Schedule

We are meeting this semester (Fall 2026) on Fridays from 12:20-1:15 in PBB 303 (i.e. PharmBio 3rd floor “fishbowl”).

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Friday, September 4, 2026

Let’s begin with a paper by Rosana Zenil-Ferguson, who will be visiting our department and giving the first departmental seminar of the semester on Thursday, September 10.

AL Russell, R Zenil-Ferguson, SL Buchmann, DD Jolles, R Kriebel, M Vallejo-Marin. 2026. Widespread evolution of poricidal flowers: a striking example of morphological convergence across flowering plants. Evolution 80(1):240-253. DOI:10.1093/evolut/qpaf220

Friday, September 11, 2026

Chris Simon recommends this paper for our next Systematics Seminar, revealing that there is population structure within man-o’-war (Physalia) species, and there are at least four species too!

SH Church, …., Chris Simon, …, and Casey W. Dunn. 2025. Population genomics of a sailing siphonophore reveal genetic structure in the open ocean. Current Biology 35: 1-14. DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2025.05.066.

Friday, September 18, 2026

First-in-flight (odonates, not the Wright brothers). Doug will lead the discussion on this paper on Barn Dance Friday:

LG Newton et al. 2026. Soaring systematics: an evaluation of biogeography and flight behavior in dragonflies and damselflies (Insecta: Odonata) using phylogenomics. Systematic Biology 75(5):984-1002. DOI:10.1093/sysbio/syag005

Friday, September 25, 2026

Friday, October 2, 2026

Friday, October 9, 2026

Friday, October 16, 2026

Friday, October 23, 2026

Friday, October 30, 2026

Friday, November 6, 2026

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Friday, November 20, 2026

Friday, November 27, 2026

THANKSGIVING BREAK