Ants, Plants, and Bacteria: Symbiosis as a Driver of Evolutionary Diversification
Heep Center, Room 103Co-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 […]
Evolution and reproductive isolation in hybrid populations
410 Rudder TowerCo-hosted EEB and Dept. of Biology Seminar Presented by Molly Schumer, (Fall 2019) Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology, Stanford University
Retractions, Post-Publication Peer Review, and Fraud: Scientific Publishing’s Wild West
Medical Science LibraryPresented 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 […]
Selection shapes the hybrid genome
Biological Sciences Bldg East, Room 115Dept. 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 […]
Paywall: The Business of Scholarship
Evans Library, 204EMovie Screening as part of International Open Access Week A documentary which focuses on the need for open access to research and science, questions the rationale behind the $25.2 billion a year that flows into for-profit academic publishers, examines the 35-40% profit margin associated with the top academic publisher Elsevier and looks at how that […]