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.
Control+click (Windows) or Command+click (Mac) the hyperlink to watch the videos.
Please note that some speakers have asked that we not post their talks.
MVZ Lunch Seminar Schedule 2023-2024
Fall 2023 | ||
30-Aug | No Seminar - Meeting with Graduate Students | |
6-Sept | No Seminar - Faculty and Staff Meeting | |
13-Sept | Diana Aguilar-Gómez, PhD Computational Biology Program UC Berkeley Host: Rasmus Nielsen | Evolution and genetic basis of the strawberry poison frog, Oophaga pumilio, coloration and diversification |
20-Sept | Sean Harrington Senior Research Scientist at Wyoming INBRE Data Science Core Host: Carol Spencer | Population genomic responses of North American snakes to past and present climatic variation |
27-Sept | Kwasi Wrensford, PhD Candidate, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley Host: Eileen Lacey | Behavioral Responses to Climate Change in Chipmunks of the Sierra Nevada |
4-Oct | No Seminar | |
11-Oct | Jerry Emory Writer, Communications Consultant and Conservationist Host: Michelle Koo | George Meléndez Wright, Joseph Grinnell, and Science in the National Parks |
18-Oct | Silvia Pavan Professor and Curator of Vertebrate Museum Cal Poly Humboldt Host: Jim Patton | Fieldwork exploration and collections-based research to unveil diversity and evolutionary history of American small mammals |
25-Oct | Ben Karin, PhD Candidate, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley Host: Jim McGuire | TBA |
1-Nov | Jack Tseng, Assistant Professor, Department of Integrative Biology and Assistant Curator, Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley Host: Jim McGuire | Jaws of a kind: the biomechanical consequences of being mammal |
8-Nov | Sam Reiter Assistant Professor, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University Host: Michael Yartsev | TBA |
15-Nov | Kennedy Agwamba, PhD Candidate, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley Host: Michael Nachman | TBA |
22-Nov | No Seminar - Thanksgiving Break | |
29-Nov | Dr. Rafe Brown, Professor Curator-in-Charge, Herpetology Division, Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Institute, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, The University of Kansas Host: Jim McGuire | TBA |
6-Dec | Tyler Douglas, PhD Candidate, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley Host: Rebecca Tarvin | TBA |
Spring 2024 | ||
24-Jan | ||
31-Jan | ||
7-Feb | ||
14-Feb | ||
21-Feb | ||
28-Feb | ||
6-March | Kory Evans Assistant Professor of BioSciences, Rice University Host: Chris Martin | TBA |
13-March | ||
20-March | ||
27-March | No Seminar - Spring Break | |
3-April | ||
10-April | ||
17-April | Erin Westeen, PhD Candidate ESPM, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley Host: Ian Wang | TBA |
24-April | Hold for finishing talks | |
1-May | Hold for finishing talks | |
3-May | No Seminar - MVZ Retreat |
Watch previous seminars on the MVZ Channel
Future Schedule:
Fall 2023- Spring 2024
Fall 2024- Spring 2025
Past Schedules:
Fall 2022-Spring 2023
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
See the calendar of MVZ Events.
Check here for listings of seminars in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management.