Natural selection and other evolutionary forces lead to particular patterns of evolutionary dynamics, and they leave characteristic signatures on the genetic variation within populations.
Past Events
For a schedule of all our events, seminars, and lectures visit our calendar.
Documenting A Precautionary Tale
Philip Ackerman-Leist and Douglas Gayeton will share insights from their three-year collaboration in capturing the dramatic story of how the town of Mals in the Italian Alps became the first town in the world to ban all pesticides.
MVZ LUNCH SEMINAR: Mohamed Noor "Recombination rate influences adaptation and speciation: Studies in the Drosophila pseudoobscura species group"
MVZ Lunch is a graduate level seminar series (IB264) based on current and recent vertebrate research. Professors, graduate students, staff, and visiting researchers present on current and past research projects.
Plant and Microbial Biology Plant Seminar: "The Perfect Defense: Bacterial Persister Cell"
Our laboratory studies persister cells and uncultured bacteria. Persisters are dormant variants of regular cells which are tolerant to antibiotics and responsible for recalcitrance of biofilm infections.
Evolution of Gliding in Lizards
Join us for the first new episode of The Graduates this spring semester as we speak with biologist Erik Sathe about his work on lizard locomotion. Erik is a PhD candidate in the Department of Integrative Biology at UC Berkeley.
Politically Engaged Science: A Brownbag Lunch Series
This series challenges the notion that science and politics should not mix.