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Seminars

Integrative Biology Department seminars are held Thursdays at 12:30 PM EST in CMC 147

To attend, please click the below link to be redirected to our Mircrosoft Teams or contact biology@usf.edu

Upcoming Seminars

  • Dr. Camilo Zalamea, USF Integrative Biology

    August 27

    "Seed Fungal Interactions, Microscopic Allies and Enemies of Tropical Tree Species"

  • Dr. Emily Lemmon, FSU Bio Science

    September 3

    TBA

  • Dr. Yannis P. Papastamatiou, FIU Bio Sciences

    September 10

    TBA

  • Dr. Richard Rauscher, USF Bellini College

    September 17

    "Quantum Computing and Drug Discovery"

  • Seminar Recording Archive

    SPRING 2026

    Dr. Curtice Griffin, University of Massachusetts Amherst

    January 21, 2026 

    Dr. Fangfang Yao, USF
    Understanding the Changing Water Cycle and Water Crises in the Anthropocene: Human and climate threats to global lakes and implications for ecosystems and societies
    January 28, 2026

    Dr. Sean Michaletz, UBC
    Plant functioning in a warming world: From molecules to the biosphere
    February 5, 2026

    Larry Plank, Space Trek at the Kennedy Space Center

    February 12, 2026

    Dr. Sudeep Sarkar, USF

    February 19, 2026

    Dr. Edna Fernandez-Figueroa, University of Tampa

    February 26, 2026

    Dr.  Ioannis Spanopoulos, USF

    March 5, 2026

    Dr. Krishna D. Reddy, USF

    March 12, 2026

    Dr. Alejandro Aleuy, FAU
    Linking Physiology to Geography: Temperature Across Host–Parasite Systems
    March 26, 2026

    Dr. Dimitri Voronin, USF

    April 9, 2026

    Dr. Sarah Davies, BU

    April 16, 2026

     Dr. Janay Fox, Moffitt

    April 23, 2026

    Dr. Bob Ellis, FWC

    April 30, 2026

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    FALL 2025

    Dr. John Parkinson, USF 

    August 21, 2025

    Dr. Mark Margres, USF

    August 28, 2025

    Dr. Christina Richards, USF

    September 2, 2025

    Dr. Brad Gemmell, USF

    September 4, 2025

    Prof. Salvador E. Venegas Andraca, Tecnologico de Monterrey

    September 11, 2025

    Prof. Rodolfo Dirzo, Stanford University 

    September 18, 2025

    Dr. Yaolin Guo, Lousiana State University

    October 2, 2025

    Dr. David Scanga, USF

    October 9, 2025

    Dr. George Blanck, USF

    October 16, 2025

    Dr. Chengqi Wang, USF

    October 23, 2025

    Dr. Glaucia (Glau) Del-Rio, UF

    October 30, 2025

    Dr. Kathleen Scott, USF

    November 13, 2025

    Dr. Melissa Smith, USDA ARS 

    November 20, 2025 

    SPRING 2025

    Dr. Fathi Karouia, NASA

    February 6, 2025

    Dr. Carsten Grupstra, Florida Atlantic University

    February 13, 2025

    Dr. Bill Baker, USF

    Feb 20, 2025

    Dr. Sean Doody, USF

    Feb 27,2025

    Dr. Lindsay McCulloch, USF

    March 6, 2025

    Dr. Theresa Evans-Nguyen, USF

    March 27, 2025

    Dr. Olivia Feagles, USF

    April 3, 2025

    Dr. Vincenzo Ellis, University of Delaware

    April 17, 2025

    Dr. Cory Krediet, Eckerd College

    April 24, 2025

    FALL 2024

    Dr. Andrew Kramer, 51°µÍø

    August 29, 2024

    Dr. Estelí Jiménez-Soto, Univeristy of South Florida

    September 5, 2024

    Dr. Lawrence A. Stern, 51°µÍø

    September 12, 2024

    Dr. Ghanim Ullah, 51°µÍø

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    September 19, 2024

    Dr. Sandra L. McLellan, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

    October 3, 2024

    Dr. Thomas E. Hanson, Delaware Biotechnology Institute
    Exploring microbial growth under low energy conditions from cells to metabolites to epigenetics
    October 17, 2024

