The Department of Biology Seminars are held at 4:00pm in DeGrace Hall room 312 (Unless otherwise noted).
Fall 2018
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Dr. Elliot Gardner |
1/24/19 |
Northwestern University |
“A multidisciplinary approach to plant systematics, with a focus on the mulberry, oak, and palm families” |
https://www.plantbiology.northwestern.edu/people/alumni/title/elliot-gardner.html |
Dr. Mark Willis |
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Hilary Rollins PhD student |
1/31/2019 |
Case Western Reserve University |
“Ecological Effects of Climate Change on Amphibians” |
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Dr. Ryan Martin |
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Dr. Martin Turcotte
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2/7/19 |
University of Pittsburg
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“Experimentally testing evolutionary-coexistence using duckweed” **Post seminar Happy Hour**** |
https://www.biology.pitt.edu/person/martin-turcotte
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Dr. Robin Snyder |
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Dr. Samuel Senyo |
2/14/19 |
Case Western Reserve University – BME |
“Evidence for a role of extracellular in heart regeneration”
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https://physiology.case.edu/person/sam-senyo/
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Dr. Emmitt Jolly |
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Dr. Mark Urban |
2/21/2019 |
University of Connecticut |
“Decoding the cryptic effect of evolution on ecology” |
http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/urban/contact.html
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EE Student nominated speaker. |
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Riley Tedrow PhD student |
2/28/2019 |
Case Western Reserve University |
“Novel Insights Into Mosquito Feeding Behavior and Malaria Transmission in Madagascar” |
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Dr. Emmitt Jolly |
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Dr. Stuart Newfeld |
3/7/2019 |
Arizona State University
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“Brain, longevity, sex and insulin – there’s a connection”**Post seminar Happy Hour*** | https://sols.asu.edu/stuart-newfeld | Dr. Emmitt Jolly | |||||||
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No seminar |
3/14/2019 |
Spring Break |
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Dr. Sonya Auer |
3/21/2019
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Williams |
“Energetic mechanisms for coping with environmental change” |
https://www.sonyakauer.com/ | Dr. Ryan Martin | |||||||
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Dr. Hillel Chiel |
3/28/2019 |
CWRU – Department of Biology |
“Principles of Motor Control” |
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Dr. Jessica Fox |
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4/4/2019 |
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Dr. Matthew Harris |
4/11/2019 |
Harvard University |
“Looking across broad genomic divides through the window of developmental constraint”
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https://genetics.hms.harvard.edu/person/faculty/matthew-harris |
Dr. Radhika Atit |
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Dr. John Layne |
4/18/2019 |
University of Cincinnati |
TBA
***Post seminar Happy Hour*** |
https://www.artsci.uc.edu/faculty-staff/listing/by_dept/biology.html?eid=laynejn |
Dr. Jessica Fox |
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Dr. Sheila Patek |
4/25/19 |
Duke University |
“From fast to ultrafast: the biological world of extreme movement”
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Co-sponsored Dr. Jessica Fox |
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| Dr. Jayne Yack | 10/18/2018 | Carleton University (Canada) | “What does a Butterfly Hear? A Foray into the Extraordinary Acoustic Worlds of Insects” | https://www.yacklab.org | Dr. Jessica Fox |
| No Seminar Fall Break | 10/25/2018 | ||||
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Dr. Parthasarathy Kalyanasundaram |
11/1/2018 | CRWU Department of Biology | “Role of bilateral odor sampling in the odor source localization behavior of Manduca sexta“. | http://case.edu/artsci/biol/willis/index.html | Dr. Jessica Fox |
| Dr. Brian McDermott | 11/8/2018 | CWRU-Department of Otolaryngology | http://mcdermottlab.org/ | Dr. Emmitt Jolly | |
| Dr. Rob Olberg olbergr@union.edu |
11/15/2018 | Union College – New York | “How the dragonfly intercepts its flying prey: From neurons to behavior” | http://minerva.union.edu/olbergr/index.htm | Dr. Jessica Fox |
| No seminar-Thanksgiving Break | 11/22/2018 |
| Dr. Mitra Hartman hartmann@northwestern.ed |
11/29/18 | Northwestern University | “Building a rat from the outside in: active sensing with whiskers” | http://hartmann.mech.northwestern.edu | Dr. Jessica Fox |
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Dr. Dr. Kevin Mueller |
12/6/2018 | Cleveland State University | “How are ecosystem services in urban landscapes constrained by covariance of traits among tree species?” | http://kevinemueller.wordpress.com/ | Dr. Ryan Martin |