GTP Sr. Student Seminar 2018-2019

2018-19 Schedule

  • September 18:  Marcella Nidiffer -  "The genetic architecture of speciation in a primate hybrid zone."
  • October 23:  Elisa Hughes - "A cysteine-responsive two-component regulatory system that moderates cyclic-di-GMP metabolism contributes to L. pneumophila differentiation."
  • November 6:  Alyssa Kruger - "A Genetic Tug-of-War: A Mus lineage-specific X-linked gene family is essential for male fertility and equal sex ratio"
  • December 19: Ethics Discussion
  • January 16: Jon Massey - "The Function of Melanin in Drosophila Mating Behavior"
  • January 29 (4:30pm start):  Jason Keil - "Symmetric neural progenitor divisions require chromatin-mediated homology directed DNA repair by Ino80"
  • February 26:  Owen Funk - "The role of Histone Variant H3.3 in Cortical Development"
  • March 21: Katie Saund - "Bacterial genome-wide association studies identified genetic variants linked to Clostridium difficile in vitro phenotypes"
  • April 23:  Kevin Amses - "Cryptic predatory fungi: unlocking genomics at the base of the fungal tree of life"
  • May 13 (12-1:30pm): Ethics Discussion w/Mary O'Riordan, Ph.D.