The bio seminars happen every Thursday at noon, in RKC 103 (large auditorium). The list of speakers and talks this semester:
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- 2-Feb: Information session
- 9-Feb: Cancelled because of a snowstorm
- 16-Feb: Emma Rosi; Cary Institute; Our Rivers on Drugs
- 23-Feb: Kirk Haltaufderhyde; University of RI; Characterization of Human T cell Response to Dengue
- 2-Mar: Paolo Forni; SUNY Albany; Terminal differentiation of vomeronasal sensory neurons and GnRH-1 neuronal migration, from new models to new stories
- 9-Mar: Jordan Ruybal; U Scranton; The influence of climate change and evolution on mosquito life history traits and pathogen transmission
- 16-Mar: Cathy Collins, on the ecology of plant-fungal interactions
- 23-Mar: Spring Recess
- 30-Mar: Sarita Lagalwar; Skidmore; Ataxin1-pS776: Single site phosphorylation and its impact on neurodegenerative disease
- 6-Apr: Chris Elphick; U Connecticut; Canaries in the saltmarsh: tidal marsh conservation in the face of sea level rise
- 13-Apr: Cancelled
- 20-Apr: Sarah Bowden; Cary Institute; The ecology of West Nile virus in the United States
- 27-Apr: Charvann Bailey; Vassar; Molecular mechanisms of SLUG-induced chemotherapeutic resistance in triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC)
- 4-May: Alexander Petroff; Rockefeller; tbc (mathematical dynamics of microbial cooperation)
- 11-May: Michelle Hersh; Sarah Lawrence; tbc (ecology of fungal-plant interactions)
- 18-May: Student talks:
- Abiba Salahou: A Novel Approach for Exploring the Effects of Fluoxetine on Xenopus laevis tadpole Feeding Behavior.
- Virginia Caponera: The Insectivore’s Dilemma: An assessment of the potential role of red-backed salamander predation on tick populations.
- Biz Osborne-Schwartz: Attachment affinity of Vibrio cholerae to resistant starches: testing the benefit of adding resistant starches to an oral rehydration therapy.
Illustration: Scholars at an Abbasid library, House of Wisdom, Baghdad. A miniature by Yahyá al-Wasiti, 1237, from the Maqamat of al-Hariri manuscript.