by Seth Finnegan (UC Berkeley)

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Speaker: Christina Frieder (USC)

Abstract:

Interactions between organic and inorganic processes are fundamental to development and growth. The initiation of shell formation in extant shelled molluscs appears to be an evolutionarily conserved process. Nevertheless, the physiology that coordinates biomineralization can be hindered by adverse environmental conditions, during which shells also retain environmental information that can be probed...

Speaker: Greg Fournier (MIT)

Abstract:

Date calibrations for applying molecular clocks to phylogeny are typically provided by fossil or other geologically preserved evidence.  However, for the vast majority of the Tree of Life, no fossil record exists.  While the paleontological record of lipid biomarkers and microbial microfossils provides some information, these records are extremely sparse, and often...

Speaker: Jed Fuhman (USC Dornsif)

Speaker: Benjamin Passey (Johns Hopkins University)

Abstract:

The study of triple oxygen isotope variations (D¹⁷O) in the hydrological cycle and atmosphere has progressed significantly in the...

Speaker: Dr. Katja Meyer (Willamette University)

Speaker: Dr. Shanan Peters (University of Wisconsin)

Speaker: Pupa Gilbert (UW, Madison) Radcliffe Fellow, Harvard University

Abstract: Organisms harness mineral chemistry and physics to form biominerals for their evolutionary advantage. How...