Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar - Hybrid: Character evolution and homoplasy in the New World milkvetches (Astragalus, Fabaceae) (October 4, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/97016 97016-21793693@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 4, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Our weekly lunch seminar series featuring internal speakers in the field of ecology and evolutionary biology.

Abstract
Astragalus L. (Fabaceae) is possibly the most species-rich genus of seed plants with more than 3,000 recognized species. Almost 500 of those species (commonly called milkvetches or locoweeds) in the Americas are part of a clade called Neo-Astragalus and are estimated to have shared a common ancestor as recently as 4.5 million years ago. However, as largely temperate, perennial herbaceous plants, these species are rather ecologically similar compared to classic examples of plant adaptive radiations. Using phylogenies estimated from whole chloroplast genomes and nuclear ribosomal DNA, I will explore cryptic (or difficult to observe) differentiation in Neo-Astragalus by examining character evolution and homoplasy in morphological traits as well as the accumulation of selenium. About two dozen Neo-Astragalus species are selenium hyperaccumulators that are not only restricted to soils already rich in the element but also accumulate it to the point they are highly toxic to most herbivores. Convergent evolution in this trait could be indicative of other kinds of cryptic but ecologically important disparity that may have developed during the evolution of Neo-Astragalus in the Americas and in Astragalus as a whole.

This seminar will be in-person and livestreaming on Zoom (link this page).

Contact eebsemaccess@umich.edu for password at least two hours prior to the event.

Image credit: Joseph Charboneau

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 29 Sep 2022 11:52:32 -0400 2022-10-04T12:00:00-04:00 2022-10-04T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Astragalus sophoroides (Painted Desert milkvetch) in the Navajo Nation in Arizona. Image credit: Joseph Charboneau
EEB Thursday Seminar - Hybrid: Global impacts of the amphibian-killing fungus: a functional genomic view (October 6, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96694 96694-21793092@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 6, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Our weekly seminar series featuring internal and external speakers in the field of ecology and evolutionary biology. This seminar will be in-person and livestreaming on Zoom (link this page).

Abstract:
Two fungal pathogens have had devastating effects on amphibian biodiversity at a global scale. I will review some of these impacts and explore, through functional genomic studies, the mechanisms of host-pathogen interactions that underlie resistance or susceptibility in host species. I will then describe our efforts to rediscover some of the species lost to this pathogen in Brazil.

Contact eebsemaccess@umich.edu for Zoom password at least 2 hours prior to event.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 04 Oct 2022 08:55:36 -0400 2022-10-06T15:00:00-04:00 2022-10-06T16:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Frog being studied by the lab. Photo credit: Kelly Zamudio
MCDB Seminar > Some assembly required: How to build a meiotic DNA breaking machine (October 7, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/98602 98602-21796959@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 7, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: JK Nandakumar

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 30 Sep 2022 13:23:40 -0400 2022-10-07T12:00:00-04:00 2022-10-07T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar MCDB initials and cartoon microscope
Trivia Night! (October 7, 2022 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/99815 99815-21798749@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 7, 2022 6:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Wolverine Support Network

On Friday Oct 7th, 2022 from 6-7:30pm WSN will be hosting a trivia night in BSB 1060! There will be fun trivia, a chance to meet people on campus, and snacks!!

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Social / Informal Gathering Tue, 04 Oct 2022 12:54:01 -0400 2022-10-07T18:00:00-04:00 2022-10-07T19:30:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Wolverine Support Network Social / Informal Gathering Biological Sciences Building
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar - Hybrid: Artificial reefs to promote primary production in tropical seagrass ecosystems - a simulation study using individual-based modelling (October 11, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/97017 97017-21793694@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 11, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Our weekly lunch seminar series featuring internal speakers in the field of ecology and evolutionary biology.

Abstract
Tropical seagrass ecosystems are among the most productive ecosystems worldwide, yielding tremendous services for coastal communities. Yet, they are among the most impaired from anthropogenic stressors. Understanding factors controlling primary production is fundamental for the protection, management, and restoration of these ecosystems. Artificial reefs are a widely used marine management tool, creating biogeochemical hotspots via aggregating fish that fuel local primary production. However, testing whether increased local production affects primary production at ecosystem scale remains empirically challenging. Thus, we implemented a spatially explicit individual-based simulation model to test how aggregating fish on artificial reefs affect seagrass primary production at various scales.

This seminar will be in-person and livestreaming on Zoom (link this page).

Contact eebsemaccess@umich.edu for password at least two hours prior to the event.

Image credit: Allgeier Lab

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 05 Oct 2022 11:56:32 -0400 2022-10-11T12:00:00-04:00 2022-10-11T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Artificial reef built with cement cinder blocks with many fish and abundant seagrass growing around the reef
Poster Design Workshop (October 11, 2022 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/99872 99872-21798816@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 11, 2022 4:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Futures in Research, Science, Teaching - FIRST

A short presentation on STEM poster design, followed by researchers and graduate students sharing personal examples. Topics will included formatting, narrating your research story, and designing a poster that works equally well presented or read on its own.

RSVP: https://forms.gle/DVGvnsSXhtCEBeWy6

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 05 Oct 2022 13:46:21 -0400 2022-10-11T16:00:00-04:00 2022-10-11T17:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Futures in Research, Science, Teaching - FIRST Workshop / Seminar FIRST Logo
MCDB Seminar> Neural circuits underlying social dominance (October 14, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/98605 98605-21796962@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 14, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: MCDB DEI Committee

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 30 Sep 2022 13:28:25 -0400 2022-10-14T12:00:00-04:00 2022-10-14T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar MCDB initials and cartoon microscope
NO EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar - Fall Break (October 18, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/97018 97018-21793695@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 18, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

See you next week -- have a great fall break!

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 19 Sep 2022 10:31:12 -0400 2022-10-18T12:00:00-04:00 2022-10-18T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Biological Sciences Building
EEB Thursday Seminar - Hybrid: Using genetic data at multiple scales to understand constraints on viral adaptation (October 20, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96696 96696-21793094@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 20, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Our weekly seminar series featuring internal and external speakers in the field of ecology and evolutionary biology. This seminar will be in-person and livestreaming on Zoom (link this page).

Abstract:
RNA viruses have exceptionally high mutation rates, on the order of one new mutation per replication cycle. These mutation rates are frequently invoked to explain the ability of these viruses to rapidly adapt to new or changing environmental conditions, such as changes in host immunity profiles for endemic viruses such as influenza and changes in host species in the case of spillover viruses. Here, I will instead focus on the evolutionary constraints to viral adaptation that are brought about by high mutation rates in the context of spatial within-host viral compartmentalization, transmission bottlenecks between infectors and infectees, and genetic linkage across viral genomes. I will also discuss means of population-level viral adaptation that are accessible in the context of these constraints. The empirical examples I will draw on will include influenza viruses and SARS-CoV-2.

Contact eebsemaccess@umich.edu for Zoom password at least 2 hours prior to event.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 14 Oct 2022 08:40:04 -0400 2022-10-20T15:00:00-04:00 2022-10-20T16:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Research image from lab.
MCDB Seminar> Illuminating zinc in axonal transport and tau/MAP2/DCX displacement (October 21, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/98606 98606-21796963@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 21, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Wanlu Du

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 30 Sep 2022 13:19:35 -0400 2022-10-21T12:00:00-04:00 2022-10-21T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar drawing of axon and biochemistry of zinc transport
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar - Hybrid: Recombination and the evolution of sex chromosomes in Rumex hastatulus (October 25, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/97019 97019-21793697@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 25, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Our weekly lunch seminar series featuring internal speakers in the field of ecology and evolutionary biology.

Abstract
Sex chromosomes typically evolve through the gradual reduction of recombination between chromosome pairs that have acquired a sex-determining region. Many plants have "younger" sex chromosomes than amniotes, and therefore offer valuable insight into this process. Heartwing sorrel (Rumex hastatulus) has a polymorphic sex chromosome karyotype resulting from a chromosome fusion. This natural variation allows direct comparison of a sex chromosome and its autosomal homologue. We use a recent genome assembly and genetic map to explore how recombination evolved in this species and how that challenges standard models of sex chromosome evolution.

This seminar will be in-person and livestreaming on Zoom (link this page). Contact eebsemaccess@umich.edu for password at least two hours prior to the event.

Image credit: Spencer Barrett

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 19 Oct 2022 13:24:29 -0400 2022-10-25T12:00:00-04:00 2022-10-25T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Rumex hastaulus size dimorphism by Spencer Barrett
Writing Personal and Academic Statements (October 25, 2022 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/100505 100505-21800018@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 25, 2022 4:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Futures in Research, Science, Teaching - FIRST

Bioscience postdocs and grad students will give a presentation on what to include/avoid and how to frame your story while writing academic and personal statements for research-based grad programs (and others). There will be a chance after for anyone interested in workshopping their statement drafts in small groups.

RSVP: https://forms.gle/43KP9utUYjCknofm8

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 20 Oct 2022 12:54:49 -0400 2022-10-25T16:00:00-04:00 2022-10-25T17:30:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Futures in Research, Science, Teaching - FIRST Workshop / Seminar FIRST Logo
EEB Thursday Seminar - Hybrid: Genomics to improve management of imperiled wildlife (October 27, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96697 96697-21793095@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 27, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Our weekly seminar series featuring internal and external speakers in the field of ecology and evolutionary biology. This seminar will be in-person and livestreaming on Zoom (link this page).

Abstract:
Anthropogenic land and other resource use is a major force shaping the abundance, distribution, and evolution of species. It often disrupts historically contiguous habitats, resulting in patchier and smaller fragments which can limit dispersal and gene flow. Populations experiencing such conditions can face elevated risks for inbreeding depression and diminished adaptive capacity. Wildlife managers use various and often multifaceted approaches including habitat restoration, translocations, breeding programs, and demographic monitoring to mitigate extinction risk for species with small, fragmented populations. I will focus on how genomics can be used to gain deeper understanding of the demographic outcomes of these practices and the value of looking under the hood in this way for assessing population fitness using federally Threatened Florida Scrub-Jays as an example. Secondly, I will discuss the prospect of using biclustering algorithms for identifying loci that may contribute to genetic load and the potential of applying this approach to enhance the recovery of the federally Endangered Poweshiek skipperling.

