Spring 2025 Biology Department Colloquium Series
Most Mondays
12:00 pm - 12:50 pm
Darwin Hall 103
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Dr. Adrienne Correa
Associate Professor, Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley
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Bill Keener
Cetacean Field Research Associate, The Marine Mammal Center
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Dr. Daniel Swezey
Director for Oceans and Aquaculture Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of Stewarts Point Rancheria
| Date | Speaker | Speaker Affiliation | Lecture Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Bill Keener | Cetacean Field Research Associate, The Marine Mammal Center | The Unusual Mating Behavior of Harbor Porpoises | |
| Dr. Daniel Swezey | Director for Oceans and Aquaculture Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of Stewarts Point Rancheria | Restoration on the Kashia Coastline | |
| 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. 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 |
Past Colloquium Speakers
| Date | Speaker | Speaker Affiliation | Lecture Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Campus Closed for Spring Break | Spring Break | ||
| Lizzie Roeble | PhD Candidate, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Etienne group - Theoretical and Evolutionary Community Ecology, University of Groningen, Netherlands | Asteraceae in Isolation: Island Biogeography of the Largest Plant Family | |
| Nathan Cho | PhD Candidate, Tetrad Graduate Program, Dumont Lab, University of California, San Francisco | NuMA Mechanically Reinforces the Spindle Independently of its Partner Dynein | |
| Christian Marsh, J.D. | Downey Brand LLC | Habitat Conservation Planning, a Legal Framework for Reconciling Development and Ecological Needs | |
| Dr. Sean Reilly | Rausser College of Natural Sciences, University of California, Berkeley | Informing Better Forestry Management Techniques for Fire Hazard Mitigation Through Information and Tools that Managers Can Leverage in Real World Applications | |
| Dr. Brad Balukjian | Research Associate, California Academy of Sciences | Hybrid Vigor: How to Chart a Career Path Doing What You Love, Studying Organisms Two-legged to Six | |
| Dr. James Bagley | Professor of Kinesiology, San Francisco State University | Skeletal Muscle Cell Physiology, Plasticity, and Performance | |
| Dr. Lisa Patrick Bentley | Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Sonoma State University | Colloquium Introduction | |
| Dr. Benjamin Blonder | Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley | Why Do Plants Use Water? | |
| Jack Hines | SoundScape Ecologist and Science Communicator with Ear to the Wild, and GIS Specialist, Sonoma Ecology Center | The Art and Science of Soundscape Ecology | |
| Dr. Abby Buchwalter Cool | Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco | Exploring the Function and Dynamic Regulation of the Nuclear Lamina | |
| Campus Closed | November 11, 2024 - Veterans Day | ||
| Dr. Angelica Patterson | Curator of Education and Outreach, Miller Worley Center for the Environment | Seeing the Forest for the Trees: How Northeastern Temperate Trees Are Responding to a Changing Climate | |
| Sahrye Cohen | Environmental Protection Agency | Government for the Greater Good: Working in Environmental Regulation | |
| Shelby Hotz | Sonoma State University Biology Graduate Program | Effects of Thermal History and Biogeographic Location on the Heat Shock Response of Bull Kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) *This will be over Zoom* | |
| Dr. Kari Herrington | University of California, San Francisco, Center for Advanced Light Microscopy | Paths of Light: Core Microscopes | |
| Michael Thiele | Apis Arborea | Naturalized Honey Bees in the Americas: A 7-year Research Project at the Galbreath Wildlands Preserve | |
| Dr. Tessa Hill | Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences, UC Davis | At Every Depth: Stories From Our Changing Ocean |