[Enviro-lunch] Today 11/15: Dr. Dannise V. Ruiz-Ramos

[Jing Yan]

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Hello Everyone,
Please join us for a talk Today. Nov. 15 by Dr. Dannise V. Ruiz-Ramos, 12-1pm in Room SE2-302.


Talk Title:
Patterns of biodiversity from environmental DNA: snapshots from the California coast and vernal pools.

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Abstract:
Environmental DNA may serve as a non-invasive tool to study biodiversity patterns and to monitor species of interest. The CALeDNA network aims to explore all of California's biodiversity across diverse biomes, including desert, forest, chaparral, grassland, and littoral zone. I will present some of the biodiversity patterns we are recovering from two of our studies: (1) a coastal transect along a 1200 km latitudinal gradient from which we are comparing marine and terrestrial habitats; and (2) community science collection of soils at the UC Vernal Pool and Grassland Reserve to identify vernal pool biodiversity.

Bio:
Dannise V. Ruiz-Ramos is a postdoctoral scholar with the UC Conservation Genomics Consortium working with the Dawson and Sexton labs. Ruiz-Ramos has a Ph.D. from The Pennsylvania State University where she studied genetic connectivity patterns of deep-sea black corals. At the Dawson and Sexton labs, Ruiz-Ramos work on environmental DNA (eDNA) to characterize biodiversity patterns of plants, animals and microbes along latitudinal transects and ephemeral habitats.

When: Nov. 15, Thursday, 12pm - 1pm

Where: SE2-302

Coffee will be provided, please bring your own mugs.

We look forward to seeing you,

Nate & Jing

Organizers for Fall 2018: Nate Bogie and Jing Yan
Faculty coordinator: Asmeret Asefaw Berhe



Jing Yan
ES-LES-QSB Postdoctoral Fellow, Soil & Environmental Physics Lab
Life and Environmental Sciences
School of Natural Sciences
University of California, Merced


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