Spring 2023 Virtual/In Person Seminar Schedule
| February 27 Monday, Winston 126 & Online |
Bryan Dewsbury, Florida International University |
Title: Beyond Inclusion – Education for Civic Engagement Topic Area: Science Education |
| March 20 Monday, Online |
Heather Bruegl, M.A. (Oneida/Stockbridge-Munsee) |
Title: More Than a Land Acknowledgement: A History of Land Loss and How to Acknowledge the Land Topic Area: Incorporate Indigenous history into the stories |
| March 24 Friday, 4 PM, Winston 126 & Online |
Jonathan Moon, WFU Biology |
Title: Quantification of Marine Bacterial Chemotaxis In Response to Phage-Infected Synechococcus MS Graduate Student in Dr. Sheri Floge‘s Laboratory |
| March 27 Monday, Winston 126 & Online |
Michael Olivier, WFU School of Medicine |
Title: How do we age? Molecular studies in non-human primates Topic Area: The molecular basis of common human diseases (headache and Diabetes) |
| April 3 Monday, Winston 126 & Online |
Joseph L. Graves, North Carolina A&T |
Title: Experimental Evolution of Metal Resistance in Bacteria Topic Area: Evolution and Genetics |
| April 3 Monday, 7 PM, Bryum Auditorium |
Joseph L. Graves, North Carolina A&T |
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Title: “Racism Not Race”: Discussing Race, Society, and Medicine |
| April 4 Tuesday, 11 AM, Winston 126 & Online |
Lizel Mendoza, WFU Biology |
Title: Assessing the genetic diversity between and within host populations of the rotavirus A VP4 spike protein MS Graduate Student in Dr. James Pease‘s Laboratory |
| April 4 Tuesday, 3 PM, Winston 126 & Online |
Adam Green, WFU Biology |
Title: A Novel Look into Associative Learning and Long-Term Memory Retention in Corn Snakes (Pantherophis guttatus) MS Graduate Student in Dr. Clifford Zeyl‘s Laboratory |
| April 6 Thursday, 11 AM, Winston 126 & Online |
Ethan Huang, WFU Biology |
Title: Effects of amitraz and age on sweetness perception, learning, and memory in Apis mellifera workers MS Graduate Student in Dr. Susan Fahrbach‘s Laboratory |
| April 11 Tuesday, 2 PM, Winston 126 & Online |
Francesca Giammona, WFU Biology |
Title: Morphological adaptations and kinematic adjustments for terrestrial locomotion in amphibious fishes PhD Graduate Student in Dr. Miriam Ashley-Ross‘s Laboratory |
| April 12 Wednesday, 2:30 PM, Wake Downtown 4802 & Online |
Heather Colvin Binns, WFU Biology |
Title: Investigating the Role of Exogenous Metabolites on Erythroid Cells in Malarial Anemia PhD Graduate Student in Dr. Regina Joice Cordy‘s Laboratory |
| April 13 Thursday, 11 AM, Winston 126 & Online |
Scott Cory, WFU Biology |
Title: Establishment of first-year Acacia tree seedlings PhD Graduate Student in Dr. William Smith‘s Laboratory |
| April 13 Thursday, 4 PM, Winston 126 & Online |
Austin Snide, WFU Biology |
Title: Investigating the function of pericentromeric heterochromatin in Schizosaccharomyces pombe MS Graduate Student in Dr. Ke Reid‘s Laboratory |
| April 17 Monday, Winston 126 & Online |
Kevin Wilcox, UNC Greensboro |
Title: Legacies of extreme drought, fire, and grazing in South African savanna grasslands Topic Area: Grassland ecology |
| April 19 Wednesday, 11 AM, Winston 125 & Online |
Madeleine Ward, WFU Biology |
Title: Dietary partitioning of tropical herbivorous reef fish MS Graduate Student in Dr. Miles Silman‘s Laboratory |
| April 24 Monday, Winston 126 & Online |
James S. Clark, Duke University |
Title: Tree fecundity will determine 21st century forests: individual trees to continental controls Topic Area: How global change affects populations, communities, and ecosystems |
| April 27 Thursday, 3:30 PM, Winston 126 |
Honors and Awards Day | |
| June 2 Friday, 1 PM, Wake Downtown 4802 & Online |
Mackenzie Anderson, WFU Biology |
Title: Characterization of Particle-Associated Rotavirus Polymerase Activities PhD Graduate Student in Dr. Sarah Esstman‘s Laboratory |
| July 12 Wednesday, 3 PM, Wake Downtown 4802 & Online |
John Gorelick, WFU Biology |
Title: Satellite remote sensing of seagrass dynamics on Lighthouse Reef, Belize MS Graduate Student in Dr. Miles Silman‘s Laboratory |
| July 21 Friday, 2 PM, Wake Downtown 4802 & Online |
Anthony Postiglione, WFU Biology |
Title: Hormonal and environmental regulation of reactive oxygen species localization and homeostasis in guard cells and pollen PhD Graduate Student in Dr. Gloria Muday‘s Laboratory |
| July 26 Wednesday, 10 AM, Wake Downtown 4802 & Online |
Emily Martin, WFU Biology |
Title: Ethylene signaling remodels root development through increases in reactive oxygen species PhD Graduate Student in Dr. Gloria Muday‘s Laboratory |
| July 28 Friday, 12 PM, Winston 126 & Online |
Christopher Lopez, WFU Biology |
Title: Limitations to Understory Vegetation and Seedling Recruitment in a Piedmont Monadnock Forest MS Graduate Student in Dr. T. Michael Anderson‘s Laboratory |
Spring 2023 Seminars were held at 4:00 PM Online and/or In Person unless otherwise noted.