Coloring outside the lines : community assembly in the life sciences
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- My dissertation is focused on studying the assembly of both ecological and social communities in the life sciences. First, I aimed to reimagine the current scientific enterprise within its own terms. By publishing scientific papers that center scientific art (Ch. 1), intergenerational mentorship (Ch. 2), and celebration of diverse lived experiences within academic science (Ch. 3), I show that science can flourish from diverse, equitable, and interdisciplinary groups. The topic of this research focuses on the assembly of microbial communities in the nectar of Diplacus aurantiacus (Ch. 1). By applying population genetics, functional genomics, and experimental evolution to this wild microbiome, I identify mechanisms that connect genetic variation to community-level processes such as priority effects (Ch. 2) and show that population-level variation can alter molecular traits associated with community assembly (Ch. 3). Second, I question the academic structure itself as the central nexus for scientific discovery. By dissolving the duality between science and art (Ch. 4), creating new science spaces that center culture and lived experience (Ch. 5-6) and reimagining entire educational ecosystems outside of "traditional" scientific venues (Ch. 7), I propose new frameworks for how science can be conducted and perhaps, what we consider science to be. This work is centered in community-centered art/science programming in the Greater Bay Area of California. In total, I hope this dissertation highlights how the life sciences can flourish when we celebrate a diversity of perspectives and approaches.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Place | California |
| Place | [Stanford, California] |
| Publisher | [Stanford University] |
| Copyright date | 2023; ©2023 |
| Publication date | 2023; 2023 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Chappell, Callie Rodgers |
|---|---|
| Degree supervisor | Fukami, Tadashi, 1972- |
| Thesis advisor | Fukami, Tadashi, 1972- |
| Thesis advisor | Exposito-Alonso, Moises |
| Thesis advisor | O'Connell, Lauren A |
| Thesis advisor | Peay, Kabir |
| Degree committee member | Exposito-Alonso, Moises |
| Degree committee member | O'Connell, Lauren A |
| Degree committee member | Peay, Kabir |
| Associated with | Stanford University, School of Humanities and Sciences |
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Biology |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
|---|---|
| Genre | Text |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Callie Rodgers Chappell. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of Biology. |
| Thesis | Thesis Ph.D. Stanford University 2023. |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/nn594mt6247 |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2023 by Callie Rodgers Chappell
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC-ND).
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