Corlett Wood, evolutionary biologist

Her seminar begins at 4:10 p.m. The Zoom link: https://ucdavis.zoom.us/j/99515291076

"My lab studies the ecology and evolution of host-symbiont interactions," Wood says. "We're especially interested in the causes and consequences of conflicts that arise as hosts navigate interactions with multiple partners. I will talk about three recent projects in my lab that explore how antagonists affect host-symbiont interactions in the model mutualism between legumes and nitrogen-fixing bacteria."

As an evolutionary biologist, Wood is interested in the evolutionary ecology and evolutionary genetics of species interactions. Her research interests include ecology and biodiversity, plant biology, evolution and genetics, epigenetics and genomics.

Wood holds a bachelor of arts degree in English literature (2008) from Swarthmore (Penn.) College. She received her doctorate in biology from the University of Virginia in 2015. Her dissertation: "The Consequences of Environmental Heterogeneity for Fitness, Selection, and Inheritance."

Wood served as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto from 2015 to 2018 before accepting a faculty position at the University of Pittsburgh. She joined the University of Pennsylvania faculty in July 2020. (See profile)

Nematologist Shahid Siddique, who coordinates the UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology seminars, will introduce Wood. For any technical issues involving the Zoom presentation, he may be reached at ssidique@ucdavis.edu.

The remaining spring seminars:

Wednesday, May 25 (virtual and in-person at 122 Briggs Hall)
James R. Carey, UC Davis distinguished professor 
UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology
Title: "The Conceptual Sweep of a Mathematical Discovery in Insect Demography: From Estimation of Medfly Population Age Structure to an Historical Analysis of U.S. Congress Incumbency Distributions, 1785-2000”
Host: Shahid Siddique, assistant professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology

Wednesday, June 1 (virtual and in-person at 122 Briggs Hall)
Isgouhi Kaloshian, Divisional Dean, Agricultural and Natural Resources
UC Riverside
Title: "Root-Knot Nematode Perception and Immune Signaling in Arabidopsis"
Host: Shahid Siddique, assistant professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology