Department of Biology
Seminars and Events
Fridays at 3:00-4:00 PM online (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.
| Date | Speaker | Topic | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/21/2022 | --- | Introduction & Orientation | --- |
| 01/28/2022 | Dr. Scott Colborne | Using biotelemetry to inform ecology and conservation of sturgeon: Examples from the Great Lakes and Sacramento River | University of California, Davis |
| 02/04/2022 | Dr. Paul George | Anthropogenic change & microbes: consequences for diversity and ecosystem services |
Département de médecine moléculaire |
| 02/11/2022 | No speaker | --- | --- |
| 02/18/2022 | Faculty Candidate | --- | --- |
| 02/25/2022 | Faculty Candidate | --- | --- |
| 03/04/2022 | Dr. Christopher Willett | Breakdowns in mitochondrial-nuclear coadaptation and odd mtDNA inheritance in an intertidal copepod | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
| 03/11/2022 | Dr. Sheryl Magzamen | In the Mix: Environmental and Chemical Pollutants and Respiratory Health | Colorado State University, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences |
| 03/18/2022 | Dr. Steve Blumenshine | Lake Constance (Germany) food web impacts by trophic state, climate change, and invasive species | California State University, Fresno, Department of Biology; Director, Research and Education Div., California Water Institute |
| 03/25/2022 | Dr. Sarah Guindre-Parker | Do glucocorticoids help birds cope with environmental challenges? | Kennesaw State University |
| 04/01/2022 | Anthony Snead | Stranded within the Intertidal: Species-Specific Responses to Environmental Change | The University of Alabama |
| 04/08/2022 | Dr. Diego Calderon | The continuum of Drosophila embryonic development at single cell resolution | The University of Washington |
| 04/15/2022 | --- | SPRING BREAK | --- |
| 04/22/2022 | Dr. Cori Cahoon | SYPrisingly separable functions of chromosome structures during egg and sperm development | The University of Oregon |
| 04/29/2022 | Dr. Reade Roberts | What happens when a species has more than one set of sex chromosomes? | North Carolina State University |
| 05/06/2022 | Dr. Joel Slade | Parasite-mediated selection and constitutive innate immunity in songbirds | California State University, Fresno |
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.