Biology Colloquium Seminar Series
During the fall and spring semesters, the Federated Department of Biological Sciences hosts a diverse range of speakers from other institutions.
2023-2024 colloquium schedule (Tuesdays at 1PM — see schedule for location/Zoom information)
| Date | Speaker |
| Tuesday Sep 11 1pm |
Dr. Eric Fortune, Department of Biological Sciences, NJIT X-PRIZE Rainforest: Competitive Conservation. IN PERSON, CKB "Swan Room" (4th floor) |
| Tuesday Sep 19 1pm |
Dr. Tong Qiu, Penn State University Understanding forest regeneration potential in a rapidly changing climate IN PERSON, CKB "Swan Room" (4th floor) |
| Monday Sep 25 1pm |
Katie Gallman, PhD Candidate in Biological Sciences, NJIT PhD defense: Circadian and Ultradian Rhythms in Fishes IN PERSON, CKB 116 |
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Tuesday Sep 26 |
CANCELLED. Dr. Anthony Geneva, Rutgers-Camden The evolutionary genomics of adaptation enabled by high quality genome assemblies IN PERSON, CKB "Swan Room" (4th floor) |
| Tuesday Oct 3 1pm |
Dr. Jorge Golowasch, Department of Biological Sciences, NJIT Neuronal membrane capacitance changes daily IN PERSON, CKB "Swan Room" (4th floor) |
| Tuesday Oct 10 1pm |
Dr. Lily Khadempour, Rutgers Newark. Ants, microbes, and a new conceptual framework for symbiosis IN PERSON, CKB "Swan Room" (4th floor) |
| Tuesday Oct 17 1pm |
Dr. Chi Chen, Rutgers University New Brunswick Greening of the Earth: Drivers and Impacts IN PERSON, CKB "Swan Room" (4th floor) |
| Tuesday Oct 24 1pm |
TBD TBD TBD |
| Tuesday Oct 31 1pm |
Dr. Andrea Roeser TBD TBD |
| Tuesday Nov 7 1pm |
TBD TBD TBD |
| Tuesday Nov 14 1pm |
Dr. Martin Haesemeyer TBD TBD |
| Tuesday Nov 21 1pm |
Dr. Petras Swissler, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, NJIT The Challenges of Achieving Biological-Scale Self-Assembly in Robotics IN PERSON, CKB "Swan Room" (4th floor) |
| Tuesday Nov 28 1pm |
Dr. Bruce Carlson TBD REMOTE ONLY |
| Tuesday Dec 5 1pm |
Student Presentations TBD TBD |
| WINTER BREAK |
2022-2023 colloquium schedule (Fall: Mondays at 3pm. Spring: Tuesdays at 1PM — see schedule for location/Zoom information)
| Date | Speaker |
| Monday Sep 12 3pm |
Dr. Toni Guillamon, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) and Centre de Recerca Matemàtica, Spain Optimal transition from damped to sustained biological oscillations through response functions. |
| Monday Sep 26 3pm |
Dr. Claudio Mirasso, Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB), Palma de Mallorca, Spain On the role of inhibitory neurons in the information processing capacity of the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus. |
| Monday Nov 7 3pm |
Dr Beatriz Baño-Otàlora, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK Brighten up your circadian clock: Impact of daytime light intensity on behaviour and clock function in a diurnal mammal. |
| Monday Nov 28 3pm |
Dr. Julia Hyland Bruno, NJIT Department of Humanities A comparative-species perspective on vocal interactivity. IN PERSON AND ONLINE |
| Monday Dec 5 3pm |
Dr. Kristina Wicke, NJIT Department of Mathematics Mathematical approaches to biodiversity conservation: Some recent developments and challenges in phylogenetic diversity research. IN PERSON AND ONLINE |
| WINTER BREAK | |
| Tuesday Jan 17 1pm |
Dr. Katelyn Mike, University of Chicago Past, present, and future molecular evolution of fish. IN PERSON, CKB 303 |
| Tuesday Jan 24 1pm |
Dr. Isabella Muratore, NJIT From brain structure to collective architecture: Behavioral adaptations in ants. IN PERSON, CKB 303 |
| Tuesday Jan 31 1pm |
Dr. Heather Bruce, Marine Biology Labs, Woods Hole Arthropod appendages: Novelty and homology over hundreds of millions of years. IN PERSON, CKB 303 |
| Wednesday Feb 1 2:45pm |
Dr. Jaya Krishnan, Stowers Institute for Medical Research, Kansas City Life in the dark illuminates the path to metabolic resilience. IN PERSON, CKB 303 |
| Tuesday Feb 7 1pm |
Dr. Larry Band, University of Virginia Integrated modeling and assessment of urban form and infrastructure impacts on runoff, nutrient loading, and carbon cycling: Prospects for environmental restoration. ONLINE |
| Wednesday Feb 8 2:30pm |
Dr. Megan Corty, Vollum Institute & Oregon Health Science Institute How and why do glia wrap axons? IN PERSON, CKB 303 |
| Thursday Feb 9 1pm |
Dr. Allison Edgar, The Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience, St. Augustine Fashionably late and ready to party: Late specification and early maturation of germline cells in the phylum Ctenophora. IN PERSON, CKB 303 |
| Thursday Feb 16 1pm |
Dr. Carolyn Elya, Harvard University Secrets of the zombie fly: Neural mechanisms of fruit fly behavioral manipulation by the killer fungus Entomophthora muscae. IN PERSON, CKB 303 |
| Tuesday Feb 28 1pm |
Dr. Ashlee H. Rowe, University of Oklahoma Scorpion toxins and ion channel targets: Neurophysiological mechanisms of adaptive pain resistance in predators. ONLINE |
| Tuesday Mar 7 1pm |
Dr. Melissa Ingala, Fairleigh Dickinson University Metagenomic collaboration between bats and their gut bacteria. IN PERSON, CKB 303 |
| SPRING BREAK | |
| Tuesday Mar 21 1pm |
Audrey Biondi-Kellogg, NJIT DISSERTATION DEFENSE. A biologically inspired fin for underwater robotics: A study of Mola mola swimming mechanics. IN PERSON, CKB 303 |
| Tuesday Mar 28 1pm |
Dr. Dora Biro, University of Rochester Collective knowledge in animal groups: From the ‘Wisdom of the Crowd’ to cultural evolution. IN PERSON, CKB 303 |
| Tuesday Apr 4 1pm |
Dr. Jason Yang, Rutgers NJMS Interpretable machine learning for mechanistic discovery and biomedical translation. IN PERSON, CKB 303 |
| Tuesday Apr 11 1pm |
Dr. Ioana Carcea, Rutgers Brain Health Institute Oxytocin neurons enable the social transmission of maternal behavior. IN PERSON, CKB 303 |
| Tuesday Apr 18 1pm |
Christine Sosiak, NJIT DISSERTATION DEFENSE. How to survive a mass extinction: Detangling drivers of extinction in deep time. IN PERSON, CKB 303 |
| Tuesday May 2 1pm |
Dr. Clinton Jenkins, Florida International University Frontiers in our understanding of global biodiversity. ONLINE ONLY |