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!

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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 2023-2024

Fall 2023
30-AugNo Seminar - Meeting with Graduate Students
6-SeptNo Seminar - Faculty and Staff Meeting
13-SeptDiana 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-SeptSean 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-SeptKwasi Wrensford, PhD Candidate,
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley
Host: Eileen Lacey		Behavioral Responses to Climate Change in Chipmunks of the Sierra Nevada
4-OctNo Seminar
11-OctJerry Emory
Writer, Communications Consultant and Conservationist
Host: Michelle Koo		George Meléndez Wright, Joseph Grinnell, and Science in the National Parks
18-OctSilvia 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-OctBen Karin, PhD Candidate,
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley
Host: Jim McGuire		TBA
1-NovJack 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-NovSam Reiter
Assistant Professor,
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
Host: Michael Yartsev		TBA
15-NovKennedy Agwamba, PhD Candidate,
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley
Host: Michael Nachman		TBA
22-NovNo Seminar - Thanksgiving Break
29-NovDr. 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-DecTyler 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-MarchKory Evans
Assistant Professor of BioSciences, Rice University
Host: Chris Martin

TBA
13-March
20-March
27-MarchNo Seminar - Spring Break
3-April
10-April
17-AprilErin Westeen, PhD Candidate
ESPM, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, UC Berkeley
Host: Ian Wang		TBA
24-AprilHold for finishing talks
1-MayHold for finishing talks
3-MayNo 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.

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