Clarkson University
Spring 2025 David A. Walsh‘67
Arts & Sciences Seminar Series
Friday, March 28th at 12pm
Room: SN213
Phylogenomics Approach in Plants
Phylogenomics integrates large-scale genomic data with phylogenetics to resolve evolutionary relationships and uncover plant diversity. Advances in whole-genome sequencing, transcriptomics, and targeted gene capture have revolutionized our ability to infer phylogenies with unprecedented resolution. This talk will explore key methodologies and their applications in understanding hybridization, polyploidy, and adaptation, highlighting two case studies: medicinal plant identification and wild species delineation. By leveraging phylogenomic tools, we can refine plant classification, improve medicinal plant identification, clarify deep evolutionary histories, and enhance biodiversity conservation.
Dr. Michelle Yoo
Dr. Yoo received her BSc and MSc in Biological Science from Seoul National University and her PhD in Botany from the University of Florida. She joined the Department of Biology at Clarkson University in 2019. Her research spans molecular evolution, phylogenetics, genomics, and plant genetics, focusing on how plants adapt to their environments. She explores how polyploidy, hybridization, and domestication drive phenotypic change and diversification in higher plants. Using integrative omics approaches, she addresses questions on crop domestication, genome duplication in flowering plant diversity, polyploid stress resilience (using Brassica), and trait evolution.
The Arts & Sciences Seminar Series is a weekly colloquium series that has been supported by the Arts & Sciences Advisory Council at Clarkson University, especially through generous gifts from David A. Walsh ‘67. Please contact ansseminar@clarkson.edu