Biology Seminar Schedule - Spring 2021
Given the uncertainties surrounding the current COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Biology will hold virtual seminars during Spring 2021 semester. Please contact Dr. Xiaoping Pan, Seminar Committee chair, for details.
| Date | Time | Speaker | Speaker Affiliation | Presentation Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, January 21, 2021 | 4:00 p.m. | Elizabeth Ables | ECU | What can microscopy do for your research? |
| Thursday, January 28, 2021 | 4:00 p.m. | Rebecca Tarvin | UC Berkley | Fine-Scale Evolution of Aposematism in Poison Frogs |
| Thursday, February 4, 2021 | 4:00 p.m. | Dave Chalcraft | ECU | Biology Chair Candidate Presentation |
| Thursday, February 18, 2021 | 4:00 p.m. | Jim Carlton | Williams College | The Age of Invasions Meets the Age of Plastics: How Tsunamis, Megarafting, Coastal Development, and Climate Change May All Be Related |
| Thursday, February 25, 2021 | 4:00 p.m. | Yiping Qi | Improved CRISPR tools for multiplexed plant genome engineering | |
| Thursday, March 4, 2021 | 4:00 p.m. | Dave Nelson | UC Riverside | How fire followers and parasitic plants know when to grow |
| Thursday, March 11, 2021 | 4:00 p.m. | Andres Bendesky | Columbia University | The Genetic Bases of Betta Fish Domestication |
| Thursday, March 18, 2021 | 4:00 p.m. | Chun Peng | York University | The TGF-beta signaling pathway and its modulating microRNAs in placental development and pregnancy complication |
| Thursday, March 25, 2021 | 4:00 p.m. | Cheryl S. Harrison | University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley | Sim Turtle: Identifying global favorable habitat for little loggerheads |
| Thursday, April 1, 2021 | 4:00 p.m. | Dr. Nyssa Silbiger | Cal State-Northridge | "pH"ingerprinting coastal ecosystems: connecting climate change, natural variability, and biological feedbacks |
| Thursday, April 8, 2021 | 4:00 p.m. | Kimberly Tanner | San Francisco State University | Talk Matters: Investigating the Nature of Non-Content Classroom Language – Instructor Talk – that May Mediate Student Inclusion, Engagement, and Learning |
| Thursday, April 15, 2021 | 4:00 p.m. | Jon Eisenback | Virginia Tech | What nematodes know about soil health and the environment |
| Thursday, April 22, 2021 | 4:00 p.m. | Michelle Staudinger | University of Massachusetts | Phenological diversity in the Gulf of Maine |