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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08/26/2022 | --- | Introduction & Orientation | --- |
| 09/02/2022 |
Dr. Rory Telemeco |
Research Lightning Round #1 | California State University, Fresno, Biology Dept. |
| 09/09/2022 | Dr. Katherine Waselkov Dr. Alexandria Hansen Dr. Joseph Ross Dr. Jason Bush Dr. Francine Arroyo |
Research Lightning Round #2 |
California State University, Fresno, Biology Dept. |
| 09/16/2022 |
Dr. Rhonda Newman |
Life Science R&D at Thermo Fisher Scientific: Innovating to Support Life Science Research Across the World | Thermo Fisher Scientific R&D |
| 09/23/2022 |
Dr. Kwame Acheampong |
Understanding the mechanisms underlying cytokinin-dependent root responses | Director of R&D, Opti-Harves |
| 09/30/2022 | Dr. Diego Calderon | The continuum of Drosophila embryonic development at single-cell resolution | University of Washington |
| 10/07/2022 | Dr. Jason Cantley | Exploring evolutionary processes promoting adaptive divergence within the flora of the Hawaiian Islands | San Francisco State University |
| 10/14/2022 | Dr. Aravind Natarajan | Ghosts of COVID past - The Chronicles of Poop | Stanford University |
| 10/21/2022 | Dr. Jacob Francis | Tripartite interactions in the floral marketplace- connecting plant, insect, and microbe perspectives to understand how chemistry mediates pollination | University of California, Davis |
| 10/28/2022 | Dr. Michelle Scribner Romy Lum Janell Barlow KP Charpentier |
Non-academic Career Panel |
Theiagen Genomics |
| 11/04/2022 | Paola Lopez-Duarte | Rhythms of the Seashore: Searching for Tide-Associated Pacemakers | University of North Carolina, Charlotte |
| 11/11/2022 | Veteran's Day Holiday | ||
| 11/18/2022 | Dr. Catherine Armbruster | Tracking migration of Pseudomonas aeruginosa variants throughout the respiratory tract of people with cystic fibrosis | Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine |
| 11/25/2022 | Thanksgiving Break | ||
| 12/02/2022 | Dr. Jackie Lebenzon IN PERSON - MCL121 |
Mitochondrial homeostasis and metabolic suppression during insect diapause | University of California, Berkeley |
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.