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MVZ LUNCH SEMINAR - Scott Edwards: Evolutionary genomics of flightlessness in birds

Seminar | October 3 | 12-1 p.m. | Valley Life Sciences Building, 3101 VLSB, Grinnell-Miller Library

Speaker:  Scott Edwards

Sponsor:  Museum of Vertebrate Zoology

MVZ Lunch is a graduate level seminar series (IB264) based on current and recent vertebrate research. Professors, graduate students, staff, and visiting researchers present on current and past research projects. The seminar meets every Wednesday from 12- 1pm in the Grinnell-Miller Library. Enter through the MVZ's Main Office, 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, and please let the receptionist...   More >

IB Seminar: Anhydrobiosis – Strategies and Applications

Seminar | October 4 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | 2040 Valley Life Sciences Building

Featured Speaker:  Michael Menze, University of Louisville

Sponsor:  Department of Integrative Biology

MVZ LUNCH SEMINAR - Teresa Feo: Shining new light on historic collections: How museum specimens and bright X-rays revealed one of the darkest materials known to man

Seminar | October 10 | 12-1 p.m. | Valley Life Sciences Building, 3101 VLSB, Grinnell-Miller Library

Speaker:  Teresa Feo

Sponsor:  Museum of Vertebrate Zoology

MVZ Lunch is a graduate level seminar series (IB264) based on current and recent vertebrate research. Professors, graduate students, staff, and visiting researchers present on current and past research projects. The seminar meets every Wednesday from 12- 1pm in the Grinnell-Miller Library. Enter through the MVZ's Main Office, 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, and please let the receptionist...   More >

IB Seminar: Elucidating the evolution and effects of the distinctive gut microbiome of bees

Seminar | October 11 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | 2040 Valley Life Sciences Building

Featured Speaker:  Nancy Moran, University of Texas at Austin

Sponsor:  Department of Integrative Biology

MVZ LUNCH SEMINAR - Telma Laurentino: Observing evolution: Adaptation stories told by the genomes of lizards and sticklebacks

Seminar | October 17 | 12-1 p.m. | Valley Life Sciences Building, 3101 VLSB, Grinnell-Miller Library

Speaker:  Telma Laurentino

Sponsor:  Museum of Vertebrate Zoology

MVZ Lunch is a graduate level seminar series (IB264) based on current and recent vertebrate research. Professors, graduate students, staff, and visiting researchers present on current and past research projects. The seminar meets every Wednesday from 12- 1pm in the Grinnell-Miller Library. Enter through the MVZ's Main Office, 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, and please let the receptionist...   More >

IB Seminar: Title to be announced

Seminar | October 18 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | 2040 Valley Life Sciences Building | Canceled

Featured Speaker:  Dan Costa, University of California, Santa Cruz

Sponsor:  Department of Integrative Biology

IB Seminar: HIV drug resistance evolution: why it was rampant, and how it became rare

Seminar | October 18 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | 2040 Valley Life Sciences Building

Featured Speaker:  Pleuni Pennings, San Francisco State University

Sponsor:  Department of Integrative Biology

MVZ LUNCH SEMINAR -Christopher Witt: Bird evolution in the Andes: The ups and downs

Seminar | October 24 | 12-1 p.m. | Valley Life Sciences Building, 3101 VLSB, Grinnell-Miller Library

Speaker:  Christopher Witt

Sponsor:  Museum of Vertebrate Zoology

MVZ Lunch is a graduate level seminar series (IB264) based on current and recent vertebrate research. Professors, graduate students, staff, and visiting researchers present on current and past research projects. The seminar meets every Wednesday from 12- 1pm in the Grinnell-Miller Library. Enter through the MVZ's Main Office, 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, and please let the receptionist...   More >

The Origin and Maintenance of Chemical Diversity in a Species-Rich Tropical Tree Lineage

Seminar | October 25 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | 2040 Valley Life Sciences Building

Featured Speaker:  Paul Fine, University of California, Berkeley

Sponsor:  Department of Integrative Biology

Expand Her Potential in Science

Panel Discussion | October 27 | 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | 1040 Valley Life Sciences Building

Speakers/Performers:  CaT Bobino, In The Know Consulting, LLC; Lisa White, Assistant Director of Education and Outreach, UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology; Jessie Castillo, UC Berkeley Museum of Vertebrate Zoology; Lisa Eshun-Wilson, UC Berkeley Department of Molecular and Cell Biology; Chrissy Stachl, Department of Chemistry; Adamaka Ajaelo, Facebook, Self-eSTEM

Sponsor:  Science@Cal

The fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) have been around for generations, and will continue to grow, expand, and shape our world and future in the years to come. In order to give daughters and granddaughters the tools that they need to succeed in a STEM career, parents, and guardians need to have an understanding of what STEM really is and how to approach the topic with...   More >

MVZ LUNCH SEMINAR - Juliana Vianna: Penguin evolution across the southern ocean: from population genetics structure, adaptation to speciation

Seminar | October 31 | 12-1 p.m. | Valley Life Sciences Building, 3101 VLSB, Grinnell-Miller Library

Speaker:  Juliana Vianna

Sponsor:  Museum of Vertebrate Zoology

MVZ Lunch is a graduate level seminar series (IB264) based on current and recent vertebrate research. Professors, graduate students, staff, and visiting researchers present on current and past research projects. The seminar meets every Wednesday from 12- 1pm in the Grinnell-Miller Library. Enter through the MVZ's Main Office, 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, and please let the receptionist...   More >