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Seminar today at #UCDavis: Xavier Darzacq

Special Anniversary Seminar to Celebrate the 100th Birthday of Emeritus Professor Mel Green

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Special Seminar hosted by Alliance for Diversity in Science and Engineering_ Friday, June 24

Dr. Denneal Jamison-McClung will give a talk hosted by Alliance for Diversity in Science and Engineering – UC Davis (ADSE-UCD) on Friday, June 24^th at 2:00-3:30 (see attached flyer). Anyone interested in the subject matter is welcome to attend.

Denneal Jamison-McClung Diversity in Pathways.pdf

Today’s Ecology & Evolution seminar: Carl Bergstrom

Dear Colleagues,

A friendly reminder. Today (April 14th, 4:10pm, @1100 Social Sciences) Carl Bergstrom from the University of Washington will present the Ecology and Evolution seminar. Carl’s research applies mathematical models and computer simulations to study population biology, animal behavior, and evolutionary theory and especially information flow in biological systems and the infectious disease. Carl’s seminar is titled "Anthropogenic evolution, externalities, and public health" and a summary of his talk is copied below.

Seminar abstract: Humans today have a major impact on the evolution of species ranging from pathogenic bacteria to charismatic megafauna. In some cases, such as conservation efforts, humans deliberate influence the evolutionary process to bring about desired ends. In other cases, such as the overuse of antibiotics, undesirable evolutionary consequences result as a side-effect of other activities. One common element of these cases is that the consequences of anthropogenic evolution are rarely fully encompassed by existing economic markets. In other words, anthropogenic evolution can generate both positive and negative externalities, which can be managed by legislation, taxation, torts, and property rights much as are other externalities such as public works or pollution. After briefly summarizing some of these mechanisms, I will show how a public choice framework from economics can be adapted to think about the positive and negative externalities generated by the public health measures. Such activities as vaccination and antibiotic use influence can both the trajectory of a disease outbreak and the evolution of the pathogen in question, and we can adapt the economic theory of public finance to account for the externalities generated thusly. In the final part of the talk, I consider how antimicrobial use influences the evolution of antimicrobial resistance for epidemic diseases rather than for the typical endemic settings in which this problem is studied. To do so, I will use mathematical models to predict how the timing of antiviral use influences resistance evolution and drug efficacy in seasonal influenza and other epidemically spreading diseases.

CPB Seminar – Tuesday, March 29, 2016 – 4:10pm in 1022 Life Sciences – Meetings with Speaker Dr. Carlon…

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

Speaker: Dave Carlon
Director of the Bowdoin Coastal Studies Center and Associate Professor of Biology, Bowdoin College Brunswick
Title: “Two marine hybrid zones and their evolutionary applications ”
Host: Andrew Whitehead

The entire CPB Seminar schedule for Spring Quarter 2016 is available here.

Seminar at #UCDavis today: The concept of tolerance defenses in host-microbiota interactions

Resistance and tolerance are two ways an organism might interaction with a microbe. While this model has been been recognized for many decades by investigators interested in plant-microbe interaction, the emphasis for animal-microbe interactions has overwhelmingly centered on resistance, largely because of a focus on pathogens. Today’s seminar speaker has tried to enlighten a more broad perspective.

Janelle Ayers
Assistant Professor
Salk Institute
"The concept of tolerance defenses in host-microbiota interactions”
Friday March 11
12:00 Noon
GBSF 1005

Careers in Data Science seminar by Insight Data Science on 3/10

Forwarding this:

Dear Colleagues,

Davis Postdoc Entrepreneurship and Career group (DPEC) will host a seminar, “Careers in Data Science”, by Dr. Amrine and Dr. Soofi, two program directors of the Insight Data Science Fellows Program.

Insight Data Science is an intensive, seven-week postdoctoral training fellowship that bridges the gap between academia and a career in data science. The application deadlines of Data Science and Data Engineering fellowships are on March 21 and March 28, 2016 respectively.

This talk is intended for anyone who is interested in data science; all backgrounds are welcome!

When: Thurs, 10th March 2016, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm (networking event to follow)
Where: Auditorium 1005, Genome and Biomedical Sciences Facility (GBSF)
Speakers: Katie Amrine, PhD and Wafa Soofi, PhD

We encourage you to mtnyunt.

Thanks.

With Best Regards,
Tun Nyunt (PhD)

Davis Postdoc Entrepreneurship and Career group (DPEC),

UC Davis

Insight Data Science Seminar_March2016.pdf

Jill Bible Exit Seminar 3/14: Anthropogenic impacts on native Olympia oysters: understanding the roles of local adaptation and multiple stressors

Hello all,

Announcing Jill Bible’s Exit Seminar on March 14th at the Bodega Marine Laboratory:

March 14 Monday
Bodega Marine Laboratory
Jill Bible, Ph.D. candidate, Ecology Graduate Group, UC Davis
Exit Seminar: “Anthropogenic impacts on native Olympia oysters: understanding the roles of local adaptation and multiple stressors”

BML Seminar Spring 2016.pdf