Dr. Jack Costello, Professor of Biology at Providence College, will present a talk about his research, entitled ‘Bending Rules for Animal Propulsion’. Learn more about Dr. Costello’s work here. During steady motion, natural propulsor tips bend to similar extents in similar... Read More

Lauren Simmons, PhD candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences at UW-Milwaukee, will present a talk about her research, entitled ‘Phytoplankton Mortality in an Urban Pond: Understanding the Roles of Abiotic Factors, Grazing Pressure and Allelopathy’. Phytoplankton communities consist of... Read More

Dr. Madhusudan Dey, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at UW-Milwaukee, will present a talk about his research, entitled 'Unfolded Protein Response (UPR): Sensing and Signaling'. Learn more about Dr. Dey’s work here. Secretary proteins fold and mature inside the endoplasmic... Read More

Daqing Jiang, PhD candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences at UW-Milwaukee, will present a talk about her research, entitled ‘Bacterial Envelope Stress Signaling on the Regulation of Type III Secretion System in Dickeya dadantii 3937’. Bacteria are known for... Read More

Libby Falat, PhD candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences at UW-Milwaukee, will present a talk about her research, entitled ‘The Role of the Basement Membrane in Brain Morphogenesis’. The ability of organs to execute specific functions relies heavily on... Read More

Rachel Conrad, PhD candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences at UW-Milwaukee, will present a talk about her research, entitled ‘Roles of Secreted Proteins and Iron Utilization Proteins in Virulence of the Fish Pathogen Flavobacterium columnare’. Flavobacterium columnare causes columnaris... Read More

This semester, as a guiding topic, we will have an expression from Carl Sagan: Absence of Evidence Is Not Evidence of Absence Carl Sagan had a TV show on space and the universe. He had his hands full with answering... Read More

Dr. Rudi Strickler, UWM Shaw Distinguished Professor and Biological Sciences Department Chair, will present a talk about his research, entitled ‘Olfaction in Copepods?’. Learn more about Dr. Strickler’s work here. For years, since Antony van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723), we know zooplankton starting... Read More

Dr. Ava Udvadia, UWM Biological Sciences Associate Professor and Associate Chair, will present a talk about her research entitled, "In Search of Evolutionarily Conserved Programs for Rewiring the Visual System After Optic Nerve Damage." Learn more about Dr. Udvadia’s work here.... Read More

Dr. Martina Königer, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences at Wellesley College, will present a talk about her research, entitled "Chloroplast Movement Behavior." Learn more about Dr. Königer's research here. Plants have evolved a range of mechanisms that allow them... Read More