2017-2018 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 2017
Fall term 2017 seminar series speakers include:
Sep. 28, 2017
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.
Oct. 5, 2017
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
Oct. 12, 2017
Dr. Greg Lang
Assistant Professor (Department of Biology)
Lehigh University
A Genome evolution in laboratory populations of yeast
Hosted by: Dr. Mark Rose
Oct. 26, 2017
Dr. Paul Roepe
Professor (Department of Chemistry)
Georgetown University
The Biochemistry of Antimalarial Drug Resistance
Hosted by: Dr. Heidi Elmendorf
Nov. 2, 2017
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.
Nov. 9, 2017
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
Nov. 30, 2017
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
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 2018 speakers include:
Jan. 25, 2018
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
Feb. 1st, 2018
Dr. Les Shaw
Professor (Department of Cell Biology)
University South Florida
The Post Antibiotic Era: No ESKAPE?
Hosted by: Dr. Shaun Brinsmade
Feb. 8, 2018
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
Feb. 15, 2018
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
Mar. 1, 2018
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
Mar. 22, 2018
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
April 5, 2018
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
Apr. 12, 2018
Dr. Jennifer Fettles
Assistant Professor (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology)
Virginia Commonwealth University
The vaginal microbiome and preterm birth.
Hosted by: Dr. Steven Singer
Apr. 26, 2018
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
Special Seminar Series
These are seminars that happen at days or times outside of the weekly Thursday departmental seminar
None Occurred during Spring 2018
During the summer semester there are
Summer 2018
July 11th, 2018 at 12:00-1:30 in Regents Hall, room 239
Dr. Nichole Barger
A 20 min presentation about “Ecological Restoration Challenges and Opportunities in a Changing World”, followed by 10 min Q&A session