Current Topics in Evolutionary Biology (IB 264)
“MVZ Lunch”
For your convenience, MVZ Lunch seminars can be viewed live on Zoom (please note policy below). Recordings of talks fall within the scope of the Consent Decree with the US Department of Justice. Thus, all videos posted since December 2, 2022 must have edited Closed Captions. We are in the midst of complying but for now must take offline recordings of last semester’s talks. Any recorded MVZ Lunch talks for this semester will be posted only after compliant captions are available. Apologies in advance for any inconvenience. Realtime zoom access will continue to be available for your convenience. Please join us!
Join the MVZ Lunch Seminar, Wednesdays at 12:10PM on Zoom!
Seminar titles below will be hyperlinked when posted.
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Please note that some speakers have asked that we not post their talks.
MVZ Lunch Seminar Schedule 2024-2025
Fall 2024 | ||
| 28-Aug | No Seminar - Meeting with Graduate Students | |
| 4-Sept | No Seminar - Faculty and Staff Meeting | |
| 11-Sept | Dr. Leticia Margarita Ochoa Ochoa Department of Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Sciences, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico Visiting Professor, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California-Berkeley. Host: Rebecca Tarvin Title: Amphibians and biogeography | |
| 18-Sept | Matt Kustra Postdoc, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley Host: Chris Martin Title: Exploring lesser-known aspects of postmating sexual selection: social environment, temperature, and reproductive isolation | |
| 25-Sept | Adriana Moriguchi Jeckel Postdoc, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley Host: Rebecca Tarvin Title: Alkaloid sequestration in poison frogs | |
| 2-Oct | Erin Person, PhD Candidate Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley Host: Eileen Lacey Title: Effects of individual variation in social behavior in California ground squirrels | |
| 9-Oct | No Seminar | |
| 16-Oct | Global Perspectives in Museum Science: UC Berkeley and the University of Florence 8:30-10:30 am via zoom | |
| 16-Oct | Dr. Diego Ocampo Vargas Postdoctoral Researcher, Louisiana State University Museum of Natural History Candidate for the Staff Curator of Birds Title: Museums and Birds: Uncovering avian evolution | |
| 23-Oct | Dr. Jackie Childers NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County & Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology Candidate for the Staff Curator of Birds Title: The Collaborative Museum: Weaving together Collections and Research | |
| 30-Oct | Mr. Nicholas Vinciguerra PhD Candidate, Department of Biology, University of New Mexico Candidate for the Staff Curator of Birds Title: Collections-based research and curation of avian biodiversity in the 21st century | |
| 6-Nov | Dr. Vanya Rohwer Curator of Birds and Mammals Cornell Lab of Ornithology Candidate for the Staff Curator of Birds Title: From building nests to building collections: visions for ornithology at the MVZ | |
| 13-Nov | Dr. Sarah Mueller Group Leader, Evolutionary Biology, LMU München Host: Chris Martin Title: Genomic and epigenetic signatures in Barn swallow hybrid zones. | |
| 20-Nov | Víctor M. Ortega Jiménez, Assistant Professor Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley Host: Michael Nachman Title: Redefining Feeding Dynamics in Flamingos and Ghost Knifefish | |
| 27-Nov | No Seminar - Thanksgiving Break | |
| 4-Dec | No Seminar | |
Spring 2025 | ||
| 22-Jan | Alan Bergland, University of Virginia Host: Michael Nachman Title: Seasonally varying selection drives the evolution of a super-gene in Drosophila | |
| 29-Jan | Ammon Corl, Staff Research Associate Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley Host: Michael Nachman Title: The genetics, evolution, and maintenance of the rock-paper-scissors mating strategies of the side-blotched lizard | |
| 5-Feb | Dr. Elio Challita Schmidt Science Fellow, Postdoctoral Researcher, Harvard Host: Victor Ortega Jimenez Title: Frictional latches and the Physics of Finger Snaps | |
| 12-Feb | No Seminar | |
| 19-Feb | Bruna Cama, PhD Postdoc, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley Host: Chris Martin Title: Speciation dynamics: what we learned from butterfly hybrid zones | |
| 26-Feb | No Seminar - Faculty Meeting | |
| 5-March | Erin Voss, PhD Candidate Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley Host: Michael Nachman Title: TBA | |
| 12-March | ||
| 19-March | Aryn P. Wilder, PhD Conservation Genetics Scientist San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Host: Tommy Herrera Title: TBA | |
| 26-March | No Seminar - Spring Break | |
| 2-April | Christopher Martinez, Assistant Professor Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, School of Biological Sciences, UC Irvine Host: Chris Martin Title TBA | |
| 9-April | David Manahan, PhD Candidate Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley Host: Michael Nachman Title: TBA | |
| 16-April | Dr. Dan Wait, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley Host: Rauri Bowie Title: TBA | |
| 23-April | Aleksey Maro, PhD Candidate Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley Host: Robert Dudley Title: TBA | |
| 30-April | David Tian, PhD Candidate Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley Host: Chris Martin Title: TBA | |
Watch previous seminars on the MVZ Channel
Future Schedule:
Past Schedules:
Fall 2024- Spring 2025
Fall 2023- Spring 2024
Fall 2021- Spring 2022
Fall 2020-Spring 2021
Fall 2019-Spring 2020
Fall 2018-Spring 2019
Fall 2017-Spring 2018
Fall 2016-Spring 2017
Fall 2015-Spring 2016
Fall 2014 -Spring 2015
Fall 2013-Spring 2014
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