{"id":471,"date":"2018-06-29T19:45:58","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T19:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/biology\/?page_id=471"},"modified":"2021-01-26T22:12:39","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T22:12:39","slug":"seminar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/biology\/seminar\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Seminar Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"width: 65.4632%;height: 1491px\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"3\" cellpadding=\"6\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 114px\">\n<td style=\"width: 99.9239%;height: 114px\" colspan=\"4\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\"><strong>Research Seminar Series<\/strong>\u00a0(tentative schedule)<br \/>\nScience Building 125 (Live virtual in Fall 2020)<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;font-size: small\">4:00 pm, followed by meet-the-speaker and refreshments at 5:00 pm. Open to the public.<br \/>\nFor more information, contact\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:giamancok@wcsu.edu\">Dr. Kristin Giamanco<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 19px\">\n<td style=\"border-color: #000000;text-align: center;width: 13.384%;height: 19px\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><b><strong>Thursday, Feb 18<\/strong><\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.3722%;text-align: center;height: 19px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/01\/A_ArnstenAFTAheadshot-130x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"57\" height=\"87\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.24035%;height: 19px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70.9273%;height: 19px\">\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Speaker:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"> Dr. Amy Arnsten, Yale School of Medicine<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><br \/>\nTopic: Unique molecular regulation of prefrontal cortex confers vulnerability to cognitive disorders.<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">REGISTRATION REQUIRED. <span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=vC1i4bqUrUiHu6fygHTuPXoQ5-K6kLBFlgyu1Vi7huNUQTE5S0Q3SzVUSlVLU1VGSEdIS0RDSzFTWS4u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visit this link to register.<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 19px\">\n<td style=\"border-color: #000000;text-align: center;width: 13.384%;height: 19px\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><b><strong>Thursday, Mar 18<\/strong><\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.3722%;text-align: center;height: 19px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.24035%;height: 19px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70.9273%;height: 19px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Speaker:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"> Dr. Emile Gluck-Thaler, Univ. of Pennsylvania<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><br \/>\nTopic: Gene clusters and the evolution of fungal metabolic traits.<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">REGISTRATION REQUIRED.\u00a0 <span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=vC1i4bqUrUiHu6fygHTuPXoQ5-K6kLBFlgyu1Vi7huNUM1A5MVZaSzY3OVFCUTkwRjdJM1BHQjlSNC4u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visit this link to register.<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 19px\">\n<td style=\"border-color: #000000;text-align: center;width: 13.384%;height: 19px\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><b><strong>Thursday, Apr. 15<\/strong><\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.3722%;text-align: center;height: 19px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.24035%;height: 19px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70.9273%;height: 19px\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Speaker:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"> Julie Canman, Columbia University<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><br \/>\nTopic: FLIRTing with cell type differences in cytokinesis.<\/span><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">REGISTRATION REQUIRED.<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"> <span style=\"color: #3366ff\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=vC1i4bqUrUiHu6fygHTuPXoQ5-K6kLBFlgyu1Vi7huNUQ1dVNDhVRVFFOVpRRUc5RFk1NkpXRjJaMS4u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Visit this link to register.<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 37px\">\n<td style=\"border-color: #000000;text-align: center;width: 13.384%;height: 37px\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><span style=\"font-size: xx-small\"><b>Thr, Sep 17, 2020<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.3722%;text-align: center;height: 37px\"><a href=\"\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/09\/Yousey-Hindes.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1118\" src=\"\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/09\/Yousey-Hindes.png\" alt=\"Yousey hindes\" width=\"126\" height=\"142\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.24035%;height: 37px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70.9273%;height: 37px\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Kimberly Yousey-Hindes, Yale School of Public Health<br \/>\nTopic: Who suffers the most from COVID-19?\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>REGISTRATION REQUIRED.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=vC1i4bqUrUiHu6fygHTuPXoQ5-K6kLBFlgyu1Vi7huNURFQxNUZXMEZRWUxIVDhBT04yT0ZTRTkwNC4u\">Visit this link to register<span style=\"font-size: inherit;background-color: transparent\">.<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 37px\">\n<td style=\"border-color: #000000;text-align: center;width: 13.384%;height: 37px\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong>Thr, Oct 15, 2020<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.3722%;text-align: center;height: 37px\"><a href=\"\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/09\/Marcus.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1116\" src=\"\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/09\/Marcus.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"140\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.24035%;height: 37px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70.9273%;height: 37px\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong>Speaker:\u00a0<\/strong>Ruthanne Marcus, Centers for Disease Control &amp; Prevention<br \/>\nTopic: Homelessness in the time of COVID-19\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>REGISTRATION REQUIRED.\u00a0 <a style=\"font-size: inherit\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=vC1i4bqUrUiHu6fygHTuPXoQ5-K6kLBFlgyu1Vi7huNUMFZUNUpBNDRRN0VZNVhYRkUxTUtQOUFTVC4u\">Visit this link to register.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 37px\">\n<td style=\"border-color: #000000;text-align: center;width: 13.384%;height: 37px\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong>Thr, Nov 19, 2020<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.3722%;text-align: center;height: 37px\"><a href=\"\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/09\/Roy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1117\" src=\"\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2020\/09\/Roy.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"121\" height=\"143\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.24035%;height: 37px\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70.9273%;height: 37px\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong>Speaker:\u00a0<\/strong>Chad Roy, Tulane University<br \/>\nTopic: How long can coronavirus survive in the air?\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>REGISTRATION REQUIRED.\u00a0 <a style=\"font-size: inherit\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=vC1i4bqUrUiHu6fygHTuPXoQ5-K6kLBFlgyu1Vi7huNUNkY2REs4TVlