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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- Apr20
“You are when you eat: Time-Restricted-Fasting (TRF) in control of aging in Drosophila”
Dr. Matthew Ulgherait, Columbia University Medical Center
- Date
- Thursday, April 20, 2023
- Time
- 10 a.m.
- Offline Location
- School of Medicine and Dentistry, Room 2-6408, K-207 Auditorium
- Apr21
“The evolution of hybrid inviability in the Drosophila simulans clade”
Emiliano Marti, University of Rochester
- Date
- Friday, April 21, 2023
- Time
- 3 p.m.
- Offline Location
- Hutchison Hall, Room 316
- Apr24
"Molecular mechanisms of cellular redox signaling"
Dr. Carolyn Sevier, Cornell University
- Date
- Monday, April 24, 2023
- Time
- Noon
- Offline Location
- Hutchison Hall, Room 140, Lander Auditorium
- Apr27
“Small Molecule Approaches to Aging and Tissue Repair"
Dr. Marta Kovatcheva, Aging & Metabolism Unit, IRB Barcelona
- Date
- Thursday, April 27, 2023
- Time
- 11 a.m.
- Offline Location
- School of Medicine and Dentistry, Room 2-6408, K-207 Auditorium
- Apr28
“Causes and consequences of behavioral plasticity in bees”
Dr. Karen Kapheim, Utah State University
- Date
- Friday, April 28, 2023
- Time
- 3 p.m.
- Offline Location
- Hutchison Hall, Room 316
- May1
“Gene family or arms race? Tubulin and the diversification of microtubule networks”
Dr. Jeffrey Moore, University of Colorado
- Date
- Monday, May 1, 2023
- Time
- Noon
- Offline Location
- Hutchison Hall, Room 473
- May4
“Unraveling the heterogeneity of senescence in the aged skeleton”
Dr. Madison Doolittle, Mayo Clinic
- Date
- Thursday, May 4, 2023
- Time
- 10 a.m.
- Offline Location
- School of Medicine and Dentistry, Room 2-6408, K-207 Auditorium
- May8
Aging Research Day
Keynote speaker: Daniel W. Belsky, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
- Date
- Monday, May 8, 2023
- Time
- 10 a.m.
- Offline Location
- Goergen Hall, Sloan Auditorium
This all-day event will feature a variety of talks on aging research.
- May15
Cancelled—"Aging influences on blood cancer development and progression - a window of opportunity?"
Dr. Kristina Kirschner, University of Glasgow School of Cancer Sciences & CRUK Beatson Institute
- Date
- Monday, May 15, 2023
- Time
- 10 a.m.
- Offline Location
- School of Medicine and Dentistry, Room 2-6408, K-207 Auditorium
- May22
To be determined
Dr. Hongbo Liu, University of Pennsylvania
- Date
- Monday, May 22, 2023
- Time
- Noon
- Offline Location
- School of Medicine and Dentistry, Ryan Case Method Room 1-9576
- May31
“Exploiting Drosophila to explore the underlying complexity of immune, metabolic, and immuno-metabolic control of aging”
Dr. Jason Karpac, Texas A&M
- Date
- Wednesday, May 31, 2023
- Time
- 10 a.m.
- Offline Location
- School of Medicine and Dentistry, Room 2-6408, K-207 Auditorium
- Jun8
"3D-printed Marine Bacteria for the Degradation of Bioplastics in Marine Environments"
Luying (Louise) He, University of Rochester
- Date
- Thursday, June 8, 2023
- Time
- 2 p.m.
Master's Thesis Defense