From Edwards Lab Meeting 12.04.17 "Signatures of Recent Selection in the House Finch" presented by Allison Shultz
2018 Edwards Lab Meetings
Date | NAME |
TOPIC |
1/10 | Alison Cloutier | Palaeognath phylogenomics: the final word? |
1/11 | Sangeet Lamichhaney | Building Lizard Genomes: Challenges and Opportunities |
1/12 | Gustavo Bravo | Genomic basis of plumage coloration in dry habitat antbirds |
1/25 | Hanon McShea | Reconstruction of ancestral nitrogenases to study precambrian selective pressures |
1/26 | Phil Grayson | Atac- and RNA-seq uncover determinants of emu wing heterochrony |
2/16 | Joao Tonini | Patterns of paleo- and neo-endemism of Neotropical amphibians, birds, and mammals in the Dry-Diagonal (Cerrado, Caatinga, and Chaco) |
2/23 | Katie Stryjewski | Updates |
3/1 | Scott Edwards | State of the Lab Address |
3/8 | David Toews (Cornell) | Hybridization reveals the genes for migration and color in an avian radiation |
2017 Edwards Lab Meetings
Date | NAME | TOPIC |
9/18 | Scott | State of the Lab Address |
10/16 | Zhirui | Bayesian Model for Detecting Convergent Rate Changes of Conserved Elements |
10/23 | Kathrin | Evolution of a Naturally Varying CRISPR-Cas System: Interactions between Phage, Bacteria, and Avian Host |
10/24 | Daren | Genomic Basis of Convergent Phenotypic Evolution in Island Populations of Boa Constrictor |
10/30 | Jonathan | Birds of Peru |
11/6 | Simon | Updates on Albatross, Fairywren, and Goldfinch Projects |
11/13 | Pengcheng | Purifying Selection Has Small Power in Small Avian Populations |
11/13 | Eamon | Phylogeography of the Rofous-Fronted Thornbird using ddRADseq |
11/27 | Xuming | Draft Genome Assemblies of Beaver and Naked Mole Rat |
11/28 | Catherine | Evolution in Threatened Species through the Lens of Molecular Genetics |
12/1 | Rafa | Evolution of Plumage Color in the Furnarii, a Large Clade of Neotropical Passerines |
12/4 | Allison | Signatures of Recent Selection in the House Finch |
2016 Edwards Lab Meetings
Date | NAME | TOPIC |
---|---|---|
23-Sept | Gustavo | Suboscine Phylogeny |
30-Sept | Scott Edwards | CNEEs as Phylogenetic Markers |
7-Oct | Brian Arbogast | Cryptic Speciation in North American Flying Squirrels and the Australian Greater Glider |
17-Oct | Michael Reed | Extinction |
21-Oct | Tim | Updates on Current Projects |
24-Oct | John | The Contribution of Niche Conservatism (and Evolution) in Speciation of Alpine Pheasants |
24-Oct | Pengcheng | Impact of Tissue Architecture on the Nature and Predictability of Tumor Evolution: Insights from a Computational Model |
31-Oct | Betul | Phylogenetic Reconstruction of C-Fixation Enzymes |
7-Nov | Lauren O'Connell | Chemical and Cognitive Ecology of Poison Frogs |
28-Nov | Katie | Evolution of Retinal Specializations Across the Avian Tree |
28-Nov | Simon | Behavioral Ecology of Storm Petrels |
2-Dec | Jonathan | Phylogeography of Hemispingus Tanagers in the Andes |
14-Dec | Allison | Evolution of the Avian Immune System Across Different Scales |
15-Dec | Kathrin | More than just Host-Parasite Interaction |
16-Dec | Phil | Exploring the Developmental Genomics of Flight Loss Through CNEEs and ATAC-seq |
16-Dec | Alison | Life on the Edge (of the anomaly zone): How Incomplete Lineage Sorting Influences Palaeognath Phylogenomics |
2015 Edwards Lab Meetings
Date | NAME | TOPIC |
---|---|---|
30-Jan | Scott Edwards | State of the Lab Address 2015 |
6-Feb | Tim | The Pervasive Impact of Natural Selection on Genome Evolution |
13-Feb | Christie | Evolutionary History of Egg Mimicry in the Striped Cuckoo, a Neotropical Bird Parasite |
23-Feb | Terry Cappelli | CNVs in Dogs & Joint and Pelvis Evolution |
2-Mar | Phil |
To Quals and Beyond: Assessing the Ratite Flightless Phenotype Through Evo-Devo Genomics |
13-Mar | Maude | T1R Evolution and Multiple Origins of Sweet Taste in Vertebrates |
23-Mar | Betul | Genome Engineering, Historical Contingency, and Pathways of Evolution |
30-Mar | Shane | Climate-Mediated Evolution of Niche Breadth, Thermal Tolerance, and Isolation in the Green Anole |
10-Apr | Allison | Detecting Selection from Whole Genome Sequencing |
27-Apr | Cassie | Avian Eggs: Comparative Genomics and Nanomechanics |
11-May | Simon | Parentage and Relatedness Inference in Leach's Storm Petral |
22-May | Tim | Detecting Signatures of Convergent Evolution in Genomic Data: Applications to Ratites |
29-May | Cynthia | The Influence of Obligate Brood Parasitism on Host Parent Behavior in the Baywing (Agelaioides Badius) |
9-Jun | Felipe Zapata | New Approaches to Species Delimitation Using Information from Natural History Collections |
9-Jun | Felipe Zapata | Improving the Phylogenomics Pipeline Using Novel Alignment and Annotation Tools |
10-Jun | Xuming Zhou | Evolutionary Genomics of Snub-Nosed Monkeys |
22-Jun | Andres | Epigenetics and Evolution |
2014 Edwards Lab Meetings
Date | NAME | TOPIC |
---|---|---|
7-Feb | Scott Edwards | State of the Lab Address 2014 & Genomics, Feathers, and Flightlessness |
14-Feb | Terry Capellini | Human Evolutionary Biology Guest Lecture |
17-Mar | Phil Grayson | From Redwings to More Molecular Things: An Overview of My Past Research |
4-Apr | Christie Riehl | Cognition, Cooperation, Cheating, Cuckoos, and Cookies |
7-Apr | Lauren O'Connell, Bauer Fellow | The Soft Side of a Killer: Parental Care in Poison Frogs |
9-May | Cassie Stoddard | Egg Genomics |
19-May | Maude Baldwin | Avian T1R Taste Receptors |
23-May | Simon Sin | MHC and Mate Choice in the European Badger & Genomic Sequencing of a New Decapod Model |
26-May | Shane Campbell-Stanton | Phylogenetic History and Climate Mediated Selection in the Green Anole |
2013 Edwards Lab Meetings
Date | NAME | TOPIC |
---|---|---|
25-Feb | Scott Edwards | State of the Lab Address 2013 |
6-Mar | Christie | Cheaters and Collaborators: The Evolution of Conspecific Brood Parasitism in a Cooperatively Breeding Bird |
8-Mar | Peter Wilton | Population-Genetic Inference and the Effects of Shared Population Pedigrees (with updates on introgression in Zimmerius flycatchers) |
25-Mar | Maude | The Evolution of Sweet Taste in Birds |
27-Mar | Mark | MHC Genotypes in Relation to Mate Choice Decision in House Finch |
29-Mar | Toby Lenz | Indirect Costs of Balancing Selection: Lessons from the Human MHC |
2-Apr |
Amanda & Zach |
Recent Evolution of Mycoplasma Gallisepticum in House Finches & Fairy Wren Molt and Personality |
8-Apr |
Allison . |
Phylogeography of the House Finch using Rad-Tag Sequencing |
10-Apr | Shane | Temperature-Dependent Phylogeography of A. Carolinensis |
6-May | Cassie | Avian Recognition: Insights from Computer Vision |
8-May | Mary | Evolutionary Medicine: Large-Scale Comparative Genomics of the Innate Immune System of Vertebrates |
2012 Edwards Lab Meetings
Mondays, 9:30 am, MCZ Ornithology Department Library
Date |
NAME |
TOPIC |
30-Jan |
Clemens/Moos |
Phylogeography of shorebirds and House Finch cis-regulatory evolution |
6-Feb |
Scott |
State of the Lab Address 2012 |
13-Feb |
Frank Rheindt |
Introgression again! |
24-Feb |
Christian Rabeling (Pierce lab) |
Can sex re-evolve? Dogging for sex in a fungus-growing ant |
27-Feb |
Toby Lenz |
MHC evolution and local adaptation - from alleles to species |
2-Mar |
Meaghan Parker |
Demonstration of Geneious software |
5-Mar |
Helen James (Smithsonian) |
Thoughts about honeycreepers and other Hawaiian birds |
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***Spring break*** |
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19-Mar |
Shane |
A. carolinensis phylogeography and transcriptomics |
26-Mar |
Maude |
Sweet taste receptors in birds |
2-Apr |
Matt |
More reptile GC! |
9-Apr |
Mark |
MHC and Mycoplasma resistance in House Finches |
16-Apr |
Flavia/Bonnie |
Multilocus phylogeography of North American birds |
23-Apr |
Bianca/Liz |
MHC diversity in storm petrels/cis-regulatory evolution in House Finches |
30-Apr |
Allison |
Phylogeography of the House Finch |
2011 Edwards Lab Meetings
Mondays, 9:40 am, MCZ Ornithology Department Library
Date |
NAME |
TOPIC |
31-Jan |
Scott |
State of the Lab Address 2011 |
7-Feb |
Nigel |
Ultrafast evolution in Mycoplasma |
14-Feb |
Ricardo Mallarino |
Evo-devo in Darwin's finches and their relatives |
21-Feb |
Ricardo Godinez |
Evolution of the amniote MHC |
28-Feb |
Christian |
Facts of life: the birds and the trees |
7-Mar |
Shane |
Practice talk for quals |
14-Mar |
Qu |
Evolution of intron size in birds, reptiles and mammals |
21-Mar |
Clemens |
Tba |
28-Mar |
Mark |
MHC and mate choice in birds |
4-Apr |
Dan |
How many Z's? Comparing sex chromosome content across turtles |
11-Apr |
Maude |
Hummingbird taste |
18-Apr |
Matt |
Describing new genomes |
25-Apr |
Frank |
Introgression in Zimmerius flycatchers |
2-May |
Niclas |
House finch genomics |
9-May |
Chris Organ |
Paleogenomics |
2010 Edwards Lab Meetings
Fridays, 9:30 am, MCZ Ornithology Department Library
Date |
Name |
Title |
5-Feb |
Scott |
"State of the Lab Address" 2010 |
12-Feb |
Niclas Backstrom |
Gene mapping in passerine birds |
19-Feb |
Miguel Alcaide |
Toll-like receptors as immune markers in birds |
26-Feb |
Susan Cameron |
Models of Last Glacial Maximum distribution in the North American avifauna |
5-Mar |
Dan Janes |
DMRT1 serves dual roles in sex determination |
12-Mar |
Matt Fujita |
Tinkering with the Anolis genome and next-gen sequencing |
19-Mar |
-- |
Spring break |
26-Mar |
June Lee |
Reproductive genes in Australian Fairy Wrens |
2-Apr |
Shane Campbell-Staton |
Phylogenomics of Anolis carolinensis |
9-Apr |
Shaoyuan Wu |
Multilocus phylogeny and evolution of dipodoid rodents |
16-Apr |
Frank Rheindt |
Multilocus systematics of Elaenia flycatchers |
23-Apr |
Ingrid Soltero/Bei An |
Generating molecular markers for multilocus phylogeography and phylogeny |
30-Apr |
Maude Baldwin |
Molecular evolution of taste receptors in birds |
Monday*, 3-May |
Ricardo Godinez |
Evolution of the MHC in amniotes |
7-May |
Chris Organ/Andy Shedlock |
The future of phylogenomics |
*Additional meeting time |
2009 Edwards Lab Meetings
Mondays, 3:30 am, MCZ Ornithology Department Library
Date |
Name |
Title |
6-Feb |
Scott |
"State of the Lab Address" and Mycoplasma update |
13-Feb |
Dan janes |
Stuck between an emu and a turtle, but aren’t we all? |
24-Feb |
Shaoyuan Wu |
The Evolution of Bipedalism in Dipodoidea (Rodentia: Mammalian) |
2-Mar |
Rob/Kira and Amir |
(Collection database and Odyssey) |
9-Mar |
Susan Cameron |
Spatial models of genetic and morphological diversity |
16-Mar |
Ricardo Godinez |
The origins of the minimal-essential MHC |
23-Mar |
(no meeting: spring break) |
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30-Mar |
Andy Shedlock |
Amniote Genomics Update |
6-Apr |
Gabor Bethlendy, Nimblegen |
Nimblegen arrays: BAC arrays, comparative genome hybridization, and gene expression |
13-Apr |
Chris Organ |
Recent studies in reptile genomics |
Tuesday, 21-Apr |
Maude Baldwin |
Taste receptors in birds |
27-Apr |
June Yong Lee |
A species tree for Australian fairy wrens (Maluridae) |
4-May |
Mato Lagator |
TBA |
11-May |
Denis O'Meally (Australian National University) |
Evolution of sex chromosomes in snakes |
25-May |
Camille Bonneaud |
Gene expression patterns indicate adaptation to a pathogen |
1-Jun |
Miguel Alcaide |
Population genetics of MHC genes and parasites |
2008 Edwards Lab Meetings
Fridays, 2:00 am, MCZ Ornithology Department Library
Date |
NAME |
TOPIC |
8-Feb |
Scott Edwards |
The year ahead & multilocus analysis of treecreepers (Climacteris) |
15-Feb |
Dan Janes |
Expression of sex-differentiation genes across species with different sex-determining mechanisms |
22-Feb |
Chris Balakrishnan (visiting scholar) |
Phylogeography and multilocus population genetics of the Zebra Finch |
Feb-29 |
Patricia Brito |
Multilocus systematics of Solomon Islands White-eyes (Zosterops) |
7-Mar |
Liang Liu |
Maximum tree - a consistent estimator of the species tree |
14-Mar |
Maude Baldwin |
Remembrances of research past: stonechats of the world, unite! |
21-Mar |
Anna Dubiec |
