Seminars Spring 2023

The Department of Biology will hold online or hybrid (in person and online) seminars during Spring 2023 semester.  Please contact Dr. Xiaoping Pan, Seminar Committee chair, for details.

DateTimeSpeakerSpeaker AffiliationPresentation Title
Thursday, February 2, 20234:00 p.m.Johanna Hannan, Ph.D. & Jamie DeWitt, Ph.D.East Carolina UniversityThe biological disconnect between brain sex and body sex
Thursday, February 9, 20234:00 p.m.Biology Faculty Candidate
Thursday, February 16, 20234:00 p.m.Biology Faculty Candidate
Thursday, February 23, 20234:00 p.m.Kat Dale, Ph.D.East Carolina UniversityA multifaceted view of fish dispersal in the Eastern Pacific
Thursday, March 2, 20234:00 p.m.Paula Stein, Ph.D.National Institute of Environmental Health SciencesWhen sperm meets the egg, calcium dominates the conversation
Thursday, March 16, 20234:00 p.m.Brett Keiper, Ph.D.East Carolina UniversityGerm cell mRNAs are regulated by translation factors and Vasa/GLH-1 mRNP complexes in P granules
Thursday, March 23, 20234:00 p.m.Gerald G Carter, Ph.D.The Ohio State UniversityCooperative relationships in vampire bats
Thursday, March 30, 20234:00 p.m.Rebecca Morris, Ph.D.University of MelbourneDeveloping the knowledge needed for wider implementation of living shorelines
Thursday, April 6, 20234:00 p.m.Lawrence David, Ph.D.Duke UniversityUnderstanding, predicting, and manipulating the human gut microbiome
Thursday, April 13, 20234:00 p.m.Biology Undergraduate Research Symposium
Thursday, April 20, 20234:00 p.m.Catherine Denning-Jannace, Ph.D.Duke UniversityChanges in metallohomeostasis of the opportunistic fungal pathogen Candida albicans due to azole antifungal treatment