CDB Seminar - Dr Karen Sears, UCLA

Host: Susan Evans

Abstract: Through the evolution of novel wing structures, bats (Order Chiroptera) became the only mammalian group to achieve powered flight. This achievement proceeded the group's dramatic increase in longevity and massive adaptive radiation into diverse ecological niches. As a result, today’s bats exhibit diverse flight styles, the broadest range of dietary adaptations of any mammalian group, comprise 20% of mammalian species, and are, in many cases, extremely long-lived. My lab is investigating the developmental mechanisms through which bats arose and then diversified. In this talk, I will discuss two of the systems we are studying in this regard: bat wings and longevity.

Zoom: https://ucl.zoom.us/j/95235271228?pwd=UDBrc1lBVW5wQ1dsK1N5VXFIU2J0UT09