# Past Lab Meeting Schedule Past Lab Meetings 2011 Edwards Lab Meetings Mondays, 9:40 am, MCZ Ornithology Department Library SortSortSort## Date **NAME** **TOPIC** January 31 Scott State of the Lab Address 2011 Feb. 7 Nigel Ultrafast evolution in *Mycoplasma* February 14 Ricardo Mallarino Evo-devo in Darwin's finches and their relatives February 21 Ricardo Godinez Evolution of the amniote MHC February 28 Christian Facts of life: the birds and the trees Mar. 7 Shane Practice talk for quals March 14 Qu Evolution of intron size in birds, reptiles and mammals March 21 Clemens Tba March 28 Mark MHC and mate choice in birds Apr. 4 Dan How many Z's? Comparing sex chromosome content across turtles April 11 Maude Hummingbird taste April 18 Matt Describing new genomes April 25 Frank Introgression in *Zimmerius* flycatchers May 2 Niclas House finch genomics May 9 Chris Organ Paleogenomics 2010 Edwards Lab meetings Fridays, 9:30, MCZ Bird Department Library Sort SortSort **Date** **Name** **Title** Feb. 5 Scott "State of the Lab Address" 2010 Feb. 12 Niclas Backstrom Gene mapping in passerine birds Feb. 19 Miguel Alcaide Toll-like receptors as immune markers in birds Feb. 26 Susan Cameron Models of Last Glacial Maximum distribution in the North American avifauna March 5 Dan Janes DMRT1 serves dual roles in sex determination March 12 Matt Fujita Tinkering with the *Anolis* genome and next-gen sequencing March 19 \-- **Spring break** March 26 June Lee Reproductive genes in Australian Fairy Wrens April 2 Shane Campbell-Staton Phylogenomics of *Anolis carolinensis* April 9 Shaoyuan Wu Multilocus phylogeny and evolution of dipodoid rodents April 16 Frank Rheindt Multilocus systematics of *Elaenia* flycatchers April 23 Ingrid Soltero/Bei An Generating molecular markers for multilocus phylogeography and phylogeny April 30 Maude Baldwin Molecular evolution of taste receptors in birds Monday*, May 3 Ricardo Godinez Evolution of the MHC in amniotes May 7 Chris Organ/Andy Shedlock The future of phylogenomics \*Additional meeting time 2009 Edwards Lab meetings Mondays (usually), 3:30, MCZ Bird Department Library Sort SortSort **Date** **Name** **Title** Feb. 6 Scott "State of the Lab Address" and Mycoplasma update Feb. 13 Dan janes Stuck between an emu and a turtle, but aren’t we all? Feb. 24 Shaoyuan Wu The Evolution of Bipedalism in Dipodoidea (Rodentia: Mammalian) March 2 Rob/Kira and Amir (Collection database and Odyssey) March 9 Susan Cameron Spatial models of genetic and morphological diversity March16 Ricardo Godinez The origins of the minimal-essential MHC March 23 **(no meeting: spring break)** March 30 Andy Shedlock Amniote Genomics Update April 6 Gabor Bethlendy, Nimblegen Nimblegen arrays: BAC arrays, comparative genome hybridization, and gene expression April 13 Chris Organ Recent studies in reptile genomics April 21 (Tuesday) Maude Baldwin Taste receptors in birds April 27 June Yong Lee A species tree for Australian fairy wrens (Maluridae) May 4 Mato Lagator TBA May 11 Denis O'Meally (Australian National University) Evolution of sex chromosomes in snakes May 25 Camille Bonneaud Gene expression patterns indicate adaptation to a pathogen June 1 Miguel Alcaide Population genetics of MHC genes and parasites **2008** Lab meetings MCZ Bird Department Library Fridays at 2:00 am Sort**Date** **NAME** **TOPIC** February 8 [Scott Edwards](http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/edwards/people/edwards.htm) The year ahead & multilocus analysis of treecreepers (*Climacteris*) February 15 [Dan Janes](http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/edwards/people/postdocs/janes.htm) Expression of sex-differentiation genes across species with different sex-determining mechanisms February 22 [Chris Balakrishnan (visiting scholar)](http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/edwards/people/postdocs/bala.htm) Phylogeography and multilocus population genetics of the Zebra Finch February 29 [Patricia Brito](http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/edwards/people/Patricia.htm) Multilocus systematics of Solomon Islands White-eyes (*Zosterops*) March 7 [Liang Liu](http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/edwards/people/postdocs/Liang.htm) Maximum tree - a consistent estimator of the species tree March 14 Maude Baldwin Remembrances of research past: stonechats of the world, unite! March 21 [Anna Dubiec](http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/edwards/people/postdocs/Anna.htm) New Mhc loci in the house finch and their use in behavioral ecology March 28 (no meeting-Spring break) --- --- April 4 [June Yong Lee](http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/edwards/people/June.htm) Multilocus phylogeography of the Red-backed Fairy Wren (and future plans) April 11 [Chris Organ](http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/edwards/people/postdocs/organ.htm) "A mixed sampler"; a.k.a., I'm makin' this up as I go along April 18 [Andy Shedlock](http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/edwards/people/postdocs/shedlock.htm) Squamate