Rasmus Nielsen Colloquium Lecture: “The Genomics of Human Physiological Adaptation to Local Environments”

Date: 

Monday, March 21, 2016, 12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location: 

Science Center Hall A, 1 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

Dr. Rasmus Nielsen's research focuses on statistical and computational aspects of evolutionary theory and genetics. One of the central problems he has been interested in is the molecular basis of evolutionary adaptation. What happens at the molecular levels as one species is transformed into another over evolutionary time? To address this question he has developed a number of computational methods and applied them to large scale genomic data, such as genomic comparisons of humans and chimpanzees. Dr. Nielsen has also worked on statistical methods in other aspects of population genetics, medical genetics, phylogenetics, molecular ecology, and molecular evolution.

For more information about Dr. Nielsen's research, please visit his website.

This event is free and open to the public.