Department of Biology

School of Science & Technology

Notice

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Sonoma State University has transitioned to remote instruction for Fall 2020. School of Science and Technology offices will be mostly closed for face-to-face business. Email is the preferred form of contact. For more information on COVID-19, please check the University's COVID-19 information page, as well as the Academic Affairs InfoHub. Thank you.

Biology Colloquium Fall 2020

Due to the COVID 19 pandemic, the Biology Department's Fall 2020 Colloquium Series will be online.

Department of Biology
Fall 2020 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
Aug 24	Introduction to Fall 2020 Biology Colloquium, Dr. Joseph Lin, SSU Department of Biology
Aug 31 Cohen	Dr. Nina Kamennaya, Ben-Gurion University, Israel. “Pomacytosis - Semi-Extracellular Phagocytosis of Cyanobacteria by the Smallest Marine Algae”
Sep 7	LABOR DAY (no classes)
Sep 14 Lee	Dr. Michael Navarro, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Alaska Southeast. “Environmental Variability Impacts on Nearshore Ecosystems of the North-East Pacific."
Sep 21 Lee	Dr. Andrea Lund, James and Nance Kelso Fellow, Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources, Stanford. “Human-environment Dynamics in the Eco-epidemiology of Schistosomiasis”
Sep 28 Hua	Dr. Kimberly Tanner, San Francisco State University. "Talk Matters: Investigating the Nature of Non-Content Classroom Language – Instructor Talk – that May Mediate Student Inclusion, Engagement, and Learning"
Oct 5 Cohen	Karen Guerrero M.Sc., Regional Director LAC - FWE GmbH. “Energy Sovereignty and Circular Economy of Residual Biomass through Anaerobic Digestion Process”
Oct 12 Rank	Dr. Duncan Irschick, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. “Re-creating Living Animals in 3D for Science, Conservation and Education”
Oct 19 Lin	Dr. Jenn Smith, Mills College, Oakland. “Evolutionary Ecology of Social Networks in Free-Living Mammals: From Hyenas to Ground Squirrels”
Oct 26 Lin	Dr. Juliet Bartleson, Washington University in St Louis. “Homeostatic Cues Prime CD4+ T Cells to Aid in Antibody Responses”
Nov 2 Bentley	Michelle Halbur, Pepperwood Preserve, Sonoma County. Title TBA.
Nov 9 Lin	Dr. Emily Bray, Canine Companions for Independence, Santa Rosa. “Ontogeny and Heritability of Cognitive and Temperament Traits in Dogs”
Nov 16 Rank	Dr. Laura Cocas, Santa Clara University. "Myelination and Synapse Formation in the Developing Brain"
Nov 23	Dr. Daniel Crocker, Sonoma State University, “Conservation Physiology of Northern Elephant Seals”
Nov 30 Lin	Dr. Andrea Serra-Marques, University of California, San Francisco. “Mechanisms of Nuclear Assembly: From Many Chromosomes to a Single Nucleus”