News & Events
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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Monday, March 18, 2019
Dr. Mark Hochstrasser, Yale University
"Molecular mechanisms of host reproductive manipulation by bacterial endosymbionts"
Hutchison Hall, Lander AuditoriumNoon
Friday, March 22, 2019
Ching-Ho Chang, University of Rochester
"Balanced under the arms race: The war between selfish SD chromosomes and suppressors"
Hutchison 3163 p.m.
Monday, March 25, 2019
Dr. Scott Hawley, Stowers Institute
"Molecular biology of meiosis"
Hutchison Hall, Lander AuditoriumNoon
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
CANCELLED! - Dr. Parris Humphrey, Harvard University
"The dynamics, genetics, and ecology of fitness in multiple environments"
Lander Auditorium-Hutchison 1403:30 p.m.
Friday, March 29, 2019
Dr. Elizabeth McGraw, Pennsylvania State University
"Using evolutionary approaches to dissect the genetic basis of Wolbachia-mediated viral blocking in mosquitoes"
Hutchison 3163 p.m.
Monday, April 1, 2019
Dr. Robert Shmookler-Reis, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
“When good proteins turn bad: Understanding age- and pathology-associated aggregation”
Hutchison Hall, Lander AuditoriumNoon
Friday, April 5, 2019
Dr. Quinn McFrederick, University of California, Riverside
“Leveraging microbes for bee conservation”
Hutchison 3163 p.m.
Monday, April 8, 2019
Dr. Neal Silverman, University of Massachusetts Medical School
"Adventures in insect innate immunity"
Hutchison Hall, Lander AuditoriumNoon
Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Adam Johnson, University of Rochester
“Axial elongation in a gastropod: the shell growth zones and the mesoteloblast lineage in Tritia”
Computer Studies 209Noon
PhD Thesis Defense
Friday, April 12, 2019
Xiaolu Wei, University of Rochester
"Satellite DNA Regulation in Drosophila melanogaster"
Hutchison 3163 p.m.
Monday, April 15, 2019
Dr. Jenny Tung, Duke University
"The evolutionary and molecular impact of social relationships in mammals"
Hutchison Hall, Lander AuditoriumNoon
Monday, April 22, 2019
Dr. Patrick Murphy, URMC, Department of Biomedical Genetics
“The Role of H2A.Z in Epigenetic Inheritance and Developmental Enhancer Activation”
Hutchison Hall, Lander AuditoriumNoon
Friday, April 26, 2019
Omid Saleh Ziabari, University of Rochester
"Parallel evolution of wings in aphids"
Hutchison 3163 p.m.
Monday, April 29, 2019
Dr. Danica Chen, University of California, Berkeley
"Mitochondrial metabolic checkpoint, stem cell aging and rejuvenation"
Hutchison Hall, Lander AuditoriumNoon
Friday, May 3, 2019
Nilima Walunjkar, University of Rochester
TBA
Hutchison 3163 p.m.
Monday, May 6, 2019
Dr. David Matus, Stony Brook University
"Cell cycle regulation of differentiation and morphogenesis: Insights from worms and cancer"
Hutchison Hall, Room 473Noon
Friday, May 10, 2019
Emery Longan, University of Rochester
TBA
Hutchison 3163 p.m.
Wednesday, May 15, 2019
Keynote speaker: Dr. Matt Kaeberlein, University of Washington
Aging Research Day
This all-day event will feature a variety of talks on aging research.
Goergen Hall, River Campus, Room 10110 a.m.
Friday, May 17, 2019
Dr. Molly Schumer, Harvard Medical School
"Natural selection on hybrid genomes: Insights from swordtail fish"
Hutchison 3163 p.m.