Biology 97 Lecture Series
FALL 2019
BIOL 097 – THEMES IN BIOLOGY
From Genes To Environment, From Bacteria To Birds: Across The Spectrum Of Biology
SEPT 13 Barry Zee ‘08
Post-Doctoral Fellow at Harvard Medical School
Solid Tumors, Liquid Tumors: Lessons from Epigenetics and Physiology
SEPT 20 Helen Chmura ‘09
Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Seasonal time-keeping mechanisms and the response of arctic animals to global climate change
SEPT 27 Sara Lipshutz ‘11
NSF Postdoctoral Fellow in Biology, Indiana University
Causes and consequences of female competition in sex role reversed, tropical shorebirds
OCT 4 Karen Lloyd ‘00
Associate Professor, University of Tennessee
Interactions between the deep subsurface microbial biosphereand tectonic processes at a subduction zone
OCT 25 Jacob Socolar ‘11
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Avian responses to global change at very large spatial scales
NOV 1 Lisa Gunaydin ‘07
Assistant Professor, University of California, San Francisco
Prefrontal control of anxiety-like behavior
NOV 8 Liz Leininger ‘04
Assistant Professor, New College of Florida
Title TBA
NOV 15 Renuka Nayak ‘04
Assistant Professor, University of California, San Francisco
The role of the gut microbiome in human disease and treatment
NOV 22 Anna Tyler ‘03
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Center for Genome Dynamics
Using Machine Learning and Genetic Diversity to Understand Alzheimer’s Disease
ALL TALKS ARE AT 2:00 PM IN SC101
