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No reading required! We will be watching a video lecture by Bruce M.S. Campbell, author of "The Great Transition: Climate, Disease, and Society in the Late-Medieval World," where he discusses how changes in climate, the economy, and warfare contributed to the onset and severity of plague epidemics in Medieval Europe.
This Firday at the journal club we will discuss a paper by Arnold & Houck (2016): "Can the Fisher‐Lande process account for birds of paradise and other sexual radiations?".
Wang et al. MolecularEcology(2016)25,3605–3621
By Robert M. Pringle from Princeton University
Open for all! Speakers: Corina E. Tarnita from Princeton University and Jan M. Nordbotten from Department of Mathematics, University of Bergen. This event is part of the University’s annual celebration.
Population matrix models have come a long way and perturbation analyses developed for them are among the most powerful tools of population ecologists. Most population projections are unthinkable without sensitivity analyses and LTREs (Life Table Response Experiments). Population projections are also most needed when climates are changing and habitats are altered, and that is when classic perturbation analyses for equilibrium systems fail.
In a recent paper, Koons et al. explore how to do LTREs in a transient world:
Gunnar Dick, Coordinator at the Centre for Digital Life Norway, will give an update on research and innovation opportunities within life sciences and biotechnology. Open for all: Postdocs/researchers are especially encouraged to participate.
This journal club we will be discussing conflicting studies on two virulence factors that are important for the Yersinia genus, invasin and YadA.
The journal club is back from summer vacations and we`ll dive into species diversification with the latest paper from Lewitus & Morlon (2016): "Natural constraints to species diversification". Join us!
Characterizing a Molecular Pathway Through Which Ikaros Functions as a Tumor Suppressor in BCR-ABL1+ pre-B Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (pre-B ALL)
”Partial migration of birds in a changing climate”
”The Effects of Di-n-Butyl Phthalate (DBP) on Human Primary Immune Cells”
The recent emergence of plague, Yersinia pestis, as a flea-borne pathogen in the last 3,000-6,000 years provides a compelling example of how evolutionary changes can lead to a new bacterial pathogen. We will discuss the recent review, "Ecological opportunity, Evolution, and the Emergence of Flea-borne Plague," by Hinnebusch et. al., about Y. pestis and the closely related enteric pathogen, Y. psuedotuberculosis.
Evaluation of WMircrotracker for assessing C. elegans stress responses
””Seasonal variation in space use of sea trout – A case study of sea trout in the Tvedestrand fjord, Southern Norway” ”
Historical records can provide useful insights into the epidemiology and transmission dynamics of infectious diseases of the past. We will discuss the recently published paper, "Epidemiological analysis of the Eyam plague outbreak of 1665-1666," by L.K. Whittles and X. Didelot, where they used parish records to study the transmission mode and seasonality of plague during a well-known epidemic.
”Song variation in long-lived male pied flycatchers, Ficedula hypoleuca”
”Several nominal species in one
An inventory of Norwegian species of Pteromalus (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) associated with Asteraceae plants.”
”Spatial and temporal distribution of two groups of juvenile Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) at the Norwegian Skagerrak Coast”
”Microproellidae phylogeny and evolution”
How does antibody-virus affinity affect TRIM21-mediated protection?
Human Neil2 DNA glycosylase - crystal and inhibitor screening, and mutational analysis
Transposable elements in teleost fish:
In silico exploration of TE activity, diversity and abundance across 74 teleost fish genomes
This week we read a paleobioogical paper by Kiessling and Kocsis on Biodiversity dynamics and environmental occupancy of fossil azooxanthellate and zooxanthellate scleractinian corals. Paleobiology, 41, pp 402-414