Events

Dr. Patrick Curtis "How Model is Model? Exploring Functionality through Cross-Organism Comparison"

Assistant Professor Department of Biology University of Mississippi

Events

Dr. Mark Hunter "Exploiting the Great Green Pharmacy: Self-Medication in Herbivores"

Henry A. Gleason Collegiate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Michigan

Events

Dr. Ryan Garrick Evolutionary Processes that Generate and Maintain, or Compromise, Biodiversity

Assistant Professor of Biology, The University of Mississippi

Events

Dr. Eric O'Neill Rapid Evolution of a Novel Ecogeographic Cline in Introduced Ladybeetles

Assistant Professor of Population Genetics and Evolutionary Ecology, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Events

Dr. Richard Brown Paleoecology and Natural History of the Black Belt Prairie in Mississippi

Professor, Department of Biochemistry,Molecular Biology,Entomology & Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University

Events

Dr. Matt Niemiller Out of Sight, Out of Mind: The Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation of Subterranean Life

Assistant Professor of Ecology Department of Biological Sciences University of Alabama-Huntsville

Events

Dr. Susan Balenger Sexy Finches and Silent Crickets: Parasite Mediated Elaboration and Loss of Sexually Selected Traits

University of Mississippi

Events

Dr. Mike Sandel Evolution in the Coolest Hotspot: Adaptive Radiation of Lake Baikal Sculpins

Assistant Professor, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, The University of West Alabama

Events

Dr. Braden Leap Not a Zero-Sum Game: Incorporating the Messiness of Social Inequalities into Socio-Ecological Resilience Theory

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Mississippi State University

Events

Dr. Zhaohua Peng Protein Lysine Acetylation, Malonylation, Succinylation, and 2-hydroxyisobutyrylation in Developing Rice Seed and Their Roles in Seed Metabolic Regulation and Nutrient Reservoir Development

Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, & Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University

Events

Dr. Felder Rushing Left Brain/Right Brain - Gardening's Scientist/Amateur Disconnect

Horticulturist and Nationally-Recognized Garden Journalist Jackson, Mississippi

Events

Dr. Gary Ervin Wetlands and Water Quality in Agricultural Landscapes

Professor Department of Biological Sciences Mississippi State University

Events

Dr. Kerry Oliver Defensive Symbiosis in Aphids

University of Georgia

Events

Dr. Evan Peacock Applied Zooarchaeology: A Solution in Search of a Problem

Professor & Interim Head, Department of Anthropology & Middle Eastern Cultures, Mississippi State University

Events

Dr. Guy Caldwell A Predictable Worm: Accelerating Discovery for Parkinson's Disease Using C. elegans

University Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Alabama

Events

Dr. Brad Shuster Looking Inside the Cell: Mechanisms Driving Cell Division

Professor and Director of Molecular Biology Graduate Program, Department of Biology, New Mexico State University

Events

Dr. Mark Welch and Dr. Brandon Barton Biological Sciences Graduate Assistant Orientation

Events

Dr. David Blehert Emerging Fungal Diseases of Wildlife: Expect the Unexpected

Branch Chief, Wildlife Disease Diagnostic Laboratories, USGS National Wildlife Health Center

Events

Dr. Guy Caldwell "A Predictable Worm: Accelerating Discovery for Parkinson's Disease using C. elegans"

University Distinguished Research Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Alabama

Events

Dr. Adam Rosenblatt "Climate Change is Real. Why is Climate Change Ecology Unrealistic?"

Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of North Florida

Events

Dr. James McClintock From Penguins to Plankton - The Impacts of Climate Change on the Antarctic Peninsula

Endowed University Professor of Polar and Marine Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Events

Dr. Eve Wurtele: "The Dynamic Lives of Genes: Maize, Yeast and Humans"

Professor, Department of Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology, Iowa State University

Events

Dr. Eve Wurtele Workshop: "MetaOmGraph: Hands-on, Flexible Bioinformatics Software to Analyze Big Data"

Professor, Department of Genetics, Development, and Cell Biology, Iowa State University

Events

Dr. Mark Welch: What Landscape Genetics Can Teach Us About Intragenomic Conflicts: From Iguanas to Sunflowers and Back Again

Associate Professor & Graduate Coordinator, Department of Biological Sciences, MSU

Events

Dr. Chunquan (Chris) Zhang: Southern Mississippi Plant Viral Diseases and Development of Plant Viral Functional Genetics Platforms

Associate Professor, Department of Agriculture, Alcorn State University

Events

Dr. Xuehua Zhong: Epigenetic Regulation in Plants

Assistant Professor, Laboratory of Genetics, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Events

Dr Alex Flynt: Evolutionary Flux of RNAi Pathways in Invertebrates

Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi

Events

Dr. Sorina Popescu: Protein Oxidation in Plant Immunity

Assistant Professor, Biochem,MolBio,Entmology&Plant Path, MSU

Events

Dr. Stephanie Shames: TBA

Kansas State University

Events

Dr. Matt Brown's Research Lab: TBA

Department of Biological Sciences, MSU

Events

Dr. Laura Lagomarsino: TBA

Louisiana State University

Events

Dr. Peter Zee: Consequences of Shared Evolutionary History: Genetics and Communities

The University of Mississippi

Events

Dr. Jennifer Mandel: Phylogeny and Evolution of Asteraceae using Hyb-Seq Data

The University of Memphis

Events

Dr. Jonathan P. Davis "Engineering Calcium Binding Proteins to "Cure" Diseases"

Professor, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, The Ohio State University

Events

Dr. Trish Moore, "Roadblocks and Resilience: Finding My Way Without a Map"

Professor, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Georgia

Events

Dr. Trish Moore, "Genetic and Environmental Influences on Reproductive Life History: Everything but Rock and Roll"

Professor, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Georgia

Events

Dr. Hill Craddock "Genus Castanea: Current Research from the Chattanooga Chestnut Project"

Robert M. Davenport Professor of Biology, Department of Biology, Geology and Environmental Sciences University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Events

Dr. Stephanie R. Shames "A Tale of Two Legionella Effectors: Contributions to Pathogeneis and Host Response"

Assistant Professor, Division of Biology, Kansas State University

Events

Dr. Basil Nikolau: "Triangulating GxE=P"

Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University; Division Director of NSF Molecular and Cellular Biosciences

Events

Dr. Federico Hoffmann: "Interplay between piRNAs and Transposable Elements and PIWIs in mammal."

Associate Professor, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology & Plant Pathology; Mississippi State University

Events

Dr. Seung-Joon Ahn: "Metabolic adaptation of herbivorous insects to plant defense compounds."

Assistant Professor; Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology & Plant Pathology; Mississippi State University

Events

Dr. Shahid Mukhtar: "Network Biology and Predictive Modeling to Link Genome to Phenome"

Associate Professor, Department of Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Events

Dr. Heather Jordan: "Measuring the Disease Risk of an Environmental Pathogen"

Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University

Events

Dr. Ye Xia: "Plant-pathogen Interactions at the Surface"

Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Pathology, The Ohio State University

Events

Dr. John Gustafson: "Mechanism of Reduced Susceptibility to a Multitargeting Antimicrobial: a Foundation in Growth Inhibition"

Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Oklahoma State University

Events

Dr. Olga Zabotina: "A Toolset to Study the Plant Cell Wall-mediated Stress Responses and to Dissect the Signaling Pathways"

Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Iowa State University

Events

Dr. Jiaxu Li: "Improving Drought Tolerance in Soybean via Silicate Application and Gene Manipulation"

Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology, and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University

Events

Dr. Lufang Zhou: "Mitochondrial Network Excitability in Normal and Failing Hearts"

Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Events

Dr. Dafang Wang: "Epigenetic Silencing on DNA Transposons in Maize"

Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Delta State University

Events

Dr. Yonggian Qiu: "Phytochrome Signaling in Photomorphogenesis and Thermomorphogenesis

Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, The University of Mississippi

Events

Tyrel Jernigan: "Understanding Diversity, Inclusion & Equity: Creating Inclusive Spaces"

Coordinator of Diversity Initiatives, Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion, Mississippi State University

Events

Dr. Donovan Bailey: "Using Genomic and Transcriptomic Tools to Explore Complex Patterns of Diversification in the Legume genus Leucaena"

Professor, Department of Biology, New Mexico State University

Events

Dr. Monica Kersch-Becker: "Interactive Effects of Plant Defenses and Predators on Herbivore Population Dynamics"

Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama

Events

Dr. Sead Sabanadzovic: "Welcome to the Wonder World of Viruses"

Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University

Events

Dr. Ben Parker: 'Heritable Microbial Symbionts and Insect Evolution"

Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Events

Dr. Shien Lu: "Characterization of Antimicrobial Activities of Bacteria for Biopesticide Development"

Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University

Events

Dr. Yan Meng: "Using Biotechnological Approaches to Improve Sweet Potato Viral Disease Resistance"

Assistant Professor, Department of Agriculture, Alcorn State University

Events

Dr. Neo Martinez: "From Effects to Mechanisms: Empowering Ecological Network Theory to Predict the Future"

Adjunct Professor, School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indiana University (Bloomington)

Events

Dr. Halvor Halvorson: "Interactions between "Green" and "Brown" Pathways of Energy Flow at the Base of Aquatic Ecosystems"

Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Central Arkansas

Events

Dr. Bing Yang: "Development and Application of Genome Editing in Plants"

Professor, Department of Plant Science, University of Missouri-Columbia

Events

Dr. Carlos Onihuela: "Help! Pneumonia put holes in my heart"

Department of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Events

Dr. Devin Drown:"Understanding One Health and the Effect of Microbial Communities through the Lens of Genomics."

Institute of Arctic Biology, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Events

Dr. Svetlana Folimonova: "Virus-virus and virus-host interactions in a complex pathosystem that involves one of the largest RNA viruses and a woody plant host."

Associate Professor, Plant Pathology, University of Florida IFAS

Events

Biological Sciences Seminar Series: Dr. Sandra Bibiana Correa, October 25, 2024

Events

Biological Sciences Seminar Series: Dr. Katrina Velle November 8, 2024

UMass Dartmouth

Events

Biological Sciences Seminar Series: Dr. William Ratcliff, November, 15, 2024

Events

Biological Sciences Seminar Series: Dr. Travis Hagey, November 22, 2024

Mississippi University for Women

Events

Dr. Brigitte Martin: "Cardiovascular Consequences of Influenza Virus Infection in Mice"

Assistant Professor, Dept of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of MS Medical Center