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Pathogen bacteria modulates host pheromone response in order to promote mating

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Exposure to pathogens and parasites often changes social behavior of the host animals, including humans. These changes immediately affect the resistance of the hosts and contribute to the long-term adaptation to the pathogens. However, the conduit from...

Martin A. Nowak

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Martin A. Nowak is Professor of Mathematics and of Biology at Harvard University. He works on the mathematical description of evolutionary processes, including the evolution of cooperation and human language, as well as the dynamics of virus infections...

Christopher Tomkins-Tinch Thesis Defense (Pardis Sabeti, Advisor)

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Title: Examining viral pathogen evolution and spread through genomic data Abstract: This work makes use of viral genomic data to examine the evolution and spread of the virus SARS-CoV-2 at multiple scales: from the virus present in individual patients...

Lydia Andreyevna Krasilnikova Thesis Defense (Pardis Sabeti, Advisor)

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Title: Effect of vaccination on SARS-CoV-2 spread Abstract: The July 2021 Provincetown, Massachusetts, Delta variant outbreak was the first large SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in vaccinated individuals; the Delta wave and the Omicron waves that followed it infected...

Sofia Prado-Irwin Thesis Defense (Scott Edwards, Advisor)

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Title: Evolutionary Patterns in Anolis lizards Abstract: Anolis lizards are an excellent model system in which to study countless evolutionary and ecological questions. I have found great satisfaction in following my many biological interests, from...

Benjamin Rice Thesis Defense (Daniel Hartl Lab)

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Title: The ecology and evolution of Plasmodium falciparum malaria among rural communities in Madagascar Abstract: Parasites in the genus Plasmodium annually cause hundreds of millions of cases of malaria worldwide, and more than a million cases in...

Lydia Krasilnikova talks at the 2023 Harvard Horizons Symposium

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PhD candidate Lydia Krasilnikova (Pardis Sabeti, Advisor) was on one of nine featured Harvard Horizon Scholars to speak at the Havard Horizons Symposium on April 11th in Sanders Theatre. Lydia's talk, "Tracing COVID-19 Outbreaks to learn about the Effect...

Puppeteer fungus’ targeted takeover of zombie flies

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In a new study published in eLife, lead author Carolyn Elya, postdoctoral researcher, reveals the molecular and cellular underpinnings behind the parasitic fungus, Entomophthora muscae’s (E. muscae), ability to manipulate the behavior of fruit flies. Elya...

2019 Prather Lecture Series: Harmit Malik

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Harmit Malik Principal Investigator, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor, University of Washington Paleovirology: Ghosts and Gifts of Ancient Viruses Abstract: Human genomes are ancient...

DNA Flip in House Finches Reveals Key to Disease Resistance

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A groundbreaking genetic study on house finches has unveiled a major DNA inversion that may have helped the small birds develop resistance to disease. Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the research, led by postdoctoral fellow...

OEB Special Seminar

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Ana Longo University of Maryland "Multi-Host Fungal Pathogens: Challenges and Opportunities in Conserving Global Amphibian Diversity" Abstract: The rapid spread of infectious diseases in humans, wildlife and crops is posing novel challenges in the way and...

Jenny Yen Pham Thesis Defense (Dan Hartl Lab)

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Title: Molecular and Phenotypic Evolution of Niche Breadth in Escherichia virus T4 Abstract: As Earth’s most numerous biological entity, and by nature of their infection specificity, bacterial viruses are promising agents of modern therapeutics and...