Seminar Series

The Department of Computational Biology holds two regular seminar series: a department series featuring guests and faculty, and student series featuring graduate students. Both highlight topics and research relevant to the department and its community. 

Iain Mathieson and Ten Thousand Years of Natural Selection

Computational Biology presents the Kenneth A.R. Kennedy Lecture in Human Evolution


Thursday, December 4, 2025, 3:00 PM, 106 Corson-Mudd Hall

Ancient DNA allows us to study human evolution directly by watching allele frequencies change over time. Combining this information with archeological, medical and functional data allows us to understand the causes and consequences of selection, while new data from previously unstudied parts of the world allows us to test general principles of human evolution. Dr. Mathieson will present recent research from his lab looking at the evolution of human stature, the evolutionary response to the development of agriculture and the consequences of this response for variation in disease risk among present-day populations.

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Seminar Archive

Department Series

Graduate Student Seminars

Graduate Seminar Series

Computational Biology graduate students are required to attend the Friday Student Seminars to support their colleagues who present their research. As well, we encourage all CB field faculty to attend, especially the student speaker's special committee chair and members.

2:00 - 3:00pm, 224 Weill Hall

Student Seminars

  • September 5 | Qifan Wang/ Jucheon Chu. Ziyang Xia
  • September 19 | Yiwen Wang/ Amlan Nayak/ Lucy Tian
  • October 3 | Marie Hédo/ Aditya Girish/ Yixin Zhu
  • October 17 | Abigail Grassick/ Kritika Grover/ Jinmin Li
  • November 7| Zimo Zhu/ Ziqi Chen/ Meihan Wei
  • December 5| Vrushali Fangal/ Rachel Goodridge/ Nating Wang

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Affiliated department seminars