Department of Biology

Biology Colloquium Archived

Fall 2020 Seminars:

August 28, 2020: Truffle trouble: Field Inoculation of pecan (Carya Illinoinensis) with the native, edible pecan truffle (Tuber lyonii). Dr. Arthur Grupe, University of Colorado, Boulder.

September 4, 2020: Out of Western North America: systematics and phylogeography of Rhizopogon subgenus Villosuli based on genome-scale sequence typing. Dr. Alija Mujic. Department of Biology, California State University, Fresno.
September 11, 2020: Richer than Gold: Biodiversity vs. Industrial Mining. Dr. Roo Vandergrift, Independent environmental activist.
September 18, 2020: Reconstructing locomotion: Lessons from the joints of living animals. Ms. Armita Manafzadeh . Brown University.
September 25, 2020: Report from the front lines of our multicellularity Long Term Evolution Experiment: evolving tough bodies, simple development, and increased cellular interdependence. Dr. William Ratcliff, Georgia Institute of Technology.
October 2, 2020: Adaptation in a changing world: human influences on evolution. Dr. Kiyoko Gotanda, Sherbrooke University/University of Cambridge.
October 9, 2020: Amphibious fishes: Terrestrial locomotion, performance, orientation, and behaviors from an applied perspective. Dr. Noah Bressman, Chapman University.
October 16, 2020: Physiological Plasticity of Bivalves Under Global Climate Change. Dr. Omera Matoo, University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
October 23, 2020: About ghosts and parasites: Studies on the interactions between the threespine stickleback and its parasitic tapeworm. Ms. Anika Wohlleben, Clark University.
November 6, 2020: Plant worms, zombie ants and their biotechnological potential, the case of the entomopathogenic fungus Cordyceps. Dr. Tatiana Sanjuan, Antioquia University in Medellin, Colombia.
November 13, 2020: Hitchhiker's Guide to Migration: avian malaria in migrating sparrows. Dr. Tosha Kelly, Louisiana State University.
November 20, 2020: The Fungi Foundation: what can an NGO do to advance conservation, research and awareness of Kingdom Fungi? Ms. Giuliana Ford, Fundación Fungi.
December 4, 2020: Evolutionary ecology of social networks and risk-taking in mammals: from hyenas to ground squirrels. Dr. Jennifer Smith, Mills College, Oakland, CA.

Spring 2020 Seminars:

January 24, 2020: Behavioral Diversity and Fitness: Field Studies of Oklahoma Collared Lizards. Dr. Troy Baird, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmund.

January 31, 2020: Bear Ecology and Management in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks. Dr. Tyler Coleman. Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks.
February 7, 2020: Invaders! The Invasive American Bullfrog in California. Mark Halvorsen, Fresno Chaffee Zoo.
February 14, 2020: Bioinspired materials synthesis across multiple length scales using protein cages. Dr. Masaki Uchida, Department of Chemistry, California State University, Fresno.
February 21, 2020: From Predation to Anthrophobia: The Consequences of Fear in Animal Populations. Dr. Breanna Putman. California State University, San Bernardino.
February 28, 2020: Winging it alone: The effects of single parenthood on single parents. April Booth, University of California, Davis.
March 6, 2020: A Hot Prospect: Teasing Apart the Effects of Oxygen and Temperature on Animal Physiology. Dr. John VandenBrooks, Midwestern University, Glendale, AZ.
March 13, 2020: A Learning Cycle in Global Agriculture: Sustainability and Ecology. Dr. Anil Shrestha. Department of Viticulture and Enology, California State University, Fresno.
March 27, 2020: Microproteomic analysis of laser capture microdissected cell protrusions. Dr. Karine Gousset, Department of Biology, California State University, Fresno.
April 3, 2020: Exploring Avian Ecoimmunology Research at Fresno State: From City Living to Pretty Feathers. Dr. Joel Sade, Department of Biology, California State University, Fresno.
April 17, 2020: The Impact of Coastal Dredging on the Avian and Intertidal Macroinvertebrate Biodiversity of Morro Bay, California. Shelby Moshier. Department of Biology, California State University, Fresno.
May 1, 2020: Design and Synthesis of Tri-aryl Methyl Amine Compounds for Biological Evaluation as Anti-Infective Agents. Inderpreet Bal, Department of Biology, Biology Honors Program, California State University, Fresno.
May 1, 2020: Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance in Klebsiella pneumonia Biofilms. Alexandra Hough, Department of Biology, Biology Honors Program, California State University, Fresno.

Fall 2019 Seminars:

August 30, 2019: Prey capture in carnivorous plants. Maxwell Hall (Dr. Ulrike Müller’s lab), Department of Biology, California State University, Fresno.

September 6, 2019: A tale of two mammals: Understanding the population structure and historical demography. Robert Boria, University of California, Merced.
September 13, 2019: Temperature-oxygen performance surfaces of lizards. Dalton Leibold (Dr. Rory Telemeco’s lab), Department of Biology, California State University, Fresno.
September 20, 2019: Cancer metabolomics. Sarah Abuelreich (Dr. Jason Bush’s lab), Department of Biology, California State University, Fresno.
September 27, 2019: Are Mycoheterotrophs Actually Parasitic? Dr. Alija Mujic, Department of Biology, California State University, Fresno.
October 11, 2019: Juvenile salmon bioenergetics. Dr. Steve Blumenshine and Stephen Winsor, Department of Biology, California State University, Fresno.
October 18, 2019: Genetic Counseling: An Emerging Frontier in Medicine, Cindy Morgan, Aisha Furqan
October 25, 2019: Panel Discussion on Pathways for Careers in Teaching, Dr. Alexandria Hansen (plus panel), Department of Biology, California State University, Fresno.
November 1, 2019: Non-invasive modulation of motor and parietal cortices during procedural and declarative memory tasks. Alexandria Pabst, University of California, Merced.
November 8, 2019: Coastal nourishment - climate change and dredging. Shelby Moshier (Dr. Joshua Reece’s lab), Department of Biology, California State University, Fresno.
November 15, 2019: Agricultural Invasions and "Superweeds" - The Characterization of Herbicide Resistance of a Central Valley Weed. Romy Lum (Dr. Katherine Waselkov’s lab), Department of Biology, California State University, Fresno.
November 22, 2019: We did something bad: is this the end of the antibiotic era? | Antimicrobial Resistance in Bacillus Strains Found in Probiotics. Manny Flores (Dr. Tricia Van Laar’s lab), Department of Biology, California State University, Fresno.
December 6, 2019: How to give a good science talk – lessons learned. Dr. Ulrike Muller, plus panel, Department of Biology, California State University, Fresno.

Spring 2019 Seminars:

January 25, 2019: Use and optimization of molecular tools for assessing marine systems. Dr. Collin Closek, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University.
February 1, 2019: Next-Generation Sequencing. Drew Kebbel, Illumina, Inc.
February 8, 2019: The Molecules that Define Races, Species, and Everything in Between. Dr. Joseph Ross, Department of Biology, California State University, Fresno.
February 15, 2019: Recent Changes and Long Term Context for Western US Wildfire. Dr. LeRoy Westerling, School of Engineering, University of California, Merced.
February 22, 2019: Leveraging Symbionts to Protect Pollinator Populations. Dr. Quinn McFrederick, University of California, Riverside.
March 1, 2019: How Should We Manage Forests in an Era of Climate Change? Dr. Emily Moran, School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced.
March 8, 2019: Ice, Ice, Baby! Thermal Physiology of Polar Seal Pups? Dr. Heather Liwanag, Biological Sciences, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
March 15, 2019: Investigating the Relationship of Evolution Acceptance to Knowledge, Attitudes, and Demographic Factors. Ryan Dunk, Syracuse University.
March 22, 2019: Collapse of an ecological network in Ancient Egypt. Dr. Justin Yeakel, School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced.
March 29, 2019: Defining Cell Signaling in the Primary Cilium of the Developing Brain. Dr. Xuecai (Susan) Ge, University of California, Merced.
April 5, 2019: Fire, Forests, and Water in the Sierra Nevada, California. Dr. Scott Stephens, University of California, Berkeley.
April 12, 2019: The Color of Fat: Brown, Beige, White, and More. Dr. Shingo Kajimura, Cell and Tissue Biology, University of California, San Francisco.
April 26, 2019: Metabolic and Structural Consequences of "Extreme" Fiber Size in Crustacean Muscle Cells. Dr. Kristin Hardy, Biological Sciences, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
May 3, 2019: The Dark Side of the Sea: How Microbial Communities Process Carbon, Nutrients, and Oxygen and Alter Marine Ecosystems. Dr. J. Michael Beman, School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced.

