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Department of Biology Seminar Series

Seminars are held from 12:00-1:00 p.m. on the specified date in Rankin Science West Room 183, unless otherwise noted. Recordings of each seminar can be found in the list below.

Seminar: Digital Biodiversity & The Internet of Animals

Dr. Roland Kays
Research Associate Professor
Department of Forestry & Environ. Resources
North Carolina State University
Museum of Natural Sciences
Date: Friday, February 17, 2023

Seminar: Faculty Flash Talks

Dr. Steve Seagle
Dr. Pablo Chialvo
Ms. Julia Showalter
Dr. Mary Kinkel
Dr. Mike Gangloff
Mr. Kevin Oley
Dr. Khadija Fouad
Dr. Annkatrin Rose
Dr. Cara Fiore
Dr. Maryam Ahmed
Dr. David Nieman
Dr. Shea Tuberty
Dr. Jennifer Geib
Appalachian State University
Date: Friday, February 10, 2023

Seminar: Understanding Cell Proliferation and Dormancy in the Age of AI

Dr. Orlando Arguello-Miranda
North Carolina State University
Assistant Professor, Biology
Date: Friday, February 3, 2023

Seminar: Evolution of Sensory Systems: Extreme Adaptation to Low Food by Deep-Sea Glass Sponges

Dr. Sally Leys
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Alberta
Date: Friday, January 27, 2023

Seminar: Searching Sewers for SARS-VoV-2: Wastewater Testing at App State

Dr. Chequita Brooks
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Biology
Appalachian State University
Date: Friday, December 2, 2022

Seminar: The Evolution of Social Life in a World Full of Microbes? What can we learn from a Subsocial Insect?

Dr. Joël Meunier
Université de Tours
The French National Center for Scientific Research
Date: Friday, November 18, 2022

Seminar: Characterizing Ecological Responses to Global Change in the Age of Big Data

Dr. Casey Youngflesh
Quantitative Ecologist and Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
Michigan State University
Date: Friday, November 11, 2022

Seminar: Exploring Protein Features and Functions: In Plants, In the Lab and Online"

Dr. Amanda Storm
Western Carolina University
Assistant Professor, Biology
Date: Friday, November 4, 2022

Seminar: The Effects of Moderate Malnutrition and Plasmodium Chabaudi Infection on Innate Mucosal Immunity in the Gut

Mr. Tyler Olender
Thesis Defense
Appalachian State University
Date: Friday, October 28, 2022

Seminar: Prioritizing Smoking Status as a Variable in Lung Cancer Precision Medicine with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors

.Margaret Smith
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Date: Friday, October 21, 2022

Seminar: From Trash to Treasure: Harnessing Microbial Communities to Convert Plastic Waste to Food

Dr. Stephen Techtmann
Michigan Technological University
Department of Biological Sciences
Date: Friday, October 14, 2022

Seminar: Biodiversity in Flux: Implications of Changing Riverscapes and Species Concepts for the Biota of Southeastern Rivers

Dr. Michael Gangloff
Associate Professor, Appalachian State University
Date: Friday, October 7, 2022

Seminar:

Dr. Lara Souza
Associate Professor
Director of Oklahoma Biological Survey
University of Oklahoma
Date: Friday, September 30, 2022

Seminar: Seminar: Faculty Flash Talks

Dr. Andrew Bellemer
Dr. Rachel Bleich
Dr. Claire Scott Chialvo
Dr. Matt Estep
Dr. Howard Neufeld
Dr. Annkatrin Rose
Dr. Darren Seals
Dr. Ava Udvadia
Dr. Crystal West
Dr. Marketa Zimova
and more
Date: Friday, September 23, 2022

Seminar: Now Something Completely Different: The Unusual Biology of an Impressively Widespread, Invasive Beast

Dr. Peter Ducey
Distinguished Teaching Professor
SUNY Cortland
Date: Friday, September 16, 2022