Due to COVID-19, our Spring 2021 seminars will be presented through Zoom. If you are interested in attending any of our seminars, please send an email to inbios@lehigh.edu to have your name placed on our mailing list!
Please note that the seminar schedule will be updated regularly. Please check back again soon!
Department Seminar Series
Spring 2021
DATE |
SPEAKER |
TITLE |
| February 12 | Timothy Mosca, Ph.D. Jefferson University |
"Uniting Neurodevelopment and Neurodegeneration through Proteolysis" |
| March 5 | Panel Discussion Linda Lowe-Krentz, Ph.D. M. Kathryn Iovine, Ph.D. Jennifer Swann, Ph.D. |
Academic Systems |
| March 12 | M. Kathryn Iovine, Ph.D. Lehigh University |
History of Eugenics |
| March 16 4:30 p.m. |
Yimen Araya-Ajoy, Ph.D. Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) |
"Eco-evolutionary dynamics in wild populations: from individual behavior to population level change" |
| March 17 4:30 p.m. |
Yimen Araya-Ajoy, Ph.D. CHALK TALK |
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| March 23 4:30 p.m. |
Sheila Kitchen, Ph.D. California Institute of Technology |
"Adaptive potential and limits of the Caribbean acroporid corals" |
| March 24 4:30 p.m. |
Sheila Kitchen, Ph.D. CHALK TALK |
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| March 25 4:30 p.m. |
Mahul Chakraborty, Ph.D. University of California, Irvine |
"Molecular basis of phenotypic diversity and adaptation" |
| March 26 3:00 p.m. |
Mahul Chakraborty, Ph.D. CHALK TALK |
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| March 30 4:30 p.m. |
Jacob Daane, Ph.D. Northeastern University |
"From the depths: Deep comparative phylogenomics in fishes to identify genetic mechanisms of evolution, development and disease" |
| March 31 4:30 p.m. |
Jacob Daane, Ph.D. CHALK TALK |
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| April 1 4:30 p.m. |
Benjamin Titus Ph.D. American Museum of Natural History |
"Systematics of symbiosis: How does mutualism generate and maintain biodiversity?" |
| April 2 3:00 p.m. |
Benjamin Titus, Ph.D. CHALK TALK |
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| April 6 4:30 p.m. |
Devon Fitzgerald, Ph.D. Baylor College of Medicine |
"Instigators of change: Mapping DNA damage, repair, and mutations in bacterial genomes" |
| April 7 4:30 p.m. |
Devon Fitzgerald, Ph.D. CHALK TALK |
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| April 8 4:30 p.m. |
Johanna Kowalko, Ph.D. Florida Atlantic University |
"Uncovering the genetic basis of trait evolution in the Mexican cavefish" |
| April 9 3:00 p.m. |
Johanna Kowalko, Ph.D. CHALK TALK |
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| April 23 | Jessica Sidisky Ph.D. Candidate Nemes Fellow |
"Characterizing Synapse Degernation in an Adult Drosophila Model of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis"" |
| April 30 | Annie Sanchez PhD. Candidate Nemes Fellow |
"Fishing for a Cure: A Genetic Link to Thalidomide Teratogenicity" |
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