FSU - Biological Science

Upcoming Events - 2026-02-09

Defenses

Date

Time

Location

Series Title

Title

Speaker

Monday, 9th of February 2026

3:30 PM

3009 KIN

Honors in the Major Thesis Defense

Dietary changes during development in lance-tailed manakin nestlings

Josephine Whelan

Colloquia and Seminars

Date

Time

Location

Series Title

Title

Speaker

Wednesday, 11th of February 2026

3:30 PM

A211PDB

Neuroscience Colloquium

Neural basis of spatial cognition and episodic memory, hippocampus, parietal cortex, premotor cortex

Dr. Douglas Nitz

Friday, 13th of February 2026

4:00 PM

1024 KIN

Ecology and Evolution Seminar

A multidisciplinary approach to optimizing bay scallop restoration aquaculture

Morgan Hawkins

Wednesday, 18th of February 2026

3:30 PM

A211 PDB

Neuroscience Job Candidate Seminar

Neuromodulation reconfigures cortical circuit dynamics across learning

Dr. Andrew Moberly

Thursday, 19th of February 2026

3:30 PM

1024 KIN

Biological Science Colloquium

Evolving together, evolving apart: Pairing lab and long-term field experiments to measure the evolution of plant beneficial microbes

Dr. Liana Burghardt

Friday, 20th of February 2026

4:00 PM

1024 KIN

Ecology and Evolution Seminar

Picking partners: host selectivity and rewards in the legume-rhizobia symbiosis

Dr. Liana Burghardt

Wednesday, 25th of February 2026

3:30 PM

A211 PDB

Neuroscience Colloquium

The neural substrates underlying the integration of smell and taste (flavor)

Dr. Chad Samuelson

Thursday, 26th of February 2026

3:30 PM

1024 KIN

Biological Science Colloquium

Department Dialogues

Friday, 27th of February 2026

4:00 PM

1024 KIN

Ecology and Evolution Seminar

Variation predicts the rate of evolution in mammalian skulls - or is it the other way around?

Dr. David Houle

Friday, 6th of March 2026

4:00 PM

1024 KIN

Ecology and Evolution Seminar

Temporal patterns of disease levels in response to loss of host biodiversity

Miles Robertson

Thursday, 12th of March 2026

3:30 PM

1024 KIN

Biological Science Colloquium

Promotion/tenure talk

Dr. Ashwanth Francis

Friday, 13th of March 2026

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

Thursday, 19th of March 2026

3:30 PM

!024 KIN

Biological Science Colloquium

Spring Break - No Colloquium

Friday, 20th of March 2026

4:00 PM

1024 KIN

Ecology and Evolution Seminar

Spring Break - No Seminar

Thursday, 26th of March 2026

3:30 PM

1024 KIN

Biological Science Colloquium

Biological consequences of mutualisms

Dr. Mickey Eubanks

Friday, 27th of March 2026

4:00 PM

1024 KIN

Ecology and Evolution Seminar

Fire ant foraging and the ecology and evolution of an invasive species

Dr. Mickey Eubanks

Thursday, 2nd of April 2026

4:00 PM

1024 KIN

Ecology and Evolution Seminar

The effects of restoration reef height on economically important crab species in Apalachicola Bay

Adin Domen

Friday, 10th of April 2026

3:30 PM

1024 KIN

Ecology and Evolution Seminar

TBD

TBD

Thursday, 16th of April 2026

3:30 PM

1024 KIN

Biological Science Colloquium

Plants anticipating help from bodyguards

Dr. Michael Singer

Friday, 17th of April 2026

4:00 PM

1024 KIN

Ecology and Evolution Seminar

Tri-trophic interactions and keystones hidden in the woods

Dr. Michael Singer

Thursday, 23rd of April 2026

3:30 PM

1024 KIN

Biological Science Colloquium

TBD

TBD

Sunday, 26th of April 2026

4:00 PM

1024 KIN

Ecology and evolution Seminar

Why old-growth grasslands are old

Dr. Raelene Crandall

Thursday, 30th of April 2026

3:30 PM

1024 KIN

Biological Science Colloquium

TBD

TBD

Symposia

Date

Time

Location

Series Title

Title

Speaker

Saturday, 21st of March 2026

8:28 AM

An international symposium on FSU Main Campus, Tallahassee

The exhaustive chase: Investigation of striated muscle regulation in health and disease

Miscellaneous

Date

Time

Location

Series Title

Title

Speaker

Thursday, 12th of February 2026

3:30 PM

1024 KIN

Biological Science Colloquium

TBD

Thursday, 5th of March 2026

3:30 PM

1024 KIN

Biological Science Faculty Meeting

Thursday, 2nd of April 2026

3:30 PM

1024 KIN

Biological Science Faculty Meeting