Spring 2026 Biology Department Colloquium Series
Most Mondays
12:00 pm - 12:50 pm
Darwin Hall 103
Mar
9
9
Lorenzo Del Castillo
Ph.D. Candidate, Tetrad Program, University of Californa San Francisco
Mar
16
16
Dr. Lauren Ashlock
UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory, White Abalone Captive Breeding Lab
Mar
30
30
Dr. David Ensminger
Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, San Jose State University
| Date | Speaker | Speaker Affiliation | Lecture Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lorenzo Del Castillo | Ph.D. Candidate, Tetrad Program, University of Californa San Francisco | Potentiation of the Hedgehog Signaling Pathway | |
| Dr. Lauren Ashlock | UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory, White Abalone Captive Breeding Lab | Dr. Lauren Ashlock | |
| Dr. David Ensminger | Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, San Jose State University | The Transgenerational Impacts of Stress in a Wild Caught Lizard | |
| Dino Sbardellati | Ph.D. Candidate, Microbiology Graduate Group, Vanette Lab, UC Davis | Phage, Antibiotics, and the Bee Gut: Ecology, Resistance, and Synergies | |
| Dr. Louie H. Yang | Professor, Department of Entomology and Nematology, UC Davis | Why Study Insect Ecology in the Field? | |
| Ellie Slick | Fisheries Biologist, United Anglers Casa Grande High School, Petaluma, CA | Student-led Conservation of Steelhead Trout in the Petaluma Watershed | |
| Maria Velazquez | Greater Farallones Association/Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary | Shifting Forests: Examining the Ecological Effects of Kelp Forest Loss and Restoration | |
| Dr. Bijoya Sen | Postdoctoral Researcher, Hansen Lab, The Buck Institute | The Role of Autophagy in Aging and Age-Related Neurodegeneration |
Past Colloquium Speakers
| Date | Speaker | Speaker Affiliation | Lecture Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Gordon | Conservation Science Director, Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation | Conservation in Action: A Lifeline for the Endangered Pitkin Marsh Lily | |
| Dr. Charlie Schurman | Postdoctoral Researcher, Schilling Lab, The Buck Institute | An Introduction to Mass Spectrometry and Applications: Proteomics | |
| Dr. Brian Hoover | Principal Scientist, Farallon Institute | When the Bird is Indeed the Word: Seabirds as Indicators of Ocean Prey, Plastics, and Climate Variability | |
| Alexia (Lexie) Martin | Ph.D. Candidate, Entomology Graduate Group, Vannette Lab, UC Davis | A Sequence- and Lab-based Approach to Investigate Chalkbrood Disease Infection within Blue Orchard Bees | |
| Ashley Kidd | Co-founder and Conservation Project Manager for Sunflower Star Laboratory | Seeing Stars: Conservation Aquaculture, Cryopreservation & Communities of Practice | |
| Dr. Brent Hughes | Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Sonoma State University | Introduction to Spring 2026 Colloquium | |
| Dr. Michael Cohen | Organic Materials Management in Agri-Food Systems Advisor, UC Cooperative Extension: Agricultural and Natural Resources | Redefining Organic 'Waste' as Valuable Resources Through Composting and Innovative Processing | |
| 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 |
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