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

Dr. John A. Berges, UWM Biological Sciences Professor and Affiliate Faculty Member in the UWM School of Freshwater Sciences, will present a talk about his research, entitled “Lake Michigan: Perspectives From the Bottom and Top of the Planktonic Foodweb.” Learn... Read More

Dr. Edward J. Buskey, Professor and Interim Director of the Marine Science Institute at The University of Texas at Austin, will present a talk about his research entitled, “Physical and Chemical Dispersion of Marine Crude Oil Spills and Effects of... Read More

Dr. Paul A. Moore, Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Bowling Green State University, will present a talk about his research entitled, “Odor Trails and Orientation: Revealing the Underwater World of Smell.” Learn more about Dr. Moore's work here.... Read More

Xueling Yi, PhD candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences at UW-Milwaukee, will present a talk about her research, entitled 'Molecular Evolution, Diversity, and Biogeography of the New World Bats in the Genus Eptesicus.' Biodiversity is the key to evolution and... Read More

Dr. Amanda Bendia, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Oceanographic Institute of University of São Paulo, Brazil, will present a talk about her research entitled, “Recovering the Unknown: Microbial Genomes From Antarctica, Deep Sea and Caves as Functional Models for Astrobiology.” Dr. Bendia’s research interests... Read More