2025-2026 Biological Science Colloquium Series
Colloquia meet in person at 3:30 p.m. on Thursdays. 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. Refreshments will be provided at 3:15pm before the talk.
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 R. Rubenstein, Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, NY
Linking social evolution and genome 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 the marine annelid Streblospio benedicti
Host: Dr. Scott Burgess - October 23 (3:30 p.m., 1024 KIN): Dr. Mimi Shirasu-Hiza, Columbia University, New York, NY
How to eat more and lose fat: lessons from Drosophila and time-restricted eating
Host: Katherine Darrow - October 30 (3:30 p.m., 1024 KIN): Dr. Matthew Fuxjager, Brown University
Integrative approaches to studying new frontiers of animal communication: from genes to brains to trees
Host: Daniel Gutierrez - 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
- January 15 (3:30 p.m., 1024 KIN): Dr. Jon Hibshman, Department of Biological Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
How to survive desiccation: lessons from worms and water bears
Host: Dr. Amy Webster - January 22 (3:30 p.m., 1024 KIN):
Graduate Student Research Showcase
Host: To be announced - January 29 (3:30 p.m., 1024 KIN): Dr. Ethan White, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
How we counted 100 million trees (and a whole lot of birds)
Host: Dr. Andrew Rassweiler - February 19 (3:30 p.m., 1024 KIN): Dr. Liana Burghardt
Evolving together, evolving apart: Pairing lab and long-term field experiments to measure the evolution of plant beneficial microbes
Host: Dr. Kayla Stoy