repeat dynamics April 25 [Camille Bonneaud](http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/edwards/people/postdocs/Camille.htm) Designing a microarray to examine changes in gene expression in house finches infected with *Mycoplasma gallisepticum* May 2 (**@ 3 pm**) [Ricardo Godinez](http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/edwards/people/RicardoGodinez.htm) Evolutionary history of the amniote Mhc region **May 12 (Monday, 2 pm)** Terry O'Dwyer Molecular mechanisms of individual recognition in Procellariformes May 16 Elaine Vo/Mato Lagator Genetics and toxicology of black-footed albatross; population genetics of House Finches 2007 Lab meetings **DATE** **NAME** **TOPIC** February 2 [Scott Edwards](http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/edwards/people/edwards.htm) Comparison of parameter estimates for BEST and MCMCcoal February 9 [Andy Shedlock](http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/edwards/people/postdocs/shedlock.htm) Repeat diversity in reptiles and the ancestral amniote genome February 16 [Patricia Brito](http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/edwards/people/postdocs/Patricia.htm) Phylogeography of the Tawny Owl, and other stories... February 23 [June Yong Lee](http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/edwards/people/June.htm) Anonymous Loci vs. Introns in the Fairywren group March 2 [Anna Dubiec](http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/edwards/people/postdocs/Anna.htm) Age- and sex-related effects on immune function in the blue tit March 9 [Dan Janes](http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/edwards/people/postdocs/janes.htm) Nucleotide diversity in the pseudoautosomal region in emu March 16 [Chris Balakrishnan](http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/edwards/people/postdocs/bala.htm) Polymorphism, recombination and linkage disequilibrium in wild zebra finch populations. March 23 TBA TBA April 6 (no meeting March 30) [Charles Chapus](http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/edwards/people/CharlesChapus.htm) Mapping of BAC-end sequences on the Chicken genome: American Alligator, Painted Turtle and Emu. April 13 [Liang Liu](http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/edwards/people/postdocs/Liang.htm) Estimating the Population Size Estimating population size from multilocus gene trees April 20 [Ricardo Godinez](http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/edwards/people/RicardoGodinez.htm) The first genomic characterization of a Reptilian MHC gene family Reconstructing the gene order of the MHC family in the amniote ancestor April 27 [James Degnan](http://www.broad.mit.edu/personal/arokas/) TBA May 4 Undergrad Symposium TBA May 11 [Camille Bonneaud](http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/edwards/people/postdocs/Camille.htm) Designing a microarray to examine changes in gene expression in house finches infected with Mycoplasma gallisepticum May 18 [Chris Organ](http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/edwards/people/postdocs/organ.htm) The BMP gene neighborhood in Alligator Sort 2006 Lab meetings Bird Department Library Monday at 3:00pm Sort **DATE** **NAME** **TOPIC** February 10 [James Degnan](http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/researchers/jdegnan.html) Coalescent Theory February 20 Nancy Rotzel Treecreepers / Ivory-Billed Woodpecker February 27 Chris Organ DINOGENOMICS March 3 Chris Balakrishnan Zebra Finch Population Genomics March 13 Ricardo Mallarino TBA March 20 Kara O'Keefe Phylogeny of Phages March 27 Andy Shedlock CR1 LINE evolution in Reptilia April 3 Scott Edwards Gene Trees / Species Trees April 10 [Corrie Saux Moreau](http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/pierce/people/saux/saux.html) CGR Cluster April 17 Charles Chapus TBA April 24 June Yong Lee TBA May 1 [Antonis Rokas](http://www.broad.mit.edu/personal/arokas/) Evolutionary Bioinformatics May 8 Ricardo Godinez TBA May 15 Dr. Dan Janes FISHing in Oz Sort 2005 Lab Meetings Sort **DATE** **NAME** **TOPIC** February 4 Scott Edwards Two reviews on bird phylogeny and speciation,and other evolutionary activities February 11 Bryan Jennings An empirical evaluation of the genealogical species concept February 18 Sarah Kingan Dissertation ideas: sex chromosomes, sexual selection, speciation! February 25 Chris Organ Graduate work and upcoming project March 4 Dan Janes Evolution of sex chromosomes (Z + W) March 11 Chris Balakrishnan Parasitic Finches and non-parasitic finches March 18 Kara O'Keefe Molecular strategies in viruses March 25 Nancy Rotzel Treecreeper phylogeography April 8 No meeting April 15 Andy Shedlock Comparative Studies of reptile (including bird) genome evolution April 22 No meeting April 29 Tobias Lenz Mhc class I genes in house finches May 6 Miguel Alcaide Mhc in lesser kestrels [ ](http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/edwards/research/pastlabmeetings.htm#top)