This spotlight session at Science 2018 will feature four Pitt scientists sharing brief presentations of some of their latest research and findings on the theme of “Evolutionary Biology Meets Medicine.”

Speakers

History Repeats Itself: From Genes to Phenotypes Using Convergent Evolution
Nathan Clark, PhD

You Don’t Need a Backbone To Be Useful: the Unexplored Potential of Invertebrate Model Organisms
Matthew Nicotra, PhD

Developmental Loci Harbor Clusters of Accelerated Regions that Evolved Independently in Ape Lineages
Dennis Kostka, PhD

First-Step Mutations Reveal a Multitude of Evolutionary Pathways to Antibiotic Resistance
Erik Wright, PhD, MS