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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...

Cheng-Chiang Wu Thesis Defense (Kramer Lab)

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Title: Gene duplication and evolution of the MADS-box floral homeotic, WUSCHEL-RELATED HOMEOBOX, and PIN-FORMED gene families in angiosperms Abstract: Whole genome duplication (WGD), along with other modes of gene duplication, has been associated with...

Jennifer Kotler Thesis Defense (Haig Lab)

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Title: What's good for the goose is good for the gosling? Evolutionary theory, parent-offspring conflict and genetic disorders Abstract: Conflict is ever-present in nature, serving as an essential driver of adaptation. In this dissertation, I examine both...

Danny Haelewaters Thesis Defense (Don Pfister Lab)

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Title: Studies of the Laboulbeniomycetes: diversity, evolution, and patterns of speciation Abstract: CHAPTER 1: Laboulbeniales is one of the most morphologically and ecologically distinct orders of Ascomycota. These microscopic fungi are characterized by...

Wesley Loo Thesis Defense (Colleen Cavanaugh Lab)

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Title: Host speciation and microbiomes: ecological and evolutionary factors shaping gut microbial communities in Darwin's finches Abstract: The bacterial communities associated with host organisms, or microbiomes, are an integral aspect of host health...

OEB Seminar Series

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Peter Girguis Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Harvard University, Department of OEB "Darnit, I'm A Biologist Not An Engineer: Or...How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love Deep Sea Biology" Abstract: The discovery of hydrothermal vents was...

Oleg Dmytrenko Thesis Defense (Cavanaugh Lab)

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Title: The enigmatic Calvin cycle in chemoautotrophic symbionts Abstract: Symbiosis is a major driving force of biological diversity. Organism within mutualistic symbiotic associations are capable of occupying new ecological niches which would have been...