Museum of Vertebrate Zoology

In the December issue of Meet the MVZ get to know second year PhD student Valeria Ramírez-Castañeda and her efforts to promote diversity and inclusion in the sciences. Valeria is in Dr. Rebecca Tarvin’s Lab and was recently published in the PLOS ONE Journal!

Did you miss yesterday's MVZ seminar by Louisiana State University Professor and Curator of Ichthyology, Prosanta Chakrabarty on "Evolution in the Age of COVID: Fun, Fieldwork and Fake News"? Catch up on the MVZ YouTube Channel!

Today is #givingtuesday! An opportunity to help the MVZ continue its mission of addressing the fundamental questions in vertebrate zoology and training the next generation of museum scientists! Support the MVZ today! https://mvz.berkeley.edu/supportmvz/

Last MVZ Lunch Seminar of the Semester on Zoom 12pm PDT Wednesday, December 2! Join us as Louisiana State University Professor and Curator of Ichthyology, Prosanta Chakrabarty discusses "Evolution in the Age of COVID: Fun, Fieldwork and Fake News." https://mvz.berkeley.edu/mvz-lunch/

Major news from B10K!!! First, Professor Jim McGuire has agreed not to quit the band, phew! Second B10K is not a pop group it's the Bird 10,000 Genome Project an initiative to sequence the genomes of all living bird species. B10K announced the release and analysis of genomes representing 92 percent of all bird families. MVZ Professor and Curator of Amphibians and Reptiles Jim McGuire contributed significantly to the project. In the study, published in Nature, the B10K achieved its family phase milestone by releasing genomic resources for 363 bird species including 267 new bird genomes and illustrating how comparative analyses of these genomic resources help us understand the evolution of birds. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2873-9

Did you miss yesterday's MVZ seminar by UCLA Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Professor Brad Shaffer on the "The California Conservation Genomics Project"? Catch up on the MVZ YouTube Channel!

Did you miss today's MVZ seminar by University of Florida Curator of Herpetology David Blackburn on "Digital Specimens and the Future of Natural History Collections"? Catch up on the MVZ YouTube Channel!

MVZ Lunch Seminar on Zoom 12pm PDT Wednesday, October 21 Join us as University of Florida Associate Curator of Herpetology David Blackburn discusses "Digital Specimens and the Future of Natural History Collections." https://mvz.berkeley.edu/mvz-lunch/

MVZ Lunch Seminar on Zoom 12pm PDT Wednesday, November 18! Join us as UCLA Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Professor Brad Shaffer discusses "The California Conservation Genomics Project." https://mvz.berkeley.edu/mvz-lunch/

Check out the KQED Deep Look video and article on Peregrine Falcons, featuring Annie and Grinnell and eggs from the MVZ! https://www.kqed.org//raising-peregrine-falcon-chicks-is-a

In case you missed it...Cal Falcons have three chicks! Two hatched Saturday 4/18 and one hatched Sunday 4/19. Here is a great Hatch Day Q&A livestream hosted by UCB grad student Sean Peterson and Lynn Schofield from the Institute for Bird Populations. Great questions, great answers! https://youtu.be/J2D9IwzgAIU

CAL’S BIG GIVE TODAY! Berkeley’s 24-hour online fundraiser to support students, faculty, and research is on now! http://mvz.berkeley.edu/donate.php... Please consider making your donation to the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology before 9 p.m. P.S.T.

Today's MVZ lunch features MVZ Post Doctoral Scholar Joseph Heras of the Martin Lab discussing Comparative genomic and transcriptomic analyses of three different adaptive radiations of fishes in North America."

Today's MVZ lunch features Université de Lyon/Saint-Etienne-France Professor of Animal Behavior Nicolas Mathevon discussing Vocal communication and social network in Northern elephant seal males."

Today's MVZ lunch features UPenn Professor of Biology and Associate Chair of Biology Paul Schmidt discussing Genetic architecture and rapid adaptation."

Today's MVZ lunch features Assistant Professor of Wildlife Biology, College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana-Missoula Zac Cheviron discussing Evolutionary physiology of high-altitude adaptation and the limits of ancestral phenotypic plasticity."

Today's MVZ lunch features Stanford University Assistant Professor Molly Schumer discussing Unraveling the tangled web: the evolutionary consequences of hybridization."

Today's MVZ lunch features UC Davis Assistant Professor Kate Laskowski discussing Social and developmental drivers of behavioral individuality."

Today's MVZ lunch features Stanford University Post Doc Eva K. Fischer discussing Mechanisms of Behavioral Evolution."