Tuesday, October 13th
In-Person Meeting
Virtual Zoom Option
7:30 PM EST
Dr. Lynette Strickland
Assistant Professor in the Biology Department at Boston University
Color, Cold, and Cassidines: Integrative approaches to studying adaptive evolution in tortoise beetles
Dr. Strickland will discuss their work on integrating genomic and ecological approaches (various bioassays) for studying the maintenance of variation in phenotypic traits (particularly color polymorphisms) in tortoise beetles (Chrysomelidae: Cassidinae).
NOTICE: We will be holding hybrid meetings to accommodate audience members from around the world. You can join our Zoom meeting by clicking here.
For those able to attend, we will have an informal dinner at 6:00 pm at Nirvana (1680 Massachusetts Ave) with Dr. Strickland, followed by our formal meeting (7:30 – 9:00 pm) in room MCZ101A of the Museum of Comparative Zoology (there will be signs to help direct). The meeting will begin with club announcements, followed by a 60-minute presentation by the invited speaker and Q&A.