Fall 2018 Seminars:

August 31, 2018: Seeing Neuropharmacology in a New Light. Dr. Ming-Chi Tsai, Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley.

September 7, 2018: Space-time models for ecological applications. Dr. Earvin Balderama, Department of Mathematics, California State University, Fresno. & Improving structural variation prediction with sparsity and relatedness models. Dr. Mario Banuelos, Department of Mathematics, California State University, Fresno.
September 14, 2018: Genomic analysis of the chicken host immune response to viral infection under abiotic stress. Perot Saelao, Integrative Genetics and Genomics, University of California, Davis.
September 21, 2018: Will behavior buffer climate change? Lessons from a model organism in ecology and evolution. Dr. Michael Angilletta, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University.
September 28, 2018: Living and Working with Adelie Penguins in Antarctica. Dr. Jean Pennycook, independent researcher.
October 5, 2018: Religious Cultural Competence in Evolution Education. Dr. Elizabeth Barnes, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University.
October 12, 2018: Target Preferences of Regenerating Retinal Rod and Cone Photoreceptors in vitro Revealed by Optical Tweezers. Dr. Robert J. Clarke, END Technologist, Fresno Community Hospital.
October 26, 2018: Hidden in Plain Sight: The Natural History Collections of the Fresno State Biology Department. Dr. Katherine Waselkov, Department of Biology, California State University, Fresno.
November 2, 2018: The Importance of Ideas Labs. Dr. Christopher Meyer, Dean, College of Science and Mathematics, California State University, Fresno.
November 9, 2018: Investigating the role of microRNAs in Triple Negative Breast Cancer. Maxine Umeh, Biochemistry, Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Davis.
November 16, 2018: Tick-borne Relapsing Fever in Ornithodoros parkeri collected near Fresno, CA. Cameron Osborne, Department of Biology, California State University, Fresno.

Spring 2018 Seminars:

February 2, 2018: Navigation in naturalistic environments: perception, learning, and memory. Dr. David Lent, Department of Biology, California State University, Fresno.
February 9, 2018: Investigating molecular problems in breast cancer. Dr. Jason Bush, Department of Biology, California State University, Fresno.
February 16, 2018: Life in limitation; understanding microbial life in oligotrophic aquatic regions. Dr. Aric Mine, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, California State University, Fresno.
February 23, 2018: AKAPs and Adenylyl Cyclase: the Next Dimension in cAMP Signaling. Dr. Carmen Dessauer, Integrative Biology and Pharmacology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX.
March 9, 2018: The Application of Nanomedicine in Cancer. Dr. M. Delwar Hussain, California Health Sciences University.
March 16, 2018: Valley Fever in California. Dr. Antje Lauer, California State University, Bakersfield.
April 6, 2018: GMP-Compatible Robotic Cell Expansion, Multi-Lineage Directed Differentiation, and Translational Application of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells. Dr. Carlos Tristan, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), NIH.
April 13, 2018: Dual avian malaria infections complicate vector competence studies. Dr. Anthony Cornel, University of California, Davis, Kearney Research Center.
April 20, 2018: Functional Trade-offs in Feeding Performance in Salamanders. Dr. Charlotte Stinson, California State University, Bakersfield.
April 27, 2018: Where do anticancer drugs come from? Drugging the Undruggable. Dr. Garth Powis, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute.

Fall 2017 Seminars:

September 1, 2017: Diverse Fire - Climate Relationships in California Ecosystems. Dr. Jon Keeley, USGS, Western Ecological Research Center and Sequoia National Park.
September 8, 2017: Air Pollution Impacts on Plant Water Relations. Dr. David Grantz, University of California, Riverside, Kearney Agricultural Center, Parlier.
September 15, 2017: Evolving timekeepers: the genetics of natural variation in diurnal and seasonal biological rhythms. Dr. Benjamin Blackman, Plant and Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley.
September 22, 2017: The biology and biotechnological potential of diatoms. Dr. Jeroen Gillard, Biology, California State University, Bakersfield.
September 29, 2017: The Kings River Fisher Project - the ecology and habitat needs of a secretive species in the southern Sierra Nevada. Dr. Kathryn Purcell, US Forest Service.
October 6, 2017: Post-fire soil carbon dynamics: implications on movement of particulate and dissolved pyrogenic carbon. Dr. Asmeret Berhe, Life and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Merced.
October 13, 2017: Comparative biogeography for marine protected area networks, mass mortalities, and jellyfish blooms. Dr. Michael Dawson, University of California, Merced.
October 20, 2017: Visual signals, adaptive diversification & the speciation continuum. Dr. Danielle Edwards, University of California, Merced.
October 27, 2017: Repetitive Element Splicing in the Brain and Psychiatric Disease. Dr. Sarven Sabunciyan, Johns Hopkins University.

