Ants: A Model Clade for Germline Development Evolution

Assignments: You need to complete the following assignment for two (2) of the Colloquium meetings (it is your choice as to which sessions you want to use for your assignments).
Prepare a brief 100 - 150 word synopsis and two questions based on the colloquium presentation. The synopsis should concisely describe the topic and include an overview/review of the data and conclusions. The questions should be worded as if they were being asked by you for the speaker. Hard copies of the assignments should handed in to me during a Colloquium session but must also be uploaded into Turnitin.
Format of Assignments:
Your Name
Date of Colloquium
Name of the Colloquium speaker
Title of the Colloquium talk
Synopsis: 100-150 word review of the talk. This should include a statement of "purpose" that states the goal of the speaker's research. This should be followed with a description of the approaches used and methods as well as a brief review of the study findings/results. the synopsis should finish with an overall conclusion, which should include answers to the questions: what did the speaker discover and learn? what is the impact of these findings on the field?
Questions examples:
Based on your results do you predict that frogs would have more of this protein than toads?