Seminar Series
Fall 2024
Below is our fall 2024 seminar schedule which will be finalized by the end of August. Seminars are held on Mondays from 12-1 p.m. in Gottwald Auditorium, A001.
Monday, August 26, 2024
Dr. Christopher Arnold, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, West Virginia University
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Novel Hox gene functions in asexual reproduction & size control
Monday, September 2, 2024
Dr. Lynn "Marty" Martin, Professor, University of South Florida, College of Public Health
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Organismal antifragility
Monday, September 9, 2024
Jean Gonzales ('22 Biology), PhD Candidate, Biochemistry, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Sphingolipid signaling coordinates astrocyte-neuron crosstalk and neural circuit assembly
Monday, September 16, 2024
Sarah Daniel, PhD, Global Commercial Operations, Bio-Rad Laboratories
- Droplet digital PCR
Monday, September 23, 2024
Dr. Christina Termini, PhD, Assistant Professor, Translational Science and Therapeutics Division, Fred Hutch Cancer Center
- Stem cell and self-identity: the power of a supportive environment
Monday, September 30, 2024
Mariano Garcia-Blanco, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair, UVA Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology
- RNA and Immunity: Lessons from autoimmune diseases
Monday, October 21, 2024
Rachel DuMez-Kornegay, PhD Candidate, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Spilling the tea, my journey from Gottwald to graduate school studying the purported health benefits of drinking Kombucha Tea
Monday, October 28, 2024
PBK Visiting Scholar Doug Emlen, Montana Regents Professor of Biology,
University of Montana
- “The Evolution of Extreme Weapons: Lessons from a Rhinoceros Beetle”
Monday, November 4, 2024
Karen Barnard-Kubow, Genomics Research Director and Education Coordinator, James Madison University
- Exploring plant speciation and aquatic community ecology using nanopore sequencing tools
Contact seminar series organizer Stacey Criswell with questions.