Oral Presentations

Adaptation and Selection 1

David Lawrence Hall, Room 104

8:35 Opening Remarks

Shelly Scribner, University of Pittsburgh


8:45 Experimental evolution of antibiotic resistance in Acinetobacter baumannii

Chris Marshall, University of Pittsburgh


9:00 Uncovering the local adaptations that allow bobcats to thrive in diverse ecoregions

Jennifer C Broderick, Duquesne University


9:15 Morphological divergence in Penstemon and the role of pollinator-mediated natural selection.

Rosa A. Rodriguez-Pena, The Ohio State University


9:30 Antibiotic resistance maximizes opportunities across fitness landscapes

Fabrizio Spagnolo, Columbia University


9:45 Genetic conflict with a parasitic nematode disrupts the legume-rhizobia mutualism

Corlett W Wood, University of Pittsburgh


10:00 Understanding the genetic diversity of vertebrates in North American protected areas

Coleen EP Thompson, The Ohio State University


10:15 Evolution of Resistance to cationic peptide WLBU-2

Jeffrey B Lombardo, University of Pittsburgh