Biology Seminars for Spring 2025
January
Friday January 17, 3:00 p.m., in Life Sciences 185
- Title: "Effects of Anthropogenic Sound on Fish Behavior and Predator-Prey Dynamics"
- Leah Glimsdal; WRS Masters Student
Friday, January 24, 3:00 p.m., in Life Sciences 185
- Title: Faculty Lightning Talks -
- "Effects of a devastating disease on Minnesota bat populations" Dr. Ron Moen
- "Vestigial organs in nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria!!??" Dr. Cody Shiek;
- "Does unintended evolution happen when wild plant populations are raised on native seed farms?" Dr. Julie Etterson
Friday, January 31, 3:00 p.m., in Life Sciences 185
- Title: "Evaluating CO2 and Sound as an Invasive Bigheaded Carp Deterrent in a Model Lock and Dam"
- Michael Frett; WRS Masters Student
February
Friday, 7, 3:00 p.m., Life Science 185
- Title: "Fishers, Flying Squirrels, and Fungi: Mammals in a Changing World"
- Dr. Michael Joyce; NRRI
- Hosted by Dr. Jennifer Liang
Friday, February 14, 3:00 p.m., in Life Sciences 185
- Title: "Through the Lens of Time: Reflections on Advances in Cerebral Vascular Biology"
- Dr. Les Drewes; UM Medical School Duluth
- Hosted by Dr. Jennifer Liang
Friday, February 21, 3:00 p.m., in Life Sciences 185
- Title: "The History, Ecology, and Conservation of Breeding Birds in Minnesota"
- Dr. Jerry Niemi; UM Medical School Duluth
- Hosted by Dr. Jennifer Liang
Friday, February 28, 3:00 p.m., in Life Sciences 185
- Title: "Intrinsic Determinants of Prion Protein (Mis)Folding and Pathogenesis"
- Dr. Pedro Fernandez-Funez; UMN Medical School
- Hosted by Dr. Clara Shaw
March
Friday, March 7, 3:00 p.m., in Life Sciences 185
- Title: TBA
- Dr. PJ Torres; College of the Holy Cross
- Hosted by Dr. Clara Shaw
Friday, March 14th - Spring Break - No Seminar
Friday, March 21, 3:00 p.m., in Life Sciences 185
- Inspirational Teacher in the Life Sciences Awardee
Friday, March 28, 3:00 p.m., in Life Sciences 185
- Title: “Driven to Discover”: Nature the Final Frontier"
- Dr. Sue Okerstrom; Lichen Labs
- Hosted by Dr. John Pastor
April
Friday, April 4, in Life Sciences 185
- Title: "Exploring the Impact of a Perfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) and Interspecific Variation on Passerine Metabolism"
- Angelica Smith, IBS Masters Student
Friday, April 11, 3:00 p.m., in Life Sciences 185
- Title: Minnesota White-Tailed Deer: Vehicle Collision aftermath and Movement during the Firearm Season.
- Marissa Bober, IBS Masters Student
Friday, April 18, 3:00 p.m. in Life Sciences 185
- Title: TBA
- Dr. Alexandra Zachwieja; UM Medical School Duluth
- Hosted by Dr. Julie Etterson
May
Friday, May 2, 3:00 p.m. in Life Sciences 185
- Title: TBA
- Austen Hilding, IBS Masters Student