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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 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 |
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