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.
| Date | Title | Speaker | Host(s) | Speaker Institution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 2026 | Taking symbioses apart & putting them back together again: Exploring the ecological consequences of microalgal interactions | Hannah Reich | Angela Oliverio | SUNY-ESF |
| Feb 27, 2026 | Regulation of embryonic RNA condensates through intrinsically disordered proteins | Andrea Putnam | Carlos Castañeda | University of Wisconsin- Madison |
| Mar 6, 2026 | Functional genomics to decipher determinants of phage infection in gut anaerobes | Yolanda Huang | Sarah Lucas | SUNY-Buffalo |
| Mar 16, 2026 (Monday 12 PM, special day and time) | Jack and Pat Bryan Distinguished Lecture Series: Understanding Colon Cancer through the Lens of the Microbiome | Pat Schloss | BGSO | University of Michigan |
| Mar 17, 2026 (Tuesday 12 PM, special day and time) | Jack and Pat Bryan Distinguished Lecture Series: Borrowing From the Humanities to Enhance Data Visualization Skills | Pat Schloss | BGSO | University of Michigan |
| Mar 20, 2026 | K(Ch)romatin-Associated Nuclear Guide RNA Functions as a Sequence-Specific Signaling Molecule | Hong-Gu Kang | Eundeok Kim | Texas State University |
| Mar 27, 2026 | The transmission of epigenetic information to offspring by sperm RNAs | Colin Conine | Sarah Hall | University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine |
| Apr 3, 2026 | What does a USDA Forest Service Research Ecologist actually do? | Erik Lilleskov | Jamie Lamit | USDA |
| Apr 10, 2026 | 3D genome organization and function in nematodes | Sevinc Ercan | Yasir Ahmed-Braimah | New York University |
| Apr 17, 2026 | Organelle transport and organization in mouse oogenesis | Lei Lei | Melissa Pepling | University of Missouri-Columbia |
| Apr 24, 2026 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |