Author: Jonathan Eisen

I am an evolutionary biologist and a Professor at U. C. Davis. (see my lab site here). My research focuses on the origin of novelty (how new processes and functions originate). To study this I focus on sequencing and analyzing genomes of organisms, especially microbes and using phylogenomic analysis

TODAY at #UCDavis Nels Elde on “How pathogenic microbes shape host cells and genomes”

Today at 4:10 pm in 1003 Giedt Hall Nels Elde (University of Utah) will be delivering this week’s Ecology and Evolution Seminar Series.

From his website, “The Elde lab uses host-pathogen interactions to study the evolutionary process and evolutionary approaches to understand the selective forces shaping cellular pathways.”

Today, Nels will be speaking on How pathogenic microbes shape host cells and genomes.

#UCDavis CPB Seminar: Vince Buffalo Using the footprint of linked selection to estimate quantitative genetic parameters

CPB Seminar Reminder for Tuesday, November 29, 2016, 4:10pm in 1022 Life Sciences

Speaker: Vince Buffalo
Graduate Student, Population Biology Graduate Group, Coop Lab, UC Davis
Title: “Using the footprint of linked selection to estimate quantitative genetic parameters”
Host: Graham Coop

10/31 at #UCDavis – Priscilla Cooper on DNA repair pathway crosstalk in maintenance of genome stability

Cooper 10_31.pdf

Wed Nov 2 at #UCDavis – John Roth on “Mutation, selection, and the tyranny of the obvious”

MIC 291: Selected Topics in Microbiology

Work-in-Progress Seminars

Dr. John Roth

"Mutation, selection, and the tyranny of the obvious"

Wednesday, November 2, 2016

4:10 pm

1022 Life Sciences

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Roth 11-2-16.doc

A gloomy day at the #UCDavis Genome Center Halloween Symposium – a model for a #manel #yammm

It is a gloomy day, at least for me, at #UCDavis today.

Yes it is raining and cloudy.  But that is not the gloomy part. I like rain and clouds and we don’t get enough of either around here. The issue for me is the Symposium happening today in my building.  Run by the UC Davis Genome Center, which I am a part of.  What is the problem?

Well here is the flier


That is nine presenters.  Eight of which are men. 

  • S. Dinesh-Kumar
  • Brett Phinney
  • Anthony Herren
  • Jessica Franco
  • Jack Cuniff
  • John Yates
  • John Muchena
  • Ilias Tagkopoulos
  • Nuno Bandeira
That comes to 11% female speakers.  Not a good ratio.  But you know this is just one sample right?  It could be a random anomaly, or something else.

So – lets look at last years Halloween symposium.

That is five speakers, all men.


  • Mingcheng Luo UC Davis
  • Chris Streck 10X
  • Marco Blanchette Dovetail
  • Matthew Seetin PacBio
  • Matthew Settles, UC Davis
Four speakers. All male.
2014

  • Bruce Draper UC Davis, Molecular and Cellular Biology
  • Bruce Conklin, Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, UCSF
  • David Segal, UC Davis, Genome Center
  • Dana Carroll, University of Utah, Department of Biochemistry
So over the last three years we have 94% male presenters. It is a better if you go back further. 2013 was 50-50.  2012 was  ~ 70-% male.  2011 was  55:45 or so.  But over the last three years something has devolved.  And no, I will not be attending.  And yes, I have made comments about this, but maybe too few.  
It is so frustrating to keep seeing this happening over and over in academia and science.  And to see it so close to home, well, it is really extraordinarily disappointing. 
I sent the organizers which I think has some great examples of how to run a diverse meeting.
Below are some articles worth looking at on the topic. 

I certainly feel partially responsible for this, because it is in my building and run by my Center.   Now I had nothing to do with this even, but still …  I will do my best to make sure this does not happen ever again at the UC Davis Genome Center.  But I will not be attending this year’s meeting.  
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This is from the “Tree of Life Blog”
of Jonathan Eisen, an evolutionary biologist and Open Access advocate
at the University of California, Davis. For short updates, follow me on Twitter.

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Today at #UCDavis: Virginia Walbot “Building a Maize Anther using Cell-Cell Signaling.”

Plant Biology​ ​
Graduate Group​ ​
Seminar Series

Oct 21 – 12: 10 LSA 1022

Virginia Walbot (Stanford University)

“Building a Maize Anther using Cell-Cell Signaling.”

Bayer-Grad Scholar-MicrobialGenomics/Machine Learning Opening Available

Got forwarded this:

We have a Grad Scholar opening available at Bayer in our West Sacramento, CA location. Job description attached.

Link: https://career.bayer.us/en/job/Graduate-Scholar-Microbial-Genomics-Machine-Learning–0000175538.html

Grad SchBLX_Bionformatics_09062016_Description – revised.docx

Today at #UCDavis: Gyuri Barabas: Competitive coexistence & population regulation in the context of multispecies communities

CPB Seminar Reminder for Tuesday, October 18, 2016, 4:10pm in 1022 Life Sciences

Speaker: Gyuri Barabas
Postdoctoral Scholar, Ecology & Evolution, University of Chicago
Title: “Competitive coexistence and population regulation in the context of multispecies communities”

Thanks to all for "Suggestions for 11 year old daughter who wants to learn to code"

I am so thankful to the whole community out there who gave answers to my request for suggestions for my 11 year old daughter who wants to learn to code.

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Today we were both home sick and when she said she was bored she then asked if we could try some of the examples people suggested.  And we ended up playing around with Python at Codeacademy and she spent hours on it.  So much fun. See below:

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This is from the “Tree of Life Blog”
of Jonathan Eisen, an evolutionary biologist and Open Access advocate
at the University of California, Davis. For short updates, follow me on Twitter.

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Plant Biology cluster at UC Berkeley

Just got this in the intertubes:

Please forward

Dear Botanical Friends & Colleagues,

The department of Plant and Microbial Biology at UC Berkeley is hiring a cluster of Plant Biologists focusing on researchers investigating processes associated with plant adaptation, including evolutionary genetics & developmental evolution, broadly. We have two tenure-track positions at the Assistant Level and one at a Senior Level (Associate or Full). The senior hire will be involved as a leader in the Innovative Genomics Institute (https://innovativegenomics.org/)with specific funding to develop genome editing as a tool for basic and applied plant research.

For Applicants at the Assistant Professor level: https:https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/apply/JPF01177

For Applicants at the Associate Professor or Professor level: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/apply/JPF01198

Please feel free to circulate this ad to anyone you think might be interested in joining and contributing to this exciting cluster — the application deadline is Monday, November 14. I’ve attached the full ad as a pdf below.

Please let me know if you have any questions concerning these hires — I’d love to see many applicants from the botanical and plant evolutionary biology community!! We are particularly interested in hires who can contribute to and benefit from a diverse and inclusive environment for scholarship.

PB Cluster Search Ad – FINAL 10.14.2016.pdf