School of Biological Sciences Seminar Series

Thursdays at 3:30 pm via Zoom or in-person in Hamilton Hall 112

In person seminars will be on a case by case basis and will be noted under the speaker's name.

Zoom Link: https://unl.zoom.us/j/91228976036

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 2023

January 19th- Dr. Joseph Cook, University of New Mexico

Location: Postponed

Title: "NextGen Biorepositories: Ripe for Future Biological Discovery"

Hosted By: Dr. Jay Storz

January 26th- Dr. Josh Miller, University of Cincinnati

Location: In Person and Zoom

Title: "Death is Just the Beginning: Accumulations of Bones and their Importance for Wildlife Conservation and Management"

Hosted by: Dr. Kate Lyons

Febuary 2nd- Dr. Joseph Fauver, UNMC

Location: Postponed

Title: TBA

Hosted By: Dr. Kristi Montooth

Feburary 9th- Dr. Nina Wale, Michigan State University

Location: In Person and Zoom

Title: "Quantitatively Understanding Resource Dynamics within Hosts to Better Understand Infection Dynamics & Pathogen Evolution.

Hosted by: Dr. Clay Cressler

Feburary 16th- Dr. Coleen Murphy, Princeton University

Location: In Person and Zoom

Title: "Adapt or Die: Transgenerational Inheritance of Pathogen Avoidance (How getting food poisoning might save your species)"

Hosted by: BioGSA

Feburary 23rd- Dr. Brent Sinclair, Western University

Location: In Person and Zoom

Title: "Exploring the Mechanisms Underlying Insect Freeze Tolerance in Gryllus veletis”

Hosted by: Drs. Kristi Montooth & Eileen Hebets

March 2nd- Dr. Norman Lee, St. Olaf College

Location: In Person and Zoom

Title: "Auditory Perception of Host Cricket Calling Songs in the Acoustic Parasitoid Fly Ormia ochracea"

Hosted by: Dr. Eileen Hebets

March 9th- Dr. Hui Zheng, Baylor College of Medicine

Location: In Person and Zoom

Title: “Complement signaling in brain aging and Alzheimer’s disease"

Hosted by: Dr. Luwen Zhang

March 16th- NO SEMINAR

Spring Break

March 23rd- Dr. Benjamin Pelissie, University of Nebraska-Kearney

Location: In Person and Zoom

Title: TBA

Hosted by: Dr. Kristi Montooth

March 30th- Dr. David Gray, California State University, Northridge

Location: In Person and Zoom

Title: TBA

Hosted by: Drs. Kristi Montooth & Lisa Treidel

April 6th- Dr. David Polly, Indiana University

Location: In Person and Zoom

Title: TBA

Hosted by: Dr. Kate Lyons

April 13th- Dr. Sora Kim, UC Merced

Location: In Person and Zoom

Title: TBA

Hosted by: Drs. Dai Shizuka & Kate Lyons

April 20th- Dr. Jennifer Pett-Ridge, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

Location: In Person and Zoom

Title: TBA

Hosted by: Dr. Karrie Weber

April 27th- Dr. Chaodong Wu, Texas A&M University

Location: In Person and Zoom

Title: TBA

Hosted by: Dr. Qingsheng Li

 

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