GLC-Biology Seminar Series

Mondays 3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.

The seminar series is organized by the Great Lakes Center and the Biology Department.

Seminars are held in the Science and Mathematics Complex 151.

Please note that this schedule is subject to change.

Fall 2026 Seminars

September 7

No class, Labor Day

September 14

Daniel Haeusser, Canisius University
“Disruption of Escherichia coli Growth and Division by Kil of Bacteriophage Mu”

September 21

Floria Uy, University of Rochester
“Parasites exploit plasticity to reprogram social wasps”

September 28

John Albert Uy, University of Rochester
“On the Origin of Species on Islands: Insights from the Diversification of Solomon Island Endemic Birds”

October 5

Justine Jacobi, Roswell Park
“Epigenetic control of lineage evolution in prostate cancer progression and therapy resistance”

October 12

No class, Fall Recess

October 19

Mary-Alice Coffroth, University at Buffalo
“Caribbean octocorals in a changing ocean: Inheritors, survivors or relict populations?”

October 26

Amelia Alessi, Johns Hopkins University
“Playing with worms: Using C. elegans to uncover effectors of microRNA-mediated gene silencing”

November 2

TBA

November 9

Arielle Austin, Senior Principle Therapy Consultant, Medtronic
TBA

November 16

Christina Perazi, Canisius University
“There’s no place like home—unless it’s loud: Whales and bats and anthropogenic noise, oh my!”

November 23

TBA

November 30

TBA

December 7

TBA