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The Biology Seminar Series

The Biology Seminar Series occurs every Friday during the fall and spring semester. Lectures begin at 3:00PM in 59/1701.

Fall 2024

Date, Speaker, Institution/Agency 

  • August 23: Candice Tahimic UNF, Dept. of Biology,  Introduction to course                  
  • August 30: Alicia K. Fleming Martinez, Ph.D Mayo Clinic, Dept. of Cancer Biology, Knockout of Sod2 accelerates KrasG12D-driven pancreatic cancerous lesions
  • September 6:Tony Daly-Crews, The Rattlesnake Conservancy, Conservation in the Face of Controversy: Founding The Rattlesnake Conservancy
  • September 13: Indika Kahanda, Ph.D.,UNF, School of Computing, AI for Biology             
  • September 20: Maximo Marin, MD, UF, Department of Pathology, Machine Learning in Laboratory Medicine
  • September 27: David Hughes, Ph.D., Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Investigating a Novel Role for UBR-Box E3 Ubiquitin Ligases in Skeletal Muscle Metabolism and Plasticity
  • October 4: Sheila Hickson-Curran, MCOptom, FAAO Johnson and Johnson, Reflections on a Global Journey: From Optometry to Gene Therapy    
  • October 11:  Fall Break - No lecture                                                           
  • October 18: Dr. James Gillis, South-East Zoo Alliance for Reproduction & Conservation            
  • October 25: Andrea Arikawa, Ph.D., UNF, Dept. of Nutrition and Dietetics, Fermented vegetable consumption and gut microbiome metabolites: is sauerkraut the answer to a healthy gut?           
  • November 1: Bryan Knuckley, Ph.D., UNF, Dept. of Chemistry Peptoid Inhibitors of Protein Arginine Methyltransferases for the Treatment of Cancers   
  • November 8: Nikki Dix, Ph.D.  Guana Tolomato Matanzas National Estuarine Research Reserve  
  • November 15: Lindsay Mahovetz-Myers, Ph.D. The Jacksonville Zoo          
  • November 22: Josephine Brown, PhD., 10X Genomics
  • November 29: Thanksgiving Break - No lecture                           
  • December 6: Dr. Alisa (Harley) Newton, OCEARCH                                                            
  • December 13:  Finals week  - No lecture