Evolgenome Seminars
About
One of the Center's core activities is a weekly seminar series. In Evolgenome seminars, local and guest speakers present their work related to the topics of the Center. Topics include ancient DNA studies, experimental studies of evolution using model systems, large-scale sequencing studies, microbiome ecology and evolution, statistical inference of population history, theoretical evolutionary biology, and many others. The speakers are typically professors, postdocs, or graduate students discussing ongoing research. Seminars have taken place in person, over Zoom, and in hybrid format. Seminar locations have included Li Ka Shing Learning and Knowledge Center, Clark Center, or the Alway Building during Wednesday lunch hours. We ask speakers to allow for plenty of time afterwards for a Q&A session.
Nominate a Speaker
If you would like to speak in the Evolgenome seminar series or you would like to invite someone to speak, please contact stanfordcehg@stanford.edu.
Schedule
Fall 2024
| Name | Affiliation | Talk Topic | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oskar Hallatschek | UC Berkeley | Uncovering heterogenous inter-community disease transmission from neutral allele frequency time series | Wed 10/9/24, 12:30 p.m., in person (LK203/204). |
| Alex Pollen | UC San Francisco | Genetic Control of Human Brain Specializations | Wed 10/30/24, 12:30 p.m., in person (LK208). |
| Erik Volz | Imperial College London | Predicting pathogen evolution and detecting emerging variants | Wed 11/13/24, 12:30 p.m., in person (LK208) |
| Xing Wu | Stanford | Rapid Evolution of Arabidopsis thaliana in New Climates | Wed 11/20/24, 12:30 p.m., in person (LK208) |
Spring 2024
| Name | Affiliation | Talk Topic | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Starr | Stanford University | Disentangling cell-intrinsic and extrinsic factors underlying gene expression evolution | Wed 4/17/24, 12:30 p.m., in person (MSOB X303). |
| Pleuni Plennings | San Francisco State University | New work about the coexistence of resistant and susceptible bacterial strains | Wed 5/1/24, 12:30 p.m., in person (LK120). |
| Natalia Ruzickova | Institute of Science and Technology Austria | Quantitative omnigenic model discovers interpretable genome-wide associations | Wed 5/15/24, 12:30 p.m., in person (LK205) |
| Tera Levin | University of Pittsburgh | Host-pathogen coevolution using legionella and amoebae conflict as a model system | Wed 5/29/24, 12:30 p.m., in person (ALWAYM112). |
| Aviv Bergman | Albert Einstein College of Medicine | How on Earth can Aliens Survive? Concept and Case Study. | Thurs 6/13/24, 12:00 p.m., in person (ALWAYM114) |