Spring 2021 Virtual Seminar Schedule
| February 15 Monday |
Samuel K. Wasser, Univ. of Washington |
Title: Intelligence-led forensic science: Combatting the illegal ivory trade amidst a burgeoning world market Topic: Conservation Biology |
| February 22 Monday |
Jennifer L. Burris, Appalachian State Univ. |
Title: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for STEM Departments Topic: Improving Diversity and Inclusion in STEM |
| March 1 Monday |
Julius Brennecke, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Austrian Academy of Sciences |
Title: Endogenous retroviruses in Drosophila: An evolutionary arms race Topic: Transposons and Endogenous Viruses in Eukaryotes |
| March 15 Monday |
Joseph Hyser, Baylor College of Medicine |
Title: Lightning Storms of Calcium Signaling during Virus Infections Topic: Virus-manipulated Calcium Signaling |
| March 22 Monday |
Jake Saunders, WFU Biology |
Title: How Do Earthworms Taste? …and Other Puns about the Chemical Senses Topic: Mechanisms of Chemosensation |
| March 29 Monday |
Craig Layman, WFU Center for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability |
Title: Animal Pee in the Sea: Consumer-Mediated Nutrient Dynamics in the World’s Changing Oceans Topic: Environmental Change in the Coastal Realm |
| April 7 Wednesday |
Jordan Smith, WFU |
Title: Mechanisms of Carbon Dioxide Detection in the Earthworm (Eisenia hortensis) |
| April 19 Monday, 12:30 PM |
Jordan Chapman, WFU |
Title: Uncovering the role of oxidants and antioxidants in regulating root architecture |
| April 19 Monday |
Trent R. Northen, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
Title: New strategies for assessing beneficial microbial interactions in the rhizosphere Topic: Exometabolomics and Structure-Function of Microbial Communities |
| April 22 Thursday, 12 PM |
Deusdedith Rugemalila, WFU |
Title: Tree recruitment in the Serengeti ecosystem: The role of resources and disturbances |
| April 22 Thursday, 1:30 PM |
Bahjat Fadi Marayati, WFU |
Title: An investigation in the multifaceted regulation of eukaryotic gene expression in Schizosaccharomyces pombe |
| July 27 Tuesday, 9 AM |
Miller Ligon, WFU |
Title: RecoVir: A novel computational platform for uncovering recombination and associated variants in rotavirus |
| August 12 Thursday, 1 PM |
Jennifer Howard, WFU |
Title: Individual and environmental effects on foraging performance in Nazca boobies |
Spring 2021 Seminars were held at 4:00 PM Online unless otherwise noted.