Events
Generative neural network methods for evolutionary inference
Dr. Sara Mathieson
Abstract: Generative AI has captured a worldwide audience with novel text, image, audio, and video. In evolutionary biology we have used synthetic data for decades, for modelling, theoretical development and…
Integrative models of 3D nuclear DNA organization
Dr. Anupama Jha
Abstract: DNA is compactly packed in the nucleus of a cell; around 2 meters of human DNA is stored in a 10 μm nucleus. Evidence suggests that 3D genome organization facilitates long-range interactions between…
Exploring Evolutionary Novelty in Human-Altered Landscapes: Mechanisms of Survival and Persistence Under Global Change
Dr. Anthony Snead
Abstract: As anthropogenic activities continue and intensify, biological systems are increasingly exposed to rapidly changing, non-analogous environmental conditions, including structural and climatic stressors that…
From modular organisms to biological machines: the plasticity of life
Dr. Douglas Blackiston, Harvard University
Abstract: Living organisms remain more adaptive, robust, and regenerative than any artificial system yet developed. It is thus promising that engineering has seen a surge in novel building materials over the…
Linking genomic, organismal, and demographic perspectives to understand the evolutionary dynamics of hybridization and species decline in real-time
Dr. Arielle Fogel
Arielle Fogel website.
Transparent Artificial Intelligence in Biomedicine: Advancing Personalized Health, Aging, and Disease Analysis with Explainable AI
Wei Qiu
Abstract: In the midst of ongoing challenges such as aging and disease management, which are as multifaceted as they are critical, lies a common computational challenge—how to effectively harness Artificial…
Seminar with Ullas Pedmale
Dr. Ullas Pedmale
Ubiquitination pathways in bacterial immunity
Dr. Kevin Corbett, UC San Diego
Abstract: In the past decade, bacteria have been found to possess over 100 distinct immune pathways that protect them against viral infection. Many of these antiviral immune pathways represent ancient versions…
Deciphering host invasion mechanisms of apicomplexan parasites by cryo-electron tomography
Dr. Yi-Wei Chang, UPenn Perelman School of Medicine
Twitter/X: @yiweichang
Bluesky: @yiweichang.bsky.social
Seminar with Jason Munshi-South, Title TBA
Dr. Jason Munshi-South, Drexel University