Spring 2025 Biological Sciences Seminar Schedule
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Jan15
Organizational Meeting
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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
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Jan29
Biodiversity Detection with eDNA: Are the Answers Blowin' in the Wind?
Speaker: Dr. Matt Barnes, Natural Resources Management, Texas Tech
Host: JR McMillan
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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
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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
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Feb19
The when, where, and who of wildlife disease risk
Speaker: Dr. Dan Becker, School of Biological Sciences, University of Oklahoma
Host: Tigga Kingston
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Feb26
From Fossils to Genes: Testate Amoebae and the Reconstruction of Ancient Ecosystems
Speaker: Dr. Alfredo Sousa, Biological Sciences, Texas Tech
Host: Alex Tice
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Mar05
Title TBA
Speaker: Dr. Jacquelyn Gill, School of Biology and Ecology, University of Maine
Host: TTUAB Superspeaker
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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
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Mar19
Spring Break
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Mar26
Viral ecogenomics: exploring viral diversity and virus-host interactions from metagenomes
Speaker: Dr. Simon Roux, DOE Joint Genome Institute
Host: Lisa Bono
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Apr02
Title TBA
Speaker: TBA
Host: TBA
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Apr09
Title TBA
Speaker: TBA
Host: TBA
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Apr16
Title TBA
Speaker: Dr. Chloe Josefson, Biological and Biomedical Sciences, North Carolina Central University
Host: Breanna Harris
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Apr23
Title TBA
Speaker: Dr. Amanda Grusz, Swenson College of Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota Duluth
Host: WTAB Superspeaker
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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
Department of Biological Sciences
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Address
Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Box 43131 Lubbock, TX 79409 -
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Email
biology@ttu.edu