Institutul Naional pentru tiine Biologice

Filiala Institutul de Cercetri Biologice

Str. Republicii nr. 48
Cluj-Napoca, 400015

Grdina Botanic Al. Borza

Universitatea Babe-Bolyai
Str. Republicii nr. 42
Cluj-Napoca, 400015

Adaptarea la mediu i procese convergente

n evoluie
Data: 22 noiembrie, ora 12:00
Locul: Sala Grdinii Botanice Al. Borza

Dr. Ovidiu Pun, Group Leader

Department for Botany and Biodiversity Research,
Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Vienna

Aria de interes a invitatului, conform CV-ului:

My research broadly focuses on evolution and biodiversity, with an emphasis on
angiosperm hybridization/polyploidy, conservation issues and special breeding systems.
As an evolutionary biologist, I combine ecological genetics, epigenetics, genomics,
molecular phylogenetics and comparative analysis to explain the origin of biodiversity
and its dynamics. My main current work uses environmental transcriptomics and high
throughput sequencing (RAD-seq and RNA-seq) to investigate the adaptive diffusion of a
series of sibling allopolyploid Dactylorhiza species (Orchidaceae). Paun et al. 2010
(Molec Biol Evol 27: 2465), which received wide international media attention (e.g.,
reviewed as surprising science on blogs.smithsonianmag.com and covered by The
Times and Frankfurter Allgemeine), is the first study to show that natural selection acts
on epigenetic information in a similar way as on genetic loci, but could result in speciesspecific phenotypic differentiation in much shorter evolutionary times.
Dr. Ovidiu Pun se afl n vizit n Romnia la invitaia Institutului de Cercetri Biologice
Cluj-Napoca i a Grdinii Botanice Al. Borza, parteneri n cadrul proiectului PN-III-P11.1-MCD-2016-0079, finanat de UEFISCDI.
Seminarul de 45 de minute va fi urmat de discuii libere cu speaker-ul.