Spring 2017 Seminars:

February 3, 2017: Evolution of the tRNA interaction Network in Bacteria and Eukaryotes. Dr. David Ardell, University of California, Merced.
February 10, 2017: The establishment of the Yellow Fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti) in the Central Valley. Ms. Jodi Holeman, Consolidated Mosquito Abatement District.
February 17, 2017: Endangered Species Research in the San Joaquin Valley: Trying to Save All the Parts. Dr. Brian Cypher, Endangered Species Recovery Program, California State University, Stanislaus.
February 24, 2017: Effects of the Jimpy mutation on mouse retinal structure and function. Dr. Anahit Hovhannisyan, University of California, Santa Cruz & Stanford University.
March 3, 2017: New strategies to control plant parasitic nematodes: the use of programmed cell death gene products and organic chalcones. Dr. Alejandro Calderón-Urrea, Department of Biology, California State University, Fresno.
March 10, 2017: Ecological and evolutionary responses of forest trees to environmental change. Dr. Emily Moran, University of California, Merced.
March 17, 2017: Breeding disease resistant table grapes. Dr. Rachel Naegele, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service.
March 24, 2017: Reduction of Feedback Inhibition in Homoserine Kinase (ThrB) enhances the L-Threonine Biosynthesis. Dr. Choon-Min Kang, California State University, Stanislaus.
April 7, 2017: Environmental Physiology of Salton Sea Fishes. Dr. Brian Sardella, California State University, Stanislaus.
April 21, 2017: Genetically Engineered Crops (GMOs): Scourge or Salvation? Dr. Paul Vincelli, Plant Pathology, University of Kentucky.
April 28, 2017: Development, hydraulic function, and hydraulic failure of woody plant xylem vessels. Dr. Anna Jacobson, Department of Biology, California State University, Bakersfield.
May 5, 2017: California Conservation: Preserving Our Heritage and our Iconic Wildlife. Dr. Brian Todd, Wildlife, Fish and Conservation, University of California, Davis

Fall 2016 Seminars:

December 7, 2016: Eco-physiological tradeoffs and the rise of fungus-farming ant societies. Dr. Jonathan Shik, University of Copenhagen.
November 30, 2016: Leveraging physiology to understand the biotic impacts of global change. Dr. Rory Telemeco, Auburn University.
November 28, 2016: Shake my fin: interactions between fish fins and flow. Dr. Anabela Resende da Maia, Eastern Illinois University.
November 18, 2016: Variation of the endocrine stress response in wild, free-living vertebrates. Dr. Carolyn Bauer, North Dakota State University.
November 4, 2016: Characterization of Lysyl Oxidase. Dr. Karlo Lopez, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University, Bakersfield.
October 28, 2016: The thirsty and drunken fly teaches us about behavioral motivation and plasticity. Dr. Fred Wolf, School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced.
October 21, 2016: Signal perception and virulence factor regulation in phytopathogenic bacteria. Dr. Isolde Francis, Department of Biology, California State University, Bakersfield.
October 14, 2016: Using genomic tools and evolutionary approaches to solve microbial problems. Dr. Mark Sistrom, Life and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Merced.
October 7, 2016: Toxoplasma gondii – a parasite’s understanding of the adaptive immune system. Dr. Kirk Jensen, School of Natural Sciences, Quantitative Systems Biology, University of California, Merced.
September 30, 2016: Phylogenetic reconstruction of deep-water sharks: things just ain’t what they seem. Again. Dr. Joshua Reece, Department of Biology, California State University, Fresno.
September 23, 2016: The odd link. Dr. Ana Gordon Bermúdez-Coronel, Department of Biology, California State University, Fresno.
September 16 , 2016: Putative Fungal Effectors for the Identification of Aggressive Isolates of Fusarium oxysporum from Soybean. Dr. Margaret Ellis, Department of Plant Science, California State University, Fresno.
September 9, 2016: Harnessing Immune System Proteins for the Treatment of Cancer and Infectious Disease. Dr. Cory Brooks, Department of Chemistry, California State University, Fresno.

