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Spring 2024 Colloquium

Upcoming Colloquium Presentations

Aug
24
Lisa Hua - b&w
Introduction to Fall 2026 Colloquium
Dr. Lisa Hua

Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Sonoma State University

Aug
31
Omar Akhtar
*Higher Frequency of Homologous Chromosome Pairing in Human Adult Aortic Endothelial Cells
Omar Akhtar

MS Graduate Student, Department of Biology, Sonoma State University

Sep
14
Dr. John Marko
Mechanics, Geometry and Topology of Chromosomes
Dr. John Marko

Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University

Date Speaker Speaker Affiliation Lecture Title
Dr. Lisa Hua Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Sonoma State University Introduction to Fall 2026 Colloquium
Omar Akhtar MS Graduate Student, Department of Biology, Sonoma State University *Higher Frequency of Homologous Chromosome Pairing in Human Adult Aortic Endothelial Cells
Dr. John Marko Professor, Department of Molecular Biosciences, Northwestern University Mechanics, Geometry and Topology of Chromosomes
Dr. Evan Lintz Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Sonoma State University Cognitive neuroscience: The Information Processing Link Between Biology and Human Behavior
Dr. Gina Chaput Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Sonoma State University From Root to Bulk: Microbial Carbon Fate Across an Eelgrass Rhizosphere-to-Sediment Gradient
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