A panel presentation and discussion, hosted by the Office of Research and the Waterloo Centre for Microbial Research, featuring Water Institute member Kirsten Müller will explore the evolution of microbes.
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Kirsten Müller
Red algae, the evolution of sexual reproduction, and multicellularity
Kirsten Müller is
a
professor
of
biology
and
assistant
vice-president,
graduate
studies
and
postdoctoral
affairs,
at
Waterloo.
She
is
considered
a
world
expert
on
Bangiales
–
an
order
of
red
algae
that
is
an
ancient
lineage
with
some
members
in
the
fossil
record
as
far
back
as
1.2
billion
years.
In
addition
to
the
significant
economic
importance
in
food
and
aquaculture,
the
red
algae
are
a
critical
group
in
the
evolution
of
photosynthetic
life
on
earth.
For
example,
red
algae
are
the
common
ancestors
to
the
chloroplasts
contained
in
the
division
Heterokontophyta
(i.e.
large
kelps
common
to
Atlantic
and
Pacific
coasts).
Professor Müller
will
discuss
the
evolution
of
photosynthetic
life
and
why
studying
the
early
members
of
the
red
algae
is
helpful
in
understanding
the
evolution
of
sexual
reproduction and
multicellularity.
Location Information
200 University Avenue West
Room 1302
Waterloo, ON, CA N2L 3G1
