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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 4, 2026 | UBQLN phase transitions in protein quality control and implications for neurodegenerative diseases | Carlos Castañeda | Jimmy Hougland | Syracuse University |
| Sept 11, 2026 | From fumaroles to ferments: the eco-evolutionary dynamics of microbial systems | Angela Oliverio | Kate Lewis | Syracuse University |
| Sept 25, 2026 | Bacterial plurality: a rubric to understand chronic infections | Garth Ehrlich | Ramesh Raina | Drexel University |
| Oct 2, 2026 | The centrosome during early vertebrate development | Heidi Hehnly | Roy Welch | Syracuse University |
| Oct 9, 2026 | Extracellular condensates as drivers of neuroinflammation | Steven Boeynaems | Heather Meyer | Baylor University |
| Oct 16, 2026 | Protein lipidation in cardiovascular homeostasis, development, and disease | Whitney Edwards | Jimmy Hougland | UNC Chapel Hill |
| Oct 23, 2026 | TBA | Tomasz Sarnowski | Eundeok Kim | Polish Academy of Sciences |
| Oct 30, 2026 | Presynaptic endocytosis failure as an early driver of Parkinson’s disease | Vidyadhara D J | Chih Hung Lo | Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science |
| Nov 6, 2026 | TBA | Jackie Vogel | Carlos Castañeda | McGill University |
| Nov 13, 2026 | TBA | Sarah Lucas | Melissa Pepling | Syracuse University |
| Nov 20, 2026 | Investigating horizontal processes: how ecology drives DNA transfer and the origin of organelles | Julia Van Etten | Angela Oliverio | University of Maryland |
| Dec 4, 2026 | No end in sight, mysteries of the telomeric variation in plants | Jae Young Choi | Yasir Ahmed-Braimah | University of Kansas |