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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  • Sept11

    "Generating extreme intrasexual diversity: Y chromosomes and male morphs of Poecilia parae"

    Dr. Ben Sandkam, Cornell University

    Date
    Monday, September 11, 2023
    Time
    Noon
    Offline Location
    Hutchison Hall, Room 140, Lander Auditorium
  • Sept15

    "Single-cell atavism reveals an ancient mechanism of cell type diversification in a sea anemone"

    Dr. Leslie Babonis, Cornell University

    Date
    Friday, September 15, 2023
    Time
    3 p.m.
    Offline Location
    Hutchison Hall, Room 316
  • Sept18

    “Evolutionary genetics of opportunistic bacteria growing on surfaces or in hosts”

    Dr. Vaughn Cooper, University of Pittsburgh

    Date
    Monday, September 18, 2023
    Time
    Noon
    Offline Location
    Hutchison Hall, Room 140, Lander Auditorium
  • Sept22

    "Mitochondrial evolution and mito-nuclear interaction"

    Dr. Xu Wang, Auburn University

    Date
    Friday, September 22, 2023
    Time
    3 p.m.
    Offline Location
    Hutchison Hall, Room 316
  • Sept25

    "A tale of two checkpoints"

    Dr. Needhi Bhalla, University of California, Santa Cruz

    Date
    Monday, September 25, 2023
    Time
    Noon
    Offline Location
    Hutchison Hall, Room 140, Lander Auditorium
  • Oct2

    "Spatial transcriptomics and cell-free nucleic acids to profile host-microbe interactions"

    Dr. Iwijn De Vlaminck, Cornell University

    Date
    Monday, October 2, 2023
    Time
    Noon
    Offline Location
    Hutchison Hall, Room 140, Lander Auditorium
  • Oct6

    “Shell development in the mud snail Tritia obsoleta: Contributions of the 2d micromere and the retinoic acid signaling pathway”

    Thao Kim Dao, University of Rochester

    Date
    Friday, October 6, 2023
    Time
    11:30 a.m.
    Offline Location
    Hutchison Hall, Room 140, Lander Auditorium
    Thesis Defense
  • Oct13

    "Genomics and the study of natural selection in wild plant populations"

    Dr. John Kelly, University of Kansas

    Date
    Friday, October 13, 2023
    Time
    3 p.m.
    Offline Location
    Hutchison Hall, Room 316
  • Oct23

    “Biodiversity and the evolution of Darwin’s Finches”

    Drs. Peter and Rosemary Grant, Princeton University

    Date
    Monday, October 23, 2023
    Time
    Noon
    Offline Location
    Hutchison Hall, Room 140, Lander Auditorium
  • Oct30

    “Unraveling the consequences of bacteriophage-mediated DNA recombination”

    Dr. Andrew Varble, URMC, Department of Microbiology and Immunology

    Date
    Monday, October 30, 2023
    Time
    Noon
    Offline Location
    Hutchison Hall, Room 140, Lander Auditorium
  • Nov3

    “Wiring up the brain during development: Coordination and propagation of cell fate choice in neural circuit assembly”

    Dr. Yu-Chieh Chen, New York University

    Date
    Friday, November 3, 2023
    Time
    3 p.m.
    Offline Location
    Hutchison Hall, Room 316
  • Nov6

    "Unraveling mechanisms of protein phosphorylation through multi-omics analysis"

    Dr. Tian Zhang, University of Virginia

    Date
    Monday, November 6, 2023
    Time
    Noon
    Offline Location
    Hutchison Hall, Room 140, Lander Auditorium
  • Nov13

    “Every amino acid matters: Histone variants in development and disease”

    Dr. Laura Banaszynski, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

    Date
    Monday, November 13, 2023
    Time
    Noon
    Offline Location
    Hutchison Hall, Room 140, Lander Auditorium
  • Nov17

    "Ghost wolves of North America"

    Dr. Bridgett vonHoldt, Princeton University

    Date
    Friday, November 17, 2023
    Time
    3 p.m.
    Offline Location
    Hutchison Hall, Room 316
  • Nov20

    "Post-transcriptional control of gene expression in time and space"

    Dr. Howard Lipshitz, University of Toronto

    Date
    Monday, November 20, 2023
    Time
    Noon
    Offline Location
    Hutchison Hall, Room 140, Lander Auditorium
  • Nov27

    “T2T-scale genome assemblies: Shining a light on repeats, dynamic centromeres, and chromosome evolution”

    Dr. Rachel O’Neill, University of Connecticut

    Date
    Monday, November 27, 2023
    Time
    Noon
    Offline Location
    Hutchison Hall, Room 140, Lander Auditorium
  • Dec1

    “The evolutionary consequences of crop domestication and the expansion of agriculture on pollinators”

    Dr. Margarita López-Uribe, Pennsylvania State University

    Date
    Friday, December 1, 2023
    Time
    3 p.m.
    Offline Location
    Hutchison Hall, Room 316
  • Dec4

    “Coevolution as a potent(ial) tool for discovering protein interactions and function”

    Dr. Jack Werren, University of Rochester

    Date
    Monday, December 4, 2023
    Time
    Noon
    Offline Location
    Hutchison Hall, Room 140, Lander Auditorium