Thursday, January 18, 2018 02:00pm - 03:00pm
POPBIO SEMINAR - Misha Matz

Location: NHB 1.720

Thursday, January 25, 2018 02:00pm - 03:00pm
POPBIO SEMINAR - Alice MacQueen

Location: NHB 1.720

Thursday, February 01, 2018 02:00pm - 03:00pm
IB Faculty Recruitment Seminar: Dr. Martial Ndeffo Mbah, Yale

Location: NHB 1.720

Thursday, February 08, 2018 02:00pm - 03:00pm
IB Faculty Recruitment Seminar: Dr. Mike Kaspari, University of Oklahoma

Location: NHB 1.720

Thursday, February 15, 2018 02:00pm - 03:00pm
IB Faculty Recruitment Seminar: Dr. Amelia Wolf, Columbia University

Location: MBB 1.210

Thursday, February 22, 2018 02:00pm - 03:00pm
IB Faculty Recruitment Seminar: Dr. Felicity Muth, University of Nevada, Reno

Location: NHB 1.720

Thursday, March 01, 2018 02:00pm - 03:00pm
IB Faculty Recruitment Seminar: Dr. Sara Freeman, University of California, Davis

Location: NHB 1.720

Thursday, March 08, 2018 02:00pm - 03:00pm
IB Faculty Recruitment Seminar: Dr. Matthew Fuxjager, Wake Forest University

Location: NHB 1.720

Thursday, March 22, 2018 02:00pm - 03:00pm
IB Faculty Recruitment Seminar: Dr. Elizabeth Hobson, Santa Fe Institute

Location: NHB 1.720

Thursday, March 29, 2018 02:00pm - 03:00pm
IB Faculty Recruitment Seminar: Dr. Sarah Kocher, Princeton

Location: MBB 1.210

Thursday, April 05, 2018 02:00pm - 03:00pm
POPBIO SEMINAR - Dr. Tom Juenger

Location: NHB 1.720

Thursday, April 12, 2018 02:00pm - 03:00pm
POPBIO SEMINAR - Dr. Dan Bolnick

Location: NHB 1.720

Thursday, April 19, 2018 02:00pm - 03:00pm
POPBIO SEMINAR - Dr. Owen Gilbert

Location: MBB 1.210

Thursday, April 26, 2018 02:00pm - 03:00pm
POPBIO SEMINAR - Dr. Eugene V. Shakirov, UT Austin

Location: NHB 1.720

Thursday, May 03, 2018 02:00pm - 03:00pm
POPBIO SEMINAR - Lacey Knowles, University of Michigan
Abstract. — From the patterns of genomic variation in individuals living today, phylogeographic analyses provide a window into a species’ past. When viewed in a comparative context, examples of concordant genetic structure across assemblages of species, despite their biological difference, have reinforced a conceptual and methodological focus on abiotic factors in shaping species’ histories. This emphasis has also promoted an adherence to generic expectations of phylogeographic concordance irrespective of the composition of communities and a tendency to attribute discord to the idiosyncracies of history. However, from the increased sampling densities and unprecedented amounts of genomic data, what is emerging in comparative phylogeography is a complex of concordant and discordant genetic structure across community members.
In my talk, and with reference to computational advances and recent developments at the molecular level, I will highlight how discordant patterns of genetic variation may arise from difference in the traits and ecologies of taxa. That is, discord across species may reflect deterministic processes linked to species-specific traits. In addition to reviewing the methodologies that are propelling this promising area of research, and based on examples of comparative phylogeographic studies, I will show how considering the contribution of taxon-specific traits, rather than adhering to the concordance-discordance dichotomy, can provide more meaningful insights about the evolutionary history of organisms. These include results from (i) an analysis of endemic beetles across the Greek islands to test the role of sea-level change as a driver of divergence, and (ii) a test of how microhabitat differences mediate the impact of climate change in montane sedges from the Southern Rocky Mountains. Considered together, these studies emphasize that to understand how the divergence process may differ among geographic regions, or why genetic structure may differ among members of communities, the biotic and abiotic effects need to be considered jointly.

Location: NHB 1.720

Thursday, August 30, 2018 02:00pm - 03:00pm
POPBIO Seminar - Misha Matz Promotion Seminar

Location: NHB 1.720

Thursday, September 06, 2018 02:00pm - 03:00pm
POPBIO Seminar - Steve Phelps Promotion Seminar

Location: NHB 1.720

Thursday, September 13, 2018 02:00pm - 03:00pm
POPBIO Seminar - OPEN

Location: NHB 1.720

Thursday, September 20, 2018 02:00pm - 03:00pm
POPBIO Seminar - Dr. Sarah Schaak, Reed College

Location: NHB 1.720

Thursday, September 27, 2018 02:00pm - 03:00pm
POPBIO Seminar - OPEN

Location: NHB 1.720

Thursday, October 04, 2018 02:00pm - 03:00pm
POPBIO SEMINAR - Colin Averill

Location: NHB 1.720

Thursday, October 11, 2018 02:00pm - 03:00pm
POPBIO SEMINAR- Owen Gilbert

Location: NHB 1.720

Thursday, October 18, 2018 02:00pm - 03:00pm
POPBIO SEMINAR - Ryan Weaver, Auburn University

Location: NHB 1.720

Thursday, October 25, 2018 02:00pm - 03:00pm
POPBIO SEMINAR - Egbert Leigh, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Location: NHB 1.720

Thursday, November 01, 2018 02:00pm - 03:00pm
POPBIO SEMINAR - Caroline Farrior

Location: NHB 1.720

Thursday, November 08, 2018 02:00pm - 03:00pm
POPBIO SEMINAR - Rob Heckman

Location: NHB 1.720

Thursday, November 15, 2018 02:00pm - 03:00pm
POPBIO SEMINAR - Jason Sardell

Location: NHB 1.720

Thursday, November 29, 2018 02:00pm - 03:00pm
POPBIO SEMINAR - Nick Crouch

Location: NHB 1.720

Thursday, December 06, 2018 02:00pm - 03:00pm
POPBIO SEMINAR - Tobin Hammer

Location: NHB 1.720