Sonoma State University
Colloquium Spring 2024

Spring 2025 Biology Department Colloquium Series

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

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Bill Keener
The Unusual Mating Behavior of Harbor Porpoises
Bill Keener

Cetacean Field Research Associate, The Marine Mammal Center

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Dr. Daniel Swezey
Restoration on the Kashia Coastline
Dr. Daniel Swezey

Director for Oceans and Aquaculture Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of Stewarts Point Rancheria

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Emerson Herrmann
Asynchronous Oscillation of the Ca2+-Dependent MLCK-Actomyosin System Defines the Flat Apical Geometry of a Steady State Epithelium
Emerson Herrmann

MS Candidate, Hua Lab, Department of Biology, Sonoma State University

Date Speaker Speaker Affiliation Lecture Title
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
Dr. Tessa Hill Professor, Earth and Planetary Sciences, UC Davis At Every Depth: Stories From Our Changing Ocean
Rebecca Nelson, Ph.D. Candidate Dept. of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis The Effects of Anthropogenic Global Changes on Plant-Pollinator Mutualisms in California Grasslands
Dr. Durell Kapan Senior Research Fellow, Entomology and Center for Comparative Genomics, California Academy of Sciences Regenerating Nature: Reweaving the Web of Life One Species at a Time — The Extinct Xerces Blue Skies Project
Dr. Mitsunori Nomura Buck Institute Ketone Metabolism in Brain Aging
Campus Closed September 2, 2024 - Labor Day
Gabriel Quintero Plancarte, M.S. Sonoma State University Biology Graduate Program Live Imaging Analysis of Chromosome Movement Along a Centrosome, and Apical-Basal Axis During Metaphase to G1 Interphase
Dr. Lorraine Ling Stanford University Aiptasia: A Model for Cnidarian-algal Symbiosis, Sheds Light on Coral Bleaching
Dr. Chris Lowe Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University Molecular Evidence of Anteroposterior Patterning in Adult Echinoderms or, Are Sea Stars All Head With No Body?
Dr. Andrew DeVogelaere Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: The Research program in General and Specifics Related to Deep-Sea Science
Dr. Barbara Panning University of California, San Francisco Counting X Chromosomes
Dr. Arina Favilla University of California, Santa Cruz Movement Ecophysiology of Northern Elephant Seals: From Fine-Scale Thermoregulation to Population-Level Foraging Behavior
Cesar Chavez Day Cesar Chavez Day
Dr. Takashi Mikawa Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco The Fidelity or Mechanism of Chromosome Encapsulation into a Single Nucleus
Enjoy! Spring Break!
Dr. Lisa Hua Department of Biology, Sonoma State University Student-driven research in the Hua Lab: Understanding Chromosome Organization and its Implications in Human Disease
Jeff Alvarez and Jeff Wilcox The Wildlife Project and Sonoma Mountain Preservation Foundation Conservation & Ecology of the Red-legged Frog
Dr. Hiroshi Ebata The Buck Institute Understanding Aging: The Importance of Taking out the Trash
Dr. Kenny Wilson The Buck Institute The Influence of Diet on Age-Related Neurodegeneration, from Flies to Humans
Arthur Dawson Baseline Consulting Vegetation Change in Fire-Prone Landscapes of Sonoma, Napa and Lake Counties. Baseline Consulting & Pepperwood Preserve
Dr. Monica Sheffer University of California, Berkeley Montane Grasshopper Fitness Constraints in Changing Environments