Fall 2024 Seminar Schedule

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

Listen to podcast interviews with our seminar speakers here.

Final Seminar for the Semester!

Thursday November 21, 2024
Dr. Joe Opferman—St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Defining functions of anti-apoptotic MCL1 in normal and malignant cells
Host: Dr. Emily Puckett
Listen to the podcast interview with Dr. Opferman here

Complete Fall 2024 Schedule

Thursday August 29, 2024
No seminar

Thursday September 5, 2024
Dr. Kate LeCroy—Rhodes College
Co-introductions of Consequence: declines of native mason bee species following the arrival of nonnative congeners
Host: Dr. Leigh Boardman
Listen to the podcast interview with Dr. LeCroy here.

Thursday September 12, 2024
Dr. Clay Cressler—University of Nebraska, Lincoln
Predicting the effects of predators on virulence evolution in guppies
Host: Dr. Jim Adelman
Listen to the podcast interview with Dr. Cressler here

Thursday September 19, 2024
No seminar

Thursday September 26, 2024
Dr. Jackie Lebenzon—University of Calgary **(This seminar is virtual)**
Break it ‘til you make it: How insects remodel their flight muscle to combat energy stress
Host: Dr. Leigh Boardman
Listen to the podcast interview with Dr. Lebenzon here

Thursday October 3, 2024
Dr. Colleen Jonsson—UT Health Sciences Center
From the lab to the field: Lesson Learned in Viral Ecology
Host: Dr. Jim Adelman
Listen to the podcast interview with Dr. Jonsson here

Thursday October 10, 2024
Dr. Dustin Reichard—University of Arizona
Risk assessment and individual variation during nest defense by northern house wrens (Troglodytes aedon aedon)
Host: Shelby Green (Bowers Lab)
Listen to the podcast interview with Dr. Reichard here

Thursday October 17, 2024
Dr. Anna Dornhaus—University of Arizona
Collective and individual intelligence in social insects: a model for other complex systems
Host: Dr. Philip Kohlmeier
Listen to the podcast interview with Dr. Dornhaus here

Thursday October 24, 2024
Mr. Matthew Pollard—University of Memphis **Dissertation Defense**
Mammalian trait evolution: Macroevolutionary and comparative genomic analyses of diet and ursid-specific adaptations
Host: Dr. Emily Puckett
Listen to the podcast interview with Mr. Pollard here

Thursday October 31, 2024
University of Memphis Biology Faculty **Costumes Encouraged**
BioBlitz
Host: Dr. Emily Puckett

Thursday November 7, 2024
Dr. Liz Carlen—Washington University in St. Louis
How Urbanization Shapes Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics
Host: Dr. Emily Puckett
Listen to the podcast interview with Dr. Carlen here

Thursday November 14, 2024
No seminar

Thursday November 21, 2024
Dr. Joe Opferman—St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
Defining functions of anti-apoptotic MCL1 in normal and malignant cells
Host: Dr. Emily Puckett
Listen to the podcast interview with Dr. Opferman here

Thursday November 28, 2024
No seminar—Thanksgiving

Thursday December 5, 2024
No seminar—Reading Day