Seminar Series: Spring 2025

1:00 p.m. All are welcome! 

CNS 112
(unless noted otherwise)

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The Biology department offers a seminar (BIOL 41100/41200) series each semester representing a broad range of topics in  biology.  These seminars are open to the entire community.  Students are invited to meet with the speaker in a small group following the talk to answer questions related to the topic presented, or to answer questions regarding different careers in Biology.

Seminar Organizer, Leann Kanda

January 24Introductory meeting for students taking Biology Seminar BIOL-41100/41200
January 31Peter Melcher 
Sabbatical Report, "Cooperation or Conquest? A Physiological Perspective on the Dynamics of an Invasive Coastal Species in Puerto Rico"
February 7“What should I do with my life?” (Q&A) 
with Te-Wen Lo and Ian Woods
February 21  Brayan Vilanova-Cuevas, Cornell University
“Detection of Diadematidae Scuticociliatosis in Sympatric Organisms and Environmental Reservoirs & its Influence on Host Microbiome Composition”
February 28Brandon P Hedrick, Cornell University
“Harbingers of Change: Effects of Macro- and Microclimate on Salamanders”
March 28Eric Surette, Boston College (Biochemistry ‘16)
"Regional Identities Imprinted during Embryogenesis Inform Growth and Shape of the Adult Caudal Fin Skeleton"
April 11Hannah Reich, SUNY ESF
"Taking Symbioses Apart & Putting them Back Together: Exploring the Ecological Consequences of Microalgal Elemental Exchanges"
April 25Wilcox-Adelman, NYU
THURS., May 1,  
4 pm
&
May 2, 1 pm 

Biology Research  &  Biochemistry Research

Both dates will be held in CNS 112.