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  • Evolutionary Biology

  • Events 

    October 29 - 30, 2010

    Behavioral Epigenetics

    Organizers: Barry Lester (Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University), Edward Tronick (University Massachusetts Boston and Children's Hospital Boston), and Eric Nestler (Mount Sinai School of Medicine)

    This 2-day CME- and CE-accredited conference will focus on the quest to understand how environmental factors affect behavioral outcomes (learning, memory, mental illness, normal development and developmental psychopathology) via epigenetic modulation.

    Monday, November 8, 2010 | 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM

    The Systems Biology of Bugs

    Speakers: Richard Bonneau (New York University), Saeed Tavazoie (Princeton University) and Yuhai Tu (IBM Research)

    Systems biologists and computational biologists combine methodologies to examine bacterial genomes and elucidate basic signal transduction mechanisms and the genetic basis of phenotypes in bacteria of biological, environmental and clinical importance.

    Thursday, December 2, 2010 | 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

    New York Area C. elegans Discussion Group Meeting

    Speakers: Cori Bargmann (The Rockefeller University) and David Hall (Albert Einstein College of Medicine)

    The New York area C. elegans Discussion Group presents meetings featuring talks by graduate students, post-docs, or laboratory heads from the tri-state area with an emphasis on new and emerging data. Meetings are followed by a networking reception.

  • Past Events

    Tuesday, June 15, 2010 | 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM

    New York Area Drosophila Discussion Group

    Speakers: Benjamin Bottner (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez (Sloan Kettering Institute), Ah-Ram Kim (SUNY Stonybrook) and Andrew Tomlinson (Columbia University)

    The New York Area Drosophila Discussion Group meetings includes four presentations by graduate students and post-docs selected from area laboratories by the program committee, with an emphasis on new and emerging data.

    Wednesday, May 19, 2010 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

    How Prosperity Evolves: An Evening with Matt Ridley

    Speaker: Matt Ridley

    Join Science & the City as we host the noted science journalist and zoologist Matt Ridley for a talk about optimism, human progress, and prosperity based on his new book, The Rational Optimist.

    Wednesday, April 14, 2010 | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

    Between Earth and Sky: Our Intimate Connections to Trees — An Evening with "the Queen of the Forest Canopy," Nalini Nadkarni

    Speaker: Nalini Nadkarni (The Evergreen State College)

    A treetop ecologist, Nalini Nadkarni, known as the Queen of the Forest Canopy shares what she has learned from 30 years of forest exploration about the intimate connection between humans and trees.

    Monday, March 29, 2010 | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

    The Lady and the Sharks: An Evening with Legendary Ichthyologist Eugenie Clark

    Speaker: Eugenie Clark (The Mote Marine Laboratory)

    The world-renowned ichthyologist, Eugenie Clark, known as "the Shark Lady," describes her fantastic and distinguished 60-year career studying deep sea sharks and tropical fish.

  • Publications 

    Annals

    The Year in Evolutionary Biology 2010

    Edited by Carl D. Schlichting (University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut) and Timothy A. Mousseau (University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina)

    This 2010 Annals volume is the third in The Year in Evolutionary Biology review series.

    Forthcoming issue

    Annals

    Reproductive Aging

    Edited by Maxine Weinstein (Center for Population and Health, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.) and Kathleen O’Connor (Department of Anthropology, Biocultural Anthropology and Biodemography Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington)

    This Annals volume presents manuscripts stemming from the workshop “Biodemography of Reproductive Aging,” held on June 5–6, 2009 in Washington, DC.

    Volume 1204

    Annals

    Phylogenetic Aspects of Neuropeptides: From Invertebrates to Humans

    Edited by Hubert Vaudry (Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Neuroendocrinology, International Associated Laboratory Samuel de Champlain, University of Rouen, Rouen, France) and Seiji Shioda (Department of Anatomy, Showa University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan)

    The Annals issue presents up-to-date manuscripts on phylogenetic aspects of neuroendocrinology from invertebrates to humans.

    Volume 1200

    Annals

    Neuroprotective Agents: Ninth International Conference

    Edited by Russell J. Andrews (NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California), William Slikker, Jr. (National Center for Toxicological Research/FDA, Jefferson, Arkansas), Bruce Trembly (Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Togus, Maine), and Tucker A. Patterson (National Center for Toxicological Research/FDA, Jefferson, Arkansas)

    This Annals volume examines various approaches to neuroprotection, including methods for neuroprotection, mechanisms involved in neuroinjury, and pharmacologic agents associated with neuroprotection.

    eBriefing

    Circadian Cycle and Metabolic Dysfunction

    Speakers: Pere Puigserver (Dana-Farber Cancer Institute), Carla Green (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center), Joe Bass (Northwestern University), Robert Levitan (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto), Michael Terman (Columbia University)
     
    Organizers: John G. Kral (SUNY Downstate Medical Center), Andrew Swick

    This symposium brought together leading researchers to examine the link between metabolic function, internal biological timing, and the physiological consequences of circadian disruption.