Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability Seminar Series
California Academy of Sciences
Generously supported by the Claire Matzger Lilienthal Endowment and the Myers Family Trust
All events take place from 3–4 pm in the Boardroom (except as noted*)
September 26- The evolution of mating systems in the sea
October 3—Current research at The Charles Darwin Foundation: Population status of Galápagos penguin, flightless cormorant and waved albatross
October 10—Genetic diversity and rapid evolution in the amphibian-killing chytrid fungus
October 17—Adaptive radiation or exceptional behavioural plasticity? Genetic consequences of niche partition in Wendilgarda galapagensis (Areaneae Theridiosomatidae) from Isla del Coco, Costa Rica **Classroom
October 24—California Academy of Sciences: Entomology Research Showcase
October 31—The architecture of adaptation: a master mutation or a mass of mutations? **Classroom
November 7—Assembling genomes from museum specimens
November 14- The perfect storm: Multiple stressors push bull kelp forestes beyond the tipping point **Classroom
November 21- Cryptic species in systematics and evolutionary biology
December 5—River flows in a changing world: Can time-series analyses inform stream biodiversity conservation?
December 12—Sea stars and sea squirts, where are they now? Collections-informed phylogenetics and phylogeography
January 23—Symbioses across scales: Insights from a bioluminescent coral reef fish
January 30- Slugs are cool and weird!
February 6—TBD ** Classroom
February 13—Tracking adaptation to climate change using herbaria and ancient DNA **Classroom
February 20—TBD
February 27—Coral Maker: Using design and automation to mass produce corals for restoration **Classroom
March 5- CAS Botany Showcase
March 12- Eye of the Spider, Thrill of the Bite **Classroom
March 19- What's new in electron microscopy for biologists
March 26- TBD
April 2- Evolutionary lizard games on different environmental courts
April 9- TBD **Classroom
April 16- Monitoring California's coastal biodiversity with Citizen Science
April 23- California Academy of Sciences: Coral Research Showcase
April 30- California Academy of Sciences: Nudibranch Research Showcase
May 7 - Conservation Lands Network 2.0
The mission of the Academy's Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability (IBSS) is to gather new knowledge about life's diversity and the process of evolution—and to rapidly apply that understanding to our efforts to sustain life on Earth.