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EVOxZankou Seminar Series
Upcoming seminars: June 26, July 17 and August 14
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Congratulations to the 2025 CES Seed Grant Recipients!
"Evolution of Terrestrial Bacteria: Lessons from the Biophysics of Desiccation Tolerance"
Jarek Kwiecinski
Diane Newman
"Testing the Inverse Kinetic Isotope Effect of Threonine Deaminase"
Andres Rodriguez
Julia Tejada
"Deciphering the Evolution of Protein Cages with Deep Learning: From Nature to Engineered Designs"
Zachary Martinez
Yan Zhang
Bil Clemons
Matt Thomson
"Investigating the Emergence of Ancient Enzyme Functionality with Primitive Amino Acid Libraries"
Stuart Bartlett
Josh Goldford
Yuk Yung
Woody Fischer
"Understanding the Emergence of Germ Cells and Somatic Cells in Animal Multicellularity"
Long Cai
"The Evolution of Gyroscopes and the Adaptive Radiation of Flies"
Michael Dickinson
"The Evolutionary Mechanics of Lichen Symbioses: Comparative Genomic Analyses of Lichen-Associated Bacteria"
Forest McCann
Woody Fischer
"Rove Beetle Chemosensation and the Evolution of Symbiotic Lifestyles"
Hayley Smihula
Joe Parker
"Evolutionary Origin of Nematode-Bacteria Symbiosis"
Hillel Schwartz
James Chieh-Hsiang Tan
Paul Sternberg
"The Role of Transposable Element Proteins in Early Embryo Development"
Sergio de la Rosa Garcia
Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz
"Intraspecific Plasmid Competition as an Evolutionary Solution to the Plasmid Paradox"
Thomas Adamo-Schmidt
Bruce Hay
"Leveraging Cross-Species Single-Cell Genomics to Illuminate Evolutionary Innovations in Root Development"
Trevor Nolan
"PEAPOD: A New Approach for Detecting Deep Evolutionary Relationships Between Proteins in the Twilight Zone"
Calvin Rusley
Victoria Orphan
Woodward Fischer
"Investigating Dual-Function FGFs through an Evolutionary Lens"
Angelike Stathopoulos
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