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Seminar Series

Seminar Series

EEB hosts a weekly seminar series at 3:30 p.m. Thursdays in room 1420 BPS (Biomedical and Physical Sciences) across the atrium from the EEB Hub during the academic year. Throughout the year, the seminar committee solicits nominations of leading scholars whose research appeals to our diverse EEB community (link to nomination form). In the spring, the seminar committee then invites speakers from this nomination pool for the next academic year.

The seminar series contains four special lecture types (nominated by EEB members): the Spartan Eminent Lecture by a prominent EEB leader outside of MSU; the Distinguished Alumni Lecture by an EEB alum with a celebrated research career; up to two Notable Dissertation Lectures by graduating EEB students to share their outstanding dissertation research; and up to two Career Exploration Panels with speakers discussing their career paths outside of academia.

Questions can be directed to the committee chair: Elizabeth Heath-Heckman.

 

Fall 2024

September 12

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EEB Town Hall

Join your fellow EEB members to learn about the many exciting activities to come during the new academic year!

 

September 19

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Decoding the evolution and genomics of sleep across species

Maxwell Shafer

University of Toronto

Host: Jamily Ramos de Lima

 

September 26

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Demystifying the Nature journals

Alexa McKay

Nature Reviews Biodiversity

Host: Elise Zipkin

 

October 3

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NOTABLE DISSERTATION LECTURE

Implications of seed sourcing decisions on restoration outcomes

Riley Pizza

Plant Biology, Michigan State University

Mentor: Lars Brudvig

 

October 10

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Co-evolution and conflict within the genome

Pavitra Muralidhar

University of Chicago

Host: Emily Josephs

 

October 17

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The development basis of biological diversity: Patterning mechanisms in mammalian skin

Ricardo Mallarino

Princeton University

Host: Julia Ganz

 

October 24

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Infecting the deep earth: Illuminating how microbes disperse within the subsurface biosphere

Matthew Schrenk

Earth and Environmental Sciences, Microbiology Genetics, & Immunology, Michigan State University

Host: Nina Wale

 

October 31

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SPARTAN EMINENT LECTURE

Breathing water: An introduction to the gill-oxygen limitation theory

Daniel Pauly

University of British Columbia-Vancouver

Host: Ingo Braasch

 

November 7

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The origins of evolution: From autocatalytic chemistry to genetic cells

David Baum

University Wisconsin-Madison

Host: Emily Dolson

 

November 14

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How fish deal with fake news

Ashkaan Fahimipour

Florida Atlantic University

Host: Mengsen Zhang

 

November 21

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Neuroethology of mantis shrimp strikes

Kate Feller

Union College

Host: Heather Eisthen

 

December 5

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EEB Core Faculty Meeting

Faculty will recap the semester, discuss plans for the next semester, and learn about new initiatives.