Seminar Schedule Spring 2019
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. Leland Russell, 316-978-3111 or leland.russell@wichita.edu
DATE | SPEAKER | AFFILIATION | TITLE |
4 February | David Long | Department of Biomedical Engineering; Wichita State University | Multi-scale cellular mechanobiology in health and disease |
11 February | Ana Jurcak-Detter | Department of Natural Science and Mathematics; Friends University | Decision making in a scary environment: Understanding the sensory ecology of predator-prey interactions |
18 February | Matt Bolek | Department of Integrative Biology; Oklahoma State University | Butterflies, Milkweed and STDs, Oh My! Observations on the Transmission and Natural History of the Pathogenic Neogregarine, Ophryocystis elektroscirrha in the Monarch Butterfly, Danaus plexippus. |
25 February | Justin Dee | School of Natural Resources; University of Missouri | Herb-chronology: Utility of annual growth rings in taproots of forbs for age determination and records of growth response to environment |
4 March | Stephanie Shames | Division of Biology; Kansas State University | A tale of two Legionella effectors: contributions to pathogenesis and host response |
11 March | Spring Break | No Class | |
18 March | Mel Vaughan | Department of Biology; University of Central Oklahoma | Caffeine effect on fibroblasts: blocks leading the horse to water but can’t stop it from drinking |
25 March | Todd Barkman | Department of Biological Sciences; Western Michigan University | Testing evolutionary hypotheses in a parasitic plant genus that produces the world's largest flowers: the Rafflesia berry does not fall far from the tree. |
1 April | Grad Student Presentations | Wichita State University | |
8 April | Ray Moranz | Xerces Society; USDA-NRCS Stillwater OK | Conservation of grassland pollinators and their habitat |
15 April | Grad Student Presentations | Wichita State University | |
22 April | Soumya Roy | OceanSpray Inc. | Scientific Research in the Food Science Industry |
29 April | Grad Student Presentations | Wichita State University | |
6 May | Grad Student Presentations | Wichita State University |