{"id":75,"date":"2018-11-20T16:40:03","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T16:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web.colby.edu\/presence\/?page_id=75"},"modified":"2019-01-15T21:00:32","modified_gmt":"2019-01-15T21:00:32","slug":"suegene-noh-how-current-genomes-are-shaped-by-evolutionary-pasts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/presence\/suegene-noh-how-current-genomes-are-shaped-by-evolutionary-pasts\/","title":{"rendered":"4\/8: How Current Genomes Are Shaped by Evolutionary Pasts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Suegene Noh, Assistant Professor of Biology (Colby College)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/presence\/2019\/04\/15\/unicellular-to-multicellular\/\">Unicellular to Multicellular<\/a>  April 15, 2019<lcp_author>Grace Eagan<\/lcp_author><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">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 ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/presence\/2019\/04\/15\/social-influence-at-the-micro-level\/\">Social Influence at the Micro Level<\/a>  April 15, 2019<lcp_author>egrubman<\/lcp_author><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">In last week\u2019s lecture in the series: A Presence of the Past, Professor Suegene Noh gave a speech titled, \u201cHow Current Genomes are Shaped by Evolutionary Pasts\u201d. A biology professor ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/presence\/2019\/04\/15\/hard-science-and-social-science\/\">Hard Science and Social Science<\/a>  April 15, 2019<lcp_author>slattia<\/lcp_author><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Professor Noh\u2019s presentation: \u201cHow current genomes are shaped by evolutionary pasts\u201d was interesting and insightful. It is always a treat to have Colby professors lead these lectures, especially when it ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/presence\/2019\/04\/15\/dicty-and-working-together\/\">&#8220;Dicty&#8221; and Working Together<\/a>  April 15, 2019<lcp_author>Adam Zarfos<\/lcp_author><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">This week\u2019s lecture from Professor Suegene Noh was about Genomes and the link between the humanities and sciences of genetics and biology. I haven\u2019t taken a Biology course in a ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/presence\/2019\/04\/15\/social-conflict-and-gene-expression\/\">Social Conflict and Gene Expression<\/a>  April 15, 2019<lcp_author>Kallie Hutchinson<\/lcp_author><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Professor Suegene Noh\u2019s talk, titled \u201cHow Current Genomes are Shaped by Evolutionary Pasts\u201d, acted as a catalyst between the disciplines of genetics and biology in conjunction with the humanities. Much ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/presence\/2019\/04\/15\/hope-for-the-future\/\">Hope for the Future<\/a>  April 15, 2019<lcp_author>William Kirby<\/lcp_author><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">I was really looking forward to hearing Professor Noh\u2019s lecture, not only because of her connection to Colby, but because of the topic as well. I get excited for lectures ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/presence\/2019\/04\/15\/541\/\">the evolutionary responses of organisms on a genomic scale<\/a>  April 15, 2019<lcp_author>gohwil21<\/lcp_author><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Professor Suegene Noh discussed her research in her talk entitled, &#8220;How Current Genomes are Shaped by Evolutionary Pasts&#8221;. Despite covering fairly complex material, I really appreciated Professor Noh&#8217;s effort to ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/presence\/2019\/04\/15\/competition-between-amoebas-a-fight-for-evolution\/\">Competition Between Amoebas: A Fight for Evolution<\/a>  April 15, 2019<lcp_author>Lyla Jones<\/lcp_author><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">On April 8th, Dr. Suegene Noh, Colby College\u2019s own Assistant Professor of Biology, contributed to our Presence of The Past lecture series with a presentation titled \u201cHow current genomes are ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.colby.edu\/presence\/2019\/04\/15\/535\/\">How evolution dictates the future<\/a>  April 15, 2019<lcp_author>Nathaniel Dowd<\/lcp_author><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">In this discussion, Professor Suegene Noh outlined how microbial function can be related to social function in human groups. 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