Seminar Series 2022/2023

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.

Join us Thursdays, 12:30-1:45 PM, In-person & Virtually.

Fall 2022

September 1st, 2022

Dr. Michael Burger, Lehigh University
“Tuning in to neural specialization: How auditory neurons develop optimal stimulus selectivity”
Hosted by: Thomas Coate

September 8, 2022

Dr. David Linden, John Hopkins
“Regeneration of serotonin axons in the adult brain”
Hosted by: Dan Isaac

September 15, 2022

Dr. Silke Bauer, Swiss Ornithological Institute
“Global movements under global changes – causes, consequences, and implications of individual migrations and large-scale biomass flows”
Hosted by: Emily Williams

September 29, 2022

Dr. Gaël Giraud, Georgetown University
“Macro-economics and Climate change.”
Hosted by: Leslie Ries

October 6, 2022

Dr. Rebecca Helm, University of North Carolina Asheville
“The other half of Earth: high seas ecosystems and human impacts.”
Hosted by: Martha Weiss

October 13, 2022

Dr. Andreas Peschel, Uni Tübingen
“Staphylococcus aureus colonization and infection – fighting the enemy within”
Hosted by: Shaun Brinsmade

October 27, 2022

Dr. Darci Trader, Purdue University
“Discovery of Molecules to Monitor and Perturb the Activity of the Proteasome”
Hosted by: Haiyan He

November 3rd, 2022

Dr. Gloria Brar, UC Berkeley
“Uncovering the unconventional molecular circuitry underlying meiosis”
Hosted by: Zachary Park

November 10, 2022

Dr. Marisol Juarez Rivera, University of New Mexico
“Microbe-environment interactions and their fossil record at two temperature extremes”
Hosted by: Sarah Johnson