Welcome to the PSU Biology Department Lester Newman Seminar Series. Seminars are Mondays 4-5pm in SRTC Room 247.
Please see this spreadsheet for past and future seminar topics.
Fall
| Date | Speaker | Institution | Title | Host |
|---|
| 9/29/2025 | No Seminar! BI Faculty/Student Welcome Reception | | | |
| 10/6/2025 | Verity Mathis | Florida State University | Biodiversity of Pocket Gophers Revealed by Integrative Studies | Ruedas |
| 10/13/2025 | Edson Abreu | Angelo State University | Documentation and Description of Mammalian Diversity based on Field and Museum work | Ruedas |
| 10/20/2025 | Jeremy Coate | Reed College | Gene Specialization Following Whole Genome Duplications | Courcelle |
| 10/27/2025 | Amy Schmid | Duke University | Regulation of Extreme Stress Response in Archaea | Stedman |
| 11/3/2025 | Kenneth Strothkamp | PSU Chemistry | | Ruedas |
| 11/10/2025 | Veteran's Day (CLOSED) | | | |
| 11/17/2025 | Margaret Metz | Lewis and Clark College | Regeneration of Biodiversity in the Pacific Northwest Old-Growth Forests | Courcelle |
| 11/24/2025 | Open | | | |
| 12/1/2025 | Tracy Burkhard | Lewis and Clark College | From Sexy Songs to City Living: The Evolution of Complex Behaviors in Wild Mice | Courcelle |