Dept. of Biology Seminar Presented by Dr. John Jellies, Department of Biological Sciences, Western Michigan University Abstract: Using light to extract information about environments is widespread and beneficial for survival. Almost all animals have evolved specialized sensory capabilities to detect light and inform adaptive behaviors. Indeed, it has been estimated that eyes have evolved independently […]

Co-hosted EEB and Dept. of Entomology Seminar Presented by Dr. Corrie Moreau, Field Museum of Natural History and the University of Chicago From her website: In the Moreau Lab we address questions of the origin, evolutionary history, and ecology of species and species interactions, and in particular, how these factors may influence patterns of diversification using molecular […]

Co-hosted EEB and Dept. of Biology Seminar Presented by Molly Schumer, (Fall 2019) Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, Stanford University  

Presented by Ivan Oransky, Co-founder, Retraction Watch Ivan Oransky and Adam Marcus founded Retraction Watch in 2010. Unbeknownst to them, retractions had grown ten-fold in the previous decade. Oransky will discuss the reasons for that increase, whether fraud is on the rise, the growth of post-publication peer review, and other trends he and Marcus have seen as […]

Dept. of Biology Seminar Presented by Molly Schumer, (Fall 2019) Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, Stanford University Abstract: In the past decade, it has become increasingly clear that hybridization is pervasive across a range of species, with cases reported for species across the tree of life. As a result, the genomes of many contemporary species harbor […]