Seminars Fall 2025
The Department of Biology will hold online or in-person seminars during Fall 2025 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 “format” column below, or you can contact the host. Please contact Dr. Rebecca Asch, Seminar Committee chair, for details.
Seminar Schedule
| Date | Speaker | Speaker Affiliation | Format | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28-Aug | Jim Morley | ECU | In person | Investigating coastal ecological impacts and climate influences to inform ecosystem based fisheries management |
| 4-Sep | Haiqi Chen | UT Southwestern | Online | Engineering spatial omics technologies for understanding tissue and cell functions |
| 11-Sep | Karen Mruk | ECU | In person | Harnessing the regenerative power of zebrafish to understand central nervous system injury and repair |
| 18-Sep | Aline Acosta | UNC Charlotte | In person | Advances in the integrative taxonomy of monogenean (Platyhelminthes) parasites from Neotropical fishes |
| 25-Sep | Rachel Roper | ECU BSOM | In person | Poxvirus Outbreaks & Development of Improved Poxvirus Based Vaccines for Infectious Diseases & Cancer |
| 2-Oct | Yong Zhu | ECU Biology | In person | Steroid Receptor & Metalloproteinase Controlled Oocyte Maturation, Ovulation & Folliculogenesis. |
| 9-Oct | Will Heyman | Sustainable Marine Solutions | In person | Ecology and management of reef fish spawning aggregations in the Western Central Atlantic |
| 16-Oct | Elaine Guevara | Duke University | In person | Conservation, adaptation, and health in a naturally long-lived, leaf-eating lemur |
| 23-Oct | Joseph Luczkovich | ECU Biology | In person | Adventures with Blackbeard, the acoustic wave glider: tracking southern flounder and the "unknown buzz". |
| 30-Oct | Rachel West | Auburn University | Online | Breaking Open the Black Box of Pregnancy Loss |
| 6-Nov | Roland Kays | NCSU | In person | Local and Global Biodiversity Monitoring with the Internet of Animals |
| 13-Nov | Mike Piacentino (tentative) | Johns Hopkins SOM | In person (connected with course) | Lipid Management in Craniofacial Development: From Neural Crest Migration to Placode Specification |
| 20-Nov | Kosta Simintiras | Louisiana State University | Online | Recapitulating maternal-embryo dialogue in vitro |
| 27-Nov | Thanksgiving break | |||
| 4-Dec | Lee Smee | Dauphin Island Sea Lab | In person | Shell Shocked: Predators Influence Oyster Morphology and Reef Food Web Dynamics |
ADA Accommodations
Individuals requesting accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) should contact ECU’s ADA coordinator at least 48 hours prior to the event at 252-737-1018 or ada-coordinator@ecu.edu.