Fall 2026 Seminars

Our seminars are held Mondays from 12:00 p.m. to 12:50 p.m. in the Trani Center for Life Sciences, room 0253. ALL students, faculty, and biology fans are welcome!

Date	Room	Speaker	Topic
9/14	Trani 253	Dr. Ember Morrissey (West Virginia University)	Life in The Land: Unraveling the Hidden Lives and Functions of Soil Microorganisms
9/21	Trani 253	Dr. Daniel McGarvey (VCU SLSS)	An Abundance of Giants Hiding in Plain Sight? Secondary Structure in the fish size spectrum and other amazing stuff you should know.
10/19	Trani 253	Dr. Jason Rohr (University of Notre Dame)	Planetary Health Innovations for disease, agriculture, water, energy, sustainability, and poverty challenges in Africa and beyond.
11/2	Trani 253	Dr. Melissa Wilson (NIH)	Sex Chromosome Genomics
11/9	Trani 253	Dr. Salvatore Agosta	What Limits Whole-Organism Thermal Performance? Testing the mitochondrial efficiency hypothesis in wild spongy moth