Special Seminar Series
School of Biological Sciences Seminar Series
Thursdays at 3:30 pm via Zoom
Zoom Link: https://unl.zoom.us/j/96849139717
Password: sbsseminar
The School of Biological Sciences Seminar Series is a weekly series presented by invited speakers and UNL faculty to showcase current research advances in biological sciences. All School of Biological Sciences Seminars are free and open to the public.
SPRING 2021
January 28 - Dr. Courtney Fitzpatrick, Indiana University
Title: "Trait evolution in a social world; empirical and theoretical perspectives"
Hosted by: Dr. Eileen Hebets
February 4 - No Seminar, Graduate Recruiting
February 11 - No Seminar
February 18 - Dr. Christine Bacon, University of Gothenburg (Lamb Lecture Series)
Title: "Parallel Divergence Across Scales"
Hosted by: Natalia Gutierrez Pinto
February 25 - No Seminar
March 4 - No Seminar
March 11 - Dr. Nic Vega, Emory University
Title: "Assembly, Stability, and Heterogeneity in the Gut Microbiome"
Hosted by: Dr. Michael Herman
March 18 - Dr. Alissa Armstrong, University of South Carolina
Title: "Using Drosophila melanogaster to understand adipocyte-to-ovary nutritional communication"
Hosted by: Dr. Kristi Montooth
March 25 - Dr. Mike Webster, Cornell University
Title: "Sexual Signals & Divergence in Australian Fairywrens: From Genes to Behaviour to Speciation"
Hosted by: Dr. Dai Shizuka
April 1 - Dr. Mercedes Burns, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Title: "Three Tales of Arachnid Genomes: Sequencing, Sex, and Silks"
Hosted by: Dr. Eileen Hebets
April 8 - Dr. Jillian Detwiler, University of Manitoba
Title: "Exploring the ecological significance of signaling molecules in host-parasite interactions: Is it all about chemistry?"
Hosted by: Undergraduate Affairs Committee
April 15 - Dr. Michael Landis, Washington University in St. Louis
Title: "Statistical methods to infer phylogenetic biome shifts using paleodata"
Hosted by: Will Gearty / Dr. Kate Lyons' Lab
April 22 - No Seminar (SBS Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Workshop)
April 29 - Dr. Jack Gilbert, University of California-San Diego (Prather Lecture Series)
Title: "The Human Microbiome in Precision Medicine"
Hosted by: Alaina Pfenning-Butterworth
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