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Biology Seminar Series

Please join the Syracuse University Department of Biology for our weekly seminar series during the Fall and Spring semesters. Our seminars are generally held on Mondays at 12 PM in the Lundgren Room of the Life Sciences Complex (Room 106) and last approximately 1 hour, including time for questions. Coffee and cookies are served.

Biology Department Seminar Series Spring 2025
Date Title Speaker Host(s) Speaker Institution
Jan 13, 2025 “Measuring beaked whale behavioral responses to military sonar: from biology to physics and engineering to statistics, and back again” Stacy DeRuiter Susan Parks Calvin University
Jan 27, 2025 “Synaptic Dysfunction in Neurodegenerative Diseases: From Mechanisms to Therapeutic Strategies” Amira Latif Hernandez Jessica MacDonald Stanford University
Feb 3, 2025 "Transcriptional control of motor neuron terminal differentiation: From worms to humans" Jayson Smith Sarah Hall University of Chicago
Feb 10, 2025 “Decoding the Mechanisms Driving ALS/FTD Onset and Progression: The Role of Arginine-Rich DPRs” Maria Elena Cicardi Carlos Casteñeda Thomas Jefferson University
Feb 17, 2025 “Perineuronal Nets Regulate Neuron and Glial Functions: Implications in Epilepsy” Bhanu Tewari Jim Hewett University of Virginia
Feb 24, 2025 “Plant Synthetic Biology: Directing the Evolution of Next Generation Agriculture” Clay Wright Yasir Ahmed-Braimah Virginia Tech
Mar 7, 2025 TBD Adrian Moore Jessica MacDonald RIKEN Center for Brain Science
Mar 17, 2025 "Genetic conflicts during meiosis drive the rapid evolution of essential chromatin proteins" Harmit Malik Biology Graduate Student Organization Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
Mar 24, 2025 TBD Lucia Strader Carlos Castañeda and Heather Meyer Duke University
Mar 31, 2025 TBD Omer Gokcumen Yasir Ahmed-Braimah University at Buffalo
Apr 7, 2025 TBD Walter Schmidt Jimmy Hougland University of Georgia
Apr 14, 2025 TBD Aditya Dutta Ramesh Raina University of Delaware
Apr 21, 2025 TBD TBD TBD TBD
Apr 28, 2025 TBD Veena Prahlad Sarah Hall Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

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