Read the latest news and updates from the Biology department.
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The Fall 2022 Biology Seminar Series continues with a talk from Dr. Spencer Nyholm, "The Hawaiian bobtail squid as a model host for studying defensive symbioses." The seminar is on Tuesday, October 4th, at 12:00pm.
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The Fall 2022 Biology Seminar Series commences with a talk from Blake Madruga, "Development of Open-Source, High Performance Miniature Multiphoton Microscopy Systems for Freely Behaving Animals." The seminar is on Tuesday, September 27th, at 12:00pm.
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The Spring 2022 Biology seniors will be presenting their senior comps in person and via Zoom.
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The Spring 2022 Biology Seminar Series concludes with a talk from Dr. Bhavna Shamasunder, "Community based research as a movement strategy to contend with systemic environmental racism." The seminar is on Tuesday, March 29th, at 12:00pm.
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The Spring 2022 Biology Seminar Series continues with a talk from Dr. Kenjiro Quides, "Experimental Evolution of Rhizobial Symbionts." The seminar is on Tuesday, March 22nd, at 12:00pm.
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The Spring 2022 Biology Seminar Series continues with a talk from Dr. Jessie Salter, "Historical DNA solves an evolutionary mystery and explains the origin of a novel phenotype in New World quails." The seminar is on Tuesday, March 15th, at 12:00pm.
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The Biology Department is committed to addressing racial injustices within the biological sciences and proactively working towards inclusion and unfettered access to science.
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The Spring 2022 Biology Seminar Series continues with a talk from Dr. Annika Nelson, "Defense trade-offs alter the outcomes of mutualisms." The seminar is on Tuesday, March 1st, at 12:00pm.
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The Spring 2022 Biology Seminar Series continues with a talk from Dr. Bill Ludt, "Missing in the middle: Examining how anti-tropical distributions form in marine fishes." The seminar is on Tuesday, February 22nd, at 12:00pm.
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The Spring 2022 Biology Seminar Series continues with a talk from Dr. Lindsay McCulloch, "Light drives increases in symbiotic nitrogen fixation in neotropical canopy gaps." The seminar is on Tuesday, February 15th, at 12:00pm.