University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
Dr. Jayakrishnan Nandakumar
Unviersity of Michigan
"Functions of telomeric shelterin proteins outside of their role in protecting chromosome ends"
Monday, April 23, 2018
169 Crawford Hall
11:00 A.M.
10:50 A.M. refreshments
Host: Dr. Andrea Berman
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
Dr. Donny Licatalosi
Case Western Reserve University
"RNA networks and the specialization of cell functions"
Monday, April 16, 2018
169 Crawford Hall
11:00 A.M.
10:50 A.M. refreshments
Host: Dr. Andrea Berman
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
Dr. Maureen Neiman
University of Iowa
Sex in the Wild (and Especially in New Zealand)
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
Dr. Jesse Lasky
Penn State University
"Local adaptation and eco-evolutionary response to global change"
Monday, March 19, 2018
169 Crawford Hall
11:00 A.M.
10:50 A.M. refreshments
Host: Dr. Martin Turcotte
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
Dr. Lewis Held
Texas Tech University
"Hamlet on the Fly: To be or not to be a Foreleg?"
Monday, March 12, 2018
169 Crawford Hall
11:00 A.M.
10:50 A.M. refreshments
Host: Dr. Burhan Gharaibeh
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
Dr. Kami Kim
University of South Florida
"Epigenetic factors affecting gene expression in Toxoplasma"
Monday, February 26, 2018
169 Crawford Hall
11:00 A.M.
10:50 A.M. refreshments
Host: Dr. Jon Boyle
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
Dr. Patty Brennan
Mt. Holyoke College
"Copulation and Genital Coevolution in Vertebrates: Filling in the gaps"
Monday, February 19, 2018
169 Crawford Hall
11:00 A.M.
10:50 A.M. refreshments
Host: Melissa Plakke/EE Students
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
Dr. Anglea Hay
Max Planck Institute- Munich
"Explosive seed dispersal"
Monday, February 12, 2018
169 Crawford Hall
11:00 A.M.
10:50 A.M. refreshments
Host: Sarah Smith/MCDB Students
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
Dr. Nathaniel Sharp
University of British Columbia
"The raw material of evolution: Variation in the causes and consequences of mutations"
Wednesday, December 13, 2017
169 Crawford Hall
11:00 A.M.
10:50 A.M. refreshments
Host: Dr. Walt Carson
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
Dr. Corlett Wood
University of Toronto
"Evolutionary genetics and genomics of adaptation and constraint"
Monday, December 11, 2017
169 Crawford Hall
11:00 A.M.
10:50 A.M. refreshments
Host: Dr. Tia-Lynn Ashman
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
Dr. Sarah Flanagan
University of Tennessee
"Population genomics illuminates the role of selection in the evolution of pipefish"
Wednesday, December 6, 2017
169 Crawford Hall
11:00 A.M.
10:50 A.M. refreshments
Host: Dr. Walt Carson
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
Dr. Jesse Weber
University of Montana
"How a fish lost its worm: The genetics and ecology of coevolution"
Monday, December 4, 2017
169 Crawford Hall
11:00 A.M.
10:50 A.M. refreshments
Host: Dr. Martin Turcotte
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
Dr. Matthias Truttman
Children’s Hospital of Boston
"One to rule them all: how AMPylation regulates HSP70 family proteins"
Wednesday, November 129, 2017
169 Crawford Hall
11:00 A.M.
10:50 A.M. refreshments
Host: Dr. Jeff Brodsky
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
Dr. Allyson O’Donnell
Duquesne University
"Ticket to ride: Alpha-arrestin regulation of protein trafficking"
Monday, November 27, 2017
169 Crawford Hall
11:00 A.M.
10:50 A.M. refreshments
Host: Dr. Andrea Berman
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
Dr. Alejandro Burga
UCLA
"On toxins and small wings: Dissecting phenotypic variation at the population and species level"
Monday, November 20, 2017
169 Crawford Hall
11:00 A.M.
10:50 A.M. refreshments
Host: Dr. Karen Arndt
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
Dr. Jason Peters
University of California, San Francisco
"Functional Genomics in Bacteria using CRISPR Interference"
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
169 Crawford Hall
11:00 A.M.
10:50 A.M. refreshments
Host: Dr. Jim Pipas
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
Dr. Christopher Shoemaker
Harvard University
"Identifying the genetic landscape of mammalian autophagy"
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
169 Crawford Hall
11:00 A.M.
10:50 A.M. refreshments
Host: Dr. Andy VanDemark
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
Dr. Nadinath Nillegoda
University of Heidelberg, Germany
"Unraveling how disease-linked protein aggregates are efficiently solubilized in multicellular organisms"
Monday, November 6, 2017
169 Crawford Hall
11:00 A.M.
10:50 A.M. refreshments
Host: Dr. Jeff Brodsky
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
Dr. Katherine Buckley
George Washington University
"A gene regulatory network approach to understanding the mechanisms that control gut immunity"
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
169 Crawford Hall
11:00 A.M.
10:50 A.M. refreshments
Host: Dr. Anne Carlson
Department of Biological Sciences PhD Dissertation Defense
Ching-Chung Ko
“Exploring the Mycobacteriophage-encoded Cytotoxins”
Thursday, November 2, 2017
2:30pm
Langley Hall A219B
Major Advisor: Dr. Graham F. Hatfull
Cheryl Ruffin
Office of Diversity and Inclusion- University of Pittsburgh
"Diversity Is Good Science"
Monday, October 16, 2017
169 Crawford Hall
10:50 Refreshments
11:00 Seminar
Department of Biological Sciences
PhD Dissertation Defense
Daniel C. Totten
“Influence of Protein Binding and Competition on 7SK Ribonucleoprotein Complex Maintenance and Transition”
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
3:00pm
Langley Hall A219B
Major Advisor: Dr. Andrea J. Berman
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents
E&E Wednesday Noon Seminars 2017-2018
Dr. Dennis Whigham - Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
"Complex interactions between orchids and fungi are key components of orchid conservation."
Wednesday, April 18, 2018
A219B Langley Hall
12:00 PM Seminar
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents
E&E Wednesday Noon Seminars 2017-2018
Layla Freeborn - University of Pittsburgh
The genetic and morphological basis of color variation in a highly polymorphic poison frog.
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents
E&E Wednesday Noon Seminars 2017-2018
Graduate student Eden McQueen - University of Pittsburgh
A gene network responsible for a male genital structure also patterns a potentially coevolving female genital trait
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents
E&E Wednesday Noon Seminars 2017-2018
Graduate student Veronica Saenz - University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents
E&E Wednesday Noon Seminars 2017-2018
Graduate student Kimberly Howell - University of Pittsburgh
Does color vision contribute to mate preference divergence in a polymorphic poison frog?
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents
E&E Wednesday Noon Seminars 2017-2018
Dr. Caroline Turner - University of Pittsburgh
"TBD"
Wednesday, March 14, 2018
A219B Langley Hall
12:00 PM Seminar
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents
E&E Wednesday Noon Seminars 2017-2018
Graduate student Yusan Yang - University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents
E&E Wednesday Noon Seminars 2017-2018
Graduate student Nicole Forrester - University of Pittsburgh
Plant polyploidy enhances nodule traits and host benefit from the legume-rhizobia mutualism
