Biology

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Charles Darwin, the Tree of Life, and the Future of Biodiversity

2009-09-1101:06:44

Michael Donoghue delivers the keynote address, “Charles Darwin, the Tree of Life, and the Future of Biodiversity,” for the Yale Cushing/Whitney Medical Library Associates Lecture. His focus is on Darwin's ideas of how all living things are related to one another.

Found: Missing link in Origin of Scorpion Claws

2009-04-0810:18

Derek Briggs, Director of Yale’s Peabody Museum of Natural History, talks about a unique fossil find — a missing link in understanding the evolution of arthropod claws.

Stemming the Onslaught

2009-01-1211:05

Yale's Savithramma Dinesh-Kumar is making fundamental discoveries about plants' defenses against pathogens.

Birds as Living Dinosaurs

2009-01-0722:07

Richard O.Prum,Professor and Chair of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale discusses the evolutionary link between birds and dinosaurs.

Plants That Reproduce Rapidly Evolve Rapidly

2008-10-0316:32

Michael Donoghue, the G. Evelyn Hutchinson Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and Stephen Smith discuss the dynamics of plant evolution.

Extinct May Not Be Forever For Galapagos Tortoises

2008-09-2208:34

Gisella Caccone and Jeffrey Powell, faculty in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale discuss finding genetic traces of giant Galapagos tortoise species, thought to be extinct more than 150 years ago, living in the wild.

Catching Cells in the Act

2008-09-0400:01

Tom Pollard has spent a lifetime understanding how cells move and divide. Pollard talks about how new tools are enabling biologists to get a deeper understanding of fundamental biological functions.

It's a Unisex Brain with Specific Signals that Trigger Male Behavior

2008-08-0105:15

Dylan Clyne, a postdoctoral fellow who conducted research in the Department of Cell Biology discusses functional mapping of brain circuits that control sexual behavior in fruit flies.

It's Not Easy Being a Frog

2007-08-2209:31

It's Not Easy Being a Frog

(Pt.3) Global Change, Extinctions and the New Age of Discovery

2007-08-1509:48

Lisa Curran, Professor, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Sciences and Recent MacArthur "Genius" Award recipient delivers a talk on Global change, Extinctions and the New Age of Discovery.

(Pt.2) Global Change, Extinctions and the New Age of Discovery

2007-08-1513:35

Richard Prum, the William Robertson Coe Yale Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology speaks about "Global Change, Extinctions and the New Age of Discovery" at the Yale Tomorrow campaign launch.

(Pt.1) Global Change, Extinctions and the New Age of Discovery

2007-08-1524:19

Michael Donoghue, Director, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, delivers a talk entitled "Global Change, Extinctions and the New Age of Discovery" at the Yale Tomorrow campaign launch.

Exploring Biology with Molecules Nature Chose Not to Synthesize

2007-08-0650:17

Alanna Schepartz, Milton Harris '29 Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry and Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, delivers part of the "In the Company of Scholars" lecture series.

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