Bretta Speck, PhD candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences at UW-Milwaukee, will present a talk about her research, entitled ‘Architecture of Mate Choice Decisions in Enchenopa Treehoppers.’ Mate selection is one of the most important choices a female can... Read More
Dr. Tammi Richardson, Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of South Carolina, will present a talk about her research entitled, “The Colorful World of Cryptophyte Microalgae.” Learn more about Dr. Richardson's work here. Cryptophytes are a... Read More
Dr. Erica Sanchez, Assistant Professor of Biology at San Francisco State University, will present a talk about her research, entitled “Hijacking the Host Cell: How a Cancer-Causing Virus Modulates Metabolism.” Learn more about Dr. Sanchez's research here. Kaposi’s Sarcoma Herpesvirus... Read More
Dr. Mark Tang, Assistant Professor of Biology at Michigan Technological University, will present a talk about his research, entitled “Starving Cancer Cells to Death: Can Cysteine Depletion Combat Cancer?.” Learn more about Dr. Tang’s research here. Metabolic deregulation is an... Read More
Dr. Anaïs Tallon, Research Associate in the UWM Biological Sciences Latch Lab, will present a talk about her research, entitled “The (Hopefully) Happy Marriage Between Disease Vector Biology and Chemical Ecology.” Disease transmission relies heavily on odour- mediated behaviours, including... Read More
Dr. Jeannette Yen, Professor in the School of Biological Sciences at Georgia Tech and Director of Georgia Tech’s Center for Biologically Inspired Design, will present a talk about her research, entitled “Mimicking Nature.” Learn more about Dr. Yen’s research here. In... Read More
Dr. Michelle Gray, Associate Professor of Neurology and Neurobiology at the University of Alabama, will present a talk about her research, entitled “Are Astrocytes Contributors to Huntington’s Disease Pathogenesis?.” Learn more about Dr. Gray's research here. Huntington’s disease (HD) and... Read More
Clint Sergi, PhD Candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences at UW-Milwaukee, will present a talk about his research, entitled “Animals Are Smarter Than You Think.” The tradition among behavioral biologists has been to assume behaviors are products of only the... Read More
Alexandra S. Savchenko and Rony Huys, from the Natural History Museum in London, will present a talk about their work, entitled “Radically Divergent Body Plans in the Crustacea: How to Fit Them in the Tree of Life.” The presentation will... Read More
Biswarup Banerjee, PhD Candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences at UW-Milwaukee, will present a talk about his research, entitled “An Insight Into AraC Family Transcription Factor VfmE as a c-di-GMP Binding Effector in a Plant Pathogen Dickeya dadantii.” Dickeya dadantii... Read More