Seminar Series

Students attend a lecture in Knox Hall on first day of classes in August 2021. The class is taught by Charlotte Lindqvist in biological sciences. Photographer: Douglas Levere.

Each semester, we host the Biological Sciences Seminar Series sponsored in part by the Orrin Foster Lecture Fund. We invite you to attend our events in-person this semester.

AY 2024 - 25 Seminar Series

Fall 2024

THURSDAY SEMINARS, 3:45 p.m.
NSC 218, UB North Campus

8/29/24          
Shermali Gunawardena

UB Biological Sciences
Hunting for Huntingtin cargoes: Clues as to how defective trafficking within axons can initiate neurodegeneration.

9/26/24          
Sarah Hird

University of Connecticut
Comparative Analyses of the Avian Microbiome

10/3/24
Jay Bangs
UB Microbiology & Immunology
Title: TBD

10/10/24
Distinguished Alumni: Jerry Shen

AceLink Therapeutics 
Leveraging of glycolipid biology in the development of groundbreaking therapies for genetic diseases of glycolipid metabolism

10/24/24        
New Frontiers: Paul Ahlquist 

University of Wisconsin, Madison
New Frontiers

11/7/24
Marc Halfon

UB Biochemistry
Regulatory genomic of class Insecta

11/14/24
James Chappell
Title: TBD

12/5/24          
Research Showcase: Christopher Osborne, Alix Matthews

Osborne = Using a Pangenome to Explore the Role of Whole Genome Duplication in Facilitating Adaptive Radiation
Matthews = Picky eaters: selective microbial diet of avian ectosymbionts

Spring 2025

THURSDAY SEMINARS, 3:45 p.m.
NSC 218, UB North Campus

1/30/25          
Eric Phizicky   

University of Rochester         
The biology of tRNA modifications: Insights from evolutionarily distant yeast species

2/6/25
Rachael Blair

UB Biostatistics
Title: TBD

2/13/25          
Research Showcase: Mahasweta Acharjee, Tharun Mahendran

Acharjee = TBD
Mahendran = Biomolecular Condensates Can Enhance Pathological RNA Clustering

2/20/25
Victor Albert  

UB Biological Sciences
Title: TBD
                                                           
4/3/25
Research Showcase: Liwen Li, Roxana Gonzalez

Li = Molecular genetics and pathogenic mechanisms of FOXG1 syndrome
Gonzalez = Investigating Career and Research Experience Access Through Evidence (iCREATE) among undergraduate biology majors at the University at Buffalo

4/10/25          
Jennifer Houtz

Allegheny College
Title: TBD

4/17/25          
Mattheos Koffas

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Title: TBD
           
4/24/25          
Erik Andersen 

Johns Hopkins University
Title: TBD       

5/1/25
Genevieve Konopka

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Title: TBD

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