Seminar Series

Biology Department Seminar Speaker Schedule

Spring 2026

January 23, 2026

Speaker: Stacey Hanlon, Assistant Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology / Genetics and Genomics, University of Connecticut

Host: Jack Bateman

Title: B chromosome dynamics during female meiosis in D. melanogaster.

February 6, 2026

Speaker: Donald Katz, Professor of Psychology and NeuroscienceBrandeis University

Host: Dan Powell

Title: The way that the taste system works.

February 13, 2026

Speaker: Matt McHenry, Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Charle Dunlop School of Biological Sciences, U.C. Irvine

Host: Amy Johnson

Title: Distributed control and swimming in schools of fish

February 20, 2026

Speaker: Sheila Patek, Professor of Biology, Duke University

Host: Amy Johnson

Title: Tiny and potent: Evolutionary biomechanics of ultrafast, spring-propelled systems

April 3, 2026

Speaker: Ifrah Shahi, Assistant Professor of Biology. Bates College

Host: Anne McBride

Title: TBD

April 17, 2026

Speaker: Max Heiman, Associate Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School

Host: Hadley Horch

Title: TBA

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