BioNotes

March 9, 2026 through March 13, 2026

Monday, March 9 – Monday, March 9, 11:00 am – 11:00 am, A211 PDB—NEUROSCIENCE DISSERTATION DEFENSE, "Influence of sugar type, delivery route and conditioning in eliciting cephalic phase insulin and incretin hormone responses in rats," Valentina Nisi. Advisor: Dr. Alan Spector.

Monday, March 9 – Monday, March 9, 1:00 pm – 1:00 pm, 1030 —INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AND COMMERCIALIZATION BUILDING, FAMU-FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, "Working with IGNITE FSU: commercialization, business partnerships, entrepreneurship and more!," Valerie McDevitt, JD, MST, RTTP. Host: Dr. Dongheon Lee, Asst. Prof. of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, FSU-FAMU College of Engineering.

Tuesday, March 10 – Tuesday, March 10, 1:00 pm – 1:00 pm, Zoom only—NEUROSCIENCE DISSERTATION DEFENSE, "TET2 in the nucleus accumbens regulates social behavior in female prairie voles," Michelle Crawford. Advisor: Dr. Mohamed Kabbaj. https://fsu.zoom.us/j/95937830324?pwd=JuCT8BffVsooMLIPgah1bCaROeT6eI.1

Wednesday, March 11 – Wednesday, March 11, 9:00 am – 9:00 am, Zoom only—EOAS MS DEFENSE, "Effects of inundation on Loggerhead Sea Turtle (Caretta caretta) hatchling morphology, fitness, and incubation temperature," Ali Johnson, Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, FSU. Advisor: Dr. Mariana Fuentes.

Wednesday, March 11 – Wednesday, March 11, 12:00 pm – 12:00 pm, 1302 COM and Zoom—BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES SEMINAR, "Sleep and circadian disruption by NPTX2 loss of function via orexin pathway," Dr. Seung-Eon Roh, Departments of Neurology and Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University. Host: Dr. Choogon Lee, Department of Biomedical Sciences, FSU.

Wednesday, March 11 – Wednesday, March 11, 2:00 pm – 2:00 pm, 2057 KIN—MASTERS THESIS DEFENSE, "Parasite community structure in blacktip sharks (Carcharhinus limbatus) from the Gulf of Mexico," Alaina Young, Department of Biological Science, FSU. Advisor: Dr. Thomas Miller.

Thursday, March 12 – Thursday, March 12, 3:30 pm – 3:30 pm, 1024 KIN—BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE COLLOQUIUM, "Microscopic snapshots of the frontier in HIV cell biology," Dr. Ashwanth Francis, Department of Biological Science, FSU. Host: Dr. Scott Stagg, Department of Biological Sciences and Institute of Molecular Biophysics, FSU. Promotion/tenure talk. Refreshments will be served at 3:15pm.

Friday, March 13 – Friday, March 13, 1:00 pm – 1:00 pm, A211 PDB—NEUROSCIENCE DISSERTATION DEFENSE, "Olfactory modulation of social and emotional processes across mice and humans," Chloe Johnson. Advisor: Dr. Adam Dewan.

Friday, March 13 – Friday, March 13, 4:00 pm – 4:00 pm, 1024 KIN—ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION SEMINAR, "Early signs of success in large-scale oyster reef restoration in Chesapeake Bay," Dr. Matt Ogburn, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC). Host: Dr. Joel Trexler, Department of Biological Science, FSU, and FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory.

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