August 26, 2022
Anais Roussel, Johnson lab
“Biosignature Transformation on the Irradiated Martian Surface”.
Graduate Student Seminars and Graduate Development Workshops
Fridays, 3:30-4:45 pm
The Department invites Graduate students to present their research on every Friday throughout the academic year. The seminars are followed by a Q&A session.
Anais Roussel, Johnson lab
“Biosignature Transformation on the Irradiated Martian Surface”.
Cesar Velez-Penaloza, Silva lab
“The 3’UTR interferes with Sox11 function in neurogenesis”.
Workshop led by JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) Committee
Two campus equity leaders, Devita Bishundhat and Javier Jimenez-Westerman,
will join in conversation about, “How can our Biology community help first-generation students thrive?”
Vanessa Angelova, lab
“Intestinal barrier defects in giardiasis“.
Mara Heilig, Armbruster lab
“Determining the transcriptional basis of non-biting reproduction in mosquitoes“.
Katherine Kraft, Rose lab
“Mei Oh Mei! Insights Into the Roles of Kar4 in Meiosis”.
Vaughn Shirey, Ries lab
“Leveraging natural history collections to reconstruct changes in cold-adapted butterfly communities and populations”.
Melissa Collier, Bansal lab
Informing past and forecasting future infectious disease dynamics in Potomac-Chesapeake dolphins”.
Shahad Alqahtani, Brinsmade lab
“Exploring the Mechanism of CodY control of the Sae two-component System in Staphylococcus aureus”.
Ursula Machi, Rose lab
“Regulated Secretion Mediates Yeast Cell Fusion”
Workshop: Emotional First Aid
Deborah George, Coate lab
“Molecular Mechanisms of Type II Spiral Ganglion Neuron Development.”
Maggie Weng, Johnson lab
“ A Global Meta-Analysis of Hypersaline Microbial Communities”
Rita Akinkuoutu, Singer lab
“Intestinal barrier repair in Giardiasis”
Ellen Jacobs, Mann lab
“TBA”
Dennis DiMaggio, Brinsmade lab
“TBA”
JEDI committee
TBA
Brady Thexton, Weiss lab
“TBA”
Marcella Ferreira, Brinsmade lab
“TBA”
Zeeba Manavi, Huang lab
“TBA”
Samantha Sturiale, Armbruster lab
“TBA”
Grace Jeschke, Ries lab
“TBA”
Emily Williams, Marra lab
“TBA”
Mia Cozart, Huang lab
“TBA”
Henry Stevens, Marra lab
“TBA”
Juan Carlos Martinez-Cervantes, Cervantes-Sandoval lab
“TBA”