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.
Dr. Dianne Newman
Professor (Department of Biology)
California Institute of Technology
From Iron Oxides to Infections: Role for Redox-active “Antibiotics” in Microbial Survival and Development
Hosted by: Alyssa King, Biology department graduate student.
Dr. David Lohman
Associate Professor (Department of Biology)
The City College of New York
Evolution & conservation of butterflies in Southeast Asia
Hosted by: Dr. Leslie Ries
Dr. Greg Lang
Assistant Professor (Department of Biology)
Lehigh University
A Genome evolution in laboratory populations of yeast
Hosted by: Dr. Mark Rose
Dr. Paul Roepe
Professor (Department of Chemistry)
Georgetown University
The Biochemistry of Antimalarial Drug Resistance
Hosted by: Dr. Heidi Elmendorf
Dr. Kay E. Holekamp
Professor (Department of Zoology)
University of Michigan
The Evolution of intelligence in mammalian carnivores
Hosted by: Jared Grimmer, Biology department graduate student.
Dr. Albert Basson
Senior Lecturer (Department of Craniofacial Development & Stem Cell Biology)
Kings College London
Chromatin remodelling and signalling pathways in cerebellar development and medulloblastoma
Hosted by: Dr. Jeffrey Huang
Dr. Richard Schlegel
Professor and Chair (Department of Pathology)
Center for Cell Reprogramming
HPV, cell reprogramming, and intercampus stem cell biology.
Hosted by: Dr. Jeffrey Huang
Dr. Arnaud Martin
Assistant Professor (Department of Biological Sciences)
George Washington University
Do butterflies dream of genetic tattoos? Exploring the genotype-phenotype map using CRISPR and a knowledge-base of the eukaryote genetics literature
Hosted by: Dr. Leslie Ries
Dr. Les Shaw
Professor (Department of Cell Biology)
University South Florida
The Post Antibiotic Era: No ESKAPE?
Hosted by: Dr. Shaun Brinsmade
Dr. Bruce Gellin
President, Global Immunization
Sabin Vaccine Institute
What this year’s flu season teaches us about influenza: what we know and don’t know
Hosted by: Drs. Heidi Elmendorf and Anne Rosenwald
Dr. Leon Grayer
Assistant Professor (Department of Biological Sciences)
George Washington University
What we can learn from frog antiviral immune responses
Hosted by: Dr. Elena Silva
Dr. Charles Holmes
Visiting Associate Professor (Department of Medicine)
Center for Global Health and Quality (GUMC)
Integrating non-traditional data streams into routine care
Hosted by: Dr. Anne Rosenwald
Dr. Jeff Boyd
Associate Professor (Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology)
Rutgers University
Metal ion homeostasis as an antimicrobial target in Staphylococcus aureus
Hosted by: Dr. Shaun Brinsmade
Dr. Thomas Dever
Senior Investigator
Section on Protein Synthesis, NIH
Translation factor eIF5A acts as a sensor and effector for maintaining cellular polyamine homeostasis
Hosted by: Dr. Ronda Rolfes
Dr. Jennifer Fettles
Assistant Professor (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology)
Virginia Commonwealth University
The vaginal microbiome and preterm birth.
Hosted by: Dr. Steven Singer
Dr. Jocelyne DiRuggiero
Associate Research Professor (Department of Biology
Johns Hopkins University, Biology
Desert Worlds, the Dry Limit for Life.
Hosted by: Dr. Sarah Johnson
