University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents
E&E Wednesday Noon Seminars 2017-2018
Dr. Laura Brannelly - University of Pittsburgh
"The impacts of environmental stressors on amphibians: Climate change and disease"
Wednesday, February 7, 2017
A219B Langley Hall
12:00 PM Seminar
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents
E&E Wednesday Noon Seminars 2017-2018
Graduate student Hope Brooks - University of Pittsburgh
"Historical disturbances and reduced browsing do not promote diversity in temperate forests: Or do they?"
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
A219B Langley Hall
12:00 PM Seminar
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
E&E Wednesday Noon Seminars 2017-2018
Dr. Nathan Brouwer - Natoinal Aviary of Pittsburgh
"Tropical adventures in mixed modeling: Making the most of complex & costly ecological data"
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
A219B Langley Hall
12:00 PM Seminar
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents
E&E Wednesday Noon Seminars 2017-2018
Graduate student Michelle Spicer - University of Pittsburgh
"Discovering the forest amongst the trees: Testing community assembly hypotheses in diverse yet understudied forest strata."
Wednesday, October 25, 2017
A219B Langley Hall
12:00 PM Seminar
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
E&E Wednesday Noon Seminars 2017-2018
Graduate student Andrea Fetters - University of Pittsburgh
"TBD"
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
A219B Langley Hall
12:00 PM Seminar
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
E&E Wednesday Noon Seminars 2017-2018
Dr. Avery Russell - University of Pittsburgh
"Mechanisms of floral specialization by bees"
Wednesday, October 4, 2017
A219B Langley Hall
12:00 PM Seminar
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
E&E Wednesday Noon Seminars 2017-2018
Dr. Anna Johnson - University of Pittsburgh
"Pollination and invasion in a diverse island ecosystem"
Wednesday, September 27, 2017
A219B Langley Hall
12:00 PM Seminar
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents
"Fighting the frog fungus: Amphibian chytridiomycosis in the California Sierra Nevada"
Dr. Briggs' research combines theoretical models with laboratory and field experiments to understand how disease affects the dynamics of animal populations (more info here).
Monday, September 20, 2017
A219B Langley Hall
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
Friday Noon Seminar Series 2017-2018
Graduate Student: Alethia Atzinger
Lawrence Lab
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
Friday Noon Seminar Series 2017-2018
Graduate Student: Yang Liu
Rebeiz Lab
Changes to a Hox gene and its downstream regulatory network drive microevolution
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
Friday Noon Seminar Series 2017-2018
Graduate Student: Roni Lahr To Speak
Berman Lab
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
Friday Noon Seminar Series 2017-2018
Graduate Student: Travis Mavrich
Hatfull Lab
Characterization and induction of human gut-associated Bifidobacterium prophages
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
Friday Noon Seminar Series 2017-2018
Graduate Student: Amber Griffith
Saunders Lab
Characterization of the Cellular Response to Carbon Nanocups
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
Friday Noon Seminar Series 2017-2018
Graduate Student: Sarah Smith
Rebeiz Lab
Signal to shape: how alterations to signaling pathway activity generates newly evolved morphology
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
Friday Noon Seminar Series 2017-2018
Graduate Student: Zhihao Sun
Brodsky Lab
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
Friday Noon Seminar Series 2017-2018
Graduate Student: Elizabeth Hildreth
Arndt Lab
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
Friday Noon Seminar Series 2017-2018
Graduate Student: Hiba Al-Ashtal
Berman Lab
Making Ends Meet: The role of the LARP1 La-Module in RNA recognition
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
Friday Noon Seminar Series 2017-2018
Graduate Student: Samuel Estabrooks
Brodsky Lab
Reconstitution of CFTR Ubiquitination and Endoplasmic Reticulum Quality Control in Vitro
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
Friday Noon Seminar Series 2017-2018
Graduate Student: Katherine Wozniak
Carlson Lab
TMEM16a mediates the fast polyspermy block in Xenopus laevis
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
Friday Noon Seminar Series 2017-2018
Graduate Student: Rachel Coombs
Boyle Lab
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
Friday Noon Seminar Series 2017-2018
Graduate Student: Maiwase Tembo
Carlson Lab
Signaling Mechanisms of the Calcium Activated Chloride Channel TMEM16a
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
Friday Noon Seminar Series 2017-2018
Graduate Student: Sarah Sokol
Boyle Lab
"Utilizing interspecies comparisons between Toxoplasma gondii and Hammondia hammondi to elucidate mechanisms driving life stage development and life cycle"
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
Friday Noon Seminar Series 2017-2018
Graduate Student: Mathew Hurton
Lee Lab
"Identifying Maternal Factors Responsible for Zygotic Genome Activation"
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
"Understanding the functions and recruitment of a key epigenetic regulator"
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
Friday Noon Seminar Series 2017-2018
Boyle Lab
"Exploiting the business end of MAF1: An interspecific investigation of mitochondrial association factor 1 residues key for function in Toxoplasma gondii"
Friday, October 27, 2017
A219B Langley Hall
12:00 PM Seminar
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
Friday Noon Seminar Series 2017-2018
Graduate Student: Deepa Kumari
Brodsky Lab
"Regulation of ApolipoproteinB at the cytosol/ER interface: Investigating roles of Hsp40s and E3 ligases in the ER associated degradation of ApoB"
Friday, October 13, 2017
A219B Langley Hall
12:00 PM Seminar
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
Friday Noon Seminar Series 2017-2018
Graduate Students: Wesley Phelps & Jordan Sanders
Lee/Schwacha Labs
Wesley Phelps will present: "Differential regulation of embryonic gene activation in an allotetraploid"
Jordan Sanders will present: "Subunit of the Mcm2-7 replicative helicase mitigates a unique form of DNA double strand breaks"
Friday, October 6, 2017
A219B Langley Hall
12:00 PM Seminar
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
Friday Noon Seminar Series 2017-2018
Graduate Students: Jennifer Walker & Elaine Nguyen
Durrant/Berman Labs
Jennifer Walker discusses: "The search for new targets: Using Computer-Aided Drug Design and a yeast in vitro evolution system to discern new ligand-protein interactions"
Elaine Nguyen discusses: "How does the DM15 region of LARP1 bind both 5' and 3' UTRs?"
Friday, September 29, 2017
A219B Langley Hall
12:00 PM Seminar
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
Friday Noon Seminars 2017-2018
Graduate Students: Donya Shodja & Mariah Denhart
Rebeiz/Chapman Labs
Donya Shodja Presents: "Investigating the Developmental Network of a Novel Morphological Structure".
Mariah Denhart Presents: "Lend me a hand: Holt-Oram-like phenotypes in mouse limbs ectopically expressing the T-box transcription factors in the limb"
Friday, September 22, 2017
A219B Langley Hall
12:00 PM Seminar
University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:
Monday Fall 2017 Seminar Series
Dr. Lance Davidson
University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering
Russell Lecture
"All stressed out: physical tension drives mesenchymal- to- epithelial transitions during development"
Monday, September 25, 2017
169 Crawford
10:50 Refreshments
11:00 Seminar
