The Department of Biology’s annual seminar series brings world-renown researchers in all fields of biology to campus to interact with students and faculty and deliver a lecture.

Upcoming seminars

Biology PhD Dissertation Seminar: "Immune system involvement in spiral ganglion neurodegeneration after inner ear hair cell loss" promotional image

Biology PhD Dissertation Seminar: "Immune system involvement in spiral ganglion neurodegeneration after inner ear hair cell loss"

Monday, April 13, 2026 10:00am
Biology Building East
Adrianna Caro, a PhD candidate in the Integrated Biology (iBio) Graduate Program, will be defending her dissertation on Monday, April 13, at 10:00am in Room 106, Biology Building East (BBE), and via Zoom (see attached flyer for Zoom link).
Biology Master's Thesis Seminar: "Divergence in the Physiological and Transcriptional Response to Phosphate Starvation between Related Yeast Species" promotional image

Biology Master's Thesis Seminar: "Divergence in the Physiological and Transcriptional Response to Phosphate Starvation between Related Yeast Species"

Tuesday, April 14, 2026 2:00pm
Biology Building East
Emily O'Brien, a Master's candidate in the Integrated Biology (iBio) Graduate Program, will be defending her thesis on Tuesday, April 14, at 2:00pm in Room 401, Biology Building East (BBE).
Biology Seminar: "What can Arp2/3-branded actin do for you?" promotional image

Biology Seminar: "What can Arp2/3-branded actin do for you?"

Friday, April 17, 2026 3:30pm
Biology Building East
The Department of Biology’s seminar speaker on Friday, April 17, is James Bear, PhD, a Professor in the Department of Cell Biology and Physiology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His seminar will be held at 3:30pm in Kollros Auditorium (Room 101), Biology Building East (BBE).
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Dr. Cynthia Nau Cornelissen promotional image

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Dr. Cynthia Nau Cornelissen

Thursday, April 23, 2026 10:30am to 11:20am
Medical Education Research Facility

This event is open to the public.

Urgent threat Neisseria gonorrhoeae utilizes human-specific protein receptors to overcome nutritional immunity

Cynthia Nau Cornelissen, PhD
Georgia State Washington

https://biomedical.gsu.edu/profile/cynthia-nau-cornelissen/

Faculty Co-Hosts: Miles Pufall, PhD and Jessica Tucker, PhD

Biology Seminar: "Watching the Cochlea In Action In Vivo" promotional image

Biology Seminar: "Watching the Cochlea In Action In Vivo"

Friday, April 24, 2026 3:30pm
Biology Building East
The Department of Biology’s seminar speaker on Friday, April 24, is Jinkyung Kim, PhD, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine. Her seminar will be held at 3:30pm in Kollros Auditorium (Room 101), Biology Building East (BBE).
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Dr. Rajat Rohatgi promotional image

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Dr. Rajat Rohatgi

Thursday, April 30, 2026 10:30am to 11:20am
Medical Education Research Facility

This event is open to the public.

Chemical homeostasis of the cytoplasm: how mammalian cells sense and mitigate ionic stress

Rajat Rohatgi, MD, PhD
Stanford University

Rohatgi Lab | https://rohatgilab.stanford.edu/

Faculty Co-Hosts: Miles Pufall, PhD and Jessica Tucker, PhD

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