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Departmental Seminars & Graduate Student Colloquium

Departmental Seminars (Monday) & Graduate Student Colloquiums (Thursday) begin at 4:00 p.m. in MRB III V1220.

Departmental Seminar Series Schedule

Fall 2024 Seminar Schedule

August 26Cassandra Quave, Emory University (Host: Allison Walker)
September 2Labor Day, No Seminar
September 9No Seminar
September 16Paul Turner, Yale University (Host: Megan Behringer)
September 23Josipa Roksa, University of Virginia (Host: Cynthia Brame)
September 30Matt Traxler, UC Berkeley (Host: Allison Walker)
October 7Fabio Machado, Oklahoma State University (Host: Carlos Taboada)
October 14Sarah Short, Ohio State University (Host: Julian Hillyer)
October 21Alan Cohen, Columbia University (Host: Amanda Lea)
October 28Elizabeth Derryberry, University of Tennessee (Host: GSA)
November 4Catherine von Reyn , Drexel University (Host: Marie Suver)
November 11Natalie Steinel, UMass Lowell (Host: Ann Tate )
November 18Anand Swaroop, National Eye Institute (Host: Gianni Castiglione)
November 25Thanksgiving Week, No Seminar
December 2Cris Niell, University of Oregon (Host: Alex Tiriac)
December 9Roberto Marquez, Virginia Tech (Host: Carlos Taboada)
December 16Daniel Jarosz, Stanford University (Host: Jared Nordman)

Spring 2025 Seminar Schedule

January 20MLK Day- No seminar
February 17Natasha Mhatre, Western University (Host: Marie Suver)
February 24Albert Kao, UMass Boston (Host: Ann Tate)
March 3Saikat Mukhopadhyay, UT Southwestern Medical Center (Host: Hemant Badgandi)
March 10Spring Break - No Seminar
March 17Matthew Kayser, Penn Medicine at UPenn (Host: Alexandre Tiriac)
March 24Karen Carleton, University of Maryland College Park (Host: Gianni Castiglione)
March 31Gavin Sherlock, Stanford University (Host: Megan Behringer)
April 7Matthew Parker, UT Southwestern Medical Center (Host: Jared Nordman)
April 14Yunsun Nam, UT Southwestern Medical Center (Host: Brandt Eichman)
April 21Elli Theobald, University of Washington (Hosts: Cynthia Brame and Katherine Friedman )
April 28Lauren Esposito, California Academy of Sciences (Host: IBA)

Graduate Student Colloquium

Fall 2024 Colloquium

October 17First-Year Curriculum Changes Todd Graham, Professor of Biological Sciences
November 7RIP TalksOwen Hale & Olivia Nunn
December 5DEI CommitteePaul Durst, Assistant Professor of the Practice of Biological Sciences

Spring 2025 Colloquium

February 6RIP TalksVanessa Miller & Jake Hermanson
February 20LA Program Research TalksLA Program
March 6RIP TalksAudrey Arner & Theo Danis
March 20RIP TalksCameron Cohen & Samantha Shaffner
April 3RIP TalksXimena Leon & David Gonzalez
April 17RIP TalksEvi Malagise & Emma Peacock
May 1RIP TalksWilliam McLaughlin, Leah Oswalt, & Emilee Patterson