For all Rutgers students, the following post highlights the fall semester schedule for the Journal Club in Evolution.
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Hi everybody,
The Journal club in Evolution will continue as usual, once a week. . We
will meet on**TUESDAYS at 12:35-1:55 PM in 145 ENR(14 College Farm Road).
This week we are starting with a short intro by Lena and Siobain:
Basic geology and paleontology for evolutionary biologists (Lena Struwe)
What is evolvability? (Siobain Duffy)
The topic this year is *The Evolution of Evolvability from the
pre-Cambrian to today*. For much of the semester we will continue
pairing modern papers with chapters from a popularizing book: *Wonderful
Life by Stephen Jay Gould*. Towards the end of the semester, we will
work solely with papers chosen by students on the topic of the evolution
of evolvability. These papers could discuss any aspect of and any
meaning of evolvability in biological systems: mutational dynamics,
epigenetics, macroevolution, response to climate change, etc. See below
for a more detailed syllabus.
The journal club is now going on its 11th year, and generally has 10-20
people attending on a regular basis. This is both an informal discussion
event open to all interested faculty, postdocs, and students, as well as
a 1-credit graduate class. If you want to sign up for credit as a
graduate student, e-mail us. We suggest you get the book now if you want
to attend on a regular basis. Any edition is OK.
If you are interested in joining us for credit, or just to show up and
discuss when you have time, make sure you are subscribed to the
Evolution mailing list at Rutgers, which we use for our announcements.
If you need to sign up for the mailing list, sign up
here:https://email.rutgers.
can sign up for the mailing list to keep up to date on evolutionary
events and information.
With best wishes,
Lena Struwe & Siobain Duffy
The syllabus so far:
Week 1, Sept 9: introduction
Basic geology and paleontology for evolutionary biologists (Lena Struwe)
What is evolvability? (Siobain Duffy)
(NO ASSIGNED READING, Start reading the book!)
Week 2, Sept 16: Wonderful Life, chapter 1: The Iconography of an
Expectation
tree vs. ladder-thinking; finding and understanding the past
(paleontology, etc.)
Presenter: Ariel Kruger
Week 3, Sept 23: Wonderful Life, chapter 2: A background for the Burgess
Shale
Cambrian explosion, before and after; Preservation of living things as
fossils
Presenter: Samantha
Week 4, Sept 30: Wonderful Life, chapter 3, first part: Reconstruction
of the Burgess Shale: Toward a New View of Life (skipping the part of
the chapter called "The Burgess Drama")
transformation and evolution of new life forms, key innovations, origin
of major clades
Presenter: Ariel
Week 5, 7 Oct, : Wonderful Life, chapter 3, last part: Reconstruction of
the Burgess Shale: Coda
punctuated equilibrium, extinction and speciation, ecology in
paleontological ecosystems
Presenter: Natalie H
Week 6, Oct 14: Wonderful Life, chapter 4: Walcott's Vision and the
Nature of History
how ladder- and cone-thinking can fool scientists
Presenter: Lauren Frazee
Week 7, Oct 21: Wonderful Life, chapter 5: Possible Worlds: The Power of
"Just History"
alternative histories & mass extinctions
Presenter: Samantha
Week 8, Oct 28: Contemporary criticism and support for punctuated
equilibrium theory
Readings TBA
Presenter: Natalie Howe
Week 9, Nov 4: Evolution of evolvability
Readings TBA
Presenter: Ron
Week 10, 11 Nov: Evolution of evolvability
Readings TBA
Presenter: Kelly
Week 11, 18 Nov: Evolution of evolvability
Readings TBA
Presenter: Kelly
Week 12, 25 Nov: Evolution of evolvability
Readings TBA
Presenter: Hua
Week 13, 2 Dec: Evolution of evolvability
Readings TBA
Presenter: Hua
Week 14, 9 Dec: Evolution of evolvability
Readings TBA
Presenter: Matt Strom
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Dr. Lena Struwe | Associate Professor & Director, Chrysler Herbarium | Rutgers University | Dept of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources | Dept of Plant Biology and Pathology | 237 Foran Hall | 59 Dudley Road | New Brunswick, NJ 08901 | USA | struwe@aesop.rutgers.edu | phone (848) 932-6343 (NEW!) | fax (732) 932-9441 | www.rci.rutgers.edu/~struwe/
*****************************************************************
Hi everybody,
The Journal club in Evolution will continue as usual, once a week. . We
will meet on**TUESDAYS at 12:35-1:55 PM in 145 ENR(14 College Farm Road).
