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.