Science Lecture Highlights Ant Genomes and Microbiomes
Elmira, NY (10/10/2019) — Dr. Corrie S. Moreau, Marth N. and John C. Moser professor of arthropod biosystematics and biodiversity at Cornell University, will be at Elmira College on Thursday, October 17, to present her lecture, "How I became a rainforest explorer: Ant genomes to microbiomes," as part of the 2019 Lecture Series in the Sciences. The lecture examines a number of topics such as the symbiosis and evolution of ants, and the connection rainforest exploration has to the study of ants.
"With a worldwide distribution and more species than all the birds and mammals added together, ants are an ideal system to study symbiosis as they are parasitized by fungi and engage in mutualisms with plants and bacteria," said Moreau. "Ultimately, through careful studies of the role of symbiosis in social insect evolution we are improving our understanding of how similar processes shaped our own species."
The lecture begins at 7:00 p.m. in Kolker Lecture Hall and is free and open to the public.
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