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  • Evolutionary Biology

  • Events 

    Tuesday, November 24, 2009 | 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

    Celebrating 150 Years of "Origin of Species"

    Speakers: Gerald M. Edelman (The Neurosciences Institute and The Scripps Research Institute), Paul Ekman (University of California, San Francisco and Paul Ekman Group LLC), and Terrence Deacon (University of California, Berkeley)

    S&C celebrates the 150th anniversary of the publication of the landmark book, The Origin of Species, by the most legendary member of NYAS, Charles Darwin. Join Gerald Edelman, Paul Ekman, and Terrence Deacon for an evening of evolution.

    Thursday, December 3, 2009 | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

    New York Area C. elegans Discussion Group Meeting

    Organizers: Jane Hubbard (The Skirball Institute for Biomolecular Medicine), Cathy Savage-Dunn (Queens College, CUNY) and Shai Shaham (The Rockefeller University)

    The NY Area C. elegans Discussion Group presents meetings featuring talks by graduate students, post-docs, or laboratory heads from the tri-state area with an emphasis on new and emerging data.

    Tuesday, January 5, 2010 | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

    Lust, Romance & Attachment: The Science of Love and Whom We Choose — An Evening with Helen Fisher

    Speaker: Helen Fisher (Rutgers University)

    A biological anthropologist who has conducted fMRI studies on the brains of people in love, Helen Fisher maintains that humans have evolved three core brain systems for mating and reproduction.

    Monday, January 11, 2010 | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

    New York Area Drosophila Discussion Group

    Organizers: Mary Baylies (Sloan Kettering Institute), Laura Johnston (Columbia University), and Jennifer Zallen (Sloan Kettering Institute)

    New York Area Drosophila Discussion Group meetings include four presentations by graduate students and post-docs selected from area laboratories by the program committee with an emphasis on new and emerging data.

    Thursday, March 25, 2010 | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

    New York Area C. elegans Discussion Group Meeting

    Organizers: Jane Hubbard (The Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine), Cathy Savage-Dunn (Queens College, CUNY) and Shai Shaham (The Rockefeller University)

    The NY Area C. elegans Discussion Group presents meetings featuring talks by graduate students, post-docs, or laboratory heads from the tri-state area with an emphasis on new and emerging data.

  • Past Events

    Thursday, November 19, 2009 | 5:00 PM - 7:30 PM

    Systems Biology Meets Developmental Biology

    Speakers: Angela DePace (Harvard Medical School), Stanislav Y. Shvartsman (Princeton University) and Antonio Iavarone (Columbia University)

    This symposium focuses on computational, quantitative imaging and genetic approaches to understand patterning and morphogenesis, and the gene regulatory networks that control development and evolution.

    Monday, October 19, 2009 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM

    The Greatest Show on Earth: An Evening with Richard Dawkins

    Science & the City presents an intimate evening with Richard Dawkins. In his new book he justifies his reputation as “Darwin’s Rottweiler” by laying out the evidence that evolution is an incontrovertible fact. The Greatest Show on Earth is a thrilling tour into our distant past and the interstices of life on earth.

    Thursday, September 24, 2009 | 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM

    Lyceum Society - Darwin Revisited: A New Science of Mental Health

    Speaker: Peter S. Jensen, MD (The REACH Institute, Mayo Clinic)

    The Lyceum Society is comprised of the Academy's retired and semi-retired members. Talks cover various scientific fields. All Academy members are welcome. All Lyceum meetings (except December) are Brown Bag lunches. Brown Bag: 11:30 am; Lecture & Discussion: 1pm to 3 pm.

    Monday, June 15, 2009 | 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

    New York Area Drosophila Discussion Group

    Speakers: Daniel Vasiliauskas (Desplan Laboratory, New York University), Divya Mathur (Ohlstein Laboratory, Columbia University Medical Center), Jean-Yves Roignant (Treisman Laboratory, New York University Medical Center), Carolyn Pirraglia (Myat Laboratory, Weill Cornell Medical College)

    Meet others in the New York fly community as local graduate students and postdocs present new data from fly labs in the greater New York area.

  • Publications 

    Annals

    The Year in Evolutionary Biology 2009

    Edited by Carl D. Schlichting (University of Connecticut) and Timothy A. Mousseau (University of South Carolina)

    This volume presents a variety of syntheses and perspectives on evolutionary themes in this anniversary year of Darwin.

    Annals

    Trends in Comparative Endocrinology and Neurobiology

    Edited by Hubert Vaudry (University of Rouen), Eric W. Roubos (Radboud University), and Geoffrey M. Coast (University of London)

    This volume covers recent and new developments in the fields of vertebrate and invertebrate endocrinology and neuroendocrinology.

    eBriefing

    Convergent Revolution: Evolutionary Systems Biology

    Speakers: Aviv Bergman (Albert Einstein College of Medicine), Mark L. Siegal (New York University), Franziska Michor (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center)

    Selection acts on phenotypes that reflect complex network interactions. A better understanding of systems will shed light on evolution as well.

    Annals

    The Year in Evolutionary Biology 2008

    Edited by Carl D. Schlichting (University of Connecticut) and Timothy A. Mousseau (University of South Carolina)

    The inaugural volume of an annual review series devoted to themes in evolutionary biology.

    Annals

    Linking Affect to Action: Critical Contributions of the Orbitofrontal Cortex

    Edited by Geoffrey Schoenbaum (University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore), Jay A. Gottfried (Northwestern University School of Medicine, Evanston, Illinois), and Elisabeth A. Murray (National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland)

    The ideas presented in this volume will not only provide a foundation of common ground derived from the last 20 years of work on orbitofrontal cortex function, but also will highlight the critical issues in need of investigation over the next 20 years.