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Nov. 18
3:00 pm to
4:30 pm |
Ph.D. Exit Seminars
Jian Jiang, "Role for Rtg2p carboxylate-terminus in retrograde signaling"
Jia Zhao, "Role of Rap1a in AGE/RAGE-mediated signaling in type II diabetes mellitus"
Affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences
Location: Harned Auditorium (Rm 102) |
Nov. 11
3:00 pm to
4:00 pm |
Dr. Jennifer Pechal
The Utility of Microorganisms in Forensic Investigations
Affiliation: Assistant Professor
Department of Entomology,
Michigan State University
Location: Harned Auditorium (Rm 102) |
Nov. 04
3:00 pm to
4:00 pm |
Dr. Florencia Meyer
Characterization of the Bovine herpesvirus type I
Affiliation: Assistant Professor
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, & Plant Pathology,
Mississippi State University
Location: Harned Auditorium (Rm 102) |
Oct. 28
3:00 pm to
4:00 pm |
Dr. Oswald (Os) Schmitz
Landscape of Fear and the Ecosystem
Affiliation: Oastler Professor of Population and Community Ecology,
Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies,
Yale Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Location: Harned Auditorium (Rm 102) |
Oct. 21
3:00 pm to
4:00 pm |
Dr. Pamela Small
Mysteries of Mycobacterium ulcerans and Buruli ulcer
Affiliation: Professor Emeritus of Microbiology,
University of Tennessee at Knoxville,
Location: Harned Auditorium (Rm 102) |
Oct. 07
3:00 pm to
4:00 pm |
Dr. Justin Thornton
The Pneumococcus: Factors Affecting Colonization, Virulence, and Innate Immunity
Affiliation: Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences,
Mississippi State University
Location: Harned Auditorium (Rm 102) |
Sep. 30
3:00 pm to
3:30 pm |
Dr. Graham Reynolds
Ecological and Evolutionary Diversification in Caribbean Reptiles
Affiliation: Department of Biology,
University of North Carolina
Location: Harned Auditorium (Rm 102) |
Sep. 23
3:00 pm to
3:30 pm |
Dr. Andrew Roger
Genomic Mechanisms by which Protists Adapt to Low Oxygen Environments and Parasitic Lifestyles
Affiliation: Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University
Location: Harned Auditorium (Rm 102) |
Sep. 16
3:00 pm to
3:30 pm |
Dr. Chad Steele
Immunoprotection vs Immunopathogenesis After Pulmonary Exposure to Environmental Mold
Affiliation: School of Medicine,
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Location: Harned Auditorium (Rm 102) |
Sep. 02
3:00 pm to
3:30 pm |
Dr. Laurie Stevison
Recombination and the Origin of Species
Affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences
Auburn University
Location: Harned Auditorium (Rm 102) |
Aug. 26
3:00 pm to
4:00 pm |
Environmental Health and Safety Seminar
Affiliation: Matt Thomas, Chemical Hygiene/Lab Safety Officer
Ben Sharpe, Hazardous Waste Officer
Mississippi State University
Location: Harned Auditorium (Rm 102) |
Apr. 22
3:00 pm to
4:15 pm |
Tyler Schartel
Ph.D. Exit Seminar
Understanding the exotic distributions of invasive species
Evelyn Windham
M.S. Exit Seminar
Functions of wetland plant assemblages in water quality improvement
Affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences
Mississippi State University
Location: Harned Auditorium (102) |
Apr. 15
3:00 pm to
4:00 pm |
Giuliana Colosimo
Ph.D. Exit Seminar
From population to conservation: 3 study cases in rock iguanas
Affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences
Mississippi State University
Location: Harned Auditorium (102) |
Apr. 08
3:00 pm to
4:15 pm |
Margarita Baquero
Faster-Z evolution in the speciation of Heliconius
M.S. Exit Seminar
Shankar Pant
Components of a Plant Secretion Apparatus Function in Defense to a Root Pathogen
Ph.D. Exit Seminar
Shankar Pant
TBD Ph.D. Exit seminar
Affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences
Mississippi State University
Location: Harned Auditorium (102) |
Mar. 11
3:00 pm to
4:00 pm |
Dr. Andrew Camilli
Vibrio Cholera Life Cycle and Ways to Prevent Infection
Affiliation: Professor of Molecular Biology & Microbiology
Tufts University
Location: Harned Auditorium (102) |
Mar. 04
3:00 pm to
4:00 pm |
Dr. Richard Glor
The Evolution of Species Richness in Anolis Lizards
Affiliation: Associate Professor
Associate Curator
Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
The University of Kansas
Location: Harned Auditorium (102) |
Feb. 26
3:00 pm to
4:00 pm |
Dr. Nicole Ashpole
Regulating Kinase Activity in the Aging Brain
Affiliation: Post-Doctoral Fellow
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Location: Harned Auditorium (102) |
Feb. 19
3:00 pm to
4:00 pm |
Dr. Rita Tamayo
Regulation of Flagellum and Cytotoxin Biosynthesis in Clostridium difficile
Affiliation: Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Location: Harned Auditorium (102) |
Feb. 12
3:00 pm to
4:00 pm |
Dr. Marcus Lashley
The Pyric Herbivory paradigm Does Not Explain Fire-Browser Interactions: Implication for Trophic Cascades
Affiliation: Assistant Professor
Wildlife, Fisheries, and Acquaculture
Mississippi State University
Location: Harned Auditorium (102) |
Feb. 05
3:00 pm to
4:00 pm |
Dr. Jeffery Tomberlin
Public Information Regulates Arthropod Community Interactions and Nutrient Recycling of Vertebrate Carrion
Affiliation: Associate Professor and Program Director, Forensic and Investigative Sciences Program
Texas A&M
Location: Harned Auditorium (102) |
Jan. 29
3:00 pm to
4:00 pm |
Dr. Liz Fozo
Effects of Exogenous Fatty Acids on Enterococcus faecalis: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Affiliation: Assistant Professor of Microbiology
University of Tennessee
Location: Harned Auditorium (102) |
Jan. 22
3:00 pm to
4:00 pm |
Dr. Mohamed Elasri
Insights into Recalcitrant Staph Infections
Affiliation: Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Affairs
T.W. Bennett Professor Microbiology
Director, Mississippi INBRE
University of Southern Mississippi
Location: Harned Auditorium (102) |
Jan. 15
3:00 pm to
4:00 pm |
Dr. Nancy Freitag
From soil to cytosol: the pathogenic transition of the environmental bacterium Listeria monocytogenes
Affiliation: Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
University of Illinois School of Medicine at Chicago
Location: Harned Auditorium (102) |
