Biology Seminar
Unless noted otherwise, the seminars are 11:30am-12:30pm in the Damen Student Center Cinema.
Upcoming Seminars
Wednesday, October 21, 2026 in LSB 312
Amphibian Natural History: From Evolution and Ecology to Conservation
from the Chicago Field Museum
Wednesday, October 28, 2026 in Regis Hall MPR
The role of plant chemistry in mediating response to environmental change.
from The University of Chicago
Wednesday, November 18, 2026 in Regis Hall MPR
Gene-Environment Interactions on the Fly: How Diet Shapes Behavior and Organismal Fitness.
from the University of Louisville
Past 2026 Seminars
Wednesday, October 7, 2026 in Regis Hall MPR
Mapping behavioral networks to understand fine-scale habitat partitioning linked to species persistence in Lake Tanganyikan cichlids
from Hope College
Wednesday, September 30, 2026 in Regis Hall MPR
Twisting Tales at the Synapse: Uncovering How Protein Shape Regulates Synaptic Communication
Dr. Jary Delgado from Loyola University Chicago
Wednesday, September 23, 2026 in Regis Hall MPR
Impact of elemental limitation on evolutionary dynamics and antibiotic resistance in E. coli
Dr. Caroline Turner from Loyola University Chicago
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Past 2025 Seminars
Wednesday, November 19, 2025 in Regis Hall MPR
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Changes in vertebrate communities of the Caribbean in the late Cenozoic shaped modern diversity: a tale of bones and stones
from the Field Museum
Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Local biodiversity depends on species co-existence: insights from phylogeny, ecology, and morphology of closely related wildflowers
from Michigan State University
Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Troublesome Taxonomy and Systematic Instability in Asian Horned Frogs
, Life Sciences Section, Negaunee Integrative Research Center, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, USA, Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London, UK
Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Why are painted turtles painted? Studying longevity and pigments in a common species
Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at Northeastern Illinois University
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 in LSB 412
Old Data, Long-Term Data, and Bad Data: Using Hierarchical and Integrated Models to Make Better Decisions for Amphibian and Reptile Conservation
from the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Â鶹´«Ã½ at the University of Georgia
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
Understanding plant invasions using a traits-based framework
Assistant Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Illinois Chicago
Past 2024 Seminars
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 in Regis Hall MPR
Exploring the "noncoding" genome in Drosophila development: ribozyme-mediated RNA knockdown and a novel small peptide
from Northwestern University
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Restoring tallgrass prairie through adaptive management and research
from the Nature Conservancy
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Mechanisms of colonization by the antimicrobial-resistant superbug Acinetobacter baumannii
from the University of Illinois Chicago
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
The Intestinal Microbiome as a Pillar of 'One Health' Approaches
from Northern Illinois University
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Evolutionary Genetics of Plant Biotic Interactions
from Loyola University Chicago
Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Bacteria, Phage, and The Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance
from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Wednesday, September 11, 2024
from the University of California San Diego
Wednesday, September 4, 2024
from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign