Our Biology Seminar Series continues in Spring 2025! We will host seminars on a wide range of biology topics. Seminars are on Tuesdays at 4:10 p.m. in Schimmel/Conrades Science Center 163. As always, there will be snacks and drinks!

Dr. Bryan Juarez

February 25, 2025
"Hydrothermoregulation and the Invasion Ecology of Frogs and Lizards"

Post-doctoral researcher at Stanford University / Ohio Wesleyan University

 

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Samantha Fedoush '19

March 4, 2025
"Molecular Trash Cans in Plant Space Adaptation: E3 Ligases Role in Plant Gravitropism"

Ph.D. student at Ohio University

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Kayla Cross

March 25, 2025
"Investigating the Regulation of the Invertebrate Gut Microbiome by Innate Immunity"

Ph.D. candidate at The Ohio State University

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Dr. Ryosuke Motani

April 1, 2025 - Two seminars!
12:10-1:00pm, Science Center 161
"Mass Extinctions Past and Future - Are we in a mass extinction?"

4:10-5:00pm, Science Center 163
"Five Steps to the Sea: How land animals became "Sea Monsters" in the Dino Era"

Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar from University of California, Davis

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Josephine Stark '25

April 15, 2025
"Characterization of Trypanosoma Brucei MCP1 Protein: A Project in Translational Quality Control Mechanisms"

Undergraduate student at Ohio Wesleyan University

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Department Contact Info

Location

Schimmel/Conrades Science Center 201
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware, OH 43015

P 740-368-3907
F 740-368-3999

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Department Contacts

Chair: Amy Downing
Alumni Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences
Schimmel/Conrades Science Center 325
740-368-3890 | aldownin@owu.edu

Academic Assistant: Joshua Seiders
Schimmel/Conrades Science Center 201
740-368-3907 | jjseiders@owu.edu