{"610696":{"#nid":"610696","#data":{"type":"event","title":"A Tale of Tails: Genetics, Development and Function","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EHopi Hoekstra, \u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPh.D\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDepartment of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDepartment of Molecular and Cellular Biology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCenter for Brain Science\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nMuseum of Comparative Zoology\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nHarvard University\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nHoward Hughes Medical Institute\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout the Speaker\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nHopi Hoekstra is studying the ultimate and proximate mechanisms responsible for traits that matter for the survival and reproduction of organisms in their natural environments. She uses wild and captive populations of deer mice to track down genetic changes that contribute to variation in morphology, reproduction and behavior. This work has implications for understanding the evolutionary process and may shed light on the genetic origins of variation in other species, including humans.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EReception with light refreshments will be held in EBB 4029 following the seminar.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/hoekstra.oeb.harvard.edu\/\u0022\u003EMore about the Hoekstra Lab\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"2018 VWR Seminar by Hopi Hoekstra, Ph.D."}],"uid":"27964","created_gmt":"2018-08-30 22:15:03","changed_gmt":"2018-11-27 15:59:42","author":"Jasmine Martin","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2018-11-29T10:55:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2018-11-29T10:55:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2018-11-29T10:55:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2018-11-29 15:55:00","gmt_time_end":"2018-11-29 15:55:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2018-11-29 15:55:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1275","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"178917","name":"Hopi Hoekstra"},{"id":"178918","name":"Patirck McGrath"},{"id":"166882","name":"School of Biological Sciences"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:jasmine.martin@biosci.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJasmine Martin\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}