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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