Evolutionary Dynamics II

Presentations

• Global epistasis and some side effects of adaptation

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 18, 2026, 3:30 PM – March 18, 2026, 4:06 PM

  Publication: 1. Ardell SM, Martsul A, Johnson MS, Kryazhimskiy S (2024). Environment-independent distribution of mutational effects emerges from microscopic epistasis. Science 386: 87–92
  2. Deshpande JN, Ardell SM, Kryazhimskiy S (2025). Pleiotropic consequences of adaptation in the presence of global epistasis (in prep)

  Presenters

  • Sergey Kryazhimskiy

    • University of California San Diego

  Authors

  • Sergey Kryazhimskiy

    • University of California San Diego

  • Sarah Ardell

    • University of California, San Diego

  • Milo Johnson

  • Jhelam Deshpande

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• Inferring immune-driven selection in SARS-CoV-2 evolution

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 4:06 PM – March 18, 2026, 4:18 PM

  Presenters

  • Yirui Gao

    • University of Pittsburgh

  Authors

  • Yirui Gao

    • University of Pittsburgh

  • John Barton

    • University of Pittsburgh

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• Developing predictive models of influenza evolution

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 4:18 PM – March 18, 2026, 4:30 PM

  Presenters

  • John Barton

    • University of Pittsburgh

  Authors

  • John Barton

    • University of Pittsburgh

  • Edwin Rodriguez

    • University of Pittsburgh

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• Multiscale genotype–phenotype mapping reveals the molecular scale as optimal for describing evolution

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 4:30 PM – March 18, 2026, 4:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Ernesto Berríos-Caro

    • Rutgers University

  Authors

  • Ernesto Berríos-Caro

    • Rutgers University

  • Michael Manhart

    • Rutgers University

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• Stochastic Modeling of Epidemic Dynamics: Scaling Behavior and Universality in SIR and SIS Systems

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 4:42 PM – March 18, 2026, 4:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Sara Shabani

    • Virginia Tech

  Authors

  • Sara Shabani

    • Virginia Tech

  • Uwe C. Täuber

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• Effects of ascertainment and library size on epistasis in fitness landscapes

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 4:54 PM – March 18, 2026, 5:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Caelan Brooks

    • Harvard University

  Authors

  • Caelan Brooks

    • Harvard University

  • Maryn Carlson

  • Michael Desai

    • Harvard University

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• Quantifying the influence of genetic context on duplicated mammalian genes

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 5:06 PM – March 18, 2026, 5:18 PM

  Publication: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.04.03.647042v2

  Presenters

  • Michele Di Pierro

    • Northeastern University

  Authors

  • Alexander Moffett

  • Andrea Falcon Cortes

  • Michele Di Pierro

    • Northeastern University

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• Bursts of reproduction can create genetic structure in frequently recombining bacterial population

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 5:18 PM – March 18, 2026, 5:30 PM

  Publication: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.11.25.690602

  Presenters

  • CJ Jiang

    • Emory University

  Authors

  • CJ Jiang

    • Emory University

  • Daniel Weissman

    • Emory

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• Quantifying environmentally induced variation using 10^5 replicates of Luria and Delbruck

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 5:30 PM – March 18, 2026, 5:42 PM

  Presenters

  • Lanijah Flagg

    • University of Chicago

  Authors

  • Lanijah Flagg

    • University of Chicago

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• Connecting fitness landscapes with trait distribution reshaping

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 5:42 PM – March 18, 2026, 5:54 PM

  Presenters

  • Gabriel Augustynowicz

    • Stony Brook University (SUNY)

  Authors

  • Gabriel Augustynowicz

    • Stony Brook University (SUNY)

  • Gabor Balazsi

    • Stony Brook University (SUNY)

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• Principles for Evolutionary Paths to New Folds

  Oral-In-person

  March 18, 2026, 5:54 PM – March 18, 2026, 6:06 PM

  Presenters

  • Christopher Joel Russo

    • University of Chicago

  Authors

  • Christopher Joel Russo

    • University of Chicago

  • Martin Falk

    • University of Chicago

  • Sean Quigley

  • Patrick Cantwell

  • Ricardo Muñiz Trejo

  • Thierry Mora

    • Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)

  • Aleksandra Walczak

    • CNRS

  • Joseph Thornton

  • Arvind Murugan

    • University of Chicago

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