Fall 2026 Biology Department Colloquium Series
Most Mondays
12:00 pm - 12:50 pm
Darwin Hall 103
Oct
5
5
Dr. Tom Kornberg
Member, National Academy of Sciences, and Professor Emeritus, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, UCSF
Oct
12
12
Dr. Alison Haupt
Associate Professor, Department of Marine Science, CSU Monterey Bay
Oct
19
19
Dr. Gabriel McKinsey
Newborn Brain Research Institute, UCSF
* This presentation is co-sponsored by MESA: https://stb.sonoma.edu/mesa
| Date | Speaker | Speaker Affiliation | Lecture Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Tom Kornberg | Member, National Academy of Sciences, and Professor Emeritus, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, UCSF | Signaling at a Distance: Cell-Cell Communication in Development and Cancer | |
| Dr. Alison Haupt | Associate Professor, Department of Marine Science, CSU Monterey Bay | A Relatively Steady State - Recent Changes in Rocky Intertidal Communities | |
| Dr. Gabriel McKinsey | Newborn Brain Research Institute, UCSF | From Development to Disease: Mechanisms of Microglial Cell State Changes | |
| Lourenco Martins | Ph.D. Candidate, Williams Lab - Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley | *Born to Fly? How Genes and Environment Shape Wing-Morph Plasticity in Gryllus Crickets | |
| Dr. Allison Luengen | Professor, Environmental Sciences Department, University of San Francisco | Assessing Mercury Exposure in Urban Coyotes | |
| Dr. Blake Riggs | Professor & Associate Chair, Department of Biology, San Francisco State University | Organelle Inheritance During Cell Division: New Frontiers in Mitosis | |
| Dr. Matthew Clark | Professor & Director, Center for Interdisciplinary Geospatial Analysis (CIGA), Dept of Geography, Enviroment & Planning, Sonoma State University | Spectrum of Life: How Ecoacoustics Supports NASA's Biodiversity Airborne Campaign in South Africa | |
| Dr. Laurel Koch | Postdoctoral Fellow, Hansen Lab, Buck Institute | *Investigating the Role of Stress Granules in Aging and Proteostasis | |
| Dr. Alexander Payumo | Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, San Jose State University | Hormonal Regulation of Cardiomyocyte Regenerative Potential | |
| Dr. Annalise Schweickart | Postdoctoral Fellow, Price Lab, Buck Institute | *Computational Biology and Medicine: Harnessing Big Biological Data for Human Health and Disease |
Past Colloquium Speakers
| Date | Speaker | Speaker Affiliation | Lecture Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr. Jolene A. Saldivar | Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Biology, Barber Lab, San Diego State University | Investigating Plant-Butterfly Dynamics Across Changing Landscapes | |
| Dr. Edward Lyon | Professor, and Single Subject Credential Program Coordinator, Sonoma State University | Why Teach? Becoming a Middle or High School STEM Teacher | |
| Dr. Shiva Adhikari | Process Development Scientist/Supervisor, Nucleic Acid Therapeutics, LGC Biosearch Technologies | An Introduction to Oligonucleotide Therapeutics | |
| Dr. Elizabeth Dahlhoff | Professor, Department of Biology, Santa Clara University | Getting Chased Up the Mountain: Life at High Elevation in the Face of Environmental Change | |
| Dr. Thomas Jenkinson | Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, CSU East Bay | Global Change and the Ecology of a Deadly Amphibian Disease | |
| Dr. Hugo Tapia | Associate Professor, CSU Channel Islands Biology Program | Drying Without Dying: Using Yeast as a Model Organism to Study Desiccation Tolerance | |
| Dr. Stefan Materna | Assistant Professor, Molecular and Cell Biology, UC Merced | Embryonic Endoderm Diversifies During Gastrulation | |
| Dr. Lindsay Dawson | Dept of Veterinary Physiology & Pharmacology, Texas A & M University | The Roadmaps for Mammalian Joint Regeneration: Lessons Learned from Joint Development | |
| Abbey Dias | UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory | Diving for Science in Antarctica | |
| Dr. Nathan Rank | Professor, Department of Biology, Sonoma State University | Insect Population Ecology in the Sierra Nevada - a 40 Year Perspective | |
| Vanessa Sanchez | Ph.D. Candidate, Quantitative Systems of Biology, UC Merced | How Sleep Neurons Are Involved in Both Sleep and Alcohol Behavior | |
| Dr. Bree Grillo-Hill | San Jose State University, Bridges Stem Cell Center | Dysregulated Intracellular pH and Tumorigenesis: from Tissues to Cells to Molecules | |
| Dr. Lisa Hua | Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Sonoma State University | Introduction to Fall 2025 Colloquium | |
| Dr. Bruce Draper | Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis | Using Single Cell RNA-seq to Identify Genes that Regulate Zebrafish Ovary Development and Function | |
| Emerson Herrmann | MS Candidate, Hua Lab, Department of Biology, Sonoma State University | Asynchronous Oscillation of the Ca2+-Dependent MLCK-Actomyosin System Defines the Flat Apical Geometry of a Steady State Epithelium | |
| Dr. Daniel Swezey | Director for Oceans and Aquaculture Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of Stewarts Point Rancheria | Restoration on the Kashia Coastline | |
| Bill Keener | Cetacean Field Research Associate, The Marine Mammal Center | The Unusual Mating Behavior of Harbor Porpoises | |
| Dr. Adrienne Correa | Associate Professor, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley | Thank you for biting? Understanding and Leveraging Microbial Symbioses to Mitigate Global Change Impacts | |
| Campus Closed for Cesar Chavez Day | Cesar Chavez Day | ||
| Russell Huddleston | Ecologist Water Division, Wetlands & Oceans Section, Environmental Protection Agency | Ecology and Conservation of Vernal Pools in the California Floristic Province |
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