2022-2023 Department Seminars

Mondays, 3:30-4:30 PM, 141 Olin

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 Jennifer Wolff. Scroll to bottom for other seminar series of note.

Fall Term 2022

Winter Term 2023

  • January 2 – First day of classes is 1/4; no seminar
  • January 9 – How do I get a research position? Hosted by the SDAs.
  • January 16 – Cedric Owens, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Chapman University. Hosted by Rou-Jia Sung.
  • January 23 – Kate Meyer ’09, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Carleton College. Hosted by Mark McKone.
  • January 30 – No seminar. Biology Ice Skate Social.
  • February 6 – midterm break; no seminar
  • February 13 – Mark McKone, Towsley Professor of Biology, Carleton. “Darwin Day”.
  • February 20 – Lexy von Diezmann, University of Minnesota and University of Utah. Hosted by Jennifer Wolff.
  • February 27 – Ashley Moseman, Duke University Immunology Department. Hosted by Debby Walser-Kuntz.
  • March 6 – Carla Narvaez, Post-doc student, University of Washington. Hosted by Mike Nishizaki.
  • March 13 – Exam day; no seminar
  • March 20 – Spring Break; no seminar

Spring Term 2023

  • March 27 – First day of spring term; no seminar
  • April 3 – Shanta Hejmadi, Evolutionary Ecology post-doc, Macalester College. Hosted by Raka Mitra.
  • April 10 – No seminar.
  • April 17 – Karen Chan, Assistant Professor in Marine Biology, Swarthmore College. Hosted by Rou-Jia Sung.
  • April 24 – Michael Schrimpf, Research Scientist, Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Hosted by Rika Anderson.
  • May 1 – midterm break; no seminar
  • May 8 – Aaron Ninokawa, Post-doc student, University of Washington. Hosted by Mike Nishizaki.
  • May 15 – No seminar.
  • May 22 No seminar.
  • May 29 – Memorial Day; no seminar

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