Fall 2020 Virtual Seminar Schedule
| August 31 Monday |
Doug Lyles, Wake Biochemistry |
Title: How viral nucleoproteins travel in the cytoplasm of infected cells Topic: RNA Virus Biology |
| September 14 Monday |
Lauren Childs, Virginia Tech |
Title: Modeling the Dynamics of Malaria Infection Topic: Mathematical Modeling of Malaria |
| September 28 Monday |
Rosie Alegado, Univ. of Hawai’i, Mānoa |
Title: From evo to eco: a microbiologistʻs journey from bench to boat Topic: Role of Bacteria in Organismal Development/Evolution |
| October 5 Monday |
Joelle Muhlemann, WFU Biology |
Title: Flavonols take the heat out of heat stress to protect pollen from elevated ROS Topic: Plant Cell Signaling |
| October 5 Monday |
Heather Brown-Harding, WFU Biology |
Title: Expansion Microscopy to Analyze Developmental Genes in Chlamydia Topic: Imaging Chlamydia Infection |
| October 19 Monday |
Thea Whitman, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison |
Title: Wildfire effects on soil microbes Topic: Soil Ecology and Climate Change |
| October 26 Monday |
Leslie E. Sieburth, Univ. of Utah |
Title: Gene Expression: roles of mRNA decay in steady state and during stimulus response Topic: Plant Development |
| November 2 Monday |
Michael Butcher, Youngstown State |
Title: Are sloths the undisputed (anaerobic) kings of the jungle? Topic: Structure-Function of the Musculoskeletal System |
| November 16 Monday |
Luis Fernandez, WFU CINCIA |
Title: The Price of Paperless: developing a multidimensional characterization of ecosystem degradation due to artisanal mining in the Amazon Topic: Ecosystem Preservations |
| November 23 Monday |
BIO Graduate Students, WFU |
Short Talks By: Rebecca Seifert, Jon Nelson, David De La Cerda, and Anthony Postiglione Title(s): RS: The Denning Behavior of Crocuta crocuta JN: Neuropeptide modulation of olfactory behavior in Drosophila DC: Differential 3´extension profiles enhance gene expression analysis in fission yeast (Schizosaccharomyces pombe) AP: Spatial Regulation of Reactive Oxygen Species During Abscisic Acid-Induced Stomatal Closure |
| November 30 Monday |
Michael Ward, WFU |
Title: TBD |
Fall 2020 Seminars were held at 4:00 PM Online unless otherwise noted.