Seminars Spring 2025

The Department of Biology will hold in person and online seminars during Spring 2025 semester.  Please contact Dr. Jeff McKinnon, Seminar Committee chair, for questions.

DateTimeSpeakerSpeaker AffiliationPresentation Title
Monday, January 13, 20254:00 p.m.TT Genetics CandidateTBA
Thursday, January 16, 20254:00 p.m.TT Genetics CandidateTBA
Monday, January 27, 20254:00 p.m.TT Genetics Candidate
Thursday, January 30, 20254:00 p.m.Sara LipshutzDuke UniversitySex variation in behavior, hormones, and brains across diverse birds
Thursday, February 6, 20254:00 p.m.TBATBA
Thursday, February 13, 20254:00 p.m.Joel FodrieUNC Institute of Marine Sciences Landscape ecology of temperate seagrass meadows
Thursday, February 20, 20254:00 p.m.Mallory ChoudoirNC State UniversityTBA
Thursday, February 27, 20254:00 p.m.Sangeet LamichhaneyKent State UniversityGalapagos Genomics: Adaptive Evolution in Darwin's Finches and Invasion of Avian Vampire Flies
Spring Break- March 13, 2025
Thursday, March 20, 20254:00 p.m.*James CobleyUniversity of Dundee, ScotlandTopic redox proteoforms and cell signaling
Thursday, March 27, 20254:00 p.m.Gregory SkomalMA Div Marine FisheriesLiving with White Sharks
Thursday, April 3, 20254:00 p.m.*Emilia JankowskaHourglass ClimateCoastal Enhanced Weathering as a Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal (mCDR) Technology: A Case Study from North Carolina
Thursday, April 10, 20254:00 p.m.Kyle David MansfieldBrody School of Medicine (East Carolina University)RNA methylation: Modifying cellular functions and pathological conditions at the posttranscriptional level
Thursday, April 17, 20254:00 p.m.Biology Undergraduate Research SymposiumEast Carolina UniversityStudent Thesis Presentations
Thursday, April 24, 20254:00 p.m.Jason WilliamsHofstra UniversityDelving into the larval stages of parasitic isopods from the shallows to the deep: new species and novel structures

*denotes seminar will be held online