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Seminar on parent-offspring interactions to kick off spring semester Evolutionary Biology Symposium on Feb. 2
Phil Williams, 706/542-8501, phil@franklin.uga.edu
Rodney Mauricio, 706/542-1417, mauricio@uga.edu
Jan 14, 2003, 16:18
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ATHENS, Ga. - Several noted scientists, including a winner of a MacArthur "genius grant," will speak on the University of Georgia campus during February as part of the sixth annual Winter Evolutionary Biology Lecture Series, this year focusing on interactions among and within plants and animals.
Each speaker will deliver two symposia on campus. All presentations will be in room C127 of the Life Sciences Building on the UGA campus. The events are open free to the public. While the Sunday presentations are geared more toward specialists, the Monday seminars are specifically aimed at a general audience.
Speakers and their topics are:
* Edmund D. Brodie III, associate professor of biology, Indiana University. Brodie's research focuses on interactions between predators and their prey as well as the interactions among traits within organisms. His first seminar will be Sunday, Feb. 2, at 7:30 p.m. and is titled "Indirect genetic effects of parent-offspring interactions: Who cares?" His second seminar will be Monday, Feb. 3, at 11:10 a.m. and is titled: "Eye of newt and fillet of fenny snake: The witches' brew of co-evolutionary arms races." He is being hosted by the department of genetics.
* Nancy Moran, regents' professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and professor of entomology, University of Arizona. A 1997 MacArthur Award winner, Moran's pioneering work has focused on the evolution of interactions between parasites and their animal hosts. Her first seminar will be Sunday, Feb. 9, at 7:30 p.m. and is titled "Genome reduction in obligate symbionts." Her second seminar will be Monday, Feb. 10, at 11:10 a.m.: "Symbiosis in insects: From interaction to union." She is being hosted by the department of entomology.
*Jeffrey Palmer, distinguished professor of biology, Indiana University. A member of the National Academy of Sciences, Palmer is one of the pioneers of plant molecular systematics. His current work focuses on gene and genome evolution and the transfer of gene functions from the mitochondria to the nucleus. His first seminar will be Sunday, Feb. 16, at 7:30 p.m. and is titled "Treasure your exceptions: Lateral gene transfer in plants and runaway mutation rates in mitochondrial DNA." His second seminar will be Monday, Feb. 17, at 11:10 a.m. and is titled: "Evolutionary transfer of mitochondrial genes to the nucleus: When, what, how and why?" He is hosted by the departments of plant biology and genetics.
*Janis Antonovics, Lewis and Clark Professor of Biology, University of Virginia. A Fellow in the Royal Society of London, Antonovics works on the interactions of plants and a sexually transmitted fungal disease. His first seminar will be Sunday, Feb. 23, at 7:30 p.m. and is titled: "Evolutionary genetics of intra-tetrad mating: Fungi, flies and bagworms." His second seminar will be Monday, Feb. 24, at 11:10 a.m. and is titled: "Birds, bees and STDs: The natural history of sexually transmitted disease." He is hosted by the Institute of Ecology and the departments of plant biology and genetics.
The presentations are funded by the department of genetics; the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences; the Mechanisms of Plant Evolution Training Grant awarded to faculty in the departments of genetics and plant biology; the department of entomology in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences; the Honors Program; and the dean's office of the Franklin College.
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