PLATO Lecture Series 2015

Computer-aided Environmental Science; Fridays 12-1 pm in Lecture Hall 2

“Integrating Social Evolution and High Throughput Genomics to Understand how Ecosystems Evolve”

Friday January 16, 2015: Dr. Joseph K. Bailey from the University of Tennessee- Knoxville, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Dr. Bailey is an evolutionary ecologist broadly interested in how species interactions link genes and ecosystems, how natural selection operates in a community context, and how these processes scale geographically and with genetic resolution (i.e., small molecular differences to sub-population structure). He takes an integrative view of natural systems and has worked with native and introduced plants and herbivores, from microbes to mammals, linking genes to ecosystems. His talk will discuss high-throughput genomic methods and big data analysis to explore the interconnections between plants and microbial symbionts to affect ecosystem function. For further information, please see Dr. Bailey’s website: http://eeb.bio.utk.edu/peopletwo/joseph-bailey/

Hope to see you there!