Steve Palumbi, Stanford University & Dir. of the Hopkins Marine Station- Science Talk

“Using genomics as a tool in conservation of ocean wildlife”,  science talk by Steve Palumbi, Prof. of Biological Studies at Stanford University and Director of the Hopkins Marine Station.  Many of the ocean’s most fascinating species are under threats ranging from over fishing and habitat destruction to global climate change. How can knowledge of the DNA of these species help in their protection? Written into the genomes of any species are records about what species it is, where it lived, what it is adapted to, and what future conditions it might be able to survive. I’ll illustrate some of these points with new genomic data from New England invasive crabs, west coast sea urchins and Pacific corals. The tools of genomics open up detailed study of adaptation for many species for which genetic data were never previously available.  Lunch available at 12:15pm.  

Visit www.middlebury.edu/academics/bio for more information.  Sponsored by the George B. Saul II Lecture Fund and Department of Biology.