Events
Demography and Infectious Disease
Jessica Metcalf, Princeton University
Mathematical models, as Bob May wrote, "force[s] clarity and precision upon conjecture, thus enabling meaningful comparison between the consequences of basic assumptions and the empirical facts”. Mathematical…
Leveraging Evolutionary Mismatches to Study Gene-by-Environment Interactions
Dr. Julien Ayroles, Princeton
Many of our most onerous health burdens today are driven by complex and poorly understood interactions between a person’s genetic makeup and their environment. In other words, genetic variation may predispose…
The evolution of sleep loss in Mexican cavefish
Dr. Alex Keene, Texas A&M University
Abstract: Sleep is nearly ubiquitous throughout the animal kingdom, yet its duration and timing varies dramatically between species. We have developed the Mexican tetra, Astyanax mexicanus as a model to study evolved…
Regulation and evolution of phenotypic plasticity: insights from horned beetles and predatory nematodes
Dr. Sofia Casasa, Boston University
Modeling microbe-mediated host development
Dr. Zakee Sabree, Ohio State University
https://u.osu.edu/sabreelab/
Seminar with Maria Antonietta Tosches
Dr. Maria Antonietta Tosches, Columbia University
Seminar with Juan Alfonzo
Dr. Juan Alfonzo, Brown University
Seminar with Britt Koskella
Dr. Britt Koskella, UC Berkeley