Seminar Schedule Fall 2018
Monday, 4pm to 5pm, Room 218 Hubbard Hall
Seminars are open to the public. Attendance is required for all students enrolled in Biol 497, Biol 797 and all current graduate students.
If you need additional information, please contact Dr. Bin Shuai, 316-978-3111 or bin.shuai@wichita.edu.
| Date | Speaker | Affiliation | Title of Seminar |
| 20 August | Dr. Bin Shuai |
Wichita State University |
Orientation |
| 27 August | Dr. Andres Reyes Gaige |
Compass Minerals |
Use of molecular tools for diagnostics of plant pathogens of biosecurity concern |
| 3 September | No class | Labor Day |
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| 10 September |
Nathan Filbert Heather Foster |
Wichita State Library Wichita State Graduate Student |
Library Resources TBA |
| 17 September |
Roshni Vena Ashley Debrot Bach Nguyen |
Wichita State Graduate Student | TBA |
| 24 September | TBD | ||
| 1 October | Dr. Sindhu Preetham Burugupally |
Wichita State University |
Design and fundamental physics of microscale systems for energy and biomedicine |
| 8 October | Dr. Kun Yan Zhu | Kansas State University | Molecular Approaches to Developing New Strategies for Insect Pest Management |
| 15 October | No class | Fall Break | |
| 22 October | Dr. Ilya Vakser | University of Kansas | Structural modeling of interactome |
| 29 October | Dr. Neil Snow | Pittsburg State University | Rapid rates of biodiversity discovery in the Myrtle family (Myrtaceae) and implications for conservation |
| 5 November | Dr. Gregory Finnigan | Kansas State University | Shifting into second gear: development and programming of CRISPR-based gene drives in budding yeast. |
| 12 November |
Dr. Ana Jurcak-Detter |
Friends University | Decision making in a scary environment: Understanding the sensory ecology of predator-prey interactions". |
| 19 November | Dr. David Holding |
UN-Lincoln |
Molecular genetics of endosperm development; crop breeding |
| 26 November |
Sunaina Shrestha Evan Waite Alisha Prince |
Wichita State Graduate Student | TBA |
| 3 December | Dr. Patrick Mathews | Friends University | The trade-offs of a productive habitat for Comanche harvester ants in the Arkansas River floodplain |