# Past Lab Meetings ![q](/sites/g/files/omnuum6356/files/styles/hwp_1_1__960x960_scale/public/edwards/files/screen_shot_2017-12-07_at_10.34.12_am.png?itok=JmX_hvl4) *From Edwards Lab Meeting 12.04.17 "Signatures of Recent Selection in the House Finch" presented by Allison Shultz* **2018 Edwards Lab Meetings** SortDate 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** Sort**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** SortDateNAMETOPIC23-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** SortDateNAMETOPIC30-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** SortDateNAMETOPIC7-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** SortDateNAMETOPIC25-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 SortDate 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 \*\*\*Spring break\*\*\* 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 SortDate 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 Sort Sort ![Hairy Woodpecker](/sites/g/files/omnuum6356/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/edwards/files/hairy_woodpecker-2010.jpg?itok=fDsGFCCs) ![intron_sizes-2010.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum6356/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/edwards/files/intron_sizes-2010.jpg?itok=xLHMd4n1) SortDate 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 Sort Sort ![Malurus Maxent](/sites/g/files/omnuum6356/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/edwards/files/malurus_maxent-2009.jpg?itok=ilUKSQro) ![intron_sizes-2009.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum6356/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/edwards/files/intron_sizes-2009.jpg?itok=fWBMSXE_) SortDate 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) 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 ![ricardo_mhc-2009.jpg](/sites/g/files/omnuum6356/files/styles/hwp_1_1__720x720_scale/public/edwards/files/ricardo_mhc-2009.jpg?itok=isqmOZng) **2008 Edwards Lab Meetings** Fridays, 2:00 am, MCZ Ornithology Department Library SortDate 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) --- --- 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 **2007 Edwards Lab Meetings** SortDATE 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 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** SortDATE 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** SortDATE 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 15-Apr Andy Shedlock Comparative Studies of reptile (including bird) genome evolution 22-Apr No meeting 29-Apr Tobias Lenz Mhc class I genes in house finches 6-May Miguel Alcaide Mhc in lesser kestrels