Spring 2026 Biology Department Colloquium Series
Most Mondays
12:00 pm - 12:50 pm
Darwin Hall 103
Feb
2
2
Ashley Kidd
Co-founder and Conservation Project Manager for Sunflower Star Laboratory
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
| 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 | |
| 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. Joseph Lin, Professor & Colloquium Coordinator | Department of Biology, Sonoma State University | Introduction to Spring 2024 Biology Colloquium |
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