Spring 2016 Seminars:

May 6, 2016: Deletion of the transcription factor Vax1 affects neuronal development and impairs fertility. Dr. Hanne Hoffman, Department of Reproductive Medicine, University of California, San Diego.
April 29, 2016: Myeloid cells and brain inflammation: Insights into cellular activation, tissue damage and neuroprotection. Dr. Astrid Cardona, Department of Biology, South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, University of Texas, San Antonio.
April 22, 2016: Evolutionary History of Chloridoid Grasses Estimated from 122 Nuclear Loci. Dr. Amanda Fisher, Biological Sciences, California State University, Long Beach.
April 8, 2016: How Does Ecological Specialization Evolve? Dr. Jason Sexton, University of California, Merced.
April 1, 2016: 126 Years of Cultivating Research at the University of California Botanical Garden, Berkeley. Andrew Doran, University and Jepson Herbaria, University of California, Berkeley.
March 18, 2016: Therapeutic Manipulation of Central T cell Tolerance. Dr. Maria Mouchess, Genentech.
March 11, 2016: The Therapeutic Potential of Tumor-Targeted Salmonella. Dr. David Bermudes, Department of Biology, California State University, North ridge.
March 4, 2016: Sterol Production in the Bacterial Domain. Dr. Paula Welander, Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University.
February 26, 2016: Translational Medicine: Concept, Objectives, and Formula for Success. Dr. Marc Shuman, University of California, San Francisco, Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center.
February 19, 2016: Thiolomics of bacteria: The importance of the sulfhydryl group. Dr. Mamta Rawat, Department of Biology, California State University, Fresno.
February 12, 2016: Candida albicans biofilms: Why are they important and how do they form? Dr. Clarissa Nobile, University of California, Merced.
February, 5, 2016: Life at intermediate Reynolds numbers: Lessons from larval fish. Dr. Ulrike Müller, Department of Biology, California State University, Fresno.

Fall 2015 Seminars:

December 9, 2015: From genes to genomes: Origins of biodiversity in the sea. Dr. Michelle Gaither, Durham University, UK.
December 7, 2015: The Evolution of Fire Ants: Systematics, Molecular Evolution, and Social Behavior. Dr. Dietrich Gotzek, University of Georgia.
December 4, 2015: As simple as possible? Merging complex phenotypes into the genetic theory of adaptation. Dr. Nic Kooyers, University of Virginia.
December 2, 2015: Sexual selection and sexual conflict: The importance of mating systems for genetic diversity and population adaptation. Dr. Alison Pischedda, University of California, Santa Barbara.
November 30, 2015: From Grasslands to Coral Reefs: What DNA Can tell Us about Biodiversity. Dr. Joshua Reece, Valdosta State University.
November 6, 2015: Ecological Processes in a Changing Environment: Perspectives from the Quaternary. Dr. Jessica Blois, University of California, Merced.
October 23, 2015: Evidence for foliar endophytic nitrogen-fixation in a widely distributed subalpine conifer. Dr. Carolin Frank, University of California, Merced.
October 16, 2015: Surveillance and Control of Zoonotic Diseases in California: Applied Medical Entomology in Public Health. Dr. Kerry Padgett, Vector-Borne Disease Section, California Department of Public Health, Richmond, CA
October 9, 2015: Using fruit flies to study behavioral decline associated with neurodegenerative disorders. Dr. David Lent, Department of Biology, California State University, Fresno.
September 25, 2015: Integrating physiology, behavior, and evolution to understand the consequences of global change. Dr. Alex Gunderson, University of California, Berkeley and San Francisco State University.
September 11, 2015: Glassy-Winged Sharpshooter Communication: We heard it [directly] through the grapevine. Dr. Rodrigo Krugner, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Parlier, CA
September 4, 2015: Factors Influencing Mating Behavior in Poeciliid Fishes. Dr. Gita Kolluru, California Polytechnic State University.

