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Join us for the 5th Annual Organismal Biology Day! See photos of this event HERE! This event is jointly sponsored by BEES, Entomology, Biology, Download a schedule to print and post.
Wednesday, April 7 3:30-5:30 Research presentations CHEM 1402 (Bldg 091) 3:30 - Three brief research presentations by Smithsonian scientists: "Recent Research and New Perspectives "Pathways to Animal Domestication" "Issues in the Origin and Spread of Domesticated Plants:
4:30 - Seminar The genetics of domestication and Dr. Barbara Schaal 6:00 - Poster Session and Social Bioscience Research Building Colonnade (Bldg 413) All researchers from UM and affiliated institutions doing BEES-related research are invited to present posters. 7:00 - Dinner and Graduate Student Awards Ceremony 1103 Bioscience Research Building (Bldg 413) Everyone is welcome! ------------------- Thursday, April 8 Dr. Schaal will deliver an additional research seminar at the National Museum of Natural History in the Kathy Kerby Room, East Court Rm 335, at 2:00pm. Domestication and Gene Flow in Rice Directions to the seminar room: Use the Constitution Ave. entrance, make a left, and go past the Ladies Room. Proceed through the first set of glass doors, make an immediate right and head for the elevators. Then wait for someone to activate the elevator with a badge, then go to the third floor. ------------------- About Dr. Barbara Schaal Listen to an interview with Dr. Schaal recorded by the National Academy of Sciences. InterViews provides first-person accounts of the lives and work of National Academy of Sciences members. In this series of one-on-one conversations, scientists talk about what inspired them to pursue the careers they chose and describe some of the most fascinating aspects of their research. "Dr. Barbara Schaal's career as a leading evolutionary biologist began with a youthful fascination with plants. Currently the Mary-Dell Chilton Distinguished Professor at Washington University, she is recognized for her work on the genetics of plant species, particularly for her studies that use DNA sequences to understand evolutionary processes such as gene flow, geographical differentiation, and the domestication of crop species. Born in Berlin, Germany, Dr. Schaal grew up in Chicago, graduated from the University of Illinois, Chicago with a degree in biology, and earned her doctorate from Yale University in 1974. She was on the faculty of the University of Houston and The Ohio State University before joining Washington University in 1980. Schaal has been president of the Botanical Society of America and president of the Society for the Study of Evolution. In 2005 Dr. Schaal became the first woman elected to the vice presidency of the National Academy of Sciences." (from the InterViews website) Selected publications: Schaal, B.A. 1980. Reproductive Capacity and Seed Size in Lupinus texensis. American Journal of Botany. 67(5):703-709. Schaal, B.A. 1980. Measurement of gene flow in Lupinus texensis. Nature. 284:450-451. Whittemore, A.T., and B.A. Schaal. 1991. Interspecific Gene Flow in Sympatric Oaks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 88(6):2540-2544. Schaal, B.A. , D.A. Hayworth, K.M. Olsen, J.T. Rauscher and W.A. Smith. 1998. Phylogeographic studies in plants: problems and prospects. Molecular Ecology. 7:465–474. Beck, J.B., H. Schmuths and B.A. Schaal. 2008. Native range genetic variation in Arabidopsis thaliana is strongly geographically structured and reflects Pleistocene
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