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In terms of evolutionary time, these species flocks are incredibly young, and many instances of diversification appear to have occurred in sympatry rather than allopatry, leading to incomplete lineage sorting. The difficulty disentangling species relationships in this subfamily has been termed the \u2018coregonine problem\u2019 and has severely limited the ability of scientists and managers to draw robust conclusions regarding best practices for their conservation and restoration. This is particularly vital in the Laurentian Great Lakes, where overfishing, habitat degradation, and the introduction of invasive species in the 20th century led to precipitous declines in the largest documented radiation of coregonines in North America, the Coregonus artedi species complex. Many of these impacts have been mitigated in recent decades, and interest in restoring lost populations of these important prey fishes is growing, calling for a better understanding of relationships between members of this species complex. In this talk, I will discuss how we are leveraging new genomic tools to elucidate historic and contemporary differentiation and to explore the mechanisms of divergence in the Great Lakes C. artedi species complex in support of on-going conservation and restoration efforts.\n\nAbout the speaker:\nAmanda Ackiss is a Fish Biologist at the US Geological Survey\u2019s Great Lakes Science Center in Ann Arbor, MI. She earned her B.A. in Media Studies at the University of Virginia before pivoting back to the field of science and earning her Ph.D. in Ecological Sciences at Old Dominion University. During her Ph.D. she gained expertise in molecular ecology, genomics, and bioinformatics studying the diversity of fishes in the Coral Triangle region of southeast Asia before accepting a postdoctoral research position at the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point that introduced her to the cisco species complex of the Great Lakes. Amanda\u2019s lab at the USGS Great Lakes Science Center now focuses on applied genomics at the interface of speciation and spatial ecology to support bi-national coregonine conservation and restoration efforts.", "occurrence_notes":null, "guid":"146967-21899889@events.umich.edu", "permalink":"http:\/\/events.umich.edu\/event\/146967", "building_id":"null", "building_name":"Off Campus Location", "campus_maps_id":"1", "room":"", "location_name":"Virtual", "has_livestream":1, "livestream_type":"other", "livetream_require_login":0, "livestream_id":"", "livestream_link":"https:\/\/attendee.gotowebinar.com\/register\/111101703396793173", "cost":"", "tags":["seminar","Biology","Ecology","Genomics","Great Lakes","Lecture","Science","Research"], "website":"http:\/\/Seminar Website", "sponsors":[ { "group_name":"Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research (CIGLR)", "group_id":"3432", "website":"http:\/\/ciglr.seas.umich.edu\/" } ], "image_url":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_146967_original-1.jpg", "styled_images":{ "event_thumb":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_thumb\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_146967_original-1.jpg", "event_large":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_large\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_146967_original-1.jpg", "event_large_2x":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_large_2x\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_146967_original-1.jpg", "event_large_lightbox":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_large_lightbox\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_146967_original-1.jpg", "group_thumb":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/group_thumb\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_146967_original-1.jpg", "group_thumb_square":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/group_thumb_square\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_146967_original-1.jpg", "group_large":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/group_large\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_146967_original-1.jpg", "group_large_lightbox":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/group_large_lightbox\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_146967_original-1.jpg", "event_large_crop":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_large_crop\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_146967_original-1.jpg", "event_list":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_list\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_146967_original-1.jpg", "event_list_2x":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_list_2x\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_146967_original-1.jpg", "event_grid":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_grid\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_146967_original-1.jpg", "event_grid_2x":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_grid_2x\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_146967_original-1.jpg", "event_feature_large":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_feature_large\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_146967_original-1.jpg", "event_feature_thumb":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_feature_thumb\/media\/attachments\/2026\/03\/event_146967_original-1.jpg" }, "occurrence_count":1, "first_occurrence":21899889 } , "144676-21895678": { "datetime_modified":"20260209T103613", "datetime_start":"20260409T090000", "datetime_end":"20260409T173000", "has_end_time":1, "date_start":"2026-04-09", "date_end":"2026-04-09", "time_start":"09:00:00", "time_end":"17:30:00", "time_zone":"America\/Detroit", "event_title":"Water@Michigan 2026: Water+Energy", "occurrence_title":"", "combined_title":"Water@Michigan 2026: Water+Energy", "event_subtitle":"", "event_type":"Conference \/ Symposium", "event_type_id":"5", "description":"Water@Michigan 2026: Water + Energy will bring together researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and community leaders to examine how water systems and the energy transition are reshaping Michigan, the Great Lakes region, and beyond.\n \nTheme: Water + Energy\n\ud83d\udcc5 Thursday, April 9, 2026\n\ud83d\udd51 9 a.m.\u20135:30 p.m.\n\ud83d\udccdPalmer Commons, Ann Arbor\n \nThe symposium will highlight the growing connections between water and energy in infrastructure, governance, and community outcomes. 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At U-M, her research group studies how aquatic microorganisms, particularly phytoplankton, acquire and use nitrogen, including during CyanoHABs. 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