The Department of Biology Seminars are held at 4:00pm in DeGrace Hall room 312 (Unless otherwise noted).
To submit speaker nominations for the seminar series, please fill out this form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScR_OG8HpUZQZSN2oZ6FWnqpbOfiQvwwBma-2wicHvZh2v8hg/viewform
Spring 2020
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Dr. Gabriella Wolff |
1/23/20 |
University of Washington |
“Learning and Memory: An ancient origin and species- specific elaborations” |
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Dr. Nathan Klapoetke |
1/30/20 |
HHMI Janelia Research Campus |
“A visual feature map for guiding motor behavior |
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Dr. Kathryn Feller |
2/6/20 |
University of Minnesota |
“Seeing & Stabbing: Linking vision and behavior in mantis shrimp crustaceans” | |
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TBA |
2/13/20 |
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Dr. Tom Miller |
2/20/20 |
Rice University |
“Eco-evolutionary dynamics of range expansion” |
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Dr. Drew Kerkhoff |
2/27/20 |
Kenyon College |
“Continental-scale patterns of plant biodiversity: from basic questions to applied macroecology.” |
http://www.kenyon.edu/directori es/campus- directory/biography/andrew- kerkhoff |
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Dr. Gwyneth Card |
3/5/20 |
HHMI Janelia Research Campus |
“Towards a brain architecture for visual behavior selection.” |
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No seminar Spring break |
3/12/20 |
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Dr. Mona Papes |
3/19/20 |
University of Tennessee |
“Contributions and Limitations of Spatial Models to Investigating Patterns of Biodiversity” |
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HOLD |
3/26/20 |
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Dr. Na Wei |
4/2/20 |
Holden Arboretum |
“Evolutionary ecology and genomics of adaptation to environmental change” |
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Dr. Charles Craik |
4/9/20 |
University of California San Francisco |
“New approaches for detecting and treating pancreatic cancer” |
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TBA |
4/16/20 |
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Dr. Elissa Hallem |
4/23/20 |
University of California, Los Angeles |
“Host-seeking behaviors of human-parasitic nematodes.” |