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

  • 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

  • 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

Matt Cowan, PhD Candidate, Drexel University

  • TBD

Monday, October 28, 2024

Douglas Emlen, Montana Regents Professor of Biology, University of Montana

  • Extreme animal weapons 

Monday, November 4, 2024

Karen Barnard-Kubow, Genomics Research Director and Education, James Madison University

  • TBD

Contact seminar series organizer Stacey Criswell with questions.