Seminars Fall 2024
The Department of Biology will hold online or in-person seminars during Fall 2024 semester. Seminars start at 4:00 pm unless otherwise stated. All in-person seminars are located in Life Sciences and Biotechnology 1006. Links for online-only seminars will be available in the “location” column below, or you can contact the host. Please contact Dr. Jeff McKinnon, Seminar Committee chair, for details.
| Date | Speaker | Speaker Affiliation | Format | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22-Aug | Ariane Peralta | ECU Biology | On-site | Microbial controls on wetland ecosystem processes in a changing world | |
| 29-Aug | Elizabeth Ables | ECU Biology | On-site | Integrating local and physiological signals to influence cell fate | |
| 5-Sep | Nare Ngoepe | EAWAG / U. Bern | Online (noon) | The Evolutionary Diversification of Cichlid Fishes Reconstructed from Sedimentary Deposits | |
| 12-Sep | DeShou Wang | Southwest University of China | Online | Sex Determination in Tilapia | |
| 19-Sep | Eric "Britt" Moore | University of North Carolina, Wilmington | On-site | Exploring Relationships between Root Dynamics and Soil Health Regenerating Practices | |
| 26-Sep | Chris Geyer and Cam Schmidt | ECU (BSOM and Biology) | On-site | Integrative Biology of Male Fertility: From Meiosis to Sperm Diffusive Search (Joint Seminar) | |
| 3-Oct | Jon Davenport | Appalachian State University | On-site | Understanding the factors controlling ectotherm communities in the Southern Appalachians | |
| 10-Oct | Core facilities staff | ECU (BSOM and Biology) | On-site | 'Hard-Core' Science: Integrative Genomics, Mass Spec, and Flow Cytometry Core Services You Should be Using! | |
| 17-Oct | Stephanie Archer | Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) | On-site | Using sound to understand biodiversity and animal behavior in reef-associated communities | |
| 24-Oct | Susanna Brantley | Duke University | On-site | BMP Signaling Dynamics in the Early Drosophila Embryo | |
| 31-Oct | Reed Noss | University of Florida and Southeastern Grasslands Institute | On-site | An Unexpected Coastal Plain Biodiversity Hotspot | |
| 7-Nov | Nadine Heck | ECU Coastal Studies | On-site | Global drivers of mangrove loss in protected areas | |
| 14-Nov | Lynn Siefferman | Appalachian State University | On-Site | Winging it: Aggressive female tree swallows lead the charge in a range expansion and cope better with anthropogenic change | |
| 21-Nov | Tiffany Kosch | U. Melbourne (Australia) | Online | Exploring genomic approaches for increasing disease resilience in amphibians | |
| 28-Nov | Thanksgiving | N/A | Thanksgiving break | ||
| 5-Dec | Candidate Seminar | On-site |