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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 Fridays at 2:30 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 Fall 2025
Date Title Speaker Host(s) Speaker Institution
Sept 5, 2025 Liquid crystal physics governs the collective behavior of the spindle microtubule network Colm Kelleher Melissa Pepling Syracuse University
Sept 12, 2025 Discipline-Based Education Research in Clinical Perfusion: Stopping Hearts, Saving Lives Bruce Searles Jason Wiles SUNY-Upstate Medical University
Sept 19, 2025 Tension at the Surface: How Epithelial Cells Sense and Respond to Mechanical Cues Soichiro Yamada Li-En Jao University of California - Davis
Sept 26, 2025 TBA Peter Tyack Susan Parks Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution / University of St Andrews
Oct 3, 2025 Biomimetics and slug glue: How to make tough, fast-setting hydrogel adhesives Andrew Smith Austin Garner Ithaca College
Oct 10, 2025 TBA Melissa McCartney Ash Heim SUNY-University at Buffalo
Oct 17, 2025 Functional genomics to assess how gut anaerobes tolerate stress Yolanda Huang Sarah Lucas SUNY-University at Buffalo
Oct 24, 2025 The RNA-binding protein Orb2 regulates brain growth in Drosophila Dorothy Lerit Heidi Hehnly Emory University
Oct 31, 2025 Slow vs. abrupt pathways of climate-driven forest change Nathan Kiel Jamie Lamit SUNY-ESF
Nov 7, 2025 Stochasticity and Robustness in Arabidopsis flower development Adrienne Roeder Heather Meyer Cornell University
Nov 14, 2025 Redefining the Scope of CaaX-type Protein Prenylation Walter Schmidt Jimmy Hougland University of Georgia
Nov 21, 2025 Regulatory control of plant cell identity Alexandre Marand Eundeok Kim University of Michigan
Dec 5, 2025 TBA Craig See Chris Fernandez University of Minnesota