Seminars

Biological Sciences Department faculty host three seminar series throughout the year. Please join us!

Mar 10 2026

E&E Seminar: "The Pace of Plant Life: How Life History Shapes Genomic and Phenotypic Evolution" by Stephen Smith (University of Michigan)

Tuesday, 12:30 pm–1:30 pm
SELE 4289
Mar 18 2026

MCDB Seminar: "The causes and consequences of ribosome stalling in bacteria" by Heather Feaga (Cornell University)

Wednesday, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm
MBRB 1017
Apr 2 2026

LIN Seminar: "Optic flow processing in midbrain-cerebellar circuits for the control of complex locomotion" by Doug Altshuler (University of British Columbia)

Thursday, 4:00 pm–5:00 pm
SELE 4289
Apr 3 2026

2026 John Lussenhop Memorial Soil Ecology Symposium: "Belowground alliances, ecosystem consequences: Mycorrhizal fungi as integrators of forest function & climate resilience" by Richard Phillips (Indiana University, Bloomington)

Friday, 10:30 am–4:00 pm
SELE 4289
Apr 7 2026

E&E Seminar: Stephanie McGimpsie (University of Michigan)

Tuesday, 12:30 pm–1:30 pm
SELE 4289
Apr 8 2026

MCDB Seminar: (Title TBD) by Pavel Ivanov (Harvard)

Wednesday, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm
MBRB 1017
Apr 16 2026

LIN Seminar: Lin Tian (Max Planck Florida)

Thursday, 4:00 pm–5:00 pm
SELE 4289
Apr 21 2026

E&E Seminar: Noah Skelly (UIC)

Tuesday, 12:30 pm–1:30 pm
SELE 4289
Apr 22 2026

MCDB Seminar: (Title TBD) by Yoshi Tomayasu (Miami of Ohio)

Wednesday, 12:00 pm–1:00 pm
MBRB 1017
Apr 23 2026

2026 Careers in Neuroscience Seminar: Kyle Blum (Chicago Cubs)

Thursday, 9:30 am–10:30 am
TBA