Friday, January 16th
Faculty Lightning Talks
- Dr. Allen Mensinger - HIP Marine Biology
- Dr. Cody Sheik - It's ALIVE! The Ins and Outs of Ship Goo
- Dr. Briana Gross - What is a Dwarf Bilberry, Anyway?
Friday, January 23th
Evaluating Drones for Monitoring Moose in New Hampshire, USA
- Speaker: Lily Hall
- Affiliation: University of New Hampshire
- Hosted by: Dr. Allen Mensinger
Friday, January 30th
Targeting Metabolic Vulnerabilities of Triple Negative Breast Cancer
- Speaker: Dr. Andrew Skildum
- Affiliation: UM Medical School
- Hosted by: Dr. Clara Shaw
February
Friday, February 6th
Title: CryoEM Studies of Virus and Host Interactions
- Speaker: Dr. Susan Hafenstein
- Affiliation: UMTC Hormel Institute
- Hosted by: Dr. Clara Shaw
Friday, February 13th
Darwin Day - The Origin of Species
- Speaker: Dr. Tim Craig & Joanne K. Itami
- Affiliation: UMD Department of Biology
- Hosted by: Dr. Allen Mensinger
Friday, February 20th (Location - Chem 200)
Title: Nectar Chemistry at the Nexus of Plant-biotic Interactions
- Speaker: Dr. Clay Carter
- Affiliation: UMTC College of Biological Sciences
- Hosted by: Dr. Tim Craig/Dept of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Friday, February 27th
Graduate Student Lightning Talks
March
Friday, March 6th
No Seminar
Friday, March 13th
No Seminar
Friday, March 20th
Inspirational Teacher in the Life Sciences
Friday, March 27th
Characterizing avian risk and multivariate contaminant profiles of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
- Speaker: Briar Lenz
- Affiliation: IBS Masters Student
- Hosted by: Dr. Matthew Etterson
April
Friday, April 3rd
Title: Interdisciplinary Aquatic and Terrestrial Biological Research Using Remote Sensing and In-situ Observations
- Speaker: Dr. Jeff Pu
- Affiliation: PostDoc - LLO
- Hosted by: Dr. Bill Perry
Friday, April 10th
Title: TBA
- Speaker: Dr. Eric Seabloom
- Affiliation: UMTC and Cedar Creek
- Hosted by: Dr. Wendy Reed
Friday, April 17th
Title: Comparative Biomechanics of Native and Invasive Lampreys: A Framework for Species-Specific Management
- Speaker: Lauren Willman
- Affiliation: WRS Masters Student
- Hosted by: Dr. Allen Mensinger
Friday, April 24th
Title: The role of Extracellular Matrix Proteins Fibronectin and Laminin in Axis Formation Within the Zebrafish Pineal Gland
- Speaker: Brennan Rosenthal
- Affiliation: IBS Masters Student
- Hosted by: Dr. Jennifer Liang
May
Friday, May 1st
Title: TBA
- Speaker: Shannon Meehan
- Affiliation: IBS Masters Student
- Hosted by: Dr. Julie Etterson
Friday, May 9th
Title: TBA
- Speaker: Anuj Singh
- Affiliation: IBS PhD Student
- Hosted by: Dr. Vankatram Mereddy