Spring 2021
The Evolution@Vanderbilt Seminar Series is held online via Zoom on Wednesdays at 3.10pm. Immediately following each seminar (4.15-5.00pm), we are hosting a virtual reception. This reception is a traditional zoom gathering where all are welcome. To register for a talk, please follow the instructions posted (typically a week before each talk) at @EvolutionVU. To participate at our receptions, please send an email to evolutionarystudies@vanderbilt.edu and we will add you to our e-mailing list. For past talks, please check out our YouTube channel.
Spring 2021 Schedule
Date |
Speaker |
Topic |
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January 13 |
EVOST Book Club Discussion: Angela Saini, Independent Science Journalist and Author |
Superior: The Return Of Race Science |
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January 19 |
Sergio Pena, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil |
Evolution and Genetic Formation of Brazilians (watch) |
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January 27 |
Jada Benn-Torres, Vanderbilt University & Gabriel A. Torres Colón, Vanderbilt University |
Genetic Ancestry: Our Stories, Our Past (watch) |
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February 3 |
Michael P. Vandenbergh, Vanderbilt University & Jonathan M. Gilligan, Vanderbilt University |
The Role of Private Climate Governance in the Biden Era (watch) |
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February 10 |
Darwin Day Speaker: Sean B. Carroll, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and University of Maryland |
A Series of Fortunate Events: Chance and the Making of the Planet, Life, and You (watch) |
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February 17 |
T. A. McDonald, Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
The Broader Autism Phenotype Constellations-Disability Matrix Paradigm: A unifying model to explain the nature and increased prevalence of autism based on genetics, assortative mating, and developmental plasticity |
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February 24 |
Kay Behrensmeyer, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History |
Recycling and the Fossil Record: A Unifying Concept for Ecology and Paleobiology |
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March 3 |
Stephanie Birnbaum, Vanderbilt UniversityNora Schulz, Vanderbilt University |
Interactive effects of pesticides, pathogens, and resistance in a stored grain pestThe impact of coinfection on apparent competition |
March 10 |
Julie Allen, University of Nevada, Reno |
Using bioinformatics and data integration to understand repeat patterns of evolution in avian chewing lice |
March 17 |
Spring Break |
March 24 |
Michael Archer, University of New South Wales, Australia |
Paleoconservation: Learning from the past, to understand the present, to better conserve the future |
March 31 |
Laura R. Novick, Vanderbilt University |
Why psychology matters for biology education: Perceptual grouping, evolutionary misconceptions, and reasoning from cladograms |
April 7 |
Yan Yan, Vanderbilt UniversityNoah Bradley, Vanderbilt University |
The intertwined immune and circulatory systems of insectsDistribution of the superfamily DNA Glycosylase AlkZ in Streptomyces gene clusters |
April 14 |
Michael Greshko, National Geographic |
TBD |
April 21, 12:00pm |
Earth Day 2021 Speaker: Carlos Nombre, University of São Paulo |
The Amazon near a Tipping Point. The Urgent Need for a Novel Standing Forest Bioeconomy |
May 19 |
EVOST Book Club Discussion: Mohamed Noor, Duke University |
What Star Trek Can Teach Us about Evolution, Genetics, and Life on Other Worlds |