Webinar Friday Lecture Series (only open to the Rockefeller University community) Friday, May 15, 2020 Michael Nachman, Ph.D. Professor Department of Integrative Biology University of California The Genomic Basis of Environmental Adaptation in House Mice Recommended Readings: Empirical Articles Bittner, Noelle K.J.; Mack, Katya L.; Nachman, Michael W. (2020). Plasticity in gene expression [...]
Friday Lectures Friday, September 22, 2017 3:45 p.m. Caspary Auditorium Nancy A. Moran, Ph.D. Leslie Surginer Endowed Professor Department of Integrative Biology University of Texas The evolution and function of gut communities in social bees Recommended Readings: Ashley P. Taylor. March 29, 2017. In Certain Social Bees, Gut Microbiomes Follow Phylogeny. TheScientist Kwong, Waldan K.; [...]
Friday Lectures Friday, March 24, 2017 3:45 p.m. Caspary Auditorium Jon Clardy, Ph.D. Hsien Wu and Daisy Yen Wu Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology The Rockefeller University Small Molecule Modulators of Multilateral Symbioses Recommended Readings: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/02/170215084450.htm Pupo, Monica T.; Currie, Cameron R.; Clardy, Jon (2017). Microbial Symbionts of Insects are the [...]
Monday Lectures Monday October 31, 2016 3:45 p.m. Caspary Auditorium Joel E. Cohen Ph.D. Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of Populations The Rockefeller University and Departments of International and Public Affairs; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology; and Statistics of Columbia University The Variation is the Theme: Taylor’s law from Chagas Disease Vector Control [...]
Friday Lecture Series Friday October 28 2016 3:45 p.m. Caspary Auditorium Uri Alon Professor, Department of Molecular Cell Biology Weizmann Institute of Science Evolutionary Trade Offs and the Geometry of Phenotype Space Recommended Readings: Keren, Leeat; Hausser, Jean; Lotan-Pompan, Maya; et al. Massively Parallel Interrogation of the Effects of Gene Expression Levels on Fitness. CELL 166(5):1282-+ [...]
Monday Lecture Series Monday October 10, 2016 4 p.m. Carson Family Auditorium Jesse Ausubel, M.A. Director and Senior Research Associate Program for the Human Environment, The Rockefeller University Nature Rebounds Recommended Readings: Donlan, J; Berger, J; Bock, CE; et al. Re-wilding North America. NATURE 436 (7053):913-914 AUG 18 2005 Ausubel, Jesse H. and Paul E. Waggoner. Dematerialization: [...]
