2019-2020 Series
Departmental Seminar Series
Thursdays, 12:30-1:45 PM, Regents 239
The Department invites scholars in Biology to present their research on most Thursdays throughout the academic year. The seminars are followed by a Q&A session.
Fall term 2019 seminar series speakers include:
Sep. 12, 2019
Dr. Sarah Gaffen
Gerald P. Rodnan Endowed Chair, Professor of Rheumatology
University of Pitt
Oh to be Seventeen Again: IL-17 Signaling in Infection and Autoimmunity
Hosted by: Steven Singer
Sep. 19, 2019
Dr. Anahi Espindola
Assistant Professor, (Department of Entomology)
University of Maryland
The effect of the environment on species interactions across space and time
Hosted by: Dr. Martha Weiss
Sep. 26, 2019
Dr. Luke Berchowitz
Assistant Professor of Genetics & Development
Columbia University
Meiosis-Specific Translational Repression of Retrotransposon mRNA
Hosted by: Dr. Mark Rose
Oct. 10, 2019
Dr. Leslie Ries
Assistant Professor, (Department of Biology)
Georgetown University
Understanding and predicting ecological responses to a changing global environment
Oct. 17, 2019
Dr. Paolo Forni
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
University at Albany
Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Cell Fate Determination, Connectivity, and Migration of GnRH-1 and Vomeronasal Neurons.
Hosted by: Dr. Thomas Coate
Oct. 24, 2019
Dr. Elise Zipkin
Assistant Professor
Michigan State University
Synthesizing multiple data sources with integrated modeling: a case study with monarch butterflies
Hosted by: Dr. Leslie Ries
Nov. 7, 2019
Dr. Meera Sundaram
Professor of Genetics
University of Penn School of Medicine
Building and shaping tiny tubes
Hosted by: Dr. Mark Rose
Nov. 14, 2019
Dr. Gregory Ragland
Assistant Professor (Department of Integrative Biology)
University of Colorado Denver
Polygenes, genetic correlations, and diverse physiological processes shape adaptations to seasonality and temperature in insects
Hosted by: Dr. Peter Armbruster
Nov. 21, 2019
Dr. Gisela Therese Storz
Deputy Chief of the Cell Biology and Metabolism Program of NICHD (Department of Integrative Biology)
Intramural Research Program
TBA
Hosted by: Dr. Martha Weiss
Dec. 12, 2019
Dr. Guy Tanetzapf
Assistant Professor (Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences)
The University of British Columbia
TBA
Hosted by: Dr. Jeffrey Huang
Special Seminar Series
These are seminars that happen at days or times outside of the weekly Thursday departmental seminar
None
Departmental Seminar Series
Thursdays, 12:30-1:30 PM, Regents 239
The Department invites scholars in Biology to present their research on most Thursdays throughout the academic year. The seminars are followed by a Q&A session.
Spring Semester
Spring term 2020 speakers include:
Jan. 23, 2020
TBA
Jan. 30, 2020
TBA
Feb. 6, 2020
Dr. Mustafa Khokha
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Critical Care) and of Genetics
Yale University
TBA
Hosted by: Dr. Elena Silva
Feb. 20, 2020
Dr. Orna Cohen
Senior Investigator and Section Chief, NIDDK, NIH
NIH
TBA
hosted by GU Graduate Students
Feb. 27, 2020
Dr. Seema Lakdawala
Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh
TBA
Hosted by: Dr. Shweta Bansal
Mar. 5, 2020
Dr. Emily Minor
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
The University of Illinois at Chicago
TBA
Hosted by: GU Graduate students
Mar. 26, 2020
Dr. Malcolm Winkler
Professor
Indiana University Bloomington, (Department of Biology)
TBA
Hosted by: Dr. Shaun Brinsmade
April 2, 2020
Dr. Cameron Currie
Ira L. Baldwin Professor of Bacteriology
University of Wisconsin-Madison
TBA
Hosted by: Dr. Shaun Brinsmade
April 16, 2020
Dr. Amy Savage
Associate Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, International Accelerator Program, Health Studies
American University
TBA
Hosted by: Dr. Mun Chun Chan
April 23, 2020
Dr. Maya Bhatia
Assistant Professor & CAIP Chair in Watershed Science
University of Alberta
TBA
Hosted by: Dr. Sarah Johnson
Special Seminar Series
These are seminars that happen at days or times outside of the weekly Thursday departmental seminar
TBA
During the summer semester there are
Summer 2020
TBA