2025-2026 Department Seminars

Most Mondays, 3:30-4:30 PM, 141 Olin (unless otherwise specified)

Biology Majors need to attend 10 seminars to fulfill the seminar requirement for comps. Seminar attendance counts toward the seminar requirement beginning in spring term of sophomore year after declaring a biology major. The seminar requirement must be met by the end of the fifth week of spring term of senior year. If you have any questions, please contact Rika Anderson. Scroll to bottom for other seminar series of note.

Fall Term 2025

  • September 15 – First day of classes; no seminar
  • September 22 – Carleton Bio faculty. “Biology Department Research Lightning Talks!”
  • September 29 – Jay Balamurugan, Assistant Producer, BBC Studios for science documentaries. “Science, Storytelling & TV.” Hosted by Rika Anderson.
  • October 6 – No seminar.
  • October 13 – Fernán Jaramillo, Professor of Biology, Carleton College. “From Vibration to Perception: A. J. Hudspeth’s fifty-year quest to unlock the secrets of the amazing hair cell.”
  • October 20 – Midterm break; no seminar.
  • October 27 – No seminar
  • November 3 – Animal Physiology Candidate Research Seminar 1
  • November 4, 12:00 in Hulings 316 – Animal Physiology Candidate Teaching Seminar 1
  • November 6, 12:00 in Hulings 316 – Animal Physiology Candidate Research Seminar 2
  • November 7, 11:00 in Hulings 316 – Animal Physiology Candidate Teaching Seminar 2
  • November 10 – Animal Physiology Candidate Research Seminar 3
  • November 11, 12:00 in Hulings 316 – Animal Physiology Candidate Teaching Seminar 3
  • November 17 – Luis Zaman, Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan. Hosted by Rika Anderson and Anya Vostinar.

Winter Term 2026

  • January 5 – First day of classes; no seminar
  • January 12 – Sebastian Schreiber, Professor of Evolution and Ecology, University of California, Davis. “When do environmental rhythms alter ecological outcomes?” Hosted by Amanda Hund and Kate Meyer.
  • January 19 – Katie Sperry ’17, Marine Policy Fellow, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration. Hosted by Dan Hernández.
  • January 26 – Animal Physiology Candidate Research Seminar 4
  • January 27, 12:00 in Hulings 316 – Animal Physiology Teaching Seminar 4
  • February 2 – Darwin Day Seminar with Betül Kaçar, Associate Professor of Bacteriology, University of Wisconsin. Hosted by Rika Anderson and Mark McKone.
  • February 9 – Midterm break; no seminar.
  • February 16 – Biology comps presentations.
  • February 23 – Biology comps presentations.
  • March 2 – Biology comps presentations.
  • March 9 – Possibly Biology comps presentations.
  • March 16 – No seminar

Spring Term 2026

  • March 30 – First day of classes; no seminar
  • April 6 – Desiree Forsythe, Assistant Professor of Biology, Santa Clara University. Hosted by Rou-Jia Sung.
  • April 13 – Jesse Weber, Assistant Professor of Integrated Biology, University of Wisconsin. Hosted by Amanda Hund.
  • April 20 – Biology comps presentations.
  • April 27 – Biology comps presentations.
  • May 4 – Midterm break; no seminar.
  • May 11 – Biology comps presentations.
  • May 18 – Biology comps presentations.
  • May 25 –
  • June 1 – No seminar

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