Tag: Seminars of Interest Around Davis

Genetics Seminar

“Genome-wide discovery of mutations in rice through exome capture and sequencing”

Speaker: Dr. Luca Comai

UC Davis | Plant Biology and Genome Center

Monday, May 14th, 2012

4:10 PM

1022 Life Sciences

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Bay Area Biosystematists (BABS) Meeting

Tuesday evening, 22 May 2012

at UC Davis, 1022 Life Sciences Building

“PHYLOGENOMICS AND SYSTEMATICS”

The genomics era holds great promise (and challenge) to systematics. There is the prospect of generating sequence data that will provide unprecedented resolution of phylogenetic relationships across the Tree of Life, and a much improved understanding of the tempo and mode of evolution. Join us for two talks on phylogenomics, along with plenty of discussion, leavened by pizza and beer.

Featuring presentations by…

HOLLY BIK, Postdoctoral Researcher, Eisen Lab, UC Davis Genome Center

“Assembling multi-species genomic data”

and…

BASTIEN BOUSSAU, Postdoctoral Fellow, Huelsenbeck Lab, UC Berkeley

“Methods of phylogenetic inference for genome-scale data sets”

Schedule and venue:

5:30 pm: social gathering with beverages (beer and soft drinks) and informal

pizza dinner: cost ca. $10, to be collected at door, 1022 Life Sciences, UC Davis campus.

7:00 – 9:00 pm: talks, followed by discussion, in same room.

Reservations required for beverages and dinner (but not the talk). Please email reservations to your host, Phil Ward: psward by Sunday, May 20

For a map of UC Davis campus and Life Sciences Building:

http://campusmap.ucdavis.edu/?b=97

Parking is available in the West Entry Parking Structure, immediately west of Life Sciences. If coming from the Bay Area take the Hwy. 113 exit off I-80, and then the first exit off Hwy 113, which is Hutchison Drive. This will bring you directly to the parking garage. Or, as Google Maps would say:

All are welcome, members or not. If you want to join the Biosystematists, sign up for our mailing list at:

https://calmail.berkeley.edu/manage/list/listinfo/babs-l@lists.berkeley.edu

Nathan Wolfe flyer.pdf

Please join the Center for Science & Innovation Studies, the Humanities Innovation Lab, the Program in Science & Technology Studies, and the School of Law for a one day conference.

Nanovation! — Nanotechnology and Regimes of Innovation

UC Davis Conference Center, Room A

May 10, 2012 (Schedule below)

Please RSVP for Lunch and Reception: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/T5BSMXW

nanovation_poster.pdf

DAVIS BioBlitz!

“In Honor of Mother Earth”

May 13, 2012

(Mother’s day)

Putah Creek Reserve

Discover the Many Plants and Animals in Putah Creek Reserve, and learn about ways to preserve and protect the earth!

Free Activities for All Ages!

Hosted by the UC Davis SEEDS Chapter,

a program of the Ecological Society of America

What is a BioBlitz?

A BioBlitz consists of activities to draw attention to the biodiversity of plants, and animals that live in Putah Creek Reserve. These activities include:

Species Counts:As a group we will count and document as many species as we can in Putah Creek: plants, birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, insects, and spiders.

Activities for the public: Kids and adults get to observe, explore, discover, touch, ask questions about, and enjoy the flora and fauna of Putah Creek Reserve.

Species found during the BioBlitz will be documented using iNaturalist and recorded in a National database. (For more information about iNaturalist visit iNaturalist.org).

**Volunteers needed for the day of the event?***

Are you an expert at identifying plant, fungi, or animal species?

Interested in gaining more experience with identification?

Just want to help out and learn something new about ecosystems near you?

Sign up to volunteer HERE!

Location: Putah Creek Reserve,

BioBlitz headquarters will be set up on Old Davis Road- Look for BioBlitz Signs!

From EVOLDIR

Dear Colleagues,

Please visit the website for the 5th International Conference of Anaerobic
Protists – https://sites.google.com/site/2012icap/home – which will be
in Los Angeles, California Sept 6-9, 2012 for information about this
important and exciting conference.

You will be able to register and submit abstracts (for both talks
and poster presentations) between now and July 1. Detailed information
about how to do this can be found on the website. Additional information
regarding the goals and structure of the meeting, travel and housing,
etc. is also available on the website.

Your participation in this meeting is important to make it a success! We
hope to see you in LA in September!

Best regards,
Patricia Johnson (on behalf of the organizing committee)
Professor, UCLA

The 2012 UC BERKELEY / UC DAVIS JOINT STATISTICS COLLOQUIUM

Please join us for the 2012 Berkeley / Davis Joint Colloquium. This year’s Colloquium will feature a talk at 4:10pm by Prof. Rasmus Neilsen, followed by a reception in the statistics lounge. Grad students are also invited to the Berkeley / Davis Grad Student Colloquium from 5:30-6:30pm.

Coffee: 3:30pm, Statistics lounge (MSB 4110, 4th floor)

Seminar: 4:10 pm, Colloquium Room (MSB 1147)

Reception: 5:30 pm, Statistics lounge (MSB 4110, 4th floor)

Speaker: Prof. Rasmus Neilsen

Dept of Integrative Biology & Statistics, UC Berkeley

Title: Statistical Problems in the Analysis of Next-Generation Sequencing Data

Abstract: The biological sciences have been transformed by the emergence of Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) technologies providing cheap and reliable large scale DNA sequencing. These data allow us to address biological research questions that previously were considered intractable, but also raise a number of new statistical and computational challenges. The data contain errors that need careful attention, and the appropriate likelihood functions are usually not computationally accessible, because of the size of the data sets. I will discuss some solutions to these problems and illustrate them in the analyses of several different data sets. In one study we sequenced all protein coding genes of 2000 individuals to identify mutations associated with Type 2 Diabetes. In a second project we used similar sequencing techniques to identify the genetic causes of altitude adaptation in Tibetans. In the third study I will discuss, we sequenced the first Aboriginal Australian genome to elucidate the history and origins of Aboriginal Australians.

Graduate Student Colloquium : Please see the attached flier for details of the Graduate Student Colloquium, which will feature talks by Andrew Farris (UC Davis) and Vincent Yates (UC Berkeley).

http://www.stat.ucdavis.edu/davis-berkeley-colloquium-2012

davis berkeley colloquium 2012 flier.pdf