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Speaker(s) / Presenter(s) Date
"Using Ecological Network Theory to Inform Plant Species Selection for Conservation and Restoration Practice: a Case Study with Bee-plant Networks" Dr. Valerie Peters | Faculty Host: Biology Graduate Student Association
"Making a Migratory Monarch" Dr. D. Andre Green, II | Hosts: Drs. Richard and Shenoy, and the Biology Undergraduate Student Association
"Organismal Agency" Dr. Denis Walsh | Hosts: Ian (Fiona) Connelly and Dr. Ashley Seifert
"Evolution of Darwin’s Finches in the Galápagos Islands: Genomics Perspectives on Adaptation, Speciation, and Biological Invasion" Dr. Sangeet Lamichhaney | Faculty Host: Dr. Devraj Singh
"Tapeworm Tails: Signals that drive Stem Cell-dependent Regeneration in Hymenolepis diminuta" Dr. Tania Rozario | Faculty Host: Dr. Beth Duncan
"Neurogenetic Mechanisms Underlying Phenotypic Variation in the Songbird Brain and Behavior" Dr. Farrah Madison | Faculty Host: Dr. Jessica Santollo
"Glial Endozepines: Multifunctional Messengers in Glial-neuronal Metabolic Communication" Dr. Caroline Geisler
"Glial Control of C. elgans Behavior" Dr. Shai Shaham | Faculty Host: Dr. Beth Duncan
"Genetic and Genomic Mechanisms Underlying the Convergent Evolution of Pollination Syndromes in the Neotropical Radiation of Costus L. (Costaceae)" Dr. Chelsea Specht | Faculty Host: Dr. Rosana Zenil-Ferguson
"The Dual Role of Parental Conflict in Speciation: Lessons from Mimulus"" Dr. Jennifer Coughlan | Faculty Host: Dr. Catherine Linnen
"The Developmental Basis of Phenotypic Diversity" Dr. Ricardo Mallarino | Faculty Hosts: Drs. Catherine Linnen and Ashley Seifert
"Phylodynamic and Comparative Approaches for Reconstructing Major Evolutionary Transitions in Deep Time" Dr. Tiago Simões | Faculty Host: Dr. Philip Skipwith
“The Time of Your Life: How Circadian Clocks Promote Healthy Aging and Longevity” Dr. Joseph Takahashi, 15th Annual Thomas Hunt Morgan Lecturer | Faculty Host: Dr. Vincent Cassone
"Circadian Clocks and Their Impact on Metabolism, Aging and Longevity" Dr. Joseph Takahashi, 15th Annual Thomas Hunt Morgan Lecturer | Faculty Host: Dr. Vincent Cassone
"Evolution of Floral Disparity through Integration of Fossil and Extant Morphological Diversity" Dr. Susana Magallón Puebla | Faculty Host: Dr. Rosana Zenil-Ferguson
"Mechanisms of Development and Regeneration in Hydra" Dr. Celina Juliano | Faculty Host: Dr. Ashley Seifert
"The Missing Pieces: Lost Ecological Function following the Terminal Pleistocene Megafaunal Extinction" Dr. Felisa Smith | Faculty Host: Dr. Robbie Burger
"Prebiotic Chemistry and the Origin of Life: the 1953 Miller experiment" Dr. Antonio Lazcano Araujo | Host: BGSA
"Life by a Thousand Cuts: Archaea as a Model for Evo-Devo Mechanosensing" Dr. Alex Bisson | Faculty Host: Dr. Ashely Seifert
"The Role of Oxytocin Signaling Pathways in the Neuroimmune Response to Mate Bond Dissolution" Dr. Erica Glasper | Faculty Host: Drs. Jessica Santollo and Eve Schneider
"The Problem of Time in Climate Change Ecology" Dr. Elizabeth Wolkovich | Faculty Host: Dr. Jake Ferguson
"The Molecular Circadian Clock and the Impact of Disrupted Rhythms and Sleep on Health and Disease" Dr. Fred Turek | Faculty Host: Dr. Vincent Cassone
"Genetic, Social, and Developmental Drivers of Within-population Behavioral Variation" Dr. Kate Laskowski | Faculty Host: Dr. Dave Westneat
"Quantitative Proteomics for Understanding Epigenetic Mechanisms in Human Disease" Dr. Ben Garcia | Faculty Host: Dr. Elizabeth Duncan
"Be Fruitful and Multiply: How Reproductive Capacity Evolves" Dr. Cassandra Extavour | Faculty Host: Dr. Catherine Linnen