Sonoma State University
Abbey D giving Colloquium presentation

Fall 2026 Biology Department Colloquium Series

Most Mondays
12:00 pm - 12:50 pm
Darwin Hall 103

Oct
19
Dr. Gabriel McKinsey
From Development to Disease: Mechanisms of Microglial Cell State Changes
Dr. Gabriel McKinsey

Newborn Brain Research Institute, UCSF

Oct
26
Lourenco Martins
*Born to Fly? How Genes and Environment Shape Wing-Morph Plasticity in Gryllus Crickets
Lourenco Martins

Ph.D. Candidate, Williams Lab - Integrative Biology, UC Berkeley

Nov
2
Dr. Allison Luengen
Assessing Mercury Exposure in Urban Coyotes
Dr. Allison Luengen

Professor, Environmental Sciences Department, University of San Francisco

* This presentation is co-sponsored by MESA: https://stb.sonoma.edu/mesa
Date Speaker Speaker Affiliation Lecture Title
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. Joseph Lin, Professor & Colloquium Coordinator Department of Biology, Sonoma State University Introduction to Spring 2024 Biology Colloquium

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