Calendar

Fall 2023 Biology Seminar Series

11:20 a.m. SCI 1190

	Date	Speaker/Presentation Title
	8/31/2023	Speaker: David E. Nelson, PhD; Middle Tennessee State University Format: In-person Title: Modulation of Macrophage Polarization by the Transcriptional Co-Regulator CITED1 Area: Cell signaling; Mitophagy
	9/7/2023	Speaker: Atulya Iyengar, PhD; University of Alabama Format: In-person Title: Epileptic Brains: Insights Across 500 Million Years of Evolution Area:
	9/14/2023	Speaker: Donald M. Walker, PhD; Middle Tennessee State University Format: In-person Title: Fungal pathogen induced dysbiosis alters microbiome assembly along host resource gradients: implications for conservation of biodiversity Area: Host-microbiome-pathogen interactions; Mycology; Wildlife disease
	9/21/2023	Speaker : James Hayes, PhD Candidate; Burnett Lab, Vanderbilt University Format: In-person Title: Alpha-actinin-4 controls cardiac hypertrophy by regulating contractility Area:
	9/28/2023	Speaker: Thomas Near, PhD; Yale University Format: In-person Title: Geologic drivers of speciation in a freshwater biodiversity hotspot Area: Evolutionary Biology
	10/5/2023	Speaker: Sara Brownell, PhD; Arizona State University Format: In-person Title: Disclosure decisions: Exploring the concealable stigmatized identities of science instructors Area: Biology Education Research
	10/19/2023	Speaker: Erin Shortlidge, PhD; Portland State University Format: In-person Title: Area: Biology Education Research
	10/26/2023	Speaker: Steven Stowers, PhD; Montana State University Format: In-person Title: Area: Genetics and Neuroscience
	11/2/2023	Speaker: Gary Goldberg, PhD; Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine Format: In-person Title: Area: Molecular Biology