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URL:https://cmsweb.org/events/june-meeting-dr-jesus-pena-old-genes-new-tri
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SUMMARY:June Meeting - Dr. Jesús Peña: Old Genes\, New Tricks: The Evolut
 ion of Sexual Development in Fungi
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 EETING WILL BE HELD AT COOK PARK RECREATION CENTER INSTEAD OF THE DENVER B
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 26a0\;&#xfe0f\;&#x26a0\;&#xfe0f\;&#x26a0\;&#xfe0f\; PRESENTATION WILL STAR
 T AT 7:00PM INSTEAD OF 7:30PM &#x26a0\;&#xfe0f\;&#x26a0\;&#xfe0f\;&#x26a0\
 ;&#xfe0f\; \nWhen: Monday\, June 8\, 2026 7–9PM (6:45-7 Social Time\, 7
 :00–9:00 Presentation and Questions)\n\n\n\nWhere: Cook Park Recreation 
 Center\n\n\n\n\n\nSpeaker Bio\n\n\n\n\nThe Colorado Mycological Society is
  pleased to welcome Dr. Jesús F. Peña of Colorado College for our June 
 meeting.\nFungi offer a fascinating but often underexplored perspective on
  evolutionary developmental biology. In contrast to plants and animals\, m
 any fungi have relatively simple body plans for much of their lifecycle\, 
 yet sexual reproduction often involves cell specialization\, patterning\, 
 and differentiation.\nIn this presentation\, Dr. Peña will explore mating
  and sexual development in Phycomyces blakesleeanus\, a member of the ear
 ly-diverging Mucoromycota. By combining staged gene expression analyses wi
 th studies of evolutionary conservation\, researchers can investigate whic
 h aspects of fungal mating rely on ancient developmental toolkits and whic
 h represent evolutionary innovations unique to these remarkable organisms.
 \nAbout the Speaker\nJesús F. Peña is an Assistant Professor in the Orga
 nismal Biology and Ecology Department at Colorado College\, where he teach
 es biology of microbes\, mycology\, and the evolution of multicellularity.
  He earned his PhD in Microbiology from the University of California\, Riv
 erside\, studying early-diverging fungi from an evolutionary developmental
  biology perspective.\nPrior to his doctoral work\, Dr. Peña earned both 
 his BS and MS in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the University of Den
 ver and worked at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science\, where he devel
 oped a lasting passion for science communication and education. His resear
 ch focuses on fungal evolution\, development\, and the biology of mucoromy
 cetes and endophytic fungi.\nJoin us for an evening exploring how ancient 
 genetic pathways and evolutionary innovation have shaped the fungal kingdo
 m.\nAll are welcome.\nZoom:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/84113035852?pwd=yXN
 HTb8LKemWYNngXQITD67O0j5ByH.1\n
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LOCATION:Cook Park Recreation Center\, 7100 Cherry Creek S Dr\, Denver\, CO
 \, 80224\, United States
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