Seminar Series: Spring 2026

12-1:15 p.m. All are welcome! 

CNS 112
(unless noted otherwise)

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The Biology department offers a seminar series (BIOL 41100/41200) each semester representing a broad range of topics in biology.  Students attend seminars, have discussions, and complete readings in the biological sciences.  

Seminar Organizer, Te-Wen Lo

February 6"3M syndrome causative gene CCDC8 encodes a viral gag-like phosphoinositide effector"
Nathan Frederick 
Graduate Student, Cornell University
February 13"Rcs-regulated motility enhances Enterobacter cloacae infections"
Nadia Nikulin 
Graduate Student, Cornell University
February 20"Mending a broken heart: developing therapeutics for LMNA-related dialated cardiomyopathy" 
Julie Heffler 
Postdoc, Cornell University
February 27"Tardigrades of the Finger Lakes" 
Judy Dobles, Cummings Nature Center
March 6"The health and resilience of corals in marginal habitats"
Jeanne Bloomberg
Graduate Student, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
March 27"A scentful of memories"
Naman Agrawal 
Graduate Student, Cornell University
April 3"Botanical gossip: Deciphering mobile signaling with interspecies plant grafting"
Michelle Heeney,
Cornell University
April 10"Development of Automated RNA Synthesis and Purification Workflows"
Christopher Gallego Lazo (Biology ’19) 
Senior Research Associate, RNA Sciences and Automation - Sanofi
April 17"Pre-clinical development of CRISPR gene editing in cancer"
Lauren Skelly (Biochemistry, ’16) 
Senior Scientist, Christiana Care Gene Editing Institute
April 24"Exploring combinatorial TF-RNA interactions for achieving Drosophila dosage compensation"
Lauren Hodkinson (Biochemistry, ’18) 
Postdoc, Brown University
2 days each 
rooms & times vary

Biochemistry 390 Research and Biology 302 Research Symposia

  • BIOC-390, CNS 333 
    Monday (4/27), 4 pm &Tuesday (4/28), 4pm 
     
  • BIOL-302, CNS 112 
    Wednesday (4/29), 4 pm & Friday (5/1), noon