Dr. Nicole King, University of California, Berkeley
Professor of Genetics, Genomics, Evolution, and Development
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
Date/Time: Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, 4:00 p.m.
Location: Yarnell Lecture Hall (Lecture Hall 4), College of Veterinary Medicine, 606 Tower Road
Lecture Title: The Secret Lives of Choanoflagellates
Hosts: Andrew Grimson, Molecular Biology and Genetics; John Schimenti, Biomedical Sciences/Molecular Biology and Genetics

Dr. Arezki Boudaoud, École polytechnique
Date/Time: Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024, 4:00 p.m. (cookies & coffee 3:30 p.m.)
Location: Biotechnology Building, Room G10
Lecture Title: Mechanobiology of Growth and Morphogenesis in Plants
Hosts: Mingming Wu, Biological and Environmental Engineering; Adrienne Roeder, Plant Biology
Flyer: Boudaoud Lecture PDF, Boudaoud Lecture JPG

Dr. Anne Osbourn, John Innes Centre
Professor and Group Leader
Date/Time: Tuesday, April 8, 2025, 4:00 p.m. (cookies & coffee 3:30 p.m.)
Location: Biotechnology Building, Room G10
Lecture Title: A Million Shades of Green: Harnessing Plant Metabolic Diversity for Food and Health Applications
Hosts: Jian Hua, Plant Biology; Maria Harrison, Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe Biology
Flyer: Osbourn Lecture PDF, Osbourn Lecture JPG

Dr. Michelle Monje, Stanford University
Milan Gambhir Professor of Pediatric Neuro-Oncology
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
Date/Time: Tuesday, May 6, 2025, 4 p.m. (cookies & coffee 3:30 p.m., post-lecture reception 5 p.m.)
Location: Yarnell Lecture Hall (Lecture Hall 4), College of Veterinary Medicine, 606 Tower Road
Lecture Title: Neuron-Glial Interactions in Health and Disease: From Cognition to Cancer
Hosts: Toshi Kawate, Molecular Medicine; Eirene Markenscoff-Papadimitriou, Molecular Biology and Genetics