Spring 2015 Seminars:

May 8, 2015: TBA. Dr. Melissa Lodoen, University of California, Irvine.
May 1, 2015: Bcl-2 family proteins: a direct regulatory link between cell survival and metabolism? Dr. Laurent Dejean, Department of Chemistry, California State University, Fresno.
April 24, 2015: Respiratory Infections in the Elderly: Lessons Learnt from Dendritic Cells. Dr. Anshu Agrawal, University of California, Irvine.
April 17, 2015: CD4 T Cell Response During Chronic Viral Infection. Dr. Elina Zuniga, University of California, San Diego.
March 20, 2015: Drought induced rapid carbon loss from high elevation meadows in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Dr. Asmeret Berhe, Life and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Merced.
March 13, 2015: T cell-mediated autoimmune disease – a tale of two anemias. Dr. Katrina Hoyer, Molecular Cell Biology Group, University of California, Merced.
March 9, 2015: Genomics of adaptation and speciation in butterflies. Dr. Brian Counterman, Mississippi State University.
March 6, 2015: Using genomics to conserve and manage wildlife species. Dr. Catherine Cullingham, University of Alberta.
March 4, 2015: Microbial Experimental Evolution With the Vibrionaceae: Case Studies With Squid-Vibrio Mutualism. Dr. William Soto, Michigan State University.
March 3, 2015: The Ecology of Sex: How the environment shapes the strength of sexual selection and reproductive behaviors. Dr. Kenyon Mobley, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology.
March 2, 2015: Evolutionary and Ecological Consequences of Environmental Variation. Dr. Jason Brown, The City College of New York.
February 27, 2015: Good Drugs Gone Bad: An Investigation of Antimicrobial Resistance/Tolerance in War Wound Pathogens. Dr. Tricia Van Laar, US Army Institute of Surgical Research.
February 26, 2015: APOBEC3 Proteins: Protective Roles and Pathogenic Consequences. Dr. Allison Land, University of Minnesota.
February 23, 2015: Not “Just a Theory”: Examining the influence of a general education biology course on evolution knowledge and acceptance. Dr. Emily Walter, Western Michigan University.
February 20, 2015: Using the Disentanglement Principle to improve the science of evolution and climate change education. Dr. David Long, George Mason University.
February 18, 2015: Disentangling Surface Deposited Microbes from Endemic Microbes in a Terrestrial Hot Spring. Dr. Brandon Briggs, Miami University, Ohio.
February 13, 2015: Science, Language, and Power: Access for Today's Students. Dr. Emily Schoerning, College of Education, University of Iowa.
February 6, 2015: The role of tunneling nanotubes and Myosin X in disease. Dr. Karine Gousset, Department of Biology, CSU-Fresno.
January 30, 2015: Studying bacterial transcription factors in the post-genomic era. Dr. Hwan Youn, Department of Biology, California State University, Fresno.
January 28, 2015: The Young and the Restless: Evolutionary Explorations in the Plant Genera Amaranthus and Phlox. Dr. Katherine Waselkov, Division of Biology, Kansas State University.
January 26, 2015: An integrative approach to the study of plant diversity and diversification. Dr. Filipe Zapata, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Brown University.
January 23, 2015: Comparative morphology, anatomy, (and development) in Aquifoliales - pollen and fruit. Dr. Melanie Schori, Department of Environmental & Plant Biology, Ohio University.
January 16, 2015: Quantitative approaches to intercellular communication in plants. Dr. Heidi Rutschow, Department of Biology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Fall 2014 Seminars:

November 14, 2014: California Ocean Acidification Science Thrust: A COAST to COAST study of porcelain crab responses to ocean acidification and warming. Dr. Jonathon Stillman, San Francisco State University
November 7, 2014: Rational Design of Antibiotic Treatment Plans. Dr. Miriam Barlow, University of California, Merced
October 31, 2014: Fish Tales of the San Joaquin River: A Fisheries Approach to River Restoration. Dr. Don Portz, US Bureau of Reclamation
October 24, 2014: TBA - How Plants See Their Neighbors: Variations on a Theme. Dr. Julin Maloof, University of California, Davis.
October 17, 2014: Whole-body regeneration in a marine invertebrate. Dr. Elena Keeling, Biological Sciences Department, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
October 10, 2014: Restoration of Chinook Salmon in the San Joaquin River: Challenges in Times of Drought. Dr. Steve Blumenshine, Department of Biology, California State University, Fresno
October 3, 2014: From bacteria to salamanders: tetrodotoxin is an evolutionary mystery. Dr. Amber Stokes, Department of Biology, California State University, Bakersfield
September 26, 2014: Proteomes in changing environments: global warming and ocean acidification. Dr. Lars Tomanek, Biological Sciences Department, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
September 19, 2014: Regeneration lost and found: Evolution of regeneration loss in planarians and annelids. Dr. James Sikes, University of San Francisco
September 12, 2014: The fastest predator is a plant! Feeding strikes of the carnivorous bladderwort. Dr. Ulrike Müller, Department of Biology, California State University, Fresno
September 5, 2014: Dynamic regulation of mRNA decay during Drosophila neural development. Dr. Mike Cleary, Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Merced
August 29, 2014: Novel reproductive modes and pathoevolution in root-knot nematodes. Dr. Valerie Williamson, Department of Nematology, University of California, Davis

Spring 2014 seminars:

May 5, 2014: Genomic views of transcriptional and post-transcriptional gene regulation - Dr. Vishwanath (Vishy) Iyer, University of Texas, Austin; A RIMI Seminar
May 2, 2014: How Cyanobacteria Tell Time - Dr. Susan Golden, University of California, San Diego; A RIMI Seminar
May 2, 2014: Cyanobacterial synthetic biology, genetic tools, and production of renewable products, such as biofuels - Dr. James Golden, University of California, San Diego; A RIMI Seminar
April 25, 2014: Unlocking Autism: Massively Parallel Strategies and Shifting Genetic Paradigms - Dr. Brian J. O'Roak, Oregon Health & Science University

February 12, 2014: Darwin Day Lecture - Dr. Lee Alan Dugatkin, University of Louisville

February 7, 2014: Biodiversity in the Concrete Jungles of the Anthropocene. Dr. Madhusudan Katti, Department of Biology, California State University, Fresno

Fall 2020 Seminars:

August 28, 2020: Truffle trouble: Field Inoculation of pecan (Carya Illinoinensis) with the native, edible pecan truffle (Tuber lyonii). Dr. Arthur Grupe, University of Colorado, Boulder.

· September 4, 2020: Out of Western North America: systematics and phylogeography of Rhizopogon subgenus Villosuli based on genome-scale sequence typing. Dr. Alija Mujic. Department of Biology, California State University, Fresno.

September 11, 2020: Richer than Gold: Biodiversity vs. Industrial Mining. Dr. Roo Vandegrift, Independent environmental activist.

· September 18, 2020: Reconstructing locomotion: Lessons from the joints of living animals. Ms. Armita Manafzadeh . Brown University.

· September 25, 2020: Report from the front lines of our multicellularity Long Term Evolution Experiment: evolving tough bodies, simple development, and increased cellular interdependence. Dr. William Ratcliff, Georgia Institute of Technology.

· October 2, 2020: Adaptation in a changing world: human influences on evolution. Dr. Kiyoko Gotanda, Sherbrooke University/University of Cambridge.

· October 9, 2020: Amphibious fishes: Terrestrial locomotion, performance, orientation, and behaviors from an applied perspective. Dr. Noah Bressman, Chapman University.

· October 16, 2020: Physiological Plasticity of Bivalves Under Global Climate Change. Dr. Omera Matoo, University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

· October 23, 2020: About ghosts and parasites: Studies on the interactions between the threespine stickleback and its parasitic tapeworm. Ms. Anika Wohlleben, Clark University.

· November 6, 2020: Plant worms, zombie ants and their biotechnological potential, the case of the entomopathogenic fungus Cordyceps. Dr. Tatiana Sanjuan, Antioquia University in Medellin, Colombia.

· November 13, 2020: Hitchhiker's Guide to Migration: avian malaria in migrating sparrows. Dr. Tosha Kelly, Louisiana State University.

· November 20, 2020: The Fungi Foundation: what can an NGO do to advance conservation, research and awareness of Kingdom Fungi? Ms. Giuliana Ford, Fundación Fungi.

· December 4, 2020: Evolutionary ecology of social networks and risk-taking in mammals: from hyenas to ground squirrels. Dr. Jennifer Smith, Mills College, Oakland, CA.