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Functionally stratified encoding in a biological gyroscope

Dr. Bradley Dickerson, Princeton
- | Leidy 109 and via Zoom

Abstract: Flies are among nature’s most agile flying creatures. This exquisite maneuverability is due in part to their possession of specialized mechanosensory organs known as the halteres. The halteres are…



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Dr. Maria Tătulea-Codrean, University of Cambridge
- | Zoom



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Dr. Avery Montie, Boston University
- | Zoom



It’s too late to Mitigate: Resilience & Adaptation in plants

Dr. Joanne Chory, Salk Institute for Biological Studies
- | Levin Auditorium

The 2024 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Life Sciences is presented to Joanne Chory for her research combining genetic, biochemical & genome-wide analyses to elucidate how plants respond to light, & for inspiring…



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Dr. Cecilia Diniz Behn, Colorado School of Mines
- | Zoom



Finding a needle in a haystack: looking for non-coding RNA functions

Dr. Martin Crespi, Université Paris-Saclay
- | Leidy 109 and via Zoom

Abstract: The non-coding genome is the major part of the eukaryotic transcriptome and many long noncoding RNAs, or lncRNAs, were shown to act as positive or negative quantitative regulators of gene expression in…



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Dr. Sebastien Roch, University of Wisconsin, Madison
- | Zoom



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

Dr. Julia Kreiner, University of Chicago
- | Leidy 109 and via Zoom

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
- | Zoom