Fall 2024 Seminars

All of the seminars listed below will be held from 12:40-1:40pm on the date listed. All seminars will be in person in BioScience 1007 unless otherwise specified.

Seminar Schedule
  • 9/13 - Dr. Matthew Aiello-Lammens, Pace University; Title: " Integrating data science into biology and environmental science classes and curricula." Host - Dr. Lee Brown
  • 9/20 - Dr. Scott Powell,  George Washington University; Title: "Ecology and trait evolution in complex societies: 
Insights from the turtle ants." Host - Dr. David Hembry
  • 9/27 - Dr. Kevin Omland, UMBC; host - Dr. Dana Moseley
  • 10/4 - Dr. Lindsay Caesar, JMU Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry; host - seminar committee
  • 10/11 - Dr. Vincent Farallo, University of Scranton; host - Dr. Emily Naylor
  • 10/25 - Histone Modifications in ALS/FTD: New Opportunities in Neurodegenerative Disease; Dr. Mariana Torrente, Brooklyn College, CUNY; host - Dr. Jaira Ferreira de Vasconcellos
    • Zoom Meeting ID: 892 4238 5143. Please contact vasudepx@jmu.edu to request the passcode prior to the start of the seminar
  • 11/1 - Differences Derived from the Same Genome: Connecting Cryptic Signatures of Sex-Specific Selection Across the Lifecycle; Dr. Katja Kasimatis, UVA; host - Dr. Karen Barnard-Kubow
  • 11/8 - Dr. Teresita Padilla-Benavides, Wesleyan University; host - Dr. Jaira Ferreira de Vasconcellos
    • Zoom Meeting ID: 892 4238 5143. Please contact vasudepx@jmu.edu to request the passcode prior to the start of the seminar
  • 11/15: Dr. Luca Morreale: Postdoctoral Fellow at Smithsonian National Zoo, Conservation Biology Institute.  Hosts: Dr. Xiaojing Tang (Geography) and Dr. Leone Brown (Biology)

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