Biology Seminar Schedule - Fall 2020
Given the uncertainties surrounding the current COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Biology will hold virtual seminars during Fall 2020 semester. Please contact the Dr. Michael McCoy, Seminar Committee chair, for details.
| Date | Time | Speaker | Speaker Affiliation | Presentation Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, September 17, 2020 | 4:00 p.m. | April Blakeslee, Ph.D. | ECU | Conservation Issues and Parasites in Coastal Systems |
| Thursday, September 24, 2020 | 4:00 p.m. | David Chalcraft, Ph.D. | ECU | The effect of losing predator diversity on prey suppression in freshwater ponds. |
| Thursday, October 1, 2020 | 4:00 p.m. | Xiaoping Pan, Ph.D. | ECU | Toxicity, mechanism, and potential nematocidal activity of metal oxide nanoparticles |
| Thursday, October 15, 2020 | 4:00 p.m. | What's Up BIO! | N/A | N/A |
| Thursday, October 22, 2020 | 4:00 p.m. | Eileen Hoffan | Old Dominion University | Understanding Controls on Margalefidinium polykrikoides Blooms in the Lower Chesapeake Bay |
| Thursday, October 29, 2020 | 4:00 p.m. | Jeb Byers | UGA | System-wide change of southeastern US mudflats driven by an invasive ecosystem engineer |
| Thursday, November 5, 2020 | 4:00 p.m. | Franne Kamhi | Oberlin University, Ohio | TBA |
| Thursday, November 12, 2020 | 4:00 p.m. | Dr. Nkrumah Grant | University of Idaho | Pleiotropy maintains an ancient metabolism and causes elevated cell death with a novel metabolic innovation in evolving E. coli populations |
| Thursday, November 19, 2020 | 4:00 p.m. | Swanne Gordon | Washington University St. Luis | Sex- and morph-biased dispersal affect population structure and polymorphism |
| Thursday, December 3, 2020 | 4:00 p.m. | Cassie Stoddard | Princeton University | TBA |