This week we are starting with a short intro by Lena and Siobain:
Basic geology and paleontology for evolutionary biologists (Lena Struwe)
What is evolvability? (Siobain Duffy)
The topic this year is *The Evolution of Evolvability from the
pre-Cambrian to today*. For much of the semester we will continue
pairing modern papers with chapters from a popularizing book: *Wonderful
Life by Stephen Jay Gould*. Towards the end of the semester, we will
work solely with papers chosen by students on the topic of the evolution
of evolvability. These papers could discuss any aspect of and any
meaning of evolvability in biological systems: mutational dynamics,
epigenetics, macroevolution, response to climate change, etc. See below
for a more detailed syllabus.
The journal club is now going on its 11th year, and generally has 10-20
people attending on a regular basis. This is both an informal discussion
event open to all interested faculty, postdocs, and students, as well as
a 1-credit graduate class. If you want to sign up for credit as a
graduate student, e-mail us. We suggest you get the book now if you want
to attend on a regular basis. Any edition is OK.
If you are interested in joining us for credit, or just to show up and
discuss when you have time, make sure you are subscribed to the
Evolution mailing list at Rutgers, which we use for our announcements.
If you need to sign up for the mailing list, sign up
here:https://email.rutgers.
can sign up for the mailing list to keep up to date on evolutionary
events and information.
With best wishes,
Lena Struwe & Siobain Duffy
The syllabus so far:
Week 1, Sept 9: introduction
Basic geology and paleontology for evolutionary biologists (Lena Struwe)
What is evolvability? (Siobain Duffy)
(NO ASSIGNED READING, Start reading the book!)
Week 2, Sept 16: Wonderful Life, chapter 1: The Iconography of an
Expectation
tree vs. ladder-thinking; finding and understanding the past
(paleontology, etc.)
Presenter: Ariel Kruger
Week 3, Sept 23: Wonderful Life, chapter 2: A background for the Burgess
Shale
Cambrian explosion, before and after; Preservation of living things as
fossils
Presenter: Samantha
Week 4, Sept 30: Wonderful Life, chapter 3, first part: Reconstruction
of the Burgess Shale: Toward a New View of Life (skipping the part of
the chapter called "The Burgess Drama")
transformation and evolution of new life forms, key innovations, origin
of major clades
Presenter: Ariel
Week 5, 7 Oct, : Wonderful Life, chapter 3, last part: Reconstruction of
the Burgess Shale: Coda
punctuated equilibrium, extinction and speciation, ecology in
paleontological ecosystems
Presenter: Natalie H
Week 6, Oct 14: Wonderful Life, chapter 4: Walcott's Vision and the
Nature of History
how ladder- and cone-thinking can fool scientists
Presenter: Lauren Frazee
Week 7, Oct 21: Wonderful Life, chapter 5: Possible Worlds: The Power of
"Just History"
alternative histories & mass extinctions
Presenter: Samantha
Week 8, Oct 28: Contemporary criticism and support for punctuated
equilibrium theory
Readings TBA
Presenter: Natalie Howe
Week 9, Nov 4: Evolution of evolvability
Readings TBA
Presenter: Ron
Week 10, 11 Nov: Evolution of evolvability
Readings TBA
Presenter: Kelly
Week 11, 18 Nov: Evolution of evolvability
Readings TBA
Presenter: Kelly
Week 12, 25 Nov: Evolution of evolvability
Readings TBA
Presenter: Hua
Week 13, 2 Dec: Evolution of evolvability
Readings TBA
Presenter: Hua
Week 14, 9 Dec: Evolution of evolvability
Readings TBA
Presenter: Matt Strom
--
Dr. Lena Struwe | Associate Professor & Director, Chrysler Herbarium | Rutgers University | Dept of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources | Dept of Plant Biology and Pathology | 237 Foran Hall | 59 Dudley Road | New Brunswick, NJ 08901 | USA | struwe@aesop.rutgers.edu | phone (848) 932-6343 (NEW!) | fax (732) 932-9441 | www.rci.rutgers.edu/~struwe/
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