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2023-2024 Speakers

Dr. Susan Wessler, University of California, Riverside
Neil and Rochelle Campbell Presidential Chair for Innovation in Science Education
Distinguished Professor of Genetics
Date/Time: Friday, October 13, 2023, 4:00pm
Location: Biotechnology Building, Room G10
Lecture Title: Transposable Element-mediated Structural Variation: From McClintock to Pangenomes
Host: Cedric Feschotte, Molecular Biology and Genetics; Mike Scanlon, Plant Biology


Dr. Hongkui Zeng, Allen Institute for Brain Science
Executive Vice President, Director of the Allen Institute for Brain Science
Date/Time: Friday, March 1, 2024, 4:00pm
Location: Biotechnology Building, Room G10
Lecture Title: TBD
Host: Nilay Yapici, Neurobiology and Behavior; Eirine Markenscoff- Papadimitriou, Molecular Biology and Genetics


VERA MARIA KNOEPFEL

Dr. Catherine Peichel, University of Bern
Head of the Division Evolutionary Ecology
Date/Time: Friday, May 3, 2024, 3:30pm
Location: Biotechnology Building, Room G10
Lecture Title: TBD
Host: John Schimenti, Biomedical Sciences; Andrew Clark, Computational Biology