Contact eebsemaccess@umich.edu for Zoom password at least 2 hours prior to event.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 19 Oct 2022 08:48:56 -0400 2022-10-27T15:00:00-04:00 2022-10-27T16:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Florida Scrub-Jay
MCDB Seminar> From Genetics to Sex Chromosome Evolution, Aging and Regeneration (October 28, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/98607 98607-21796964@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 28, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Variations in Biology Seminar
Host: Laura Buttitta

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 15 Sep 2022 09:30:27 -0400 2022-10-28T12:00:00-04:00 2022-10-28T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow initials MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on a blue background
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar / student evalution - Hybrid: Seasonal shifts in a montane meadow ecosystem above and belowground with climate change (November 1, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/97020 97020-21793698@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 1, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Our weekly lunch seminar series featuring internal speakers in the field of ecology and evolutionary biology.

Abstract
Climate change is impacting temperature and moisture conditions across the seasons in montane meadows, from accelerating snowmelt date early in the growing season to greater drying of the soil in the later part of the growing season. Though there are distinct impacts throughout a growing season, we know little about how climate change will impact ecosystem function, such as productivity and nutrient cycling, beyond when these processes are typically measured during peak seasonal productivity. Additionally, a growing body of work acknowledges the linkage between plants and soil and shows that an impact on one has cascading effects on the other either bottom-up or top-down. During the seminar, I will discuss how climate change, through abiotic and biotic effects, is impacting plant and soil conditions at a fine-scale resolution throughout the growing season.

This seminar will be in-person and livestreaming on Zoom (link this page). Contact eebsemaccess@umich.edu for passcode at least two hours prior to the event.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 28 Oct 2022 13:45:58 -0400 2022-11-01T12:00:00-04:00 2022-11-01T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Montane meadow scene
EEB student evaluation seminar: Under pressure: virulence evolution in a natural multihost-multiparasite system (November 2, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/98433 98433-21796650@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 2, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Teresa presents her preliminary seminar.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 25 Oct 2022 14:08:00 -0400 2022-11-02T15:00:00-04:00 2022-11-02T16:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Boat on a lake with a magnified circle showing Daphnia infected with parasites
MCDB Seminar>Molecular Origami: the delicate art of protein folding and misfolding and its relevance to health and disease (November 4, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/98608 98608-21796965@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 4, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Hosts: Ursula Jakob and Stephanie Moon, (UM Human Genetics)

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 24 Oct 2022 14:36:08 -0400 2022-11-04T12:00:00-04:00 2022-11-04T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow initials MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on a blue background
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar - Hybrid: Leaf, tree and stand responses to nutrient supplementation in Eucalyptus nitens (November 8, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/97021 97021-21793699@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 8, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Our weekly lunch seminar series featuring internal speakers in the field of ecology and evolutionary biology.

Abstract
Maximizing the growth and productivity of commercial plantations is critical for meeting global demands for wood and paper products, without resorting to unsustainable harvesting of native forests or increasing the plantation estate at the expense of other primary production systems. Because Eualyptus plantations are often established on nutrient-poor soils in Australia, optimizing fertilizer use is an important management tool for maximizing in these systems. To improve site-specific fertilizer regimes, a more detailed mechanistic understanding of the productivity response to nutrient supplementation under varied abiotic conditions is needed. Here, I present a conceptual framework explaining the interplay between nutrition, leaf area dynamics, physiological processes and growth, based on the results of three large-scale field fertilizer experiments in E. nitens plantations in Tasmania, Australia. I present several lines of evidence that large applications of nitrogen exacerbates water stress and hence reduces productivity in warm and dry conditions.

Image: 180 degree view of a forest canopy

This seminar will be in-person and livestreaming on Zoom (link this page). Contact eebsemaccess@umich.edu for password at least two hours prior to the event.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 04 Nov 2022 15:58:51 -0400 2022-11-08T12:00:00-05:00 2022-11-08T13:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar 180 degree view of a forest canopy
MCDB Seminar> Temporal genetic and hormonal cues regulating neural diversity: From Stem Cells to Neural Circuits (November 11, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/100959 100959-21800604@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 11, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Monica Dus

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 01 Nov 2022 21:33:35 -0400 2022-11-11T12:00:00-05:00 2022-11-11T13:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow MCDB initials and drawing of a Microscope on a blue background
EEB Tuesday Lunch/Student Evaluation Seminar - Hybrid: Keep it cool: exploring the diversification and adaptation of cold-tolerant floras (November 15, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/97022 97022-21793700@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 15, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Our weekly lunch seminar series featuring internal speakers in the field of ecology and evolutionary biology.

Abstract
Since the Mid-Miocene Climatic Optimum, the Earth has substantially cooled, exposing flowering plants to new ecological opportunities that they can adapt to. Cold-tolerant angiosperms possess fascinating adaptations and trait innovations that enable them to survive under extreme climates. Montane angiosperms, a special subset of cold-tolerant plants, are well-known for their independent instances of rapid radiation. During this talk, I will discuss my proposed dissertation research, a global analysis of the correlation of montane distribution and speciation rates across major orders of flowering plants including a phylogenetic simulation comparing the macroevolutionary effects of differing turnover rates. Also, with available transcriptome data, I will examine the effect of whole genome duplications and gene duplications on the cold adaptations of alpine-arctic lineages in Caryophyllaceae.

This seminar will be in-person and livestreaming on Zoom (link this page). Contact eebsemaccess@umich.edu for password at least two hours prior to the event.

Image credit: Keyi Feng

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 10 Nov 2022 16:21:25 -0500 2022-11-15T12:00:00-05:00 2022-11-15T13:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Mountain in Alaska
MCDB Seminar> Deciphering Microbial-Immune Relationships in the Airways: Insights from Computational Approaches (November 18, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/98609 98609-21796966@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 18, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Gary Huffnagle

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 04 Nov 2022 11:00:34 -0400 2022-11-18T12:00:00-05:00 2022-11-18T13:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow initials MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on a blue background
NO EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar (November 22, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/99316 99316-21797866@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 22, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy the break and see you next week.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 26 Sep 2022 15:41:18 -0400 2022-11-22T12:00:00-05:00 2022-11-22T13:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Biological Sciences Building
Professor Career Path (November 22, 2022 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101249 101249-21801109@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 22, 2022 4:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Futures in Research, Science, Teaching - FIRST

This seminar will cover the career path of STEM professors beginning with undergraduate research. Professor Monica Dus of the MCDB department will share her experiences starting in undergrad research, through earning a PhD, working as a post-doctoral researcher, and eventually starting her own research lab at the University of Michigan. Prof. Dus studies nutrigenomics, which looks at how genes interact with our diet to shape neural plasticity and feeding behavior.

RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeJe8DfFZVUeqqguF_u_tNBzZwlU-nj6il4-TkwjVgRXBEfug/viewform?usp=sf_link

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 17 Nov 2022 14:25:15 -0500 2022-11-22T16:00:00-05:00 2022-11-22T17:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Futures in Research, Science, Teaching - FIRST Workshop / Seminar FIRST Logo
On the Trail of an Ice Age Mastodon (December 1, 2022 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101219 101219-21800951@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 1, 2022 7:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Museum of Natural History

A public reception will precede the lecture in the museum atrium and lobby beginning at 6:00 p.m. The museum is located in the Biological Sciences Building.

Join Daniel C. Fisher, Claude W. Hibbard Collegiate Professor of Paleontology, U-M Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, and Curator, U-M Museum of Paleontology, for the 22nd annual William R. Farrand Memorial Lecture, presented by the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History.

Focusing on the life of the Buesching mastodon, represented by the large cast skeleton displayed in the atrium of the U-M Museum of Natural History, On the Trail of an Ice Age Mastodon will reveal the story of one male’s struggles and victories, from adolescence to the mating-season battle that ultimately claimed his life.

Paleontologists seeking to understand the lives of extinct animals often make do with scant clues gleaned from an animal’s skeleton, from its circumstances of preservation, and from its time of death. Reconstructing lost ecosystems is always a challenge, but sometimes we get lucky. At its best, the fossil record provides clear snapshots, or even motion sequences from the past, such as footprints showing how an animal moved. On a larger scale, we can now read records of growth and behavior archived in the mineralized layers of mastodon tusks, allowing us to follow a single animal for years, across entire landscapes. For the first time, we identify seasonal migratory behavior that may have been key to meeting the challenges of reproduction near the end of the Ice Age.

This event will be live-streamed. Visit: https://lsa.umich.edu/ummnh/visitors/things-to-do/farrand-lecture.html

The University of Michigan Museum of Natural History and the College of Literature, Science and the Arts (LSA) greatly value inclusion and access for all. We are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations to enable your full participation in this event. Please contact Brea Haywood at breahay@umich.edu if you would like to request disability accommodations or have any questions or concerns. We ask that you provide advance notice to ensure sufficient time to meet requested accommodations.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 15 Nov 2022 06:55:03 -0500 2022-12-01T19:00:00-05:00 2022-12-01T20:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum of Natural History Lecture / Discussion University of Michigan paleontologist Dr. Daniel Fisher with a cast skeleton of the Buesching mastodon on display at the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History in Ann Arbor. Photo credit: Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography.
EEB student evaluation seminar: Ecological controls of marine fish speciation rates (December 7, 2022 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/101784 101784-21802347@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 7, 2022 10:00am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Mathaeus presents their preliminary seminar.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 01 Dec 2022 13:56:21 -0500 2022-12-07T10:00:00-05:00 2022-12-07T11:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar event poster
EEB Thursday Seminar - CANCELLED (December 8, 2022 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96701 96701-21801468@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 8, 2022 3:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

See you next semester!

