Biology Seminar Schedule - Fall 2022

The Department of Biology will hold online or hybrid (in person and online) seminars during Fall 2022 semester.  Please contact Dr. Xiaoping Pan, Seminar Committee chair, for details.

DateTimeSpeakerSpeaker AffiliationPresentation Title
Thursday, August 25, 20224:00 p.m.Shengyang He, Ph.D.Duke UniversityClimate impact on plant-microbe interactions (virtual only)
Thursday, September 8, 20224:00 p.m.Rebecca Asch, Ph.D.East Carolina UniversityA tale of three seas: Changing ocean seasonality, species distribution, and connections with ecosystem-based fisheries management (hybrid)
Thursday, September 15, 20224:00 p.m.Yi-Pin Lin, Ph.D.Wadsworth Center, NY State Department of Health Structural evolution of an immune evasion determinant shapes Lyme borreliae host tropism
Thursday, September 22, 20224:00 p.m.Josh Strable, Ph.D.North Carolina State UniversityMaize ETHYLENE INSENSITIVE3-LIKE genes regulate plant architecture
Thursday, September 29, 20224:00 p.m.Detlef KnappeNorth Carolina State UniversityPer- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in drinking water: community impacts and interventions to reduce human exposure
Thursday, October 6, 20224:00 p.m.Stacy Zhang, Ph.D.North Carolina State UniversityGlobal change drivers of fish communities and habitat
Thursday, October 13, 20224:00 p.m.Christian Briseno-Avena, Ph.D.University of North Carolina, WilmingtonSmall-scale dynamics in zooplankton ecology: lessons from field and laboratory experiments
Thursday, October 20, 20224:00 p.m.Ya-Xiong Tao, Ph.D.Auburn University College of Veterinary MedicineBiased signaling at the neural melanocortin receptors
Thursday, October 27, 20224:00 p.m.Jean-Philippe Gibert, Ph.D.Duke UniversityTemperature response and eco-phenotypic dynamics within microbial food webs
Thursday, November 3, 20224:00 p.m.Crystal Rogers, Ph.D.University of California, DavisBurroughs-Wellcome Invited Lecture: How genes and the environment alter the cells that make the face
Thursday, November 10, 20224:00 p.m.Jennifer Koop, Ph.D.Northern Illinois University
Thursday, November 17, 20224:00 p.m.David Collar, Ph.D.Christopher Newport University
Thursday, December 1, 20224:00 p.m.Max Castorani, Ph.D.University of Virginia