Seminar to Accompany Thesis Research in Evolutionary Genetics

(The Morgan* Club)

Tuesdays 13:00-14:30
Biozentrum B01.015
Prof. Dr. John Parsch

Winter Semester 2022/23

 
25.10.2022 - EvoBio Seminar (room D00.013)

01.11.2022 - Holiday

08.11.2022 - EvoBio Seminar (room D00.013)

15.11.2022 - [reserved]

22.11.2022 - EvoBio Seminar (room D00.013)

29.11.2022 - IRT presentation (Diana); Paper: De Ro et al. (Vera)

06.12.2022 - EvoBio Seminar (room D00.013)

13.12.2022 - Project presentation (Srujita); Paper: Rudman et al. (John)

20.12.2022 - EvoBio Seminar (room D00.013)

10.01.2023 - Thesis Talk (Zhihui); Paper: Djordjevic et al. (Sonja)

17.01.2023 - EvoBio Seminar (room D00.013)

24.01.2023 - [postponed]

31.01.2023 - EvoBio Seminar (room D00.013)

07.02.2023 - IRT presentation (Tugberk)

14.02.2023 - EvoBio Seminar (room D00.013)

21.02.2023 - Student Presentations

28.02.2023 - EvoBio Seminar (room D00.013)

07.03.2023 - Reserve (seminar if needed)
 

Link to EvoBio seminar schedule


Potential papers

If you would like to present one of the following papers, or if there is another paper you would like to present, please send the title (and PDF for new papers) to John Parsch. Papers will be assigned on a "first come, first served" basis.
 

Xia et al. (2021) Genomic analyses of new genes and their phenotypic effects reveal rapid evolution of essential functions in Drosophila development [PDF]

Chang et al. (2022) Unique structure and positive selection promote the rapid divergence of Drosophila Y chromosomes [PDF]

Cridland et al. (2022) Population biology of accessory gland-expressed de novo genes in Drosophila melanogaster [PDF]

Sprengelmeyer et al. (2022) The evolution of larger size in high-altitude Drosophila melanogaster has a variable genetic architecture [PDF]

Zande et al. (2022) Pleiotropic effects of trans-regulatory mutations on fitness and gene expression [PDF]

Rusuwa et al. (2022) Natural variation at a single gene generates sexual antagonism across fitness components in Drosophila [PDF]

Moutinho et al. (2022) Strong evidence for the adaptive walk model of gene evolution in Drosophila and Arabidopsis [PDF]

Green et al. (2022) The genomic basis of copper tolerance in Drosophila is shaped by a complex interplay of regulatory and environmental factors [PDF]

Murat et al. (2022) The molecular evolution of spermatogenesis across mammals [PDF]

Ertl et al. (2022) Differential Grainy head binding correlates with variation in chromatin structure and gene expression in Drosophila melanogaster [PDF]

Harris et al. (2023) Enrichment of Hard Sweeps on the X Chromosome in Drosophila melanogaster [PDF]

Horvath et al. (2023) Gene expression differences consistent with water loss reduction underlie desiccation tolerance of natural Drosophila populations [PDF]

Hoedjes et al. (2023) A Single Nucleotide Variant in the PPARĪ³-homolog Eip75B Affects Fecundity in Drosophila [PDF]
   

Notes

For paper presentations: the presenter is encouraged to prepare slides with the important figures, as well as other slides to illustrate the background and significance of the paper. It is important to put the paper in context: what are the major questions that are addressed? What is the new contribution of this paper to our knowledge of the topic. You should not just simply go through the paper line by line and tell us what the authors did. Instead you should add some perspective to the paper and highlight aspects that might be especially relevant to our group. Everyone should read the paper in advance and be ready to discuss it. We will not have strict time limits, but the target is to spend about 30-40 minutes per paper.

For research talks: you should treat this talk as if you were giving a seminar to a general audience. For example, imagine that you were invited to give a talk in our EES seminar series or that you are giving a talk as part of a job interview for a postdoc or a professorship. You should explain the background clearly, even though many in the audience will already be familiar with it. It is okay if the results are still preliminary, as you should give an update on the current state of your research. The target length should be 30-40 minutes, followed by a discussion. Everyone in the audience should take notes regarding mistakes/typos on the slides and parts of the presentation that were unclear. After the talk, everyone should give feedback to the presenter so that he/she may improve the next talk.

For bachelor/master thesis presentations: you should describe your project in about 20 minutes. Even if your thesis is not completely finished, you should still present on the assigned date and describe the current state of your project.

Students doing shorter research projects (IRTs, MEME short projects, Forschungspraktika) should give a short presentation of their project. If the project is not yet finished, you should present the current state, with background, methods, results, and goals of the project (about 15 minutes).