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- "Adaptation in animals by leaps and bounds through horizontal gene transfer"September 15, 2025 鈥 NoonHutchinson Hall, Room 140, Lander Auditorium
- "Fighting for fitness: Causes and consequences of female competition in a feisty bird"September 22, 2025 鈥 NoonHutchinson Hall, Room 140, Lander Auditorium
- 鈥淯sing occupancy models to infer trends of bee biodiversity in North America鈥September 26, 2025 鈥 3 p.m.Dewey Hall, Room 2110D
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Nasima Akhter, Graduate Student
My current research focuses on uncovering the molecular mechanisms underlying the evolution of thermotolerance across the Saccharomyces genus...

Feature Story
Evolution’s moment of truth
Biologist Al Uy ventures to the South Pacific to answer one of evolution’s biggest mysteries: How do species originate?