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Department of Biology

Seminars and Events

Students at the rim of the Grand Canyon

Students gathering plant specimens

Fridays 3:00-4:00 PM in MCL121  (unless otherwise noted)

All talks are open to the public. Upcoming speakers and their topics are listed below. Please click on the seminar titles for further details. If you have any questions or comments, please email the coordinator or call the Department of Biology at 559•278•2001. For other public science lectures, please check out the Central Valley Café Scientifique.

Spring 2024 Colloquium Speakers
Date Speaker Topic Institution
1/19/2024 Dr. Hyunjin Shim Introduction Fresno State Department of Biology
1/26/2024 Mark Schreiber Safety Training Fresno State Department of Biology
2/2/2024 Arantes Armendariz Library Resources for Biologists Fresno State Library
2/9/2024 Dr. Hyunjin Shim Noise-Augmented Direct (NAD) Sequencing: Overcoming Constraints in Long-Read Sequencing for Small DNA/RNA Samples Fresno State Department of Biology
2/16/24
Virtual Zoom
Dr. Christopher Bernido Optimal Learning with Minimal Teacher Intervention Central Visayan Institute Foundation, Philippines
2/23/2024 Ren-Chen Liu Mycorrhizal Fungal Commuinity in Coniferous Ecosystems Tunghai University, Taiwan
3/1/2024 Dr. Hubert Cecotti Effects of Light Pollution Fresno State Department of Computer Science
3/8/2024 Dr. Alyssa Wilson Gambling and the Brain Fresno State Department of Psychology
3/15/2024 Dr. Lauren Schiebelhut Eluciating eco-evolutionary dynamics helps inform conservation actions in marine systems University of California, Merced
3/22/2024 Dr. Sarah Cox   University of Washington
3/29/2024 No Class - Spring Break    
4/5/2024 Dr. Rosa Alcazar   Clovis Community College
4/12/2024 Dr. Patrick Durkee   Fresno State Department of Psychology

4/19/2024
Virtual Zoom

Dr. Sunil Kumar Dogga   University of Cambridge, UK
4/26/2024 Dr. Clare Dongeun Kim   Genentech
5/3/2024 Biology Graduate Exit Seminar   Fresno State Department of Biology
       

 

Graduate students in the Biology and Biotechnology Masters programs present their thesis research in a culminating Thesis Exit Seminar to the department's faculty and students.

Spring 2024 Exit Seminars
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