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 21 Nov 2022 07:07:54 -0500 2022-12-08T15:00:00-05:00 2022-12-08T16:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Biological Sciences Building
MCDB Seminar> Synthetic Protein Condensates and Molecular Optogenetics for Visualizing and Controlling Cell Signaling in Living Cells and Animals (December 12, 2022 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/100961 100961-21800606@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 12, 2022 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Hosts: Ann Miller, MCDB and Sarah Veatch, Biophysics

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 21 Nov 2022 12:33:28 -0500 2022-12-12T12:00:00-05:00 2022-12-12T13:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar light shining on model of antibody
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar - Hybrid - "Defense evolution across the wild grape genus Vitis" (January 10, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/97025 97025-21793703@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 10, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Our weekly lunch seminar series features internal speakers in the field of ecology and evolutionary biology. This seminar will be in-person and livestreaming on Zoom.

Zoom Link
https://umich.zoom.us/j/98638167446
contact eebsemaccess@umich.edu for the password

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 06 Jan 2023 10:45:28 -0500 2023-01-10T12:00:00-05:00 2023-01-10T13:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Seminar Flyer
EEB Thursday Seminar - Hybrid: All-female salamanders: the genomic, evolutionary, and ecological consequences of strange vertebrate reproduction (January 12, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96703 96703-21793102@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 12, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Our weekly seminar series featuring internal and external speakers in the field of ecology and evolutionary biology. This seminar will be in-person and livestreaming on Zoom (link this page).

Abstract:
All-female salamanders in the genus *Ambystoma* are the oldest unisexual vertebrates, composed of a single mitochondrial lineage and multiple nuclear genomes introgressed from other salamander species. The unique characteristics of this system provide interesting perspectives on the maintenance of sex and polyploidy. Our work combines genomics, physiological, and ecological approaches to understand how all-female salamanders have co-existed with related sexual species, how their numerous nuclear genomes have moved between lineages, and how the interactions between their mitochondrial and nuclear genomes influence their basic physiology.

Contact eebsemaccess@umich.edu for Zoom password at least 2 hours prior to event.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 11 Oct 2022 10:12:11 -0400 2023-01-12T15:00:00-05:00 2023-01-12T16:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Ambystoma salamander. Photo Credit: Zac Herr (ZTH Photography)
EEB Thursday Seminar - Hybrid: Transforming the study of food web architecture in an age of global change (January 19, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96704 96704-21793103@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 19, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Our weekly seminar series featuring internal and external speakers in the field of ecology and evolutionary biology. This seminar will be in-person and livestreaming on Zoom (link this page).

Abstract:
From individual growth and survival to the ecological trajectories of populations to the social and culture fabric of society, food plays a pivotal role in shaping life on Earth. As climate continues rapidly changing and more complex human-environment interactions emerge, it has become even more important to understand how these relationships shape the ecological processes that maintain the structure and function of ecosystems and the goods and services they provide. In this talk, I will explore a series of interconnected case studies on food web dynamics in coral reef socio-environmental systems, which hold some of the highest biodiversity in the world, provide food for ~1B people, and support >$375B in global goods and services. I plan to show how taking a molecular approach to food web ecology can shed light on some fundamental questions in ecology while providing scientific support to address current and emerging ocean challenges. Through this process, I want to highlight the need and value to think about ecology in a decolonized context that centers the voices, experiences, and ways of Indigenous communities who steward >80% of coral reefs globally.

Contact eebsemaccess@umich.edu for Zoom password at least 2 hours prior to event.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 12 Oct 2022 10:25:59 -0400 2023-01-19T15:00:00-05:00 2023-01-19T16:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Photo Credit: Modified from image by Dr. Mark Priest.
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar - Hybrid - New approaches for modeling variation in rates of trait evolution (January 24, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/97027 97027-21793705@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 24, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Abstract: Rates of trait evolution vary markedly across the tree of life, from the accelerated evolution apparent in adaptive radiations to the remarkable evolutionary stasis exhibited by so-called "living fossils". Identifying and understanding the causes and consequences of such "rate heterogeneity" has critical implications for robustly testing evolutionary hypotheses and, more generally, elucidating how and why levels of phenotypic diversity vary across space, time, and taxa. For my dissertation, I am developing novel phylogenetic comparative methods for inferring variation in rates of continuous trait evolution. These methods will fill key gaps in the comparative biologist's toolkit and provide researchers with more power and flexibility in exploring and dissecting rate heterogeneity across the tree of life.

Our weekly lunch seminar series featuring internal speakers in the field of ecology and evolutionary biology. This seminar will be in-person and livestreaming on Zoom (link this page).

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 23 Jan 2023 13:55:33 -0500 2023-01-24T12:00:00-05:00 2023-01-24T13:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion event details image
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar - Hybrid (January 31, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/97028 97028-21793706@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 31, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

This week, in lieu of our typical seminar, we will be hosting a graduate student lunch during our seminar time with speaker Dr. Carl Bergstrom, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Washington. Dr. Bergstrom will be presenting a public seminar on "The crisis of human collective decision-making in a social media world" at 4-5 pm in Rackham.

Note that this lunch event is for grad students and postdocs only.

Our weekly lunch seminar series featuring internal speakers in the field of ecology and evolutionary biology. This seminar will be in-person and livestreaming on Zoom (link this page).

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 30 Jan 2023 10:21:04 -0500 2023-01-31T12:00:00-05:00 2023-01-31T13:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Dr. Carl Bergstrom
Recruitment Weekend (February 3, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103496 103496-21807350@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 3, 2023 8:00am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

EEB faculty, postdoctoral fellows, lab staff, and students, please keep these dates in mind as you plan your schedules. Schedules will be emailed to you.

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Other Mon, 16 Jan 2023 16:21:34 -0500 2023-02-03T08:00:00-05:00 2023-02-03T18:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Other Biological Sciences Building
Recruitment Weekend (February 4, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/103496 103496-21807351@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 4, 2023 8:00am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

EEB faculty, postdoctoral fellows, lab staff, and students, please keep these dates in mind as you plan your schedules. Schedules will be emailed to you.

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Other Mon, 16 Jan 2023 16:21:34 -0500 2023-02-04T08:00:00-05:00 2023-02-04T14:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Other Biological Sciences Building
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar - Hybrid (February 7, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/97029 97029-21793707@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 7, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Our weekly lunch seminar series featuring internal speakers in the field of ecology and evolutionary biology. This seminar will be in-person and livestreaming on Zoom (link this page).

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 01 Feb 2023 12:12:07 -0500 2023-02-07T12:00:00-05:00 2023-02-07T13:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Artistic reconstruction of Coccocephalus wildi showing its brain. Made by the paleoartist Márcio L. Castro
ELI Workshop: Writing in Academic Style (February 8, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103177 103177-21806232@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 8, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: English Language Institute

Whether you are writing a research article, class assignment, conference abstract or dissertation, the words, grammatical structures, and organizational patterns you use all signal whether your text sounds “academic.” We will look at features of academic style, and how these differ across a range of writing that undergraduate and graduate students do. In this workshop we will work on how to make effective stylistic choices for the types of writing you are doing and the academic identity you wish to convey to your readers in various writing contexts. Bring a text you are currently working on for analysis. Please come prepared to participate actively in small group discussions.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 10 Jan 2023 13:22:33 -0500 2023-02-08T18:00:00-05:00 2023-02-08T20:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar UM students laughing and workshopping
EEB Thursday Seminar - Hybrid: Disentangling soil food web dynamics in the era of global change (February 9, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96706 96706-21793105@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 9, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Our weekly seminar series featuring internal and external speakers in the field of ecology and evolutionary biology. This seminar will be in-person and livestreaming on Zoom (link this page).

Abstract:
Soils contain the most diverse community of organisms in terrestrial ecosystems, with essential roles in nutrient cycling and food-web dynamics. Human-induced disturbances remain a significant threat to the structure and functioning of soil food webs, yet our understanding of how they respond to environmental change is limited. I present two examples (i.e., plant invasion and resource subsidies) of how environmental change can influence soil food web dynamics. First, I show how garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata)—a widespread North American plant invader—affects soil food webs by altering fungal composition and biomass. In a second example, I show how aquatic insect subsidies can affect subarctic food webs by adding novel resources, resulting in increased microbial activity, litter decomposition, and plant biomass. Together these two examples illustrate that soil food webs are highly sensitive to resource changes in the environment, leading to shifts in ecosystem processes and plant community dynamics.

Contact eebsemaccess@umich.edu for Zoom password at least 2 hours prior to event.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 21 Oct 2022 11:25:34 -0400 2023-02-09T15:00:00-05:00 2023-02-09T16:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Dr. McCary working in the field.
MCDB Seminar> Diversity of dopamine signals: Toward a normative perspective (February 10, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103020 103020-21805716@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 10, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Sam Kwon

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 20 Jan 2023 09:47:55 -0500 2023-02-10T12:00:00-05:00 2023-02-10T13:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow MCDB initials and cartoon microscope on blue
MCDB Seminar> The landscape of mitochondrial translation in health and human disease (February 13, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104471 104471-21809112@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, February 13, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Ken Cadigan

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 03 Feb 2023 09:48:29 -0500 2023-02-13T12:00:00-05:00 2023-02-13T13:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow initials MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on a blue background
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar - Hybrid (February 14, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/97030 97030-21793708@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 14, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Our weekly lunch seminar series featuring internal speakers in the field of ecology and evolutionary biology. This seminar will be in-person and livestreaming on Zoom (link this page).

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 30 Jan 2023 10:28:37 -0500 2023-02-14T12:00:00-05:00 2023-02-14T13:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Biological Sciences Building
EEB student evaluation seminar: Evolution Evolving: Mechanistic Origins of Evolvability (February 15, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/101403 101403-21801307@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 15, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Bhaskar presents their preliminary seminar.

