September 7, 2006

Dr. Michael W. Deem
Rice University
Evolvability is a Selectable Trait (Life has Evolved to Evolve)

September 14, 2006

Dr. Paul Turner
Yale University
Sex, conflict & dominance in RNA virus Evolution

October 5, 2006

Dr. Mikhail V. Matz
University of Texas at Austin
Contingency in evolution of molecuar complexity: An experimental approach

October 12, 2006

Dr. James Lake
University of California - Los Angeles
Genomes and the Root of the Tree of Life

October 19, 2006

Dr. Jesse Bloom
California Institute of Technology
The thermodynamics of protein evolution: Stability, mutational robustness and evoluability

November 2, 2006

Dr. Carlos Machado
University of Arizona
Genomics of Species Divergence between Drosophila pseudoobscura and D. persimilis

November 16, 2006

Dr. Robert Trivers
Rutgers University
Selfish Genetic Elements