Noyce Conference Room
Colloquium
  US Mountain Time
Speaker: 
Rees Kassen (University of Ottawa)

Our campus is closed to the public for this event.

Abstract.  Why and how life became so diverse has been the central problem – one might more accurately say obsession – in biology. It is also the problem that motivates my research.  My work combines experimental evolution with microbes, which allows us to test evolutionary theories on adaptation and diversification, with high-throughput whole-genome sequencing to uncover the genes responsible. I will discuss recent work on applied evolution, specifically, how different dosing regimes impact the evolution of antibiotic resistance, and more fundamental work on the genetics of adaptation, specifically the potential for synonymous mutations – those that do not change the amino acid – to contribute to adaptation.

 

Purpose: 
Research Collaboration
SFI Host: 
Eric Libby

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