Check your email or contact eeb.gradcoord@umich.edu for the passcode at least two hours before the seminar.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 07 Feb 2023 14:28:30 -0500 2023-02-15T12:00:00-05:00 2023-02-15T13:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar event flier
ELI Workshop: Writing Effective Email (February 15, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103178 103178-21806233@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 15, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: English Language Institute

Have you ever struggled to write important email messages? Have you ever wondered whether your tone is right in your email messages? In academic and professional settings, the ability to write effective email messages is an essential skill to help you communicate your professional persona. In this workshop we will focus on strategies for writing clear, effective, and professional email. You will learn how to write emails that are likely to be read, be easily understood, and create a good first impression. *Bring a few samples of your important email messages to analyze. Please come prepared to participate actively in small group discussions.*

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 10 Jan 2023 13:25:11 -0500 2023-02-15T18:00:00-05:00 2023-02-15T20:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar UM students laughing and workshopping
EEB Thursday Seminar - Hybrid: Linking ecology and epidemiology to understand pathogen evolution (February 16, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96707 96707-21793106@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 16, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Our weekly seminar series featuring internal and external speakers in the field of ecology and evolutionary biology. This seminar will be in-person and livestreaming on Zoom (link this page).

Abstract:
Pathogen evolution presents a continuously moving target for modern medicine. Biomedical interventions like vaccines and targeted drugs are cornerstones of modern life and medicine. In isolation, however, these costly and reactive approaches aimed at eradicating bacteria concomitantly select for more virulent and resistant variants and ultimately, ease their spread. Interventions that are informed by evolution and ecology have the potential to confront the largest sources of preventable death in the US and will play a key role in the future of personalized medicine.

Metabolic adaptations precede and facilitate pathogen evolution by offsetting the fitness costs of energetically expensive traits like virulence, transmission, and drug resistance. Despite understanding the basic molecular mechanisms governing metabolic-specific adaptations to various drugs, we remain far from accurately predicting their effects on pathogen evolution to tailor metabolic-based therapeutics. My research seeks to close this gap by developing and empirically testing multi-scale mathematical models to understand how metabolic adaptations influence the fitness landscape and evolutionary trajectory of pathogens.

Contact eebsemaccess@umich.edu for Zoom password at least 2 hours prior to event.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 15 Nov 2022 11:41:02 -0500 2023-02-16T15:00:00-05:00 2023-02-16T16:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Graphic of pathogen evolution.
MCDB Seminar> Peripheral Neuroimmune mechanisms underlying itch, pain and airway inflammation (February 17, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103021 103021-21805717@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 17, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Bo Duan

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 06 Feb 2023 11:17:02 -0500 2023-02-17T12:00:00-05:00 2023-02-17T13:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow MCDB initials and cartoon microscope on blue
EEB student evaluation seminar: A forgotten link: The role of intransitivity and disturbance in the structuring of vine communities (February 17, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103623 103623-21807568@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 17, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Simone presents their preliminary seminar.

Check your email or contact eeb.gradcoord@umich.edu for the passcode at least two hours prior to the seminar.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 10 Feb 2023 16:18:08 -0500 2023-02-17T15:00:00-05:00 2023-02-17T16:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion event details image
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar - Hybrid - Developing frameworks for correlated character evolution in phylogenetic comparative modelling (February 21, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/97031 97031-21793709@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 21, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Our weekly lunch seminar series features internal speakers in the field of ecology and evolutionary biology. This seminar will be in-person and live-streaming on Zoom.

Virtual Access: Please email eebsemaccess@umich.edu two hours prior to the event for the passcode.

TALK TITLE:
Developing frameworks for correlated character evolution in phylogenetic comparative modelling

PREVIEW:
The astounding diversity of life is the result of billions of years of evolution. And while the results of evolutionary change are evident in the world around us, the underlying processes that generated them are yet to be fully revealed. Hypotheses about how these processes play out over millions of years are often tested with phylogenetic comparative methods (PCMs). PCMs combine present-day observations with knowledge of how species are related to one another to test hypotheses of unobserved evolutionary change. However, major methodological gaps exist both in terms of outstanding problems within current models and limitations to the types of datasets that are even analyzable. In this talk I will outline some of the challenges facing models of correlated character evolution and discuss some possible solutions. I will end the talk by discussing the potential for Artificial Intelligence to help understand the evolution of highly complex characters.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 20 Feb 2023 14:10:35 -0500 2023-02-21T12:00:00-05:00 2023-02-21T13:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar event poster
ELI Workshop: Tips for Effective Public Speaking in English (February 22, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103180 103180-21806234@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 22, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: English Language Institute

When you give a presentation, does your voice express confidence? Is it loud enough? Do your listeners easily understand you? Is your audience engaged? In this workshop we will explore techniques to gain confidence and comfort when public speaking in English. You will leave with tips and resources to improve your public speaking abilities. Everyone will give a short presentation on a topic of your choice: a self-introduction, overview of your field of study, or a quick story of an interesting experience.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 10 Jan 2023 13:27:31 -0500 2023-02-22T18:00:00-05:00 2023-02-22T20:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar UM students laughing and workshopping
EEB Thursday Seminar - Hybrid: Mechanisms of behavioral evolution: lessons from poison frogs (February 23, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96709 96709-21793108@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 23, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Our weekly seminar series featuring internal and external speakers in the field of ecology and evolutionary biology. This seminar will be in-person and livestreaming on Zoom (link this page).

Abstract:
Research in our lab asks how nervous systems can be both strikingly flexible and remarkably robust, and how these phenomena simultaneously give rise to widespread similarities and incredible diversity in behavior. We use integrative approaches to address these questions across levels of biological organization and timescales, using charismatic frogs as a model system. The talk will provide a conceptual framework as well as data-driven background for ongoing projects in the lab, exploring mechanisms of inter- and intra-specific variation in parental behavior and juvenile aggression in poison frogs.

Contact eebsemaccess@umich.edu for Zoom password at least 2 hours prior to event.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 25 Jan 2023 13:49:37 -0500 2023-02-23T15:00:00-05:00 2023-02-23T16:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Poison frogs being studied by the lab.
MCDB Seminar> How flies get fat: from genes to neurons (February 24, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103022 103022-21805718@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 24, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Laura Buttitta

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 20 Jan 2023 09:49:43 -0500 2023-02-24T12:00:00-05:00 2023-02-24T13:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow MCDB initials and cartoon microscope on blue
MCDB Seminar> Deciphering Microbial-Immune Relationships in the Airways: Insights from Computational Approaches (March 1, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105051 105051-21811622@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 1, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Gary Huffnagle
This has been rescheduled to March 1.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 23 Feb 2023 11:56:55 -0500 2023-03-01T14:00:00-05:00 2023-03-01T15:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow MCDB initials and cartoon microscope on-blue
EEB student evaluation seminar: Face It: The Structure and Development of Cognition in Polistes fuscatus (March 6, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104448 104448-21809066@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 6, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Jaunita presents their preliminary seminar.

Check your email or contact eeb.gradcoord@umich.edu for the passcode at least two hours prior to the seminar.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 27 Feb 2023 14:02:38 -0500 2023-03-06T14:00:00-05:00 2023-03-06T15:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar wasp
EEB student evaluation seminar: "Spatiotemporal dynamics of geographic range in seasonally migratory birds" (March 6, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104449 104449-21809068@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 6, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Matthew presents his preliminary seminar.

Check your email or contact eeb.gradcoord@umich.edu for the passcode at least two hours prior to the seminar.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 27 Feb 2023 12:56:46 -0500 2023-03-06T15:00:00-05:00 2023-03-06T16:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Handbook of Birds of the World
MCDB Seminar> Cell type evolution underlying a major expansion of a brain region in ants (March 7, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105502 105502-21811969@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 7, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Josie Clowney

Note special date, time, location:
Tuesday seminar, 3 PM in 1010 BSB

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 27 Feb 2023 17:42:34 -0500 2023-03-07T15:00:00-05:00 2023-03-07T16:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar jumping ant photo and portrait of Bogdan S on blue background
MCDB Thesis Defense> Sleep as an essential modulator for plasticity and cognition during atypical development (March 8, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105248 105248-21811449@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 8, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Mentor: Sara Aton

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 21 Feb 2023 11:43:01 -0500 2023-03-08T15:00:00-05:00 2023-03-08T16:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar portrait of Jessy Martinez
MCDB Seminar> Building the epithelial brush border, one microvillus at a time (March 10, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103023 103023-21805719@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 10, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Hosts: Ann Miller and Simon P. Hogan
Molecular Cellular Pathology series

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 06 Feb 2023 11:18:47 -0500 2023-03-10T12:00:00-05:00 2023-03-10T13:00:00-05:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow MCDB initials and cartoon microscope on blue
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar - Hybrid - "Region-wide climate-driven grassland community shifts in a biodiversity hotspot" (March 14, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/97033 97033-21793711@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 14, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Our weekly lunch seminar series featuring internal speakers in the field of ecology and evolutionary biology. This seminar will be in-person and livestreaming on Zoom.

Abstract:
Ecological communities have been shifting rapidly under recent climate change with alarming consequences for biodiversity and ecosystem services, yet the generality and causality of such shifts have to be demonstrated. We focus on grasslands in the California Floristic Province, a global biodiversity hotspot spanning 300,000 km2, where considerable climate warming and drying have occurred. We compiled long-term grassland community composition data from 12 observational sites and a warming experiment, estimated hundreds of species’ climate niches from millions of occurrence records, and analyzed changes in community composition and species gain and loss in reference to their climate distributions. We show that these grassland communities experienced significant shifts toward species tolerant of warmer and drier conditions, at a pace similar to climate warming and drying. The consistent observational and experimental evidence establish grassland community shift as a predictable fingerprint of climate change.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 10 Mar 2023 13:46:00 -0500 2023-03-14T12:00:00-04:00 2023-03-14T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar event details image
EEB student evaluation seminar: Exploring the role of assembly processes in shaping dominant tree communities in the Amazon rainforest (March 15, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104218 104218-21808662@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 15, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Raquel presents her preliminary seminar.

This event is hybrid.
Email eebsemaccess@umich.edu for access to this seminar at least two hours prior to event start.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 07 Mar 2023 15:29:46 -0500 2023-03-15T13:00:00-04:00 2023-03-15T14:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar event details image
ELI Workshop: Talking to Powerful People (March 15, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103181 103181-21806235@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 15, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: English Language Institute

Making conversation can be one of the most challenging types of speaking to master in any language. This can be particularly true with people in a position of authority, such as a faculty advisor, department chair, work supervisor, or future employer. In this workshop, we will practice skills and strategies to effectively interact with powerful people, including turn-taking strategies, active listening, and sources for sample conversations. We will consider how to seem friendly and confident at a job interview or competent and insightful in a research group meeting. Come ready to practice with one another and to identify effective ways to practice on your own.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 10 Jan 2023 13:29:32 -0500 2023-03-15T18:00:00-04:00 2023-03-15T20:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar UM students laughing and workshopping
EEB Thursday Seminar - Hybrid: Ecological responses in a warmer and drier future: *from individuals to community to ecosystem level functions* (March 16, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96710 96710-21793109@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 16, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Our weekly seminar series featuring internal and external speakers in the field of ecology and evolutionary biology. This seminar will be in-person and livestreaming on Zoom (link this page).

Abstract:
Understanding the role of climatic gradients shaping species interactions and system-level structure and function has been the thrust of ecological studies. We are exploring how experimental warming and drought shapes the structure and function of montane meadows and temperate prairies. By tracking individual abundance and functional traits across plant communities, alongside ecosystem carbon dynamics, we address how climatic change influences prairies
and meadows across levels of biological organization. We find that while individuals and communities are shifting under climatic change, ecosystem functions lag behind.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 28 Nov 2022 12:54:29 -0500 2023-03-16T15:00:00-04:00 2023-03-16T16:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Photo credit William Farrell
EEB Student Dissertation Defense: Toxic Forms Most Beautiful: The Evolutionary Dynamics of Rear-Fanged Snake Venoms. (March 17, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/104542 104542-21809579@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 17, 2023 10:00am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Peter presents their dissertation defense.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 09 Mar 2023 16:20:52 -0500 2023-03-17T10:00:00-04:00 2023-03-17T11:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar event details image
MCDB Seminar> How are brain connectomes encoded in the genome? (March 17, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103024 103024-21805720@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 17, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Josie Clowney

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 16 Mar 2023 15:58:32 -0400 2023-03-17T12:00:00-04:00 2023-03-17T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow MCDB initials and cartoon microscope on blue
ELI Workshop: Creating Effective Visuals for Research Presentations (March 22, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103182 103182-21806236@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: English Language Institute

In today’s research world, presentations can take place in person as a talk or poster presentation, online via Zoom, or via pre-recorded videos, and strong visuals are essential to their success. These visuals can take many forms, including graphs, tables, charts, photos, and embedded videos. In this workshop, you will learn how to select appropriate visuals and integrate them with spoken and written text in order to best communicate your scholarship to different audiences. We will analyze presentations from a variety of disciplines in order to identify what makes them effective. Please bring a presentation you are currently working on or have presented in the past and be prepared to participate in small group discussions.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 30 Aug 2023 15:35:00 -0400 2023-03-22T18:00:00-04:00 2023-03-22T20:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar UM students laughing and workshopping
EEB Thursday Seminar - Hybrid: #Findthatlizard: ecology, science outreach, and supporting underrepresented groups in herpetology and natural resources (March 23, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96711 96711-21793110@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 23, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Our weekly seminar series featuring internal and external speakers in the field of ecology and evolutionary biology. This seminar will be in-person and livestreaming on Zoom (link this page).

Abstract:
In this presentation I'll discuss 1) the biological responses of riparian species facing climate change, 2) the barriers preventing Black women from entering natural resource careers, and 3) alternative educational approaches that could encourage Black girls to pursue careers in natural resources. First, I investigated the impact of stream drying on riparian lizards in southeastern Arizona. Although this study did not detect aquatic invertebrates as significant prey items for our study species, it is likely they are benefiting at least indirectly from stream water. Second, we examined barriers experienced by Black women and found three primary types of barriers they face are structural, socioeconomic, and cultural. Finally, I developed: Black (girls) Outside Leadership Development (BOLD). We found that it's crucial to provide middle school aged Black girls with experiences to learn about natural resources careers and the resources to pursue these careers when they are ready.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 02 Mar 2023 08:15:44 -0500 2023-03-23T15:00:00-04:00 2023-03-23T16:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Dr. McGee holding virgatus
MCDB Seminar> PopZ Condensate: From Cytosol Organization in Bacteria to Synthetic Applications in Human Cells (March 24, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103025 103025-21805722@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 24, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Anthony Vecchiarelli

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 16 Mar 2023 17:53:12 -0400 2023-03-24T12:00:00-04:00 2023-03-24T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow MCDB initials and cartoon microscope on blue
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar - Hybrid - The role of dominant species, herbivores, and climate in shaping plant communities (March 28, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/97034 97034-21793712@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 28, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Our weekly lunch seminar series features internal speakers in ecology and evolutionary biology. This seminar will be in-person and live-streaming on Zoom.

This event is hybrid.
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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 22 Mar 2023 12:06:17 -0400 2023-03-28T12:00:00-04:00 2023-03-28T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Biological Sciences Building
EEB Thursday Seminar - Hybrid: Characterizing past communities to build future ones: *lessons from Caribbean conservation paleobiology * (March 30, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96712 96712-21793111@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 30, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Our weekly seminar series featuring internal and external speakers in the field of ecology and evolutionary biology. This seminar will be in-person and livestreaming on Zoom (link this page).

Abstract:
The Caribbean is one of the most well-studied biodiversity hotspots, but the diversity of today’s Caribbean is only a fraction of what once existed there, as natural and anthropogenic processes have contributed to extinction and extirpation across multiple taxonomic groups. Given this long-term history of environmental perturbations and human impacts, paleobiology is well-suited to inform ongoing conservation needs in the Caribbean, which continues to be impacted by habitat degradation, species introductions, and other global change phenomena. I show how fossil, archaeological, and ecological data elucidate patterns of biodiversity loss and resilience, with direct implications for conservation management. While conservation paleobiology has significant potential in the Caribbean, it also faces major challenges in implementation, in part due to colonial histories and practices of parachute science. I summarize how this colonial legacy perpetuates knowledge and resource gaps, and outline ways in which we can move toward an equitable conservation paleobiology in the Caribbean and elsewhere.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 23 Mar 2023 12:33:02 -0400 2023-03-30T15:00:00-04:00 2023-03-30T16:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Individuals working in a square plot. Photo Credit: Melissa Kemp
MCDB Seminar> Cognitive resilience to AD: modeling cell-cell interactions between hippocampal neurons and glia from snRNAseq (March 31, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103026 103026-21805723@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 31, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Sara Aton

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 20 Mar 2023 10:36:40 -0400 2023-03-31T12:00:00-04:00 2023-03-31T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow MCDB initials and cartoon microscope on blue
EEB student evaluation seminar: Uncovering the drivers of tree diversification in lowland and montane Neotropical forests (April 3, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104301 104301-21808805@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 3, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Diana presents their preliminary seminar.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 22 Mar 2023 12:02:35 -0400 2023-04-03T14:00:00-04:00 2023-04-03T15:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar field photo
EEB student evaluation seminar: The phylodynamic and macroevolutionary implications of failing to account for gene flow (April 3, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103858 103858-21808006@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 3, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Avinash presents his preliminary seminar.

This event is hybrid.
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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 28 Mar 2023 13:18:12 -0400 2023-04-03T15:00:00-04:00 2023-04-03T16:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion event poster
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar - Hybrid (April 4, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/97035 97035-21793713@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 4, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Our weekly lunch seminar series featuring internal speakers in the field of ecology and evolutionary biology. This seminar will be in-person and livestreaming on Zoom (link this page).

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 30 Jan 2023 10:34:37 -0500 2023-04-04T12:00:00-04:00 2023-04-04T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Biological Sciences Building
EEB Thursday Seminar - Hybrid Hubbell Lecture: Macroevolution to microbiomes: piecing together the puzzle to understand the evolution of the ants (April 6, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96714 96714-21793112@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 6, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Our weekly seminar series featuring internal and external speakers in the field of ecology and evolutionary biology. This seminar will be in-person and livestreaming on Zoom (link this page).

Abstract:
To fully understand the macroevolutionary factors that have promoted the diversification and persistence of biological diversity varied tools and disciplines must be integrated. By combining data from several fields including molecular phylogenetics/phylogenomics, comparative genomics, biogeographic range reconstruction, stable isotope analyses, and microbial community sequencing to study the evolutionary history of the insects, we are beginning to understand the drivers of speciation and the interconnectedness of life. Comparative phylogenetic analysis reveals the interconnectedness of ants and plants and that ants diversified after the rise of the angiosperms. While studies combining stable isotope analysis to infer the trophic ecology of the ants and next-generation sequencing of gut-associated bacteria of ants highlight the importance of this microbiome association in the evolution of herbivory. Microbial contributions to ants are not limited to diet enrichment and we find evidence for their role in cuticle formation. These multiple lines of evidence are illuminating a more complete picture of ant evolution and providing novel insights into the role that symbiosis plays to promote biological diversity.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 26 Oct 2022 13:48:17 -0400 2023-04-06T15:00:00-04:00 2023-04-06T16:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Cephalotes atratus
MCDB Seminar> Structural and functional analysis of Hsp70/Hsp110 molecular chaperones (April 7, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103027 103027-21805724@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 7, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Yanzhuang Wang

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 16 Mar 2023 15:57:32 -0400 2023-04-07T12:00:00-04:00 2023-04-07T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow MCDB initials and cartoon microscope on blue
EEB Thesis Defense - Zulay Caridad Rodriguez, Frontiers Master's Student (April 10, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103860 103860-21808009@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 10, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Thesis Defense - Zulay Caridad Rodriguez
"A Multitude of Mimics: An Evolutionary Paradox in Coral Snake Mimicry"

Zulay defends their thesis.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 07 Apr 2023 14:35:26 -0400 2023-04-10T14:00:00-04:00 2023-04-10T15:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion event poster
EEB Student Dissertation Defense: Kirby Mills, EEB Ph.D Student (April 13, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/106234 106234-21813955@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 13, 2023 10:00am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

EEB Student Dissertation Defense: Kirby Mills, EEB Student
"Apex predators in the Anthropocene: African large carnivore ecology at the human-wildlife interface"

Kirby presents their dissertation defense.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 07 Apr 2023 14:40:20 -0400 2023-04-13T10:00:00-04:00 2023-04-13T11:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar event poster
EEB Thursday Seminar - Hybrid: Tracking short-term evolution in a pedigreed wild population (April 13, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/96715 96715-21793113@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 13, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Our weekly seminar series featuring internal and external speakers in the field of ecology and evolutionary biology. This seminar will be in-person and livestreaming on Zoom (link this page).

Abstract:
The fundamental goal of the field of population genetics is to understand the evolutionary processes that govern allele frequency change. However, the actual mechanisms causing these changes - variation in individual survival, reproductive success, and movement - are often difficult to directly measure in natural populations. Fully understanding these processes requires the population pedigree, the set of relationships among all individuals in the population through time. Here, we elucidate the relative roles of different evolutionary processes in shaping patterns of genetic variation through time using a 25-year genomic, phenotypic, and pedigree dataset in the Florida Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens). Using gene dropping simulations, we estimated individual long-term genetic contributions and show how they are linked to measures of individual fitness and predictions of allele frequency change. Our approach allows us to quantify the expected genetic contribution of recent immigrants and identify large allele frequency shifts due to gene flow or selection. We modeled the relative roles of different evolutionary processes in shaping patterns of genetic variation genome-wide. Finally, we modified existing selection component analysis frameworks to test for selection acting on specific life-cycle stages. We identified a number of loci that clearly exhibited male gametic selection, sexual selection, and viability selection. By combining pedigree-based models with fine-scale dissection of selection components, this work provides a one of the most complete characterizations of the roles of selection, gene flow, and drift in governing allele frequency dynamics in a natural population to date.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 28 Feb 2023 14:26:16 -0500 2023-04-13T15:00:00-04:00 2023-04-13T16:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Image provided by the Chen Lab
MCDB Seminar> Elucidating the molecular mechanisms of microtubule dynamics (April 14, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103028 103028-21805725@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 14, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Morgan DeSantis

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 04 Apr 2023 13:41:57 -0400 2023-04-14T12:00:00-04:00 2023-04-14T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar micrograph of microtubules stained in purple and green
Thesis Defense - Sorrel Hartford (April 14, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/103859 103859-21808007@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 14, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Thesis Defense - Sorrel Hartford
"Seeing beneath the trees: how understory diversity shapes forest resilience"

Sorrel defends their thesis.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 06 Apr 2023 09:27:59 -0400 2023-04-14T12:00:00-04:00 2023-04-14T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Lecture / Discussion event poster
Thesis Defense: Long-Distance Migration as a Driver of Sensory Plasticity and Evolution in Monarch Butterflies (Danaus plexippus) (April 17, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104968 104968-21810515@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 17, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

EEB Thesis Defense - Darene Assadia, EEB master's student

Darene Assadia defends their thesis.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 10 Apr 2023 13:49:37 -0400 2023-04-17T13:00:00-04:00 2023-04-17T14:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar event poster
MCDB Defense> NREM-targeted Activation of Medial Septal Cholinergic Input Hippocampus Disrupts Consolidation of Multiple Hippocampal-dependent Memories (April 19, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107679 107679-21816355@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 19, 2023 10:00am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Aton Lab

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 18 Apr 2023 21:53:45 -0400 2023-04-19T10:00:00-04:00 2023-04-19T11:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow initials MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on a blue background
EEB student evaluation seminar: Diana Carolina Vergara-Florez, EEB Ph.D. Student (April 19, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/104966 104966-21810513@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 19, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

EEB student evaluation seminar: Diana Carolina Vergara-Florez, EEB Ph.D. Student
Microbes in the Shells: Unraveling eco-evolutionary processes between venomous molluscs and their microbiome

Diana presents their preliminary seminar.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 13 Apr 2023 11:59:52 -0400 2023-04-19T13:00:00-04:00 2023-04-19T14:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar event details image
EEB Student Dissertation Defense: Emily Laub, U-M EEB Graduate Student (April 20, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/105940 105940-21813301@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 20, 2023 10:00am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

EEB Student Dissertation Defense: Emily Laub, U-M EEB Graduate Student
"Social group formation and cooperation in Paper wasps"

Emily Laub presents their dissertation defense.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 13 Apr 2023 11:55:31 -0400 2023-04-20T10:00:00-04:00 2023-04-20T11:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar event details image
EEB student evaluation seminar: Samuel Stratton, EEB Ph.D. Student (April 20, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/105207 105207-21811378@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, April 20, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

EEB student evaluation seminar: Samuel Stratton, EEB Ph.D. Student
"Built different: how development determines seasonal migratory and non-migratory forms in the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)"

Samuel Stratton presents their preliminary seminar.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 13 Apr 2023 10:35:42 -0400 2023-04-20T13:00:00-04:00 2023-04-20T14:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Biological Sciences Building
EEB Thesis Defense - Libby O'Brien, EEB Master's Student (April 21, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107669 107669-21816345@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 21, 2023 10:00am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

EEB Thesis Defense - Libby O'Brien, EEB Master's Student
"Long-term leaf and root litter input manipulations influence Q. rubra seedling growth in a mesocosm experiment"

Libby defends their thesis.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 18 Apr 2023 14:28:26 -0400 2023-04-21T10:00:00-04:00 2023-04-21T11:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar event details image
EEB Student Dissertation Defense: Héctor Figueroa, Ph.D. Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (April 25, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106862 106862-21814943@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 25, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

EEB Student Dissertation Defense: Héctor Figueroa, Ph.D. Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
"Tracing the evolutionary origins of alpine plant lineages"

Héctor presents his dissertation defense.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 17 Apr 2023 14:20:31 -0400 2023-04-25T13:00:00-04:00 2023-04-25T14:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Biological Sciences Building
MCDB Defense> The Generational Fitness Effects of a High Sugar Diet in *Drosophila melanogaster* (April 28, 2023 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107681 107681-21816357@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 28, 2023 8:00am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Dus Lab

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 18 Apr 2023 22:03:56 -0400 2023-04-28T08:00:00-04:00 2023-04-28T09:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow initials MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on blue
MCDB Defense> Dissecting the role of cortical inhibitory neurons in the SYNGAP1 neurodevelopmental disorder (May 1, 2023 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107755 107755-21816448@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 1, 2023 9:30am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Mentor: Sung Eun “Samuel” Kwon

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Workshop / Seminar Sat, 22 Apr 2023 16:33:45 -0400 2023-05-01T09:30:00-04:00 2023-05-01T10:30:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow initials MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on a blue background
EEB Student Dissertation Defense: Kayla Hale, EEB Ph.D. Student (May 4, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/106238 106238-21813959@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 4, 2023 10:00am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

EEB Student Dissertation Defense: Kayle Hale, EEB Ph.D. Student
"Tangled dynamics of trophic and mutualistic interactions in terrestrial ecosystems."

Kayla Hale presents their dissertation defense.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 02 May 2023 09:33:11 -0400 2023-05-04T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-04T11:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Biological Sciences Building
MCDB Defense> Toward Accessible Bioinformatic Tools for Analyzing Residue Coevolution and Sequence-fitness Relationships in Fluc Family Proteins (May 4, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107680 107680-21817062@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 4, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Stockbridge Lab

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 25 Apr 2023 11:23:31 -0400 2023-05-04T13:00:00-04:00 2023-05-04T14:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow initials MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on a blue background
EEB Student Dissertation Defense: (May 12, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/106579 106579-21814491@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, May 12, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Teresa presents their dissertation defense.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 06 Apr 2023 10:36:09 -0400 2023-05-12T13:00:00-04:00 2023-05-12T14:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Biological Sciences Building
EEB thesis defense: (May 15, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/106239 106239-21813960@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, May 15, 2023 10:00am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Cheyenne presents their thesis defense.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 15 Mar 2023 14:56:03 -0400 2023-05-15T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-15T11:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Biological Sciences Building
Thesis Defense - Alice Hill, Master’s Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (May 25, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107384 107384-21815935@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 25, 2023 10:00am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

EEB Thesis Defense - Alice Hill, Master’s Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
"Comparing measures of sociality in white-faced capuchins: redundancy and sensitivity to sampling"

Alice Hill defends their thesis.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 19 May 2023 14:46:54 -0400 2023-05-25T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-25T11:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar event details image
MCDB Defense> Molecular Evolution of Root Epidermal Cell Patterns in Eudicot Plants (May 30, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/108384 108384-21819457@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, May 30, 2023 10:00am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Mentor: John Schiefelbein

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Workshop / Seminar Sat, 27 May 2023 17:14:31 -0400 2023-05-30T10:00:00-04:00 2023-05-30T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow initials MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on a blue background
MCDB Defense> Exploring Protein Dynamics Through Paradigms of Chaperone Action and Structural Disorder (June 5, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108386 108386-21819459@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, June 5, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Mentor: James Bardwell

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Workshop / Seminar Sat, 27 May 2023 17:27:44 -0400 2023-06-05T12:00:00-04:00 2023-06-05T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow initials MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on a blue background
EEB Student Dissertation Defense: Meagan Simons, Ph.D. Student (June 15, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107998 107998-21818779@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 15, 2023 10:00am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

EEB Student Dissertation Defense: Meagan Simons, Ph.D. Student
"Cognition in little minds: Exploring complex behaviors in simple neural systems"
Meagan Simons presents their dissertation defense.

Email eeb.gradcoord@umich.edu for the zoom link.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 12 Jun 2023 15:24:46 -0400 2023-06-15T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-15T11:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar event details image
EEB Student Dissertation Defense: Nia Johnson, EEB Ph.D. Student (June 16, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107768 107768-21816463@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 16, 2023 10:00am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

EEB Student Dissertation Defense: Nia Johnson, EEB Ph.D. Student
"Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics of Plant-Herbivore Interactions and Plant Defense in Modern Agricultural Landscapes"
Nia Johnson presents their dissertation defense.

Email eeb.gradcoord@umich.edu for access to this seminar virtually.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 12 Jun 2023 15:22:56 -0400 2023-06-16T10:00:00-04:00 2023-06-16T11:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar event details image
MCDB Seminar> Barrier Breakdown: Claudin proteins restrict cancer invasion and metastasis (June 16, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108091 108091-21818931@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, June 16, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Ann Miller

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 15 May 2023 15:14:48 -0400 2023-06-16T12:00:00-04:00 2023-06-16T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow initials MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on a blue background
MCDB Defense> Characterizing memory trace reactivation and biosynthetic changes during post-learning sleep in the hippocampus (June 22, 2023 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/108525 108525-21819892@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, June 22, 2023 10:30am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Mentor: Sara Aton

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 06 Jun 2023 12:18:14 -0400 2023-06-22T10:30:00-04:00 2023-06-22T11:30:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow initials MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on a blue background
EEB Student Evaluation Seminar: Avinash Subramanian, EEB Ph.D. Student (July 11, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/107621 107621-21816284@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, July 11, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

EEB Student Evaluation Seminar: Avinash Subramanian, EEB Ph.D. Student
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Avinash presents their preliminary seminar.

Email eeb.gradcoord@umich.edu for access to this seminar virtually.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 17 Apr 2023 13:43:11 -0400 2023-07-11T12:00:00-04:00 2023-07-11T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Biological Sciences Building
MCDB Seminar> Mosquito receptors that detect human odor (July 14, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/108092 108092-21818932@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, July 14, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Josie Clowney

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 15 May 2023 15:19:56 -0400 2023-07-14T12:00:00-04:00 2023-07-14T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow initials MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on a blue background
EEB Student Dissertation Defense: Xukang Shen, PhD Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (August 1, 2023 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/106864 106864-21814944@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, August 1, 2023 8:30am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Xukang Shen presents their dissertation defense.

Email eeb.gradcoord@umich.edu for access to this seminar virtually.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 21 Jul 2023 15:43:58 -0400 2023-08-01T08:30:00-04:00 2023-08-01T21:30:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Biological Sciences Building
EEB Student Dissertation Defense: Kristel Sánchez, EEB Ph.D. Student (August 4, 2023 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/107823 107823-21817079@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, August 4, 2023 10:00am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

EEB Student Dissertation Defense: Kristel Sánchez, EEB Ph.D. Student
"Exploring the mechanisms of medicinal diets in an aquatic host-parasite system"

Kristel presents their dissertation defense.

Email eeb.gradcoord@umich.edu for access to this seminar virtually.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 26 Jul 2023 11:46:43 -0400 2023-08-04T10:00:00-04:00 2023-08-04T11:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Biological Sciences Building
MCDB Master's Defense> The effect of dosage compensation machinery on aging. (August 16, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109973 109973-21823491@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, August 16, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Mentor: Gyorgyi Csankovszki

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 09 Aug 2023 14:18:00 -0400 2023-08-16T14:00:00-04:00 2023-08-16T15:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow initials MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on a blue background
Fall Kick-Off! (September 6, 2023 9:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111374 111374-21826913@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 6, 2023 9:30am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: LSA UG Biology & Neuroscience Programs

Drop by the Biological Sciences Building (BSB) for bagels and coffee! Our staff and Peer advisors will be there to welcome you into the new term.

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Social / Informal Gathering Fri, 01 Sep 2023 11:32:45 -0400 2023-09-06T09:30:00-04:00 2023-09-06T12:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building LSA UG Biology & Neuroscience Programs Social / Informal Gathering kick off flyer
MCDB Seminar> Microtubules, mitochondria, and dynein in the axon terminal (September 6, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/110865 110865-21825681@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 6, 2023 11:00am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Morgan DeSantis

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 24 Aug 2023 17:32:22 -0400 2023-09-06T11:00:00-04:00 2023-09-06T12:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow initials MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on a blue background
ELI Workshop: Writing Effective Email (September 6, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111209 111209-21826244@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 6, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: English Language Institute

Have you ever struggled to write important email messages? Have you ever wondered whether your tone is right in your email messages? In academic and professional settings, the ability to write effective email messages is an essential skill to communicate your professional persona. In this workshop we will focus on strategies for writing clear, effective and professional email. You will learn how to write emails that are likely to be read, be easily understood, and create a good first impression. Bring a few samples of your important email messages to analyze. Please come prepared to participate actively in small group discussions.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 31 Aug 2023 16:20:18 -0400 2023-09-06T18:00:00-04:00 2023-09-06T20:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar UM Student at ELI Workshop
The ages of fishes (September 8, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/111839 111839-21827635@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 8, 2023 11:00am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Museum Paleontology

This seminar meets in 3150 BSB.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 07 Sep 2023 15:41:40 -0400 2023-09-08T11:00:00-04:00 2023-09-08T12:30:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum Paleontology Lecture / Discussion a skeletal fish imprint on a beige background
Grad School in the Biosciences - Before, During, and After PhD (September 8, 2023 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109719 109719-21822731@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 8, 2023 1:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Futures in Research, Science, Teaching - FIRST

A panel of current and past biology grad students covering the application process, graduate research, and careers post-degree. The second half of the panel will be open to questions.

Friday, 9/8 at 1pm in 1010 BSB (hybrid)

RSVP: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfSbNU4TGCznDYBvb0Kep2ZcIVaD2iRXRWPhVCbWKbXku__qA/viewform?usp=sf_link

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 03 Aug 2023 10:07:25 -0400 2023-09-08T13:00:00-04:00 2023-09-08T14:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Futures in Research, Science, Teaching - FIRST Workshop / Seminar FIRST Logo
ELI Workshop: Making the Most of Office Hours (September 11, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111314 111314-21826659@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 11, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: English Language Institute

Are you aware that interacting with professors outside of class can be a key to academic success in the US? Office hours are helpful if you have questions about course content or homework. They provide an opportunity for you to connect with your professor and to understand their expectations for the course. They also help you learn about U.S. academic culture. This workshop will provide information about what to expect during office hours and tips for communicating effectively with your professor. Please come prepared to participate actively in small group role plays.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 07 Sep 2023 15:17:50 -0400 2023-09-11T18:00:00-04:00 2023-09-11T20:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar UM Student at ELI Workshop
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar - "Applied Community Ecology: The Case of Puerto Rican Ants in Coffee" (September 12, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111959 111959-21828063@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 12, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Coffee farms in Puerto Rico offer a perfect setting for studying community ecology since they are small, similar to one another and abundant, effectively creating a natural experiment. The ant community of these farms is evidently organized along the lines of what has come to be known as a metacommunity. The study of a particular assemblage of ants on one of these farms reveals interesting patterns of community structure, some of which relates directly to practical issues such as pest control and carbon sequestration. Specifically, the role of intransitive loops and higher order effects are evident and provide a mechanistic interpretation of some aspects of community structure.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 12 Sep 2023 10:01:12 -0400 2023-09-12T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-12T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar event details image
EEB Thursday Seminar Series - "The causes and consequences of social interactions" (September 14, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111589 111589-21827281@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 14, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Animal social behavior emerges from interactions among individuals, therefore, it is important to understand both the mechanisms that shape interactions and their consequences. Because most animals need to be in proximity to interact, individual differences in animal movements are especially important for determining who interacts with whom. Furthermore, the environment can shape the ways in which animals interact, for example by impacting their movement patterns. Social interactions in turn determine population-level processes, such as information flow and disease transmission, which can impact fitness and shape the evolution of sociality. In this talk, I will examine various causes and consequences of social interactions with examples from social insects and birds using lab experiments, field observations, models, and social network analysis. Uncovering the causes and consequences of social interactions is essential for understanding the emergence of social behavior.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 12 Sep 2023 10:03:45 -0400 2023-09-14T15:00:00-04:00 2023-09-14T16:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar event details image
ELI Workshop: Writing in Academic Style (September 14, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111832 111832-21827629@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 14, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: English Language Institute

Whether you are writing a research article, class assignment, conference abstract or dissertation, the words, grammatical structures, and organizational patterns you use all signal whether your text sounds “academic.” We will look at features of academic style, and how these differ across a range of writing that undergraduate and graduate students do. In this workshop we will work on how to make effective stylistic choices for the types of writing you are doing and the academic identity you wish to convey to your readers in various writing contexts. Bring a text you are currently working on for analysis. Please come prepared to participate actively in small group discussions.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 07 Sep 2023 15:18:40 -0400 2023-09-14T18:00:00-04:00 2023-09-14T20:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar UM Students at ELI workshop
India at the Crossroads: Biotic change in continental vertebrates across the Cretaceous-Paleogene transition (September 15, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/112372 112372-21828847@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 15, 2023 11:00am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Museum Paleontology

Dr. Jeffrey Wilson Mantilla presents a talk, "India at the Crossroads: Biotic change in continental vertebrates across the Cretaceous-Paleogene transition" as a part of the Paleoseminar in 3150 BSB.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 14 Sep 2023 14:33:48 -0400 2023-09-15T11:00:00-04:00 2023-09-15T12:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum Paleontology Lecture / Discussion At the Backwaters, Kerala - South India
ELI Workshop: Tips for Effective Public Speaking (September 18, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111834 111834-21827630@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 18, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: English Language Institute

When you give a presentation, does your voice express confidence? Is it loud enough? Do your listeners easily understand you? Is your audience engaged? In this workshop we will explore techniques to gain confidence and comfort when public speaking in English. You will leave with tips and resources to improve your public speaking abilities. Everyone will give a short presentation on a topic of your choice: a self-introduction, overview of your field of study, or a quick story of an interesting experience.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 07 Sep 2023 15:24:08 -0400 2023-09-18T18:00:00-04:00 2023-09-18T20:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar UM Student at ELI Workshop
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar with Taslima Haque, EEB Postdoctoral Fellow, Wittkopp Lab (September 19, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111961 111961-21828064@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Exploring how species thrive in different environments with a broad geographical distribution including the disparate ecological conditions provides valuable insights about the adaptive capacity of natural populations. Panicum hallii, a perennial grass known for its diverse habitats and substantial phenotypic variations among different ecotypes, presents the opportunity to investigate adaptive divergence. Our study of gene expression divergence and their underlying regulatory architecture suggest cis-regulatory divergence as a primary driver of expression variation in this population.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 18 Sep 2023 12:28:26 -0400 2023-09-19T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-19T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Biological Sciences Building
EEB Thursday Hartweg Seminar Series with Susanne Renner, Professor, Washington University in Saint Louis, MO (September 21, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111594 111594-21827293@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 21, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Animal social behavior emerges from interactions among individuals, therefore, it is important to understand both the mechanisms that shape interactions and their consequences. Because most animals need to be in proximity to interact, individual differences in animal movements are especially important for determining who interacts with whom. Furthermore, the environment can shape the ways in which animals interact, for example by impacting their movement patterns. Social interactions in turn determine population-level processes, such as information flow and disease transmission, which can impact fitness and shape the evolution of sociality. In this talk, I will examine various causes and consequences of social interactions with examples from social insects and birds using lab experiments, field observations, models, and social network analysis. Uncovering the causes and consequences of social interactions is essential for understanding the emergence of social behavior.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 12 Sep 2023 10:24:04 -0400 2023-09-21T15:00:00-04:00 2023-09-21T16:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar Biological Sciences Building
Lumbar vertebrae in Paleogene Mammals (September 22, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/112604 112604-21829179@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 22, 2023 11:00am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Museum Paleontology

The Friday seminar is held in 3150 BSB

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 20 Sep 2023 16:08:42 -0400 2023-09-22T11:00:00-04:00 2023-09-22T12:30:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum Paleontology Lecture / Discussion Skeleton and parts of an animal skeleton with title of presentation superimposed
MCDB Seminar> Development of a sex-specific courtship behavior in female *Drosophila* (September 22, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110338 110338-21824793@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 22, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Josie Clowney

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 24 Aug 2023 17:21:14 -0400 2023-09-22T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-22T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow initials MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on a blue background
ELI Workshop: Refining Your Grad School Application Essays (September 25, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111836 111836-21827632@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 25, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: English Language Institute

(For students applying to masters, PhD, and professional graduate programs)Are you applying to a graduate program for fall 2023? Are you trying to figure out how to organize and narrow down all that you might write in your Statement of Purpose (SOP)? How does an SOP differ from a Personal Statement? How do a Teaching Philosophy Statement or a Diversity Statement fit in? We will examine organizational strategies for the range of essays you are crafting and explore ways to find the words to articulate why you are a great match for the program(s) you are applying to. Bring a list of ideas, a draft outline, or draft essays to work on during the workshop. Please come prepared to participate actively in small group discussions.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 07 Sep 2023 15:30:48 -0400 2023-09-25T18:00:00-04:00 2023-09-25T20:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building English Language Institute Workshop / Seminar UM Student at ELI Workshop
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar - Unsupervised Learning as an Analog for Evolvability in Genotype-Phenotype Maps (September 26, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111962 111962-21828065@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 26, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

This event is part of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology's weekly lunch series.

About: The capability of an evolutionary substrate to generate novel phenotypic variation that is viable under mutation, referred to as evolvability, underpins the process of adaptive evolution. However, evolutionary simulations using models with high-dimensional phenotypes often exhibit stunted evolvability in the absence of indirect genotype-phenotype mapping that facilitates coordinated changes over many phenotypic traits. If these genotype-phenotype maps bias toward phenotypic viability and maintain phenotypic diversity, the resulting genetic search space will be lower-dimensional and less rugged, making it more conducive to adaptive evolution. Such evolvability in genotype-phenotype maps shares significant conceptual overlap with unsupervised learning, which extracts regularities and structure from unlabeled data that can enable lower-dimensional, compact representations of complex data like images and text. Here, we report a suite of benchmark fitness landscapes designed to facilitate head-to-head comparison of unsupervised learning techniques and evolved genotype-phenotype maps. This framework will contribute critical experimental rigor to ongoing efforts to harness unsupervised learning as a theoretical framework to understand evolvability. Exploration of unsupervised learning methods in engineering evolvable genotype-phenotype maps has great promise to benefit application-oriented evolutionary computation, as well.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 21 Sep 2023 16:28:03 -0400 2023-09-26T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-26T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar event details image
Writing Personal and Academic Statements (September 26, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/109722 109722-21822737@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 26, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Futures in Research, Science, Teaching - FIRST

Bioscience postdocs and grad students will cover what to include/avoid and how to frame your story while writing statements for research-based grad programs. There will be a chance for workshopping statement drafts in small groups. This event is hybrid.

RSVP: https://linktr.ee/FIRST_Org

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 11 Sep 2023 14:58:30 -0400 2023-09-26T18:00:00-04:00 2023-09-26T19:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Futures in Research, Science, Teaching - FIRST Workshop / Seminar FIRST Logo
EEB Thursday Seminar Series - A Geogenomic perspective: how Earth processes shape biological evolution and speciation (September 28, 2023 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112126 112126-21828473@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 28, 2023 3:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Changes in Earth’s surface and climate exert a fundamental control on the adaptation, evolution, and divergence of species inhabiting that surface. Through the emerging field of geogenomics, which aims to deeply integrate geological and genomic sciences, my group works to detail and model the mechanisms of this relationship to understand what types of Earth processes are impactful for evolution, amongst which species, and why. I will present examples using sea level change and fishes, rivers and monsoon adaptation in desert tortoises, and tectonic/paleoenvironmental changes shaping evolutionary genomic patterns of lizards, rodents, and plants on the Baja California peninsula. These examples will reveal a new set of questions emerging from geogenomics, along with potential new tools for quantifying these relationships.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 19 Sep 2023 15:01:47 -0400 2023-09-28T15:00:00-04:00 2023-09-28T16:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar event details image
Collecting Tertiary critters of Southwest MT and insights into basin dynamics: a field summary (September 29, 2023 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/112610 112610-21829180@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 29, 2023 11:00am
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Museum Paleontology

The paleoseminar series is held in 3150 BSB

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 18 Sep 2023 15:11:15 -0400 2023-09-29T11:00:00-04:00 2023-09-29T12:30:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Museum Paleontology Lecture / Discussion Lake Josephine in Glacier National Park, East Glacier
MCDB Seminar> Neuron type-specific protein expression at striatal excitatory synapse -- a study of quantitative neuroscience (September 29, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/110868 110868-21825684@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 29, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Wanlu Du

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 24 Aug 2023 17:31:40 -0400 2023-09-29T12:00:00-04:00 2023-09-29T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow initials MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on a blue background
MCDB Seminar> How the gut got its spots: a fluid-like mesenchyme shapes the intestine (October 2, 2023 2:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112895 112895-21829720@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 2, 2023 2:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

Host: Gyorgyi Csankovszki

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 22 Sep 2023 13:53:15 -0400 2023-10-02T14:00:00-04:00 2023-10-02T15:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology Workshop / Seminar Yellow initials MCDB and cartoon of a microscope on a blue background
Pizza with Professors: Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience (October 2, 2023 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/112679 112679-21829410@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 2, 2023 6:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: LSA UG Biology & Neuroscience Programs

Join us for an informal meeting to eat and network with faculty! All undergraduate students majoring or minoring in a UPiN program are encouraged to join department faculty for pizza and light conversation during the designated event time below. Students considering a major or minor in one of our programs are welcome to attend as well. Find out more about our majors on our website!

Please register here: https://sessions.studentlife.umich.edu/track/event/session/75122

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Social / Informal Gathering Thu, 25 Jan 2024 11:58:29 -0500 2023-10-02T18:00:00-04:00 2023-10-02T20:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building LSA UG Biology & Neuroscience Programs Social / Informal Gathering Pizza with pepperoni
EEB Tuesday Lunch Seminar - Molecular Evolution of Predatory Traits in Rattlesnakes (October 3, 2023 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/111963 111963-21828066@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 3, 2023 12:00pm
Location: Biological Sciences Building
Organized By: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

This event is part of our weekly Tuesday seminar series.

For my seminar, Hogan will be presenting his findings from his research on the genetics of how predatory traits evolve. This project takes a deep dive into the genomic, transcriptomic, and proteomic machinery underlying trait evolution in North America's largest venomous snake, the Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake. Hogan's talk will focus on how sensory and venom genes respond to overlapping selective pressures, such as prey preference, and will also discuss how he was able to identify key regulatory factors controlling a major ontogenetic shift in venom composition for this species.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 22 Sep 2023 15:43:46 -0400 2023-10-03T12:00:00-04:00 2023-10-03T13:00:00-04:00 Biological Sciences Building Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Workshop / Seminar event details image