Dr. Scott Sakaluk, Distinguished Professor of Zoology at Illinois State University, will present a talk about his work entitled, "Food Fight: Sexual Conflict and the Evolution of Nuptial Gifts." The abstract is as follows: Nuptial food gifts are an integral... Read More

Dr. Kristin Ciezki, Director of the Therapeutic Accelerator Program at the Medical College of Wisconsin, will present a talk about her work entitled, "Careers for Scientists Beyond Academia: Outlook, Options, and Preparation." The abstract is as follows: The overwhelming majority... Read More

Sarah Sarich, PhD Candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences at UWM, will present a talk entitled, "The Transcription Factor Jun is Necessary for Regulating Regeneration-Associated Gene Expression During Optic Nerve Regeneration." The abstract is as follows: Damage to the... Read More

Kane Stratman, PhD Candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences at UWM, will present a talk entitled, "Decoding the Rules of a Treefrog's Mating Game (and How to Win if You Happen to Be One." The abstract is as follows:... Read More

Dr. Michael Laiosa, Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences and Faculty Chair in the Joseph J. Zilber School of Public Health, will present a talk entitled, "Growing up with the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor: A twenty-five-year journey from a toxicological sensor... Read More

Dr. Mark McBride, Distinguished Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at UW-Milwaukee, will present a talk about his work entitled, "Bacteroidetes do it differently: motility, protein secretion, and polysaccharide utilization." The abstract is as follows: The phylum Bacteroidetes is... Read More

Heather Leskinen, PhD Candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences at UW-Milwaukee, will present a talk about her work entitled, "Proximity Labeling: a method to identify the dynamic interactions of proteins." The abstract is as follows: In humans and other... Read More

Dr. Jong-In Park, Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at the Medical College of Wisconsin, will present a talk about his work entitled, "Inducing mortality by targeting mortalin in cancer." The abstract is as follows: Mitochondria possess powerful cell death... Read More

Raman Sukumar, Honorary Professor at the Indian Institute of Science, will present a talk entitled, "Long-Term Dynamics of a Dry Tropical Forest in Relation to Climate in India." He is an internationally renowned ecologist and conservation biologist and has been... Read More