Berkeley EEID Seminar and Happy Hour
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We host a weekly research seminar on Wednesdays from 3:00-4:00 pm PST on Zoom to share work across lab groups and departments. We excited to use the Zoom format to include graduate students, post-doctoral scholars and fellows, and professors doing research related to the ecology and evolution of infectious disease beyond UC Berkeley.
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Seminar Schedule
Summer 2020
Date |
Presenter(s) |
Topic |
May 13 |
*break* |
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May 20 |
"Asynchrony between virus diversity and antibody selection limits influenza virus evolution" |
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May 27 |
"The Evolutionary Ecology of Host-Parasite Range" |
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June 3 |
*Pause* |
Postponed: Please watch Dr. Ibram X. Kendi's "How to Be an Anti-Racist" talk |
June 10 |
*Pause* |
Postponed: #ShutDownStem |
June 17 |
"Anthropogenic food subsidies as a cross-scale driver of wildlife disease dynamics" |
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June 24 |
"Unexpected costs of host range expansion in an RNA virus" |
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July 1 |
"Landscapes of disgust: The inevitable consequence of parasite avoidance" |
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July 8 |
"Understanding the evolution of infectious disease at the invasion front " |
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July 15 |
TBA |
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July 22 |
TBA |
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July 29 |
TBA |
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August 5 |
TBA |
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August 12 |
TBA |
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August 19 |
TBA |
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August 26 |
TBA |
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Sept 2 |
TBA |
Spring 2020
Date |
Presenter |
Presentation Title |
Jan 22 |
Koskella, Boots |
Welcome to the Seminar, Introduction |
Jan 29 |
Graham Northrup |
Self-matched inference of naturally-acquired immunity via negative-control endpoints |
Feb 5 |
Michael Shapira |
Using C. elegans to study the role of host genetics in shaping microbiome structure and function |
Feb 12 |
Emily Ebel (Stanford) |
Common genetic and phenotypic variation in healthy human red cells impacts the fitness of malaria parasites |
Feb 19 |
Cara Brook |
Deciphering mechanisms of viral hosting in bat reservoirs for emerging zoonotic disease |
Feb 26 |
Carly Rozins |
Strengthening One Health through Agriculture Disease Informatics |
Mar 4 |
Alison Feder |
Journal Club: "Limited evolution despite years of measurable viremia in a cARTtreated seronegative HIV-1 positive individual " |
Mar 11 |
Christopher Hoover |
*Cancelled due to Covid-19 measures* |
Mar 18 |
Andreina Castillo Siri |
*Cancelled due to Covid-19 measures* |
Mar 25 |
Tomas Leon |
Zoom Journal Club: "Reduced dengue incidence following deployments of Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti in Yogyakarta, Indonesia: a quasi-experimental trial using controlled interrupted time series analysis" |
Apr 1 |
Marie Lilly (SFSU) |
Zoom Talk: "Community ecology in California driving genetic variation and infectivity of Lyme disease etiological agent" |
Apr 8 |
Chris Hoover |
Zoom Journal Club: "Covid-19 Models Journal Club" |
Apr 15 |
Matthew Silk (Exeter) |
Zoom Talk: "Why is bovine tuberculosis endemic in high-density badger populations?" |
Apr 22 |
Rachel Baker (Princeton) |
Zoom Talk: "Susceptible supply limits the role of climate in the COVID-19 pandemic" |
Apr 29 |
Nicole Nova (Stanford) |
Zoom Talk: "Empirical dynamic modeling reveals ecological drivers of dengue dynamics" |
May 6 |
Nina Sokolov |
Zoom Talk: "Understanding the impact of crop pollination on virus ecology in managed and native bees" |
Fall 2019
Date |
Presenter |
Presentation Title |
Aug 27 |
Britt Koskella, Mike Boots |
Welcome, Introduction to the Seminar Series |
Sept 3 |
Rodrigo Almeida |
"Ecological Genomics of an Emerging Bacterial Plant Pathogen" |
Sept 10 |
Steve Parratt (Liverpool) |
“The enemy of my enemy… the impact of a hyperparasite on a plant pathogen" |
Sept 17 |
Wayne Getz |
"Quantitative narratives in disease ecology and the recent outbreak of Ebola in Sierra Leone" |
Sept 24 |
Cara Brook |
"Understanding bats as reservoirs for emerging infectious disease" |
Oct 1 |
Christopher Hoover |
"Density Dependence and the Control of Neglected Tropical Diseases" |
Oct 8 |
Greg Albery (Georgetown) |
“Social networks, spatial networks, parasites, and deer" |
Oct 15 (2pm) |
Ayesha Mahmud |
"Megacities as drivers of national outbreaks: The role of holiday travel in the spread of infectious diseases" |
Oct 22 |
Tomas Leon |
"Incorporating environmental variables into mosquito gene drive modelling: fine-scale dispersal, temperature, and landscape-dependent connectivity" |
Oct 29 |
Saki Takahashi (UCSF) |
"Characterizing re-emergence patterns of dengue in Brazil" |
Nov 5 |
Lewis Bartlett (UGA) |
"Evolutionary Beekeeping – Trade-Offs, Outcomes, and Dangers" |
Nov 12 |
Elisa Visher |
"The Evolution of Host Genotype Specialization in an Insect Pathogen" |
Nov 19 |
Sam Slowinski |
"How parasites maintain high outcrossing rates in coevolving host populations: testing for parasite-mediated changes in host outcrossing propensity and survival of selfed versus outcrossed hosts" |
Nov 26 |
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~~Thanksgiving, No Meeting~~ |
Dec 3 |
Kacie Ring (SFSU) |
"Host blood meal’s influence on microbiome composition and pathogen acquisition in Ixodes pacificus" |
Dec 10 |
Carly Rozins |
"The Perception kernel - vector decision making and disease transmission in heterogeneous host populations" |
