Last updated: November 10, 2025
*Full list of presentations can be found in CV
July 2025:
BOTANY 2025 CONFERENCE - Palm Springs, CA - Talk
"Phylogenomic challenges in polyploid-rich lineages: Insights from orthology inference and reticulation methods using the complex genus Packera"
Erika R. Moore-Pollard, Paige A. Ellestad, Jennifer R. Mandel
July 2025:
BOTANY 2025 CONFERENCE - Palm Springs, CA - Talk
"Comparative Genomics in Asterales: Foundations for understanding evolutionary and functional dynamics in Asteraceae"
Erika R. Moore-Pollard, Brannan R. Cliver, Paige Ellestad, Jakub Baczyński, Matthew D. Pollard, Zach Meharg, Samantha Drewry, J. Mauricio Bonifacino, Alex Harkess, Zachary Nimchuk, John M. Burke, Daniel S. Jones, Jennifer R. Mandel
JULY 2024:
IBC 2024 - Madrid, Spain - Poster
"New Compositae specific probe set reduces paralogs in complex systems"
Erika R. Moore-Pollard, Daniel S. Jones, Jennifer R. Mandel
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JULY 2024:
KEW ROYAL BOTANICAL GARDENS - London, England - Talk
"New Compositae specific probe set reduces paralogs in complex systems"
Erika R. Moore-Pollard, Daniel S. Jones, Jennifer R. Mandel
JANUARY 2024:
PAG31 CONFERENCE - San Diego, CA - Talk
"Systematics, Evolution, and Genomics in the Sunflower Family"
Erika R. Moore-Pollard, Jakub Baczynski, Brannan R. Cliver, Paige A. Ellestad, Vandana Gurung, Reid Selby, Carolina Siniscalchi, Ramhari Thapa, Linda Watson, Emily L. Yaklich, Maurício Bonafacino, Daniel Jones, John Burke, Jennifer Mandel
*Click on poster image to see the full poster
JANUARY 2024:
PAG31 CONFERENCE - San Diego, CA - Poster
"New Compositae specific probe set reduces paralogs in complex systems"
Erika R. Moore-Pollard, Daniel S. Jones, Jennifer R. Mandel
JULY 2023:
BOTANY 2023 CONFERENCE - Boise, ID - Talk
"Compositae-ParaLoss-1272: Complementary sunflower specific probe-set reduces issues with paralogs in complex systems"
Erika R. Moore-Pollard & Jennifer R. Mandel
July 2023:
BOTANY 2023 CONFERENCE - Boise, ID - Poster
"Investigating underlying discordance and hybridization among nuclear phylogenies of Packera (Asteraceae)"
Erika R. Moore-Pollard & Jennifer R. Mandel
*Click on poster image to see the full poster
APRIL 2023:
ASB 2023 CONFERENCE - Winston-Salem, NC - Poster
"Compositae in a Crate: an outreach initiative to promote plant awareness"
Erika R. Moore-Pollard, Carolina Siniscalchi, Kathryn Parsley, Jaime Sabel, Jennifer R. Mandel
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APRIL 2023:
ASB 2023 CONFERENCE - Winston-Salem, NC - Talk
"Phylogenomics, divergence time estimates, and biogeography of Packera (Asteraceae: Senecioneae)"
Erika R. Moore-Pollard & Jennifer R. Mandel
JULY 2022:
BOTANY 2022 CONFERENCE - ANCHORAGE, AK - TALK
"Reconstructing evolutionary relationships in the genus Packera
(Asteraceae: Senecioneae)"
Erika R. Moore & Jennifer R. Mandel
*Link to YouTube video of online talk
APRIL 2022:
ASB 2022 CONFERENCE - LITTLE ROCK, AR - Talk
"Reevaluating genetic diversity and structure of Helianthus verticillatus (Asteraceae) after the discovery of new populations"
Erika R. Moore, Carolina Siniscalchi, Jennifer R. Mandel
JULY 2021:
BOTANY 2021 CONFERENCE - ONLINE - POSTER
"Reconstructing evolutionary relationships in the genus Packera
(Asteraceae: Senecioneae)"
Erika R. Moore & Jennifer R. Mandel
*Click on image to see full poster
JUNE 2021:
EVOLUTION 2021 CONFERENCE - ONLINE - TALK
"Understanding the systematics and evolutionary history of the genus Packera (Asteraceae: Senecioneae)"
Erika R. Moore & Jennifer R. Mandel
*Click on video to watch recording
MARCH 2021:
ASB 2021 CONFERENCE - ONLINE - TALK
"Reevaluating genetic diversity and structure of Helianthus verticillatus (Asteraceae) after the discovery of new populations"
Erika R. Moore, Carolina Siniscalchi, Jennifer R. Mandel
*Click on video to watch recording
February 2021:
TICA TALKS WEBINAR - via ZOOM - TALK
"Reevaluating genetic diversity and structure of Helianthus verticillatus (Asteraceae) after the discovery of new populations"
Erika R. Moore, Carolina Siniscalchi, Jennifer R. Mandel
*Click on photo to watch YouTube video of talk
JULY 2019:
BOTANY 2019 CONFERENCE - TUCSON, AZ - POSTER
"Newly discovered population of Helianthus verticillatus (Asteraceae) found in Mississippi is genetically distinct from other known populations"
Erika R. Moore, Carolina Siniscalchi, Jennifer R. Mandel
