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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- Aug29
TBA
Dr. Maria Stager, University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Date
- Friday, August 29, 2025
- Time
- 3 p.m.
- Offline Location
- Dewey Hall, Room 2110D
- 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
- Sept8
TBA
Dr. Emilia Sánchez-Huertas, Brown University
- Date
- Monday, September 8, 2025
- Time
- Noon
- Offline Location
- Hutchinson Hall, Room 140, Lander Auditorium
- 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
TBA
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
TBA
Dr. Anthony Geneva, Rutgers University
- Date
- Friday, October 3, 2025
- Time
- 3 p.m.
- Offline Location
- Dewey Hall, Room 2110D
- Oct6
TBA
Dr. Sarah Kocher, Princeton University
- Date
- Monday, October 6, 2025
- Time
- Noon
- Offline Location
- Hutchinson Hall, Room 140, Lander Auditorium
- Oct10
TBA
Dr. Jason Keagy, Penn State University
- Date
- Friday, October 10, 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
TBA
Dr. Lydia Freddolino, University of Michigan
- Date
- Monday, November 3, 2025
- Time
- Noon
- Offline Location
- Hutchinson Hall, Room 140, Lander Auditorium
- Nov14
TBA
Dr. Christopher Ellison, Rutgers University
- Date
- Friday, November 14, 2025
- Time
- 3 p.m.
- Offline Location
- Dewey Hall, Room 2110D
- Nov17
TBA
Dr. Scott Edwards, Harvard University
- Date
- Monday, November 17, 2025
- Time
- Noon
- Offline Location
- Hutchinson Hall, Room 140, Lander Auditorium
- Nov24
TBA
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
- Dec8
TBA
Dr. Carlos Botero, University of Texas at Austin
- Date
- Monday, December 8, 2025
- Time
- Noon
- Offline Location
- Hutchinson Hall, Room 140, Lander Auditorium