All colloquia are held on Mondays from noon - 1pm in Marshak 801.

August 29
Organizational meeting for students enrolled in BIO V9100 (MR 819).

September 12
Antónia Monteiro - Yale University (Host: David Lohman)
The origin, evolution, and function of butterfly eyespots

September 19
Dieter Söll - Yale University (Host: Kamilah Ali)
The continued evolution of the genetic code

September 26
Glen Prusky - Weill Cornell Medical College (Host: Jonathan Levitt)
Experience-enabled plasticity of vision

October 3
David Lahti - Queens College (Host: Ana Carnaval)
How does behavior evolve? Insights from bird eggs and songs

October 17
Zemer Gitai - Princeton University (Host: Anu Janakiraman)
The bacterial cytoskeleton: function, regulation and evolution

October 24
Lisa Manne - College of Staten Island (Host: David Lohman)
 Predicting population abundance and persistence under climate change

October 31
Paul Forlano - Brooklyn College (Host: Adrian Rodriguez-Contreras)
Neurochemical substrates for modulation of vocal-acoustic circuitry and behavior in a teleost fish

November 7
David Hughes Penn State (Host: David Lohman)
Zombie ants: the precise manipulation of social insect behavior by a fungal parasite

November 14
Leslie Pick - University of Maryland (Host: Tadmiri Venkatesh)
Tracking the functional evolution of a Hox gene

November 21
Randy Bruno - Columbia University (Host: by Adrian Rodriguez-Contreras)
Neuromodulation of cortical dynamics

November 28
Manda Clair Jost - Western New Mexico University (Host: David Lohman)
Voltage-gated sodium channels: how the evolution of a gene family led to new adaptations and complexity in vertebrates

December 5
Daniel Kalderon - Columbia University (Host: Shubha Govind)
Investigating a model adult stem cell—the Drosphila follicle stem cell

December 12
Scott Edwards - Harvard University (Host: by Ana Carnaval)
Evolutionary genomics of host-parasite interactions: a tale of birds and bacteria