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Comp Bio Seminar: Molly Schumer "Old and new: trait evolution in natural populations"

Center for Computational Molecular Biology Seminar Series: Molly Schumer is an Assistant Professor in Biology. She is interested in genetics and evolutionary biology. After receiving her PhD at Princeton, she did her postdoctoral work at Columbia and was a Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows and Hanna H. Gray Fellow at Harvard Medical School. Current research in the lab centers on understanding the genetic mechanisms of evolution, with a focus on natural populations. “Old and new: trait evolution in natural populations” The diverse branches of life on earth trace to a common root. In the past two decades, a revolution in genome sequencing has allowed researchers to make unprecedented progress in understanding the evolution of life on earth at the genetic level. Our lab is interested in why and how new species arise, and what genetic changes underlie their ability to adapt to the environments in which they live. To study these questions, we use an interdisciplinary approach – melding genomics and evolution with molecular biology, behavior, and physiology. Our work leverages an emerging model system, swordtail fish or Xiphophorus, where we can study genetics and evolution using experimental and natural populations.