Current Topics in Evolutionary Biology (IB 264)
“MVZ Lunch”
As the health and safety of our community is a priority, this Spring semester, all seminars will be held remotely.
Join the MVZ Lunch Seminar, Wednesdays at 12:10PM on Zoom!
UC Berkeley policy requires all participants to be registered on Zoom with either a free account or their Berkeley account.
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.
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 2022-2023
Fall 2022 | ||
| 31-Aug | No Seminar - Meeting with Graduate Students | |
| 7-Sept | No Seminar - Faculty Meeting | |
| 14-Sept | No Seminar | |
| 21-Sept | Dr. Christopher J. Schell, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management University of California Berkeley Host: Michael Nachman | The hunger games: Exploring the mechanistic links among diet, behavior, and physiology in coyotes |
| 28-Sept | Nikki Lee, PhD Postdoc, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology UC Berkeley Host: Eileen Lacey | The role of reward and dopamine signaling in prairie vole peer relationships |
| 5-Oct | No Seminar - Faculty and Staff Meeting | |
| 12-Oct | Umilaela Arifin, PhD Postdoc, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology UC Berkeley Host: Jim McGuire | Life in the fast flow: Phylogenetic systematics, diversity, and biogeography of Asian ranids with gastromyzophorous tadpoles. |
| 19-Oct | Dr. Erik Enbody Postdoc UC Santa Cruz Host: Dr. Michael Nachman | Complete community genome sequencing in Galápagos finches: large effect loci for key ecological traits and their evolutionary histories |
| 26-Oct | Genevieve G. Mount, PhD NSF Postdoc Utah State University & University of California Berkeley Host: Rebecca Tarvin | Phylogenetics and Phrogs - methods, morphology, and conservation |
| 2-Nov | Dr. Sarah Fitzpatrick Assistant Professor, Michigan State University Host: David Tian | Harnessing genetic rescue for the conservation of small populations |
| 9-Nov | CCGP | A series of updates on the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology's research for the California Conservation Genomics Project (CCGP) |
| 16-Nov | No Seminar | |
| 23-Nov | No Seminar - Thanksgiving Break | |
| 30-Nov | No Seminar | |
| 7-Dec | No Seminar | |
Spring 2023 | ||
| 18-Jan | Chris Kozak, PhD Assistant Project Scientist Museum of Vertebrate Zoology and the California Conservation Genomics Project UC Berkeley Host: Michael Nachman | The surprising radiations of Heliconiini butterflies |
| 25-Jan | Dr. M. Fernanda Palominos Postdoc, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology UC Berkeley Host: Chris Martin | From Devo to Evo: Identifying the function of novel genes in craniofacial specialization |
| 1-Feb | Allison Q. Byrne, Postdoc RIBBiTR Biology Integration Institute Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management University of California-Berkeley Host: Michael Nachman | Piecing together the amphibian pandemic |
| 8-Feb | Dr. Brad Shaffer Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, UCLA Host: Michael Nachman | Large-scale field experiments to test landscape genomic inferences in the California tiger salamander system |
| 15-Feb | Joanna Kelley Associate Professor Physical & Biological Sciences Division UC Santa Cruz Host: Michael Nachman | TBA |
| 22-Feb | Ken A. Thompson Postdoctoral Scholar, Biology Stanford Hots: Chris Martin | TBA |
| 1-March | E. Anne Chambers, Ph.D. Dept. of Environmental Science, Policy, & Management University of California, Berkeley Host: Ian Wang | TBA |
| 8-March | Scott Nunes Professor, Department of Biology University of San Francisco Host: Nikki Lee | Multiple functions of juvenile play: A ground squirrel's perspective. |
| 15-March | Lauren O’Connell, PhD Assistant Professor of Biology Stanford University Host: Sylvia Durkin | TBA |
| 22-March | Lidicker Event | TBA |
| 29-March | No Seminar - Spring Break | |
| 5-April | Professor W. Chris Funk Department of Biology Colorado State University Host: Emily Bogner | TBA |
| 12-April | Professor Emily Taylor, PhD Biological Sciences, California Polytechnic State University Director, Physiological Ecology of Reptiles Laboratory President, American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Host: Rebecca Tarvin | TBA |
| 19-April | Jackie Childers PhD Candidate Museum of Vertebrate Zoology UC Berkeley Host: Rauri Bowie | TBA |
| 26-April | Emma Steigerwald PhD Candidate Museum of Vertebrate Zoology UC Berkeley Host: Rosemary Gillespie and Rasmus Nielsen | TBA |
| 3-May | No Seminar - MVZ Retreat | |
Watch previous seminars on the MVZ Channel
Future Schedule:
Fall 2022- Spring 2023
Fall 2023- Spring 2024
Past Schedules:
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.