Biology Department Seminar Series
Seminar schedule for the Biology Department
Seminars are held on Fridays at 4pm. This semester, our seminar series will be a hybrid between in-person (ISC 1221) and remote seminars. It will be a mix of invited speakers and informal presentations from current faculty. The schedule can be found below.
Spring 20232 Seminars
W&M Department of Biology
Location: ISC 1221
Contact the listed faculty host [in brackets] for more information or to meet with the speaker or to meet with the speaker.
- Feb. 3: Patrick M. Martin (Johnson C. Smith University) [Hinton]
Investigating the anti-oncogenic properties of natural products for the treatment of
triple negative breast cancer - Feb. 10: Amanda Adams (Bat Conservation International) [Swaddle]
State of the Bats: Conservation Status and Threats of North American Bats - Feb. 17: Ian Hewson (Cornell University) [Williamson]
Tales of red herrings, the improbable, and the obvious: Uncovering the cause of
echinoderm mass mortalities - Feb. 24: Devan McGranahan (USDA – Agricultural Research Service) [Dalgleish]
From leaves to landscapes: Role of fire in sustainable rangeland management - Mar 3: Cathy Collins (Bard College) [Puzey]
Disease in a rapidly changing world: lessons from seeds and their pathogens - Mar. 24: Aaron Puri (University of Utah) [Forsyth]
Characterizing Quorum Sensing Systems in Underexplored Bacteria - Mar. 31: Stephen D. Cole (U Penn, PennVet Diagnostic Laboratories [Forsyth]
Drugs, Bugs and Pugs: Antimicrobial Resistance in Companion Animals - Apr. 7: Changyi Cui (NIH National Institute on Aging) [Forsyth]
Skeletal muscle aging and macrophage involvement - Apr. 14: Ben Duval (New Mexico Tech) [Williamson]
A biogeochemical approach to understanding the impacts of riparian land use and
restoration - Apr. 21: Shiela Patek (Duke University) [Allen]
Exquisite energetics of the ultrafast: an interdisciplinary nexus of discovery - Apr. 28: Benoit Boivin (SUNY Polytechnic Institute) [Hinton]
A new role for cholesterol in insulin resistanc
For more information, contact Dr. Kurt Williamson.