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Generative neural network methods for evolutionary inference

Dr. Sara Mathieson
- | Leidy 109 and Zoom

Abstract: Generative AI has captured a worldwide audience with novel text, image, audio, and video. In evolutionary biology we have used synthetic data for decades, for modelling, theoretical…



Integrative models of 3D nuclear DNA organization

Dr. Anupama Jha
- | Fagin 116 and Zoom

Abstract: DNA is compactly packed in the nucleus of a cell; around…



Exploring Evolutionary Novelty in Human-Altered Landscapes: Mechanisms of Survival and Persistence Under Global Change

Dr. Anthony Snead
- | Leidy 109 and Zoom

Abstract: As anthropogenic activities continue and intensify, biological systems are increasingly exposed to rapidly changing, non-analogous environmental…