Spring 2026 Biology Department Colloquium Series
Most Mondays
12:00 pm - 12:50 pm
Darwin Hall 103
Feb
9
9
Alexia (Lexie) Martin
Ph.D. Candidate, Entomology Graduate Group, Vannette Lab, UC Davis
Feb
16
16
Dr. Brian Hoover
Principal Scientist, Farallon Institute
Feb
23
23
Dr. Charlie Schurman
Postdoctoral Researcher, Schilling Lab, The Buck Institute
| Date | Speaker | Speaker Affiliation | Lecture Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Dr. Brian Hoover | Principal Scientist, Farallon Institute | Dr. Brian Hoover | |
| Dr. Charlie Schurman | Postdoctoral Researcher, Schilling Lab, The Buck Institute | An Introduction to Mass Spectrometry and Applications: Proteomics | |
| Sarah Gordon | Conservation Science Director, Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation | Conservation in Action: A Lifeline for the Endangered Pitkin Marsh Lily | |
| Lorenzo Del Castillo | Ph.D. Candidate, Tetrad Program, University of Californa San Francisco | Lorenzo Del Castillo | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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. Daniel Swezey | Director for Oceans and Aquaculture Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of Stewarts Point Rancheria | Restoration on the Kashia Coastline | |
| Bill Keener | Cetacean Field Research Associate, The Marine Mammal Center | The Unusual Mating Behavior of Harbor Porpoises |
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