2016-2017 Graduate Seminar Series

Graduate Departmental Seminar Series
Fridays, 3:30-4:45 PM, Regents 239

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. 

Fall term 2016

Fall 2016 speakers include:

Sep. 9, 2016
Workshop 1
Building your Professional Image

Sep. 16, 2016
Elizabeth Lee
Identifying drivers of spatial heterogeneity in influenza disease burden

Sep. 23, 2016
Pratha Sah
Inferring networks of infectious disease spread in wildlife populations

Sep. 30, 2016
Trey Picou
The Hydrodynamic Model of Giardia Attachment

Oct. 7, 2016
Workshop 2
Talking Science with Non-scientists

Oct. 14, 2016
Gift Wangsanut
Functional Mapping Of Grf10 Transcription Factor In Candida Albicans

Oct. 28, 2016
Madison Kiketa
“Examining long-term social bonds in adult female bottlenose dolphins”

Nov. 4, 2016
Workshop 3
TBA

Nov. 11, 2016
Ricardo Guetierrez-Ozuna
TBA

Nov. 18, 2016
Dillon Damuth
TBA

 

Graduate Departmental Seminar Series
Fridays, 3:30-4:45 PM, Regents 239

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.

Spring term 2017

Spring 2017 speakers include:

Jan. 13, 2017
Workshop: How to be a Mentor

Jan. 27, 2017
Sonia Nanescu
The role of retinoic acid (RA) synthesizing enzyme, retinaldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (RALDH2) in mouse demyelination.

Feb. 3, 2017
Graduate Awards Ceremony

Feb. 10, 2017
Workshop: Writing Cover Letters for Scientific Manuscripts

Feb. 17, 2017
Jens Fritzenwanker
Three phases of Wnt signaling defining three phases of axis development in the hemichordate S. kowalevskii.

Mar. 3, 2017
Zach Batz
Lipids and Metabolites During Early Diapause of Aedes albopictus

Mar. 17, 2017
Vivian Morrison
Exploring the role of retinoic acid signaling in oligodendrocyte lineage cell function.

Mar. 24, 2017
Kaela Singleton
Matching your Sox: Cross Species Function and Regulation of Sox11 in Neural Development

Mar. 31, 2017
Caitlin Karniski
Reproductive and behavioral senescence in bottlenose dolphins

Apr. 7, 2017
Steph Davis
Interleukin-4 induced protein 1 as a novel biomarker and treatment option in multiple sclerosis

Apr. 21, 2017
Chapman Presentations

Apr. 28, 2017
Georgetown Day

 

During the summer semester there are NO Graduate Seminar Series