[Bgsa] UCSD Conference this Friday

[Martin Turcotte]

Hello Everyone,
There is a 1 day conference this Friday at UCSD that includes many  
many famous evolutionary biologists (Peter Grant, James Crow, Allen  
Orr, Brian Charlesworth...)

If you are interested and you want to carpool please let me know

don't forget to register

I copied to information below.

Mart



~Evolutionary biology...is the nexus of all other biological sciences.~
	-- Richard C. Lewontin (1983) --

Martin Turcotte, B.Sc.
Ph.D. Candidate in Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology
Dept. of Biology
1208 Spieth Hall
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521
Office Phone#: 827-6160
martin.turcotte at email.ucr.edu
http://student.ucr.edu/~mturc001/index.html


Registration Now Open!

The 2009 Division of Biological Sciences Dean’s Symposium
Evolutionary Biology: From Molecules to Man

The Dean's Symposium, hosted by the Division of Biological Sciences at  
the University of California, San Diego, will bring together 14 of the  
world's most renowned scientists in the field of evolutionary  
biology.  The topic of evolution will be highlighted as it coincides  
with the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and the  
150th anniversary of the publication of his seminal work, "On the  
Origin of Species."

Friday, April 3, 2009
8:00am - 5:00pm
UCSD, Price Center West Ballroom


Keynote Address: James F. Crow
The 2009 Life Sciences Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to  
Dr. James F. Crow, who, like previous recipients  -  Sir Francis  
Crick, Sydney Brenner, and Stephen Harrison - has made rigorous and  
innovative contributions to almost every area of evolutionary biology  
and population genetics over a career that has lasted more than 50  
years.   The Life Sciences Lifetime Achievement Award is presented by  
UC San Diego and Merck & Co.


Distinguished Speakers

Evolutionary Changes
·       H. Allen Orr: The Genetics of Speciation
·       Peter Grant: Adaptive Radiation and Speciation
·       Richard Lenski: Evolution in Action: A 20 - Year Experiment  
with E.Coli
·
Evolutionary Interactions
·       Naomi Pierce: Nabokov Meets Darwin: Origin and Evolution of  
Blue Butterflies
·       Joy Bergelson: Disentangling the Coevolution of a Plant  
Pathogen System
·       Nancy Moran: Microbial Symbiosis and Evolution
·
Evolution of Development & Complexity
·       Peter Holland: The Origin of Vertebrates: A Tale of Genes and  
Genomes
·       John Gerhart: Hemichordates and the Origin of Chordates
·       Mike Lynch: The Origins of Eukaryotic Gene Structure
·
Molecular Evolution
·       Brian Charlesworth: Sex, Recombination and Molecular Evolution
·       Svante Paabo: A Neandertal Perspective on Human Origins
·       Andrew Clark: Molecular Evolution of the Drosophila Y Chromosome


For more information and to register, please visit:
http://2009deansymposium.ucsd.edu/

View the flyer here:
www.biology.ucsd.edu/emflyers/DeanSympPoster_04.03.09.pdf

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