Suegene Noh, Assistant Professor of Biology (Colby College)
Lives of organisms are shaped by their social interactions, including those with other individuals of the same species, as well as with individuals of different species. These interactions affect how our genomes evolve so that current patterns of DNA sequence variation from genomes can be used to detect past evolutionary events. Using the social amoeba and its microbial symbiont as an example, I will show how competitive interactions among amoebas has caused certain genes to evolve more rapidly, and how associating with an amoeba host may have caused symbiont genomes to shrink in size.
Dr. Suegene Noh is an evolutionary biologist whose research focuses on understanding how social interactions among microbial organisms shape their genomes. Her curiosity for the natural world found a foothold while watching foraging Korean wasps interact with nestmates as an undergraduate. She received her PhD in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Connecticut. Her past research interests include mating signal evolution and cold adaptation, particularly in insects.
- Unicellular to Multicellular April 15, 2019
Grace Eagan Suegene Noh, Assistant Professor of Biology at Colby College, began her presentation on genomes shaped by evolution by looking at the social amoeba Dictyostelium dicoideum. In the case of the ... - Social Influence at the Micro Level April 15, 2019
egrubman In last week’s lecture in the series: A Presence of the Past, Professor Suegene Noh gave a speech titled, “How Current Genomes are Shaped by Evolutionary Pasts”. A biology professor ... - Hard Science and Social Science April 15, 2019
slattia Professor Noh’s presentation: “How current genomes are shaped by evolutionary pasts” was interesting and insightful. It is always a treat to have Colby professors lead these lectures, especially when it ... - “Dicty” and Working Together April 15, 2019
Adam Zarfos This week’s lecture from Professor Suegene Noh was about Genomes and the link between the humanities and sciences of genetics and biology. I haven’t taken a Biology course in a ... - Social Conflict and Gene Expression April 15, 2019
Kallie Hutchinson Professor Suegene Noh’s talk, titled “How Current Genomes are Shaped by Evolutionary Pasts”, acted as a catalyst between the disciplines of genetics and biology in conjunction with the humanities. Much ... - Hope for the Future April 15, 2019
William Kirby I was really looking forward to hearing Professor Noh’s lecture, not only because of her connection to Colby, but because of the topic as well. I get excited for lectures ... - the evolutionary responses of organisms on a genomic scale April 15, 2019
gohwil21 Professor Suegene Noh discussed her research in her talk entitled, “How Current Genomes are Shaped by Evolutionary Pasts”. Despite covering fairly complex material, I really appreciated Professor Noh’s effort to ... - Competition Between Amoebas: A Fight for Evolution April 15, 2019
Lyla Jones On April 8th, Dr. Suegene Noh, Colby College’s own Assistant Professor of Biology, contributed to our Presence of The Past lecture series with a presentation titled “How current genomes are ... - How evolution dictates the future April 15, 2019
Nathaniel Dowd In this discussion, Professor Suegene Noh outlined how microbial function can be related to social function in human groups. She outlined how selective pressures in an amoeba species can create ... - Social Conflict Seen in both Science and the Humanities April 12, 2019
Isabella Scribano Suegene Noh, an assistant professor of biology at Colby College, gave a lecture titled, “How Current Genomes are Shaped by Evolutionary Pasts” where she looked at how lives of organisms ...