2016-2017 Series
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.
Fall term 2016
Fall 2016 speakers include:
Sep. 8, 2016
Dr. Rebecca Katz
Georgetown University
Global Health Security at Georgetown
Hosted by: Dr. Anne Rosenwald
Sep. 15, 2016
Dr. Kristen Jenkins
Bioquest
Modeling for Understanding: An authentic scientific experience in the undergraduate biology classroom
Hosted by: Dr. Leslie Ries
Sep.29, 2016
Dr. Eric Skaar
Vanderbilt University, School of Medicine
The intersection of infection and nutrition at the host-pathogen interface
Hosted by: Dr. Shaun Brinsmade
Oct. 6, 2016
Dr. Cesar Nufio
University of Colorado Museum of Natural History
George Washington University
Hosted by: Drs. Gina Wimp and Leslie Ries
Oct. 13, 2016
Dr. Brandyce St. Laurent
Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, NIH
Diverse Vectors, Outdoor Transmission, and Drug Resistance: Why Malaria Control gets Complicated in Combodia
Hosted by: Dr. Peter Armbruster
Oct. 20, 2016
Dr. Joshua Benoit
University of Cincinnati
Viviparity and stress tolerance: examining physiological mechanisms of arthropods under diverse circumstances – Graduate Student Nominated Speaker
Hosted by: Grad Students
Nov. 3, 2016
Dr. Lisa Taneyhill
University of Maryland
A sticky question: The role of cell adhesion in neural crest cell development.
Hosted by: Dr. Thomas Coate
Nov. 10, 2016
Dr. I Fang Sun
National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan
Plant reproductive decision-making and its consequences in a changing world — insights from two Asian tropical rain forests
Hosted by: Dr. Martha Weiss
Special Seminar Series
These are seminars that happens at days or times outside of the weekly Thursday departmental seminar
Special Seminar Series:
Dec. 05, 2016, at 5:00 in Hariri building, Lohrfink Auditorium
Dr. Josiah Rich will lead a talk about “Incarceration and the Overdose Epidemic”
A 20 min presentation; followed by 10 min Q&A session
Nov. 28, 2016, at 3:30 in Regents Hall, room 239
Dr. Michael D. Gershon will lead a talk about “Enteric Neuronal Control of Enteric Neurogenesis and Intestinal Mucosal Growth”
A 20 min presentation; followed by 10 min Q&A session
Dec. 2nd, 2016, at 3:30 in Regents Hall, room 239
Dr. Sherry Linkon will lead a workshop on writing in the discipline.
A 20 min presentation; followed by 10 min Q&A session
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 term 2017
Spring 2017 speakers include:
Jan. 19, 2017
Dr. Ellen Carpenter
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and National Science Foundation (NSF)
Reelin’ Along – Roles for Reelin Signaling in Brain and Breast Development and Disease
Hosted by: Dr. Elena Silva
Feb. 2, 2017
Dr. Anna Allen
Howard University
Novel Functions for the RNA-building protien ETR-1 in Caenorhabditis elegans reproduction and physiological germline apoptosis.
Hosted by: Dr. Anne Rosenwald
Feb. 16, 2017
Dr. Peter Williamson
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Model Pathogen, Model Organism: How Cryptococcus Sees the World.
Hosted by: Dr. Anne Rosenwald
Mar. 2, 2017
Dr. Peter Olmsted
Georgetown University, Department of Physics
Fun with Membrances
Hosted by: Dr. Heidi Elmendorf
Mar. 16, 2017
Dr. Rodrigo Maillard
Georgetown University, Chemistry department
How do Protein Domains Talk to Each Other?
Hosted by: Dr. Heidi Elmendorf
Mar. 23, 2017
Dr. Adam Smith
George Washington University
Social Behavior in The Bee Megalopta Genalis and The Evolution of Sociality in The Sweat Bees
Hosted by: Dr. Martha Weiss
April 6, 2017
Dr. Robert Miller
George Washington University
Cellular and molecular interactions regulating CNS myelination and repair
Hosted by: Dr. Jeffrey Huang
April 20, 2017
Dr. Maciej Boni
Penn State University
Delaying drug resistance in malaria
Hosted by: Dr. Shweta Bansal
Special Seminar Series
Theses are seminars that happens at days or times outside of the weekly Thursday departmental seminar
Special Seminar Series:
Jan. 31, 2017 at 12:00pm in Pharmacology Library MED/DENT, NE401
Dr. Diane Snow will lead a talk about “The Neural Injury and Plasticity Training Fellowship” is hosting Dean Diane Snow from TCU next Tuesday January 31 to discuss her research in neuronal outgrowth after injury.”
A 20 min presentation; followed by 10 min Q&A session
Summer term 2016
During the summer semester there are
Summer 2016 speakers include:
Special Seminar Series:
May 24th, 2016 at 1:30 in Regents Hall, room 239
Dr. Wendy Lewis
A 20 min presentation; she will pick out a topic from among the current needs (Genetics, Cell, Biochem, or Physiology), followed by 10 min Q&A session
May 25th, 2016 at 1:30 in Regents Hall, room 239
Dr. Robert Ray
A 20 min presentation; he will pick out a topic from among the current needs (Genetics, Cell, Biochem, or Physiology), followed by 10 min Q&A session