Fall 2025 Seminar Schedule

All seminars will be from 4–5 pm CST and in-person (Ellington Hall, Rm. 100); virtual seminars will be noted.

Next Seminar

Thursday November 20, 2025
Dr. Salvador Almagro-Moreno—St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Emergence and evolution of bacterial pathogens: Deciphering a complex phenomenon
Host: Dr. Rachel Diner

Complete Fall 2025 Schedule

Thursday August 28, 2025
No seminar

Thursday September 4, 2025
No Seminar

Thursday September 11, 2025
Dr. Ryan Guillemette—Southern California Coastal Water Research Project
Breaking It Down: How Method Development for Dissolved eDNA Uncovered New Decay dynamics
Host: Dr. Rachel Diner

Thursday September 18, 2025
Dr. Noha Shendy—St. Judes Children’s Research Hospital
A genome-derived non-coding cell state reporter permits trageting of cellular heterogeneity and reprogramming of chemoresistance
Host: Dr. Amy Abell

Thursday September 25, 2025
Biology Graduate Students—University of Memphis
DataBlitz
Host: Dr. Emily Puckett

Thursday October 2, 2025
No seminar

Thursday October 9, 2025
Dr. Corrie Moreau—Cornell University
Macroevolution to microbiomes: Piecing together the puzzle to understand the evolution of the ants
Host: Dr. Philip Kohlmeier

Thursday October 16, 2025
Dr. Jed Carlson—Macalester College
The anti-social function of science: Exposing the inner workings of the scientific racism enterprise
Host: Dr. Emily Puckett

Thursday October 23, 2025
Dr. Ron Korstanje—Jax Lab
Using genetic diversity and species diversity to tackle kidney disease
Host: Dr. Emily Puckett

Thursday October 30, 2025
No seminar

Thursday November 6, 2025
Dr. Amber Jennings—University of Memphis (Biomedical Engineering)
Modified chitosan biomaterials for biofilm-based infection prevention and treatment
Host: Dr. Shawn Brown

Thursday November 13, 2025
Dr. Rich Adams—University of Arkansas (**Virtual Presentation**)
Learning the past to predict the present with genomes big and small
Host: Dr. Duane McKenna

Thursday November 27, 2025
No Seminar—Thanksgiving

Thursday December 4, 2025
No seminar—Reading Day