2008 Lab meetings
MCZ Bird Department Library
Fridays at 2:00 am
Date |
NAME |
TOPIC |
| February 8 | Scott Edwards | The year ahead & multilocus analysis of treecreepers (Climacteris) |
| February 15 | Dan Janes | Expression of sex-differentiation genes across species with different sex-determining mechanisms |
| February 22 | Chris Balakrishnan (visiting scholar) | Phylogeography and multilocus population genetics of the Zebra Finch |
| February 29 | Patricia Brito | Multilocus systematics of Solomon Islands White-eyes (Zosterops) |
| March 7 | Liang Liu | Maximum tree - a consistent estimator of the species tree |
| March 14 | Maude Baldwin | Remembrances of research past: stonechats of the world, unite! |
| March 21 | Anna Dubiec | New Mhc loci in the house finch and their use in behavioral ecology |
| March 28 (no meeting-Spring break) | --- | --- |
| April 4 | June Yong Lee | Multilocus phylogeography of the Red-backed Fairy Wren (and future plans) |
April 11 |
Chris Organ | "A mixed sampler"; a.k.a., I'm makin' this up as I go along |
| April 18 | Andy Shedlock | Squamate repeat dynamics |
| April 25 | Camille Bonneaud | Designing a microarray to examine changes in gene expression in house finches infected with Mycoplasma gallisepticum |
| May 2 (@ 3 pm) | Ricardo Godinez | Evolutionary history of the amniote Mhc region |
| May 12 (Monday, 2 pm) | Terry O'Dwyer | Molecular mechanisms of individual recognition in Procellariformes |
| May 16 | Elaine Vo/Mato Lagator | Genetics and toxicology of black-footed albatross; population genetics of House Finches |
2007 Lab meetings |
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| DATE | NAME | TOPIC |
| February 2 | Scott Edwards | Comparison of parameter estimates for BEST and MCMCcoal |
| February 9 | Andy Shedlock | Repeat diversity in reptiles and the ancestral amniote genome |
| February 16 | Patricia Brito | Phylogeography of the Tawny Owl, and other stories... |
| February 23 | June Yong Lee | Anonymous Loci vs. Introns in the Fairywren group |
| March 2 | Anna Dubiec | Age- and sex-related effects on immune function in the blue tit |
| March 9 | Dan Janes | Nucleotide diversity in the pseudoautosomal region in emu |
| March 16 | Chris Balakrishnan | Polymorphism, recombination and linkage disequilibrium in wild zebra finch populations. |
| March 23 | TBA | TBA |
| April 6 (no meeting March 30) | Charles Chapus | Mapping of BAC-end sequences on the Chicken genome: American Alligator, Painted Turtle and Emu. |
April 13 |
Liang Liu | Estimating the Population Size Estimating population size from multilocus gene trees |
| April 20 | Ricardo Godinez | The first genomic characterization of a Reptilian MHC gene family Reconstructing the gene order of the MHC family in the amniote ancestor |
| April 27 | James Degnan | TBA |
| May 4 | Undergrad Symposium | TBA |
| May 11 | Camille Bonneaud | Designing a microarray to examine changes in gene expression in house finches infected with Mycoplasma gallisepticum |
| May 18 | Chris Organ | The BMP gene neighborhood in Alligator |
2006 Lab meetings
Bird Department Library
Monday at 3:00pm
| DATE | NAME | TOPIC |
| February 10 | James Degnan | Coalescent Theory |
| February 20 | Nancy Rotzel | Treecreepers / Ivory-Billed Woodpecker |
| February 27 | Chris Organ | DINOGENOMICS |
| March 3 | Chris Balakrishnan | Zebra Finch Population Genomics |
| March 13 | Ricardo Mallarino | TBA |
| March 20 | Kara O'Keefe | Phylogeny of Phages |
| March 27 | Andy Shedlock | CR1 LINE evolution in Reptilia |
| April 3 | Scott Edwards | Gene Trees / Species Trees |
| April 10 | Corrie Saux Moreau | CGR Cluster |
April 17 |
Charles Chapus | TBA |
| April 24 | June Yong Lee | TBA |
| May 1 | Antonis Rokas | Evolutionary Bioinformatics |
| May 8 | Ricardo Godinez | TBA |
| May 15 | Dr. Dan Janes | FISHing in Oz |
2005 Lab Meetings
| DATE | NAME | TOPIC |
| February 4 | Scott Edwards | Two reviews on bird phylogeny and speciation,and other evolutionary activities |
| February 11 | Bryan Jennings | An empirical evaluation of the genealogical species concept |
| February 18 | Sarah Kingan | Dissertation ideas: sex chromosomes, sexual selection, speciation! |
| February 25 | Chris Organ | Graduate work and upcoming project |
| March 4 | Dan Janes | Evolution of sex chromosomes (Z + W) |
| March 11 | Chris Balakrishnan | Parasitic Finches and non-parasitic finches |
| March 18 | Kara O'Keefe | Molecular strategies in viruses |
| March 25 | Nancy Rotzel | Treecreeper phylogeography |
| April 8 | No meeting | |
| April 15 | Andy Shedlock | Comparative Studies of reptile (including bird) genome evolution |
| April 22 | No meeting | |
| April 29 | Tobias Lenz | Mhc class I genes in house finches |
| May 6 | Miguel Alcaide | Mhc in lesser kestrels |