School of Biological Sciences Seminar Series

FALL 2019

September 5 -- Jennifer Auchtung, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Food Science and Technology

"Characterizing colonization resistance: How are GI microbiomes disrupted and how can they be restored?"
Hosted by Dr. Karrie Weber

September 12 -- Yuxing Li, University of Maryland, School of Medicine

"Antibody Discovery and Engineering for Combating Viral Infection"
Hosted by Dr. Qingsheng Li

September 19 -- Christopher Witt, University of New Mexico, Biology Department

"Evolutionary Dynamics of Avian Elevational Ranges"
Hosted by Dr. Jay Storz

September 26 -- Kristian Forbes, University Arkansas, Department of Biological Sciences

"Voles, food and infectious diseases"
Hosted by Dr. Clay Cressler

October 3 -- Colin Meiklejohn, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, School of Biological Sciences

“TBA”
Promotion & Tenure Seminar

October 10 -- Bob Hilborn, American Association of Physics Teachers

**Seminar will be held at 4:00pm in 136 Jorgensen Hall**

"Bringing Physics Back to Life"
Hosted by Dr. Brian Couch

October 17 -- Daniel R. Brooks, University of Toronto, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology 

"The Major Metaphors of Evolution"
Hosted by Dr. Scott Gardner

October 24 -- Vanessa Ezenwa, University of Georgia, Odum School of Ecology & Deptartment of Infectious Diseases 

"Immune trade-offs shape disease outcomes at individual and population scales"
Hosted by Dr. Clay Cressler

October 31 -- Anna Hiatt, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, School of Biological Sciences 

"Policies and Practices in Undergraduate Biology Education"
Promotion & Tenure Seminar

November 7 -- Sabrina Russo, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, School of Biological Sciences

“TBA”
Promotion & Tenure Seminar

November 14 -- Chi Zhang, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, School of Biological Sciences

“TBA”
Promotion & Tenure Seminar

November 21 -- Ruud Schilder, Pennsylvania State University, Department of Entomology

"Factors mediating naturally occurring variation in insect flight (muscle) performance"
Hosted by Dr. Kristi Montooth

November 28 -- No Seminar - Thanksgiving Break 

December 5 -- Erica Larson, University of Denver, Department of Biological Sciences

"The evolution of polymorphic hybrid sterility in house mice."
Hosted by Dr. Colin Meiklejohn

December 12 -- Chad Johnson, Arizona State University-West, School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences

"Black widows on an urban heat island: hormonal, developmental and behavioral shifts stemming from extreme heat."
Hosted by Dr. Eileen Hebets