Seminars

Seminars are typically held in Hutchison Hall or Dewey 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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  • Sept5

    “Collective behavior in fire ants”

    Dr. Takao Sasaki, University of Rochester

    Date
    Friday, September 5, 2025
    Time
    3 p.m.
    Offline Location
    Dewey Hall, Room 2110D
  • Sept12

    "Consequences of evolutionary divergence on gut microbiome composition in colorful wood-warblers"

    Dr. Marcella Baiz, University of Buffalo

    Date
    Friday, September 12, 2025
    Time
    3 p.m.
    Offline Location
    Dewey Hall, Room 2110D
  • Sept15

    "Adaptation in animals by leaps and bounds through horizontal gene transfer"

    Dr. Noah Whiteman, UC Berkeley

    Date
    Monday, September 15, 2025
    Time
    Noon
    Offline Location
    Hutchinson Hall, Room 140, Lander Auditorium
  • Sept22

    "Fighting for fitness: Causes and consequences of female competition in a feisty bird"

    Dr. Sara Lipshutz, Duke University

    Date
    Monday, September 22, 2025
    Time
    Noon
    Offline Location
    Hutchinson Hall, Room 140, Lander Auditorium
  • Sept26

    “Using occupancy models to infer trends of bee biodiversity in North America”

    Dr. Laura Melissa Guzman, Cornell University

    Date
    Friday, September 26, 2025
    Time
    3 p.m.
    Offline Location
    Dewey Hall, Room 2110D
  • Oct3

    "Evolutionary genomics of convergent adaptive evolution in Anolis lizards"

    Dr. Anthony Geneva, Rutgers University

    Date
    Friday, October 3, 2025
    Time
    3 p.m.
    Offline Location
    Dewey Hall, Room 2110D
  • Oct10

    “Evaluating and predicting organismal response to extreme heat events”

    Dr. Jason Keagy, Penn State University

    Date
    Friday, October 10, 2025
    Time
    3 p.m.
    Offline Location
    Dewey Hall, Room 2110D
  • Oct24

    TBA

    Dr. Lan-Nhi Phung, University of Rochester

    Date
    Friday, October 24, 2025
    Time
    3 p.m.
    Offline Location
    Dewey Hall, Room 2110D
  • Oct27

    "Being too plastic for variable environments: Physiological plasticity in the protoendothermic tenrec (Tenrec ecaudatus)"

    Dr. Frank van Breukelen, University of Nevada Las Vegas

    Date
    Monday, October 27, 2025
    Time
    Noon
    Offline Location
    Hutchinson Hall, Room 140, Lander Auditorium
  • Oct31

    "Evolutionary genetics lessons from the bumble bee mimetic radiation"

    Dr. Heather Hines, Pennsylvania State University

    Date
    Friday, October 31, 2025
    Time
    3 p.m.
    Offline Location
    Dewey Hall, Room 2110D
  • Nov3

    "Teaching old biological dogmas new tricks: Bacterial heterochromatin and its role in regulating cryptic horizontally acquired genes"

    Dr. Lydia Freddolino, University of Michigan

    Date
    Monday, November 3, 2025
    Time
    Noon
    Offline Location
    Hutchinson Hall, Room 140, Lander Auditorium
  • Nov24

    "Exploring how protein isoforms and paralogs generate novel transcriptional outputs"

    Dr. Morgan Sammons, SUNY Albany

    Date
    Monday, November 24, 2025
    Time
    Noon
    Offline Location
    Hutchinson Hall, Room 140, Lander Auditorium
  • Dec5

    “Wolbachia metapopulation biology: chronograms, comparative genomics, clade selection and cytoplasmic incompatibility”

    Dr. Michael Turelli, UC Davis

    Date
    Friday, December 5, 2025
    Time
    3 p.m.
    Offline Location
    Dewey Hall, Room 2110D