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- “Is Evolution Predictable? A comparison between replicated hybrid zones and its implications for reproductive isolation”May 20, 2022 — 3 p.m.Dewey Hall, Room 2162
- "Characterizing tRNA methyltransferase enzyme families to understand the biological impact of tRNA modifications"June 21, 2022 — 2 p.m.Zoom
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Diego Ocampo
Visiting Student, The Uy Lab
I am currently studying the patterns of divergence in genomic, morphometric, and behavioral traits between different populations of a Neotropical bird species, and how birds of different populations interact and maybe hybridize...Read more >
Feature Story
Finding art in the tools of science
This year’s Art of Science competition, which explores “the aesthetic beauty that results when science, art, and technology intersect,” drew more than 50 entries and more than 700 votes cast for People’s Choice.
Winning first place, Biobeams by Lynn Sidor, PhD candidate in the lab of Anne S. Meyer, associate professor of biology, shows the possible lensing effect of bacterial cells, creating “biobeams” of light, where the intensity of the scattered light corresponds to the intensity of the colors in the image.
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