Seminar Series
Fall 2025
Our Biology seminar series take place in the Gottwald Science Center, the Auditorium (room A001) on most Mondays from 12-1 p.m.
Monday, September 8
Nathan Derstine, Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Richmond
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Decoding Insect Signals: From Social Behavior to Invasive Species Management
Monday, September 15
Dr. Lawrence Mahan, CEO/CSO, OB Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- I Wanted to Be a Marine Biologist (Navigating the Waters of a Scientific Career)
Monday, September 22
Megan Riel-Meehan, Ph.D., Allen Institute for Cell Science
- TBD
Monday, September 29
Dr. Laura Williams, Director of Undergraduate Research, Georgia Tech
- What Makes a Good Killer? Phenotypic and Genomic Variation Among Predatory Bacteria
Monday, October 6
Zachary Geisterfer, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Duke University
- Cytoplasmic Coordination in a Massive Single Cell
Monday, October 20
Dr. Steven Monfort, Executive Director, University of California Natural Reserve System
- TBD
Monday, October 27
Dr. Lisa Kronstad, Associate Professor, Microbiology & Immunology, Midwestern University
- Natural Killers, Dendritic Cells, and T Cells: Decoding Influenza’s Genetic Strategies of Immune Modulation
Monday, November 3
Dr. Matt Koski, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University
- Impacts of Global Change on Flower Color and Plant Reproduction
Monday, November 10
Joyce Thompson, Postdoctoral Researcher, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- Is Fate of the Primitive Endoderm Determined? Lessons Learned from Developing Mouse Embryos
Monday, November 17
Dr. Ximena Garcia Arceo, Ph.D, Biochemistry & Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco
- Cells Build Robust Organelles from Noisy Processes: Lessons from Algae and Yeast
Monday, December 1
- TBD
Contact seminar series organizer Stacey Criswell with questions.