    Dr. Miguel A. Acevedo, University of Florida
    Recolonization of recovering forests by locally extinct fauna through the lens of range expansion
    October 24, 2024

    Dr. Noah Legall, 51°µÍø
    Machine learning of wildlife diseases
    October 31, 2024

    Dr. Joseph Gazing Wolf, Arizona State University and Living Heritage Research Council
    Indigenous Epistemologies as Resistance to Corporatist "Education"
    November 7, 2024


    Dr. Rhett Rautsaw, Tampa PacBio
    Harnessing PacBio HiFi sequencing to unlock multiomic insight
    November 14, 2024

    Dr. Ross Cunning, Shed Aquarium
    Rapid increases and high variability in the thermal tolerance of surviving corals following recurrent coral bleaching events in Florida
    November 21, 2024

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    SPRING 2024

    Dr. Deby Cassill, 51°µÍø

    January 18, 2024

    Dr. Tyler Carrier, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research
    Sea urchins and their developmental symbioses
    January 25, 2024 | Recording not available

    Dr. Robert Quinn, Michigan State University

    February 1, 2024 

    Dr. Lucas Griffin, University of Massachusetts Amherst
    Unraveleing the Migratory Mysteries of Atlantic Tarpon: Fundamental Approaches for Actionable Science
    February 8, 2024 | Recording not available

    Dr. Pedro Peres, Florida International University
    From shallow to the deep, molecules to communities: a quest to understand marine biodiversity
    February 13, 2024 | Recording not available

    Dr. Amy Boddy, UC Santa Barbara
    Adapting to adversity: Exploring cancer in the animal kingdom 
    February 15, 2024

    Dr. Michelle Spicer, Lehigh University

    February 29, 2024

    Dr. Diego Santiago-Alarcon, 51°µÍø
    Disease Ecology Across Environmental Gradients | Recording not available
    March 7, 2024

    Dr. Kenneth Hoadley, The University of Alabama
    Phenomic tools for understanding coral photo-symbiont functional diversity with applications for conservation | Recording not available
    March 18, 2024

    Dr. Jason Gleditsch, Oberlin College
    Creation and Maintenance of Biodiversity in the Context of Global Change | Recording not available
    March 21, 2024

    Dr. Brian Maitner, University at Buffalo
    Biodiversity Science in a Time of Crisis | Recording not Available
    March 25, 2024

    Dr. Gabriela Quinlan, Pennsylvania State University
    From macroscales to genes: Pollinator responses to global change | Recording not Available
    March 25, 2024

    Dr. Harioum Yadav, 51°µÍø

    March 25, 2024

    Dr. Patricia G. Parker, University of Missouri St. Louis

    April 11, 2024

    Dr. Nichole M. Tiernan, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

    April 18, 2024

    Dr. Sahas Barve, Archbold Biological Station

    April 25, 2024

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    FALL 2023

    Dr. Heather Judkins, 51°µÍø

    August 24, 2023

    Dr. George Philippidis, 51°µÍø

    August 31, 2023

    Dr. Ryan Carney, 51°µÍø

    September 7, 2023

    Dr. J. Sean Doody, 51°µÍø

    September 14, 2023

    Dr. Yu Zeng, 51°µÍø
    Rolling, Tangling and Flapping: Shape-shifting in Evolution of Novel Performance Scales 
    September 21, 2023 | Not recorded per speaker request

    Dr. Joseph L. Graves, North Carolina A&T

    September 28, 2023

    Dr. Mohamed Elhamdadi, 51°µÍø

    October 20, 2023

    Dr. Larry Dishaw, 51°µÍø
    Obeying universal laws: an ascidian model system reveals phylogenetic principles regulating microbial colonization of gut mucosal surfaces
    October 26, 2023 | Not recorded per speaker request

    Dr. Anthony Snead, New York University

    November 2, 2023 

    Dr. Tad Dallas, University of South Carolina

    November 9, 2023

    Dr. Francisco C. Ferreira, Texas A&M University

    November 16, 2023

    Dr. Vania R. Assis, 51°µÍø
    Beyond Boundaries: ecoimmunology in wild amphibians and mice
    November 30, 2023

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