Upcoming Seminars
Seminar date and time: Thursdays, 12:45-1:45 PM
Location: All seminars will take place at the Joint Health Sciences Center seminar room on the 1st floor.
Dates:
January 29, 2026: Dr. Anthony Geneva , Rutgers Camden
Talk Title: Evolutionary Genomics of Convergent Adaptive Evolution in Anolis lizards
February 5, 2026: Dr. David Liberles, Temple University
Talk Title: Patterns of Duplicate Gene Retention Over Different Timescales and With Different Selective Pressures
February 12, 2026: Dr. Zachery Lonergan, Rutgers New Brunswick
Talk Title: Molecular fingerprinting of bacterial nitric oxide metabolism
February 19, 2026: Dr. Benjamin Sachs, Villanova University
Talk Title: The effects of brain serotonin deficiency and gut inflammation on susceptibility to stress
February 26, 2026: Chris Njagi, CCIB Student Rutgers Camden
Talk Title: Recent Dominant Transposition Events Affect Gene Regulatory Regions but Not Coding Sequences in Polar and Brown Bear Genomes
March 5, 2026: Dr. Bingru Huang, Rutgers New Brunswick
Talk Title: Molecular and Hormonal Regulation of Stay-Green Traits Associated with Perennial Grass Tolerance to Heat Stress
March 12, 2026: Dr. Andrea Gallavotti, Rutgers New Brunswick
Talk Title: Mechanisms and Manipulations of Maize Architecture
March 19, 2026: Spring Break
March 26, 2026: Ernie Scoma, CCIB, Rutgers Camden
Talk Title: Role of Inorganic polyphosphate on cellular signaling and stress response in a neuronal model of cerebral ischemia reperfusion injury
April 2, 2026: Dr. Jessica Warre, American Museum of Natural History
Talk Title: Dragonfly and damselfly evolution
April 9, 2026: Lily Rivas, Rutgers Camden
Talk Title: Using Flicker Fusion Frequency as a Measure of Neurodegeneration in Drosophila with an Over-expression of Amyloid Beta in the photoreceptors
Kevin Bryan, Rutgers Camden
Talk Title: The Effects of Cannabidiol on TBI Induced Hyperalgesia in Drosophila melanogaster
Wesley Tsai, Rutgers Camden
Talk Title: Investigating and modeling the GRK-EGFR interaction between two Drosophila species