Seminars

Seminars are held in Hutchison Hall, on the River Campus. (campus map) Contact the Department of Biology at (585) 273-1139 at least three days in advance to request any special accommodations or if you would like to meet with an outside speaker. Refreshments provided.

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  • Feb17

    "On the Factory Floor: Building Brains with Stem Cells"

    Dr. Bryce LaFoya, University of Oregon

    Date
    Monday, February 17, 2025
    Time
    Noon
    Offline Location
    Hutchinson Hall, Room 140 - Lander Auditorium
  • Feb20

    "A Novel Nutrient Metabolism Pathway Regulating Energy Homeostasis"

    Dr. Wei Wei, Stanford University

    Date
    Thursday, February 20, 2025
    Time
    3:30 p.m.
    Offline Location
    Dewey, 1-1101, Auditorium
  • Feb24

    "Investigating Nuclear Compartment Function Through RNA Proximity Labeling"

    Dr. Nadiya Khyzha, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

    Date
    Monday, February 24, 2025
    Time
    Noon
    Offline Location
    Hutchinson Hall, 140, Lander Auditorium
  • Mar3

    "Compartmentalization as a Regulator of Cellular Metabolism"

    Dr. Keunwoo Ryu, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    Date
    Monday, March 3, 2025
    Time
    Noon
    Offline Location
    Hutchinson Hall, 140, Lander Auditorium
  • Mar6

    "Deciphering the chromatin basis of genome activation combining genomics and expansion microscopy"

    Dr. Liyun Miao, Yale University

    Date
    Thursday, March 6, 2025
    Time
    3:30 p.m.
    Offline Location
    Dewey, 1-1101, Auditorium
  • Mar14

    “Evolution and development of the male aphid wing dimorphism”

    Eric Heinze, University of Rochester

    Date
    Friday, March 14, 2025
    Time
    3 p.m.
    Offline Location
    Dewey Hall, Room 2110D
  • Mar17

    "Navigating the Single-Molecule Landscape of Transcription"

    Dr. Yick Hin Ling, Johns Hopkins University

    Date
    Monday, March 17, 2025
    Time
    Noon
    Offline Location
    Hutchinson Hall, 140, Lander Auditorium
  • Mar21

    "Evolution in fluctuating environments in the North American red squirrel"

    Brian Kirz, University of Rochester

    Date
    Friday, March 21, 2025
    Time
    3 p.m.
    Offline Location
    Dewey Hall, Room 2110D
  • Mar24

    “Codes within codes: What wild isolates of budding yeast can teach us about transcript properties that influence protein expression”

    Dr. Daniel Pollard, Western Washington University

    Date
    Monday, March 24, 2025
    Time
    Noon
    Offline Location
    Hutchinson Hall, Room 140, Lander Auditorium
  • Mar28

    “From genes to pangenomes: Dynamic evolution in replicate avian hybrid zones”

    Maria Castaño, University of Rochester

    Date
    Friday, March 28, 2025
    Time
    3 p.m.
    Offline Location
    Dewey Hall, Room 2110D
  • Mar31

    “Road to high society: Control of caste identity in ants”

    Dr. Janko Gospocic, University of Texas Southwestern

    Date
    Monday, March 31, 2025
    Time
    Noon
    Offline Location
    Hutchinson Hall, Room 140, Lander Auditorium
  • Apr4

    “The genetics of inbreeding and immigration in a pedigreed population of Florida Scrub-Jays”

    Faye Romero, University of Rochester

    Date
    Friday, April 4, 2025
    Time
    3 p.m.
    Offline Location
    Dewey Hall, Room 2110D
  • Apr7

    "RNA damage: The canary in the coal mine?"

    Dr. Nima Mosammaparast, Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine

    Date
    Monday, April 7, 2025
    Time
    Noon
    Offline Location
    Hutchinson Hall, Room 140, Lander Auditorium
  • Apr11

    "Long-term effects of embryonic environment on alternative splicing"

    Rose Driscoll, University of Rochester

    Date
    Friday, April 11, 2025
    Time
    3 p.m.
    Offline Location
    Dewey Hall, Room 2110D
  • Apr14

    SEMINAR CANCELED

    Dr. Allison Lopatkin, University of Rochester, Department of Chemical Engineering

    Date
    Monday, April 14, 2025
    Time
    Noon
    Offline Location
    Hutchinson Hall, Room 140, Lander Auditorium
  • Apr21

    "Plasticity of fat storage organelles in the regulation of cellular metabolism"

    Dr. Jeeyun Chung, Harvard University

    Date
    Monday, April 21, 2025
    Time
    Noon
    Offline Location
    Hutchinson Hall, Room 140, Lander Auditorium
  • Apr25

    "The population genetics of biological noise"

    Dr. Daniel Weinreich, Brown University

    Date
    Friday, April 25, 2025
    Time
    3 p.m.
    Offline Location
    Dewey Hall, Room 2110D
  • May2

    "Associations between behaviorand wing plasticity within and among pea aphid genotypes"

    Xiaomi Liu, University of Rochester

    Date
    Friday, May 2, 2025
    Time
    3 p.m.
    Offline Location
    Dewey Hall, Room 2110D
  • May5

    ~ VIRTUAL SEMINAR ~

    “Neuronal triglyceride metabolism regulates sex differences in energy homeostasis”, Dr. Elizabeth Rideout - University of British Columbia

    Date
    Monday, May 5, 2025
    Time
    Noon
    Offline Location
    Hutchinson Hall, Room 140, Lander Auditorium
  • May9

    “Genetic conflict and hybrid incompatibility in Drosophila”

    Emiliano Marti , University of Rochester

    Date
    Friday, May 9, 2025
    Time
    3 p.m.
    Offline Location
    Dewey Hall, Room 2110D