Fall 2024 Seminar Series
Seminars will be held in Shoemaker 303. Please contact the department at 662-915-7203 or email biology@olemiss.edu if you require special assistance.
Date: Friday, September 13, 2024 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Moises Bernal De Leon, Auburn University
Seminar title: “Marine fishes in a changing planet: responses to global warming and habitat simplification”
Host: Dr. Tamar Goulet
Date: Friday, September 20, 2024 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Sinlan Poo, Curator of Research at Memphis Zoo
Seminar title: “What Can You Do at the Zoo? The Impact of Zoos on Conservation and Research ”
Host: Biology Graduate Student Society
Date: Friday, September 27, 2024 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Luisa Maria Diele-Viegas, University of Mississippi
Seminar title: “BiooDivA Lab: Fighting for (Bio) Diversity under an Intersectional and Transdisciplinary Approach ”
Host: Dr. Michel Ohmer
Date: Friday, October 4, 2024 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Tai-Ping Sun, Duke University Department of Biology
Seminar title: “Green Revolution DELLA Proteins: Functional Analysis and Regulatory Mechanisms ”
Host: Dr. Yongjian Qiu
Date: Friday, October 11, 2024 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Virtual Seminar via Zoom: https://olemiss.zoom.us/j/81778724641 Meeting ID: 817 7872 4641
Speaker: Dr. Aaron Reedy, DataClassroom
Seminar title: “DataClassroom U: How can pedagogy support the design of digital tools for working with data? ”
Host: Dr. Ryan Garrick
Date: Friday, October 18, 2024 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Stacey Ogden, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Seminar title: “Mechanisms of Sonic hedgehog ligand delivery and signal initiation during tissue morphogenesis ”
Host: Dr. Josh Bloomekatz
Date: Friday, October 25, 2024 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Nicole Anderson, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Seminar title: “Employing Genetic Zebrafish Models of Cancer to Solve Enigmas in Oncogenesis ”
Host: Dr. Josh Bloomekatz
Date: Friday, November 8, 2024 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Brenton Laing, University of Mississippi
Seminar title: “The threat-responsive anterior hypothalamic area controls escape behavior” ”
Host: Dr. Chris Leary and Dr. Brad Jones
Date: Friday, November 15, 2024 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Lisa Corwin and Sandhya Krishnan, University of Colorado Boulder
Seminar title: “Failing to Learn or Learning to Fail? Understanding how undergraduate students learn to navigate science failures”
Host: Dr. Mariel Pfeifer
