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Speaker(s) / Presenter(s) Date
"Cells and Molecules for Touch, Pain and Interoception" Dr. Alexander Chesler | Faculty Host: Dr. Eve Schneider
"Leveraging Animal Behavioral Interactions to Learn About Cognition & Social Dynamics" Dr. Elizabeth Hobson | Faculty Host: Dr. Jeremy Van Cleve
"Overwintering in the Arctic: Animal Strategies for Surviving the Long, Cold, and Dark" Dr. Brian Barnes | Faculty Host: Dr. Devraj Singh
"Estrogen's Effect on Fluid Intake by Decreasing Excitatory Neuronal Activity in the Brain" Lasni Nishshanke (Santollo Lab) -
"Highlights from 57 Years of Studying the Ecology, Biogeography and Evolution of Seed Dormancy and Germination" Dr. Carol Baskin | Host: Biology Seminar Committee
"Intraspecific Variability in Heat Stress Tolerance Across and Within Habitats in the Tropical Plant Marchantia inflexa" Hansika Herath (McLetchie Lab) -
"Botanical research at Eastern Kentucky University: Fantastic ferns, conservation and beyond" Dr. Sally Chambers | Faculty Host: Dr. Rosana Zenil-Ferguson
"Swipe Right for White Pine: Do Divergent Host Preferences Generate Prezygotic Isolation in Pine-feeding Sawflies?" Ryan Ridenbaugh (Linnen Lab) -
"The Evolution of Cell Types in the Cerebral Cortex" Dr. Maria Antonietta Tosches | Faculty Host: Drs. Jeramiah Smith and Nataliya Timoshevskaya
CANCELLED | "Dissecting Ciliopathies: From Molecular Mechanism to Potential Treatments" Dr. Samantha Brugmann | Faculty Host: Drs. Elizabeth Duncan and Ashley Seifert
"Insights for Trait Ecology from Island Biogeography" Kimberly Cook (Burger Lab)
"Planarian Stem Cells: A Model for Limitless Regeneration and Renewal" Dr. Carrie Adler | Faculty Host: Dr. Elizabeth Duncan
"Sense of Touch between Species of Ducks" Aaron West (Schneider Lab) -
Thomas Hunt Morgan Annual Alumni Reception
14th Annual Thomas Hunt Morgan Lecture: "Human Evolution and Adaptation in Africa" Dr. Sarah Tishkoff
Thomas Hunt Morgan Annual Lecture 2023: "African Integrative Genomics: Implications for Health and Disease" Dr. Sarah Tishkoff
"Timekeeping in Latitudinal Avian Migrants: A Story from Buntings" Dr. Vinod Kumar (Visiting Guest Speaker) | Faculty Hosts: Drs. Vincent Cassone and Devraj Singh -
"Glutathione Signaling Ensures the Preservation of Stem Cell Self-Renewal Capacity in Nutrient-Depleted Environment" Brian Kelly (Kikani Lab) -
"Insights from a Quarter Century of Work on the Ecology of Behavioral Syndromes" Dr. Andy Sih | Faculty Host: Dr. Dave Westneat -
"Mountains as Biodiversity Hotspots through Time: Integrating Fossils with Tectonics and Climate" Dr. Tara Smiley | Faculty Host: Dr. Robbie Burger
"Fishing out the Function of Structural and Receptor Proteins in Photoreceptors and the Retinal Pigmented Epithelium" Meet Patel (Famulski Lab) -
“Behavioral Syndromes: Evolutionary Constraints and Adaptive Explanations” Dr. Ned Dochtermann | Faculty Host: Dr. Dave Westneat
"Calculating Collapse and Stability of Food Webs Based on Consumption Constraints, Body Size, and Changing Temperature" Dr. Van Savage | Faculty Hosts: Dr. Robbie Burger and Dr. Jeremy Van Cleve
"Experimental Restoration Ecology: Competition and Herbivory Influence the Survival, Growth, and Physiology of Native Tree Seedlings in the Kentucky Inner Bluegrass Savanna-Woodland" Jim Shaffer | Faculty Advisors: Drs. Scott Gleeson and John Cox
"Metabolic Regulation of the Male Germline Stem Cell Niche" Dr. Rafael Demarco | Faculty Host: Dr. Doug Harrison