2025-2026 Biological Science Colloquium Series
Colloquia meet at 4:00 p.m. on Thursdays, via Zoom. Meeting links are distributed by department email list; FSU members, subscribe at Bio-Everyone list management; non-FSU members, BioNotes. To request an individual link without subscribing to a mailing list, contact that talks host.
Fall Series
- August 28 (3:30 p.m., 1024 KIN): Dr. Issac Carter, Co-Creative Consulting and Coaching Imperative
Tools for navigating difficult conversations in your scientific community, Part 1
Host: Dr. Nora Underwood - September 18 (3:30 p.m., 1024 KIN): Dr. Alicia K. Rogers, Department of Biology, University of Texas, Arlington, TX
Unraveling the coordination of small RNA pathways regulating developmental programs
Host: Dr. Amy Webster - September 25 (3:30 p.m., 1024 KIN): Dr. Dustin K. Rubenstein, Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY
Cooperating to cope with environmental change: new horizons in social evolution
Host: Dr. Emily H. DuVal - October 9 (3:30 p.m., 1024 KIN): Dr. Christina Zakas, Department of Biological Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Finding the genetic basis of developmental evolution using Streblospio benedicti
Host: Dr. Scott Burgess - October 23 (3:30 p.m., 1024 KIN): Dr. Mimi Shirasu-Hisa
How to eat more and lose fat: lessons from Drosophila and time-restricted eating
Host: Katherine Darrow - November 13 (3:30 p.m., 1024 KIN): Dr. Jean Burns, Case Western Reserve University
Plant-soil interactions: hidden ecology at your feet
Host: Dr. Thomas Miller - November 20 (3:30 p.m., 1024 KIN): Dr. Sarah Lebeis, Michigan State University
Harnessing root microbiomes to improve plant health and resilience
Host: Dr. David Thoms
Spring Series