Texas Tech University

Spring 2025 Biological Sciences Seminar Schedule

 

  • Jan15

    Organizational Meeting

  • Jan22

    Effects of landscape integrity on insect diversity: A case study from tropical moist broadleaf forests of Southeast Asia

    Speaker: Dr. Rahul De, Texas Tech

    Host: Caleb Phillips

  • Jan29

    Biodiversity Detection with eDNA: Are the Answers Blowin' in the Wind?

    Speaker: Dr. Matt Barnes, Natural Resources Management, Texas Tech

    Host: JR McMillan

  • Feb05

    New algorithms for species phylogenetics -- combatting gene tree estimation error and beyond

    Speaker: Dr. Erin Malloy, Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Maryland

    Host: David Ray

  • Feb12

    Form and Function of Mirtrons, a class of non-canonical microRNAs

    Speaker: Dr. Alex Flynt, Center for Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Southern Mississippi

    Host: Ethan Chen

  • Feb19

    The when, where, and who of wildlife disease risk

    Speaker: Dr. Dan Becker, School of Biological Sciences, University of Oklahoma

    Host: Tigga Kingston

  • Feb26

    From Fossils to Genes: Testate Amoebae and the Reconstruction of Ancient Ecosystems

    Speaker: Dr. Alfredo Sousa, Biological Sciences, Texas Tech

    Host: Alex Tice

  • Mar05

    Title TBA

    Speaker: Dr. Jacquelyn Gill, School of Biology and Ecology, University of Maine

    Host: TTUAB Superspeaker

  • Mar12

    Heat, Drought and Fire: Forest Persistence on a Changing Planet

    Speaker: Dr. Dan Johnson, Warnell School of Forestry & Natural Resources, University of Georgia

    Host: Dylan Schwilk

  • Mar19

    Spring Break

  • Mar26

    Viral ecogenomics: exploring viral diversity and virus-host interactions from metagenomes

    Speaker: Dr. Simon Roux, DOE Joint Genome Institute

    Host: Lisa Bono

  • Apr02

    Title TBA

    Speaker: TBA

    Host: TBA

  • Apr09

    Title TBA

    Speaker: TBA

    Host: TBA

  • Apr16

    Title TBA

    Speaker: Dr. Chloe Josefson, Biological and Biomedical Sciences, North Carolina Central University

    Host: Breanna Harris

  • Apr23

    Title TBA

    Speaker: Dr. Amanda Grusz, Swenson College of Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota Duluth

    Host: WTAB Superspeaker

  • Apr30

    The role of mitochondria in eukaryotic evolution

    Speaker: Dr. Sergio Munoz-Gomez

    Host: Alex Tice

    ** Last quiz due May 7 @ 4:00 pm, no late quizzes accepted, NO FINAL EXAM