New Mhc loci in the house finch and their use in behavioral ecology |
March 28 (no meeting-Spring break) |
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4-Apr |
June Yong Lee |
Multilocus phylogeography of the Red-backed Fairy Wren (and future plans) |
11-Apr |
Chris Organ |
"A mixed sampler"; a.k.a., I'm makin' this up as I go along |
18-Apr |
Andy Shedlock |
Squamate repeat dynamics |
25-Apr |
Camille Bonneaud |
Designing a microarray to examine changes in gene expression in house finches infected with Mycoplasma gallisepticum |
May 2 (@ 3 pm) |
Ricardo Godinez |
Evolutionary history of the amniote Mhc region |
May 12 (Monday, 2 pm) |
Terry O'Dwyer |
Molecular mechanisms of individual recognition in Procellariformes |
16-May |
Elaine Vo/Mato Lagator |
Genetics and toxicology of black-footed albatross; population genetics of House Finches
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2007 Edwards Lab Meetings
DATE |
NAME |
TOPIC |
2-Feb |
Scott Edwards |
Comparison of parameter estimates for BEST and MCMCcoal |
9-Feb |
Andy Shedlock |
Repeat diversity in reptiles and the ancestral amniote genome |
16-Feb |
Patricia Brito |
Phylogeography of the Tawny Owl, and other stories... |
23-Feb |
June Yong Lee |
Anonymous Loci vs. Introns in the Fairywren group |
2-Mar |
Anna Dubiec |
Age- and sex-related effects on immune function in the blue tit |
9-Mar |
Dan Janes |
Nucleotide diversity in the pseudoautosomal region in emu |
16-Mar |
Chris Balakrishnan |
Polymorphism, recombination and linkage disequilibrium in wild zebra finch populations. |
23-Mar |
TBA |
TBA |
April 6 (no meeting March 30) |
Charles Chapus |
Mapping of BAC-end sequences on the Chicken genome: American Alligator, Painted Turtle and Emu. |
13-Apr |
Liang Liu |
Estimating the Population Size Estimating population size from multilocus gene trees |
20-Apr |
Ricardo Godinez |
The first genomic characterization of a Reptilian MHC gene family |
Reconstructing the gene order of the MHC family in the amniote ancestor |
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27-Apr |
James Degnan |
TBA |
4-May |
Undergrad Symposium |
TBA |
11-May |
Camille Bonneaud |
Designing a microarray to examine changes in gene expression in house finches infected with Mycoplasma gallisepticum |
18-May |
Chris Organ |
The BMP gene neighborhood in Alligator |
2006 Edwards Lab Meetings
DATE |
NAME |
TOPIC |
10-Feb |
James Degnan |
Coalescent Theory |
20-Feb |
Nancy Rotzel |
Treecreepers / Ivory-Billed Woodpecker |
27-Feb |
Chris Organ |
DINOGENOMICS |
3-Mar |
Chris Balakrishnan |
Zebra Finch Population Genomics |
13-Mar |
Ricardo Mallarino |
TBA |
20-Mar |
Kara O'Keefe |
Phylogeny of Phages |
27-Mar |
Andy Shedlock |
CR1 LINE evolution in Reptilia |
3-Apr |
Scott Edwards |
Gene Trees / Species Trees |
10-Apr |
Corrie Saux Moreau |
CGR Cluster |
17-Apr |
Charles Chapus |
TBA |
24-Apr |
June Yong Lee |
TBA |
1-May |
Antonis Rokas |
Evolutionary Bioinformatics |
8-May |
Ricardo Godinez |
TBA |
15-May |
Dr. Dan Janes |
FISHing in Oz |
2005 Edwards Lab Meetings
DATE |
NAME |
TOPIC |
4-Feb |
Scott Edwards |
Two reviews on bird phylogeny and speciation,and other evolutionary activities |
11-Feb |
Bryan Jennings |
An empirical evaluation of the genealogical species concept |
18-Feb |
Sarah Kingan |
Dissertation ideas: sex chromosomes, sexual selection, speciation! |
25-Feb |
Chris Organ |
Graduate work and upcoming project |
4-Mar |
Dan Janes |
Evolution of sex chromosomes (Z + W) |
11-Mar |
Chris Balakrishnan |
Parasitic Finches and non-parasitic finches |
18-Mar |
Kara O'Keefe |
Molecular strategies in viruses |
25-Mar |
Nancy Rotzel |
Treecreeper phylogeography |
8-Apr |
No meeting |
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15-Apr |
Andy Shedlock |
Comparative Studies of reptile (including bird) genome evolution |
22-Apr |
No meeting |
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29-Apr |
Tobias Lenz |
Mhc class I genes in house finches |
6-May |
Miguel Alcaide |
Mhc in lesser kestrels |