Biology Colloquium Spring 2021

Notice

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Sonoma State University will continue remote instruction for Spring 2021. School of Science and Technology offices will be mostly closed for face-to-face business. Email is the preferred form of contact. For the latest information on COVID-19, please check the University's COVID-19 information page. Thank you.

Due to the continuing COVID 19 pandemic, the Biology Department's Spring 2021 Colloquium Series will be online.

Department of Biology
Spring 2021 Colloquium
Mondays 12:00 - 12:50 pm
To join the presentations, please send an email to biology@sonoma.edu.

Date/Host	Speaker/Title of Presentation
Jan 25	Introduction to Spring 2021 Biology Colloquium, Dr. Joseph Lin, SSU Department of Biology
Feb 1 Lin	Anthony Venida, PhD Candidate, University of California, San Francisco. "Lysosomal Degradation of MHC-I Promotes Immune Evasion in Pancreatic Cancer"
Feb 8 Zippay	Dr. Brian Helmuth, Northeastern University. Title: TBD
Feb 15 Lin	Dr. Mary Markiewicz, University of Kansas School of Medicine. "The Multifaceted Roles of NKG2D in Autoimmunity and Tumor Immunity"s”
Feb 22 Bentley	Ben Young Landis, Creative Externalities. "Science Careers"
Mar 1 Lin	Dr. Peter Wilker, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Title: TBD
Mar 8 Rank	Dr. Elizabeth Dahlhoff, Santa Clara University. Title: TBD
Mar 15 Girman	Natalie Graham, PhD Candidate, University of California, Berkeley. "Biodiversity Dynamics During Community Assembly"
Mar 22	SPRING BREAK (No Class)
Mar 29 Lee	Dr. Sarah Gravem, Oregon State University, Title: TBD
Apr 5 Lin	Dr. Sage Arbor, Marian University. "Using Data Across All of PubMed: How to Utilize Humanity’s Scientific Knowledge"
Apr 12 Cohen	Dr. Irina Khilyas, Kazan Federal University. "Endolithic Microorganisms as a Source of Novel Secondary Metabolites"
Apr 19 Whitkus	Dr. Aaron Jenks, “Molecular Systematics and Ethnobotany within the New World Salvia subgenus Calosphace”
Apr 26 Lee	Dr. Damhnait McHugh, Colgate University. Title: TBD
May 3 Crocker	Dr. Rachel Holser, UC Santa Cruz. "A Top Predator in Hot Water: Effects of a Marine Heatwave on Foraging and Reproduction in the Northern Elephant Seal"
May 10 Rank	Joanna Elmore, Sonoma State University. "Transcriptional Responses to Heat Stress in a Montane Ectotherm" Elliott Smeds, Sonoma State University. "Genomic Basis of Thermal Adaptation in a Montane Insect"