Women in STEM keynote speaker Dr. Joan Roughgarden will present. Talk title: Holobiont Evolution: Model with Vertical vs. Horizontal Microbiome Transmission.

Tuesday, March 19th @ 4:30-6:00 pm. in Devlin Hall, Rm. 101, Dr. Joan Roughgarden will be presenting. Hosted by Dr. Sarah McMenamin, Boston College Biology Dept.. Dr. Roughgarden received her undergraduate degrees from University of Rochester and a Ph.D. in biology from Harvard University.  She has taught at Stanford University since 1972 as Professor of Biology and Geophysics. She transitioned in 1998.  Dr. Roughgarden has published more than 180 papers and 8 books, including Evolution's Rainbow (2004) which won the 2005 Stonewall Prize for nonfiction from the American Library Association. Her current research pertains to the evolution of holobionts, or composite organisms such as corals where the host contains a symbiotic microbial community called its microbiome.