Special Event
La Kretz Fellowship Seminar: Emily Kerns
Effects of Inbreeding and Introgression on Iconic Traits and Resilience of McCloud River Redband Trout
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UCLA Life Science Building (621 Charles E Young Dr S, Los Angeles, CA 90095), Room 2320
Join us on Wednesday, November 19th for a special EEB seminar co-sponsored by the La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science. Visiting Ph.D. candidate at University of Wisconsin – Madison, Emily Kerns, as they present on their research proposal for the 2026 La Kretz Center Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Effects of Inbreeding and Introgression on Iconic Traits and Resilience of McCloud River Redband Trout
Emily Kerns is interested in applying plasticity theory to investigate the phenotypic effects of inbreeding and introgression. As mass mortality events become more frequent under climate change, few studies have examined their evolutionary impacts. For Emily’s proposed La Kretz Center Fellowship project, she would build off the California Department of Fish & Wildlife’s work on McCloud River Redband Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss stonei) by studying how genetic factors shape survival and resilience, informing conservation of native and threatened trout statewide.
Date: Wednesday, November 19th, 2025
Time: 12 – 1 pm
Location: UCLA Life Sciences Building (Room 2320)
Zoom: https://ucla.zoom.us/j/91254745959?pwd=wAbsxvz0aJBQVSF8CR3fWiVEPLG6HL.1