Dr. Melinda Grosser Seminar Title: "Nucleotide signaling and the genetic basis of stress survival in Staphylococcus aureus" Bio: Dr. Melinda Grosser is an Associate Professor of Biology at UNC Asheville, […]

Dr. Brian Counterman Seminar Title: "Dissecting the regulatory architecture of adaptive divergence and plasticity on butterfly wings" Bio: Brian Counterman is an Associate Professor of Biological Sciences and Director of the Museum of Natural History at Auburn University. His lab group studies the developmental and genomic changes that drive adaptation and speciation. Using butterflies as […]

Dr. Courtney Clark-Hachtel Seminar Title: "Mechanisms of extreme survival: Uncovering how tardigrades can tolerate extreme radiation" Bio: Dr. Clark-Hachtel received her BA in Science Education from Miami University (Oxford, Oh) in 2012. She stayed at Miami University to complete her Ph.D. in evolutionary developmental biology (2018) where she studied the evolutionary origin of insect wings […]

Dr. Christopher Chouinard Seminar Title: "Leveraging High-Resolution Ion Mobility-Mass Spectrometry Approaches for Improving Analysis of Metabolites, Illicit Drugs, and Environmental Contaminants" Bio: Dr. Christopher Chouinard is an Associate Professor in […]

Dr. Dustin Hancks Seminar Title: "The impact of mitochondria on the origins, evolution, and maladaptation of immunity" Bio: Dr. Dustin was raised a Cubs fan on the Mississippi River in […]

Dr. Marc Libault Seminar Title: "What Can We Learn from Plant Single-cell-Omics?" Bio: Dr. Marc Libault is a Professor in the Division of Plant Science and Technology at the University […]

Dr. Mario Santiago Seminar Title: "Retroviral Pathogenesis and Immunity in Mice and Humans" Bio: Dr. Santiago's lab at the University of Colorado Anschutz studies the interplay between the innate and […]