for a Zoom link
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar
Hybrid seminar, contact Adrienne Brauer for a Zoom link
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar
Hybrid seminar, contact Adrienne Brauer for a Zoom link
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar
Hybrid seminar, contact Adrienne Brauer for a Zoom link
Transcriptional dynamics underlying cell fate specification in the Arabidopsis root
It’s all about communication: how bacteria coordinate their life cycles
In the Mera Lab, we are passionate about bacteria, particularly as it relates to the sophisticated molecular choreography that guides their growth. We combine bacterial genetics, biochemistry, and high-resolution imaging in order to examine the progression of the cell cycle at the molecular and cellular level. In order to best accomplish our goals, we use the genetically tractable bacterium Caulobacter crescentus whose cell cycle can be easily synchronized to enable fine temporal resolution of each cell cycle event. Our work has also expanded to include Helicobacter pylori, the causative agent of peptic ulcers and strongest risk factor for the majority of gastric cancers. https://mcb.illinois.edu/directory/profile/pmera
Membrane remodeling in plant cellular trafficking and protein degradation
Understanding the Sources of Regenerative Capacities in Animals
Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado is a molecular biologist, an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and executive director and Chief Scientific Officer of the Stowers Institute for Medical Research. The Sánchez Alvarado Laboratory focuses on understanding the regenerative capabilities of the planarian flatworm Schmidtea mediterranea.
The 41st annual Hamburger Lecture will be given at 4:00 PM on March 20 in Rebstock 215 by Dr. Alejandro Sánchez Alvarado, Executive Director and Chief Scientific Officer of the Stowers Institute in Kansas City Missouri. The title of his talk is "Understanding the sources of regenerative capacities in animals". Dr. Sánchez Alvarado is a leading light in animal regeneration; his focus is on a classical system, the extraordinary regenerative abilities of planaria. His group has identified many genes required for regeneration, clarified the roles played by both differentiated cells and different classes of pluripotent stem cells in regeneration, addressed why some organisms display extensive regenerative abilities while other forms do not, and defined similarities and differences between regeneration and normal development. Dr. Sánchez Alvarado's talk will be a very exciting one. A reception will follow.
What Phenotypes Matter? Open Challenges in Plant Phenomics with PlantCV
The Gehan lab focuses on mining natural variation for improved resistance to temperature stress, which will help to improve crops, and move towards answering how plants perceive temperature. To measure natural variation in temperature stress resistance, the Gehan lab develops computational tools that can quickly and accurately measure plant traits (phenotype) over time.
Genomics of adaptation and speciation in emerging model clades
I am an evolutionary biologist interested in the mechanisms and conditions driving (or constraining) the evolution of biological diversity. Like most evolutionary biologists I am fascinated not only by the “how”, but also the “why” questions. For example, why are there ~350,000 species of beetles and only ~4,500 species of mammals? That might not be a fair comparison, but why is approximately every 30th species of vertebrate a cichlid fish? Beyond that, why do some lineages of cichlid fishes (e.g., Midas cichlids in Nicaragua) diversify so rapidly, while other closely related lineages of cichlids in the same area do not? Understanding why certain lineages diversify much faster than others, and how, are some of the ultimate questions to which I hope to contribute.
Driven by this main motivation, during the last couple of years I have become very interested in the evolution of behaviors. Behavioral traits are arguably often just as important as morphological and physiological traits for adaptation and speciation, but have been –mostly for pragmatic reasons– much less studied in this context. Given their importance and due to the tremendous recent progress in our ability to robustly quantify and dissect behaviors, investigating the genetic and neural bases that contribute to heritable variation in behaviors has become a key objective in my research interests over the years. Deer mice of the genus Peromyscus are an excellent system to study the evolution of behaviors. To learn more, check out my Research. https://akautt.github.io/
The spatiotemporal choreography of another development at the single-cell level
I am a National Science Foundation Plant Genome Initiative Postdoctoral Fellow working in the Walbot Lab at Stanford University on maize anther development. I received my Ph.D. from the University of Florida in the Soltis Lab in the Department of Biology and Florida Museum of Natural History. I study plant reproductive biology and evolution. https://dbmarchant.squarespace.com/
We are studying 90 hours of early anther development in maize (Zea mays L., “corn”) to elucidate the signaling networks that regulate cell type acquisition and maintenance within anther locules. The question: Without a germ line, how do cells in plants switch from mitosis to meiosis? https://web.stanford.edu/~walbot/
Adaptation to extreme environments: lessons from Arabidopsis natural populations
Our group is broadly interested in understanding how complex traits evolve. We integrate computational approaches with lab-based experimental work to identify the loci involved in quantitative trait variation and to reconstruct the evolutionary histories of these traits. Work in the lab involves population genetic inference and modeling, trait mapping (GWAS, phylo-GWAS and mapping in recombinant populations), and functional molecular genetics. https://www.mpipz.mpg.de/hancock
EEPB/Living Earth Collaborative Seminar
We will livestream the presentations on Thursdays at 4:00 p.m. at the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel
Evolution of Dogs and Dog Aggression; and Macroevolutionary Trends in the Evolution of Domestic Cats and Dogs
We will livestream the presentations on Thursdays at 4:00 p.m. at the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel
Plants on the move: influence of lemur behavior on seed dispersal patterns
We will livestream the presentations on Thursdays at 4:00 p.m. at the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel
Plant, Prison, Port, and Pigment: Histories of Environmental Racism in Southeast Louisiana
We will livestream the presentations on Thursdays at 4:00 p.m. at the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel
Signal Diversification and the Evolution of Sensorimotor Integration
We will livestream the presentations on Thursdays at 4:00 p.m. at the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel
Toward Dynamic Multimodal Remote Sensing: From Buildings and Populations to Soundscapes and Aesthetics
We will livestream the presentations on Thursdays at 4:00 p.m. at the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel
Twice as Hard: book release event by Jasmine Brown
Read more about Brown's book in this article
This event is brought to you by the Biology Inclusion Committee
Crop Domestication: the past, present and future of food
TBA
Bioforum
Bria Metzger, Özpolat Lab: The cost and payout of age on germline regeneration and sexual maturation in Platynereis dumerilii.
James McGregor, Hengen Lab: Disruptions of neuronal network dynamics in a mouse model of neurodegeneration
Margaret Steele, Strassmann/Queller Lab: Predation-resistant Pseudomonas bacteria engage in symbiont-like behavior with Dictyostelium discoideum
Bioforum
Nicole Leitner, Ben-Shahar Lab: TBA
Susanne Renner: What’s the ancestral chromosome number of the flowering plants?
Sarah Anderson, Levin Lab: TBA
De-stress with Dogs
This follows a tradition started by Vice Provost Jen Smith when she was Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences.
Everyone is welcome to come meet, pet, and even brush some of your favorite campus dogs, including:
Finn, a Westie from Biology
Bear and Brookie, the WUPD dogs
Juniper and Elgar, St. Bernards from Philosophy Pepper
a Greyhound from Anthropology Rosa
a Bernese from Biology Lucy
a Labrador from Romance Languages Piper
a Chihuahua from Brown School Gracie
a Boykin Spaniel from Biology Bailey
a Doodle from Environmental Studies Juneau
a Great Pyrenees from Earth and Planetary
Danny the Chancellor’s French Bulldog
Annual Spector Prize Seminar
Title and winner TBA
Phylogenetic methods to model spatial evolution
Reception to follow in Rebstock 309
This lecture was made possible by the William C. Ferguson Endowment.
Crisscross regulation of epi-transcriptome and microRNA production
Reception to follow in Rebstock 309
This lecture was made possible by the William C. Ferguson Endowment.
Unraveling lanthanide biochemistry to describe lanthanide's role in biology
Reception to follow in Rebstock 309
This lecture was made possible by the William C. Ferguson Endowment.
Predator-prey ecology within bacterial communities at cellular resolution
Reception to follow in Rebstock 309
This lecture was made possible by the William C. Ferguson Endowment.
No end in sight, mysteries of the telomeric variation in plants
Reception to follow in Rebstock 309
This lecture was made possible by the William C. Ferguson Endowment.
Understanding Brain Cell Type Diversity
Reception to follow in Biology Commons, Life Sciences 201
This lecture was made possible by the William C. Ferguson Endowment.
Effects of global environmental change on biodiversity and phenology
Reception to follow in Rebstock 309
This lecture was made possible by the William C. Ferguson Endowment.
Evolution of learned behaviors: insights from birds and humans
Reception to follow in Rebstock 309
This lecture was made possible by the William C. Ferguson Endowment.
Plant community assembly and ecosystem functioning across spatial scales
Reception to follow in Rebstock 309
This lecture was made possible by the William C. Ferguson Endowment.
Ecological tuning of animal behavior and physiology
Reception to follow in Rebstock 309
This lecture was made possible by the William C. Ferguson Endowment.
A waste of time or a chance to reset the OS: Why do animals sleep?
We will livestream the presentations on Thursdays at 4:00 p.m. at the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel:
(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfLG3SSfA2BlKqb5mnm8-8Q)
Tales from the Crypts: How insect gut bacteria influence host physiology
We will livestream the presentations on Thursdays at 4:00 p.m. at the Living Earth Collaborative YouTube Channel:
(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfLG3SSfA2BlKqb5mnm8-8Q)
Aerobic respiration and processing across stream ecosystems
We will no longer be hosting a live YouTube channel, instead a zoom recording of the talk will be posted after the seminar.
What’s going on down there? Phenomics Technologies for Root and Rhizosphere Research
Two stories in pursuit of linking science with action: the millet revival and tiger crossings
REGISTRATION REQUIRED: https://hereandnext.wustl.edu/center-for-the-environment-speaker-series/
Hosted by The Center for the Environment. Co-hosted by Living Earth Collaborative and the Department of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences.
Biology Department Seminar
TBA
This lecture was made possible by the William C. Ferguson Endowment.
Diversification and Conservation of Neotropical Amphibians
TBA
We will no longer be hosting a live YouTube channel, instead a zoom recording of the talk will be posted after the seminar.
How ONE WOLF makes a difference
We will no longer be hosting a live YouTube channel, instead a zoom recording of the talk will be posted after the seminar.
Emergent simplicity in microbial ecosystems
We will no longer be hosting a live YouTube channel, instead a zoom recording of the talk will be posted after the seminar.
Tom Radomski, Washington University – Tyson Research Center
We will no longer be hosting a live YouTube channel, instead a zoom recording of the talk will be posted after the seminar.
Taxonomy of Salicaceae of Madagascar: Implications for conservation
We will no longer be hosting a live YouTube channel, instead a zoom recording of the talk will be posted after the seminar.
LEC/EEB seminar-Grad Student presentations
All presentations are archived on the LEC Channel for watching at a later date:
LEC/EEB Seminar-Grad Student presentations
We will no longer be hosting a live YouTube channel, instead a zoom recording of the talk will be posted after the seminar.
The microbiome and conservation translocations; an example of endangered greater sage-grouse in managed care
We will no longer be hosting a live YouTube channel, instead a zoom recording of the talk will be posted after the seminar.
LEC/EEB Seminar
TBA
We will no longer be hosting a live YouTube channel, instead a zoom recording of the talk will be posted after the seminar.
Summer Research Program Info Session
Featured programs include:
Bioforum Undergrad Seminar
Speakers:
Jaimie Lin (Penczykowski Lab): Increased trichome branching as a defense against herbivores
Alayna Mickles (Vierstra Lab): Synthesis to Structure: Exploring the Cyanobacterial Phytochrome of Synechococcus sp. OS-B’
Varun Sinha (Hengen Lab): Knocking out homeostatic plasticity inhibits visually-driven insect prey capture
The Science of Cats and the Future of Nature with Jonathan Losos
Explore the secret life of cats! Join us for this event co-hosted by the WashU Alumni Association and Arts & Sciences.
The domestic cat—your cat—has, from its evolutionary origins in Africa, been transformed in comparatively little time into one of the most successful and diverse species on the planet. Learn why Jonathan Losos, the William H. Danforth Distinguished University Professor and director of the Living Earth Collaborative, is teaching a course on cats and how this work relates to the university’s efforts to conserve biodiversity and sustain life on Earth. In his presentation, Losos offers key revelations from his recent book, "The Cat's Meow: How Cats Evolved from the Savanna to Your Sofa," and explores how scientists are using all the cutting-edge tools of biodiversity science (GPS tracking, genomics, forensic archaeology) to understand where cats came from, why they do what they do, and what the future may hold.
All are welcome at this free lecture and post-event reception celebrating the Power of Arts & Sciences.
Introduction by Feng Sheng Hu, the Richard G. Engelsmann Dean of Arts & Sciences and Lucille P. Markey Distinguished Professor
Presentation by Jonathan Losos, followed by Q&A and post-event reception
This event will be held in person and livestreamed.
Learn more about previous and upcoming Power of Arts & Sciences events.
Coordination of hippocampal codes for physical and visual space in food-caching birds
Biology Candidate Seminar
Biology Department Seminar-Michael D. L. Johnson, TBA
Talk TBA
Clock genes constrain homeostatic plasticity
Biology Department Seminar
Determining Gonadal Sex
Biology Deparment Seminar
Biology Department Seminar-Armando Bravo, TBA
Talk TBA
Annual Varner Lecture: "Healthy plants; healthy people - fortifying vitamins and phytonutrients in tomato"
A neural substrate of sex-dependent modulation of motivation
Biology Candidate Seminar
Origins of evolution: Chemical ecosystem dynamics and the emergence of life
Living Earth Collaborative/Ecology & Evolutionary Biology seminar series
The genetic basis of a plant camouflage trait and the dynamics of plant/butterfly coevolution under climate change
Living Earth Collaborative/Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar Series
All presentations are posted on the LEC Channel for watching at a later date:
Research Adventures from Madagascar
Living Earth Collaborative/Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar Series
All presentations are posted on the LEC Channel for watching at a later date:
Living Earth Collaborative/Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar Series
Titles TBA
All presentations are posted on the LEC Channel for watching at a later date:
Mathematical perspectives on phylogenetic models of lineage diversification
Living Earth Collaborative/Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar Series
All presentations are posted on the LEC Channel for watching at a later date:
Microclimate variation across a gradient of urbanization
Living Earth Collaborative/Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar Series
All presentations are posted on the LEC Channel for watching at a later date:
Into the Pond and Beyond: A Journey Into Duckweed Transcriptomics Using Spatial and Single-Cell Genomics
Living Earth Collaborative/Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar Series
All presentations are posted on the LEC Channel for watching at a later date:
Living Earth Collaborative/Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar Series
Title TBA
All presentations are posted on the LEC Channel for watching at a later date:
Living Earth Collaborative/Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Seminar Series
Title TBA
All presentations are posted on the LEC Channel for watching at a later date:
Just Add Water: Structure and Function of Tropical Dry Forests
Kemper Faculty Search Seminar
Tropical diversification: a multi-biome approach
Biology Department Seminar
The heart-brain balancing act: The function and development of motor and sensory circuits for cardiac feedback control
Biology Department Seminar via Zoom
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar
Brian Gallagher, Bose Lab
Germs and Dirt: Linking Soil Microbiomes to Soil Health Restoration
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar
Lily O'Connor, Meyers Lab
Defining the gene regulatory network of bHLH122 in maize anther development
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar
Cheyenne Morris, Tyson Research Center
Stefanie King, Nusinow Lab
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar
Cynthia Lee, Kunkel Lab
TBA
Aidan Flynn, Holehouse Lab
On the premise of orthogonality in condensate synthetic biology
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar
Katherine Benza, Dixit Lab
Jia Gwee, Zhong Lab
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar
Sherlyn Contreras, Zhong Lab
Joseph Adjei, Burch-Smith Lab
Plant and Microbial Biosciences Seminar
Vincent Vanyo
Emmily Moses