ALLELE Seminar: “Discovering the lost rainforest of Madagascar”

North Lawn Hall

Thursday, February 21, 2019 Dr. Patricia Wright - Stony Brook University "Discovering the lost rainforest of Madagascar” 7:30 PM - North Lawn Hall Dr Patricia Wright a tropical biologist, conservationist and primatologist. Her interests include biodiversity assessments, conservation biology, population ecology and genetics, and primate hibernation. She is also interested in exploration of new sites and the discovery and documentation of new species. This has led her to carry out field research in Peru, Paraguay, Borneo, East Malaysia, Indonesia, the [...]

Research Seminar – Dr. Todd Oakley, University of California, Santa Barbara

2008 North Lawn

Seminar Research Seminar - Dr. Todd Oakley, University of California, Santa Barbara "Taking the fork in the road: The origin of bioluminescence and the diversification of luminous courtship in ostracods " Bioluminescence is an ecologically impactful phenotype often used in communication, including courtship signals whose origins increase rates of speciation. Because bioluminescence is strongly influenced by few or even single genes, learning how those genes originate is critical for understanding how genetic changes impact diversification. One origin of bioluminescence occurred [...]