University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences presents:
2019 Fall Seminar Series 

University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:

Dr. Matthew Hillwig
Saint Vincent College

“Metabolic Sudoku: Deciphering the puzzling biogenetic origins of hapalindole natural product diversity provides new structural incites”

Tuesday, June 18, 2019
A214 Langley Hall
11:00 A.M.

Department of Biological Sciences

PhD Dissertation Defense

Ashley E. Hildreth

Investigating the Role of the DNA Entry-exit Site of the Nucleosome in Transcription Termination

Tuesday, June 25, 2019

9:30am

Langley Hall A219B

Major Advisor:  Dr. Karen M. Arndt

Work from the Hatfull lab published in Nature Medicine has helped a 15-year-old patient from England recover from an antibiotic-resistant infection following a lung transplant. The phage used to treat the patient were initially isolated through the SEA-PHAGES program, and the lab engineered the bacteriophage to kill the Mycobacterium infection. This is the first time genetically modified virus has been used to treat bacterial infections.

Department of Biological Sciences

PhD Dissertation Defense

Amber S. Griffith

Characterizing the Cellular Response to Nitrogen-doped Carbon Nanocups for Potential Application in Understanding the Abscission Delay Pathway in Mammalian Cells

Thursday, May 23, 2019

1:00pm

Langley Hall A219B

Major Advisor:  Dr. William S. Saunders

Congratulations to Swapna Subramanian for earning a 2019 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship! This award recognizes outstanding students pursuing degrees in STEM fields. Swapna is majoring in Ecology and Evolution and Anthropology with a minor in Chemistry and is currently working in the Turcotte lab. More information about the Pitt awardees can be found here.

Special Seminar

Dr. Mary A. Jamieson  Department of Biological Sciences Oakland University

Cross pollination: connecting research, education, and communities through urban ecology

Thursday May 2

 3:30pm 

219B Langley

Please join us in celebrating our graduating seniors at our annual Senior Recognition Ceremony.  Students and families will have an opportunity to meet with faculty and staff from 2:30-4:00 while enjoying some light refreshments. The ceremony will begin at 4:00 pm with each student individually recognized as they walk across the stage, shake hands with the Chair of our Department, and receive their certificate.

Please join us in celebrating our graduating seniors at our annual Senior Recognition Ceremony.  Students and families will have an opportunity to meet with faculty and staff from 2:30-4:00 while enjoying some light refreshments. The ceremony will begin at 4:00 pm with each student individually recognized as they walk across the stage, shake hands with the Chair of our Department, and receive their certificate.

University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences Presents:

Dr. Sharon Long
Stanford University

Tousimis-Lauffer Distinguished Lecture

“Genes and signals in symbiosis”

Wednesday,  March 20, 2019
169 Crawford Hall
11:00 A.M.
10:50 A.M. refreshments

Host: Dr. Jeffrey Lawrence

The Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh invites applications for a 2-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in Ecology and Evolution, broadly defined (e.g., disease ecology, microbiome, behavioral ecology, species interactions, phylogenomics, population genetics, community and eco-evo dynamics).

University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences presents:

2019 Spring Seminar Series

The Hot Metal Bridge Post-Baccalaureate program is accepting applications for the 2019-2020 school year. This two-semester post-baccalaureate fellowship program is designed to help talented students from groups traditionally underrepresented in their academic disciplines, including firstgeneration graduate students and those from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds, to bridge the gap between an undergraduate degree and a graduate training program.

University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences presents:

2019 Spring Seminar Series

Dr. John Bankston         

University of Colorado 

“Regulation of Acid-sensing ion channels via their intracellular domains ”

Monday, March 11, 2019

169 Crawford Hall

11:00 A.M.

10:50 A.M.  refreshments

Host: Dr. Anne Carlson 

E&E Seminars:

Amanda Gibson

E&E Seminars:

Joel Sachs

University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences presents:
2019 Spring Seminar Series 

Dr. Lynn B. Martin
University of South Florida 

"Anthropogenic stressors and host competence for infectious diseases"

University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences presents:
2019 Spring Seminar Series 

Dr. Martin Schmeing  
McGill University 

“Nonribosomal peptide synthetases are highly dynamic macromolecular nanofactories"

University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences presents:
2019 Spring Seminar Series 

Dr. Allen Hurlbert  
UNC Chapel Hill 

"Birds, big data, and citizen science: understanding the impacts of global change"

Monday, April 1, 2019
169 Crawford Hall

11:00 A.M.
10:50 A.M.  refreshments 

Host: Dr. Justin Kitzes 

University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences presents:
2019 Spring Seminar Series 

Dr. Nelson Hairston Jr.  
Cornell University 

“Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics meets Hydrodynamics: Linking internal waves and internal phosphorus-loading to rapid Daphnia evolution via cyanobacterial blooms"

University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences presents:
2019 Spring Seminar Series 

Dr. Gil Rosenthal 
Texas A&M

"Mate-choice mechanisms and the evolutionary process"

Monday, March 4, 2019
169 Crawford Hall

11:00 A.M.
10:50 A.M.  refreshments 

Host: Dr. Cori Zawacki

University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences presents:
2019 Spring Seminar Series 

Dr. Britt Koskella 
UC Berkeley 

“Phriends, Phoes, and Phages in the Phyllosphere"

Monday, February 25, 2019
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:
2019 Spring Seminar Series 

Dr. Seth Childers
University of Pittsburgh 

"Membraneless organelles as organizers of genetic regulation in bacteria"

Monday, February 18, 2019
169 Crawford Hall

11:00 A.M.
10:50 A.M.  refreshments 

Host: Dr. Valerie Oke 

University of Pittsburgh Department of Biological Sciences presents:
2019 Spring Seminar Series 

Dr. Bethany Buck-Koehntop  
University of Utah 

“Investigating ZBTB Protein Regulation of Epigenitcally Modified DNA”

Dr. Tera Levin
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Dr. Teresa O'Meara
University of Toronto

Functional Genomic Analyses Reveal New Vulnerabilities in Human Fungal Pathogens

Dr. Wenhan Zhu
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Metabolic interations in the inflamed intestine