Biology Seminars Fall 2024

Biology Seminars for Fall 2024

September

Friday September 6, 3:00 p.m., in Life Sciences 185

Title: Faculty Lightning Talks 
Dr. Clara Shaw - Effects of Maternal Age on Offspring Virus Susceptibility

Dr. Ted Ozersky - What Loss of Ice Means for Northern Lakes

Dr. Howard Deng - Beyond Detoxification: Exploring Novel Functions of the Keap1-Nrf2 Pathway in Drosophila
 

Friday, September 13, 3:00 p.m., in Life Sciences 185

Title: Driven by Ice: Microbial Processes and Seasonal Dynamics in a Changing Cryosphere
Dr. Trista Vick-Majors, Michigan Tech
Hosted by Dr. Ted Ozersky

Friday, September 20, 3:00 p.m., in Life Sciences 185

Title: Investigations Into Potential Drivers of the American Kestrel's Continental Population Decline
Dr. Mercy Melo, Pennsylvania Game Commission
Hosted by Emily Pavlovic/Dr. Matt Etterson

Friday, September 27, 3:00 p.m., in Life Sciences 185

Title: Global Change and One Health: From Populations to the Planet
Dr. Mike Mahon, Postdoc; Duluth EPA
Hosted by Dr. Clara Shaw

October 

Friday, October 4, 2:30 p.m., in Bohannon 90

Swenson College of Science and Engineering Academy Celebration  
Inductees: Dr. Mark Deeg, Dr. Julie Lucas & Dr. Lindsey Dietz
Come meet our inductees and learn about their career journeys.

Friday, October 11, 3:00 p.m., in Life Sciences 185 

Title: From Confirmatory to Course-based Undergraduate Research: Iterations toward Transforming General Chemistry Lab Curriculum
Dr. Jacob Wainman, UMD Chemistry & Biochemistry Dept
Hosted by Dr. Katie Schreiner

Friday, October 18, 3:00 p.m., in Life Sciences 185

Title: Putting the Dead to Work: A Paleobiological Perspective on Biodiversity Conservation
Dr. Jansen Smith, UMD EES Assistant Professor
Hosted by Dr. Clara Shaw

Friday, October 25 :: NO SEMINAR - Fall Break
 

November

Friday, November 1, 3:00 p.m., in Life Sciences 185

Title: Timing of Spring Phenology is a (Half)Year-Long Process
Dr. Al Kovaleski, UW Madison
Hosted by Dr. Jessica Savage

Friday, November 8, 3:00 p.m., in Life Sciences 185

Title: Organismal Biology in the Age of AI
Dr. Arthur Porto, Florida Museum
Hosted by Dr. Jansen Smith/ Dr. Latisha Brengman

Friday, November 15, 3:00 p.m., in Life Sciences 185

Title: TBA
Dr. Samantha Rumschlag, Duluth EPA
Hosted by Dr. Clara Shaw

Friday, November 22, 3:00 p.m., in Life Sciences 185

Title: Graduate Student 5 Minute Lightning Talks
TBA
Hosted by Dr. Clara Shaw

December

Friday, December 6, in Life Sciences 185

Title: Immune Function and Pigmentation in Common Redpolls (Acanthis Flammea)
Erika Swanson, IBS Masters Student Thesis Presentation

Friday, December 13, 3:00 p.m., in Life Sciences 185

TBA