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Predicting front invasion speeds via marginal stability

Montie Avery

Abstract: Front propagation into unstable states often mediates state transitions in spatially extended systems, in biological models and across the sciences. Classical examples include the Fisher-KPP equation for…

Penn Science Café: Sex, Courtship, and Bird Behavior Go High Tech

Dr. Marc Schmidt, Professor of Biology, University of Pennsylvania

Join us for an engaging, stimulating conversation, with a Q&A session following the talk.

During the breeding season, male birds work very hard to impress potential partners, often using complex courtship…

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Dr. Sebastien Roch, University of Wisconsin, Madison

The tempo of adaptation to agriculture across timescales in weeds and crops

Dr. Julia Kreiner, University of Chicago

Abstract: Genomic time-series data from natural and cultivated populations are increasingly being recovered from herbarium and archeological records. These resources provide the opportunity to directly observe…

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Dr. Thomas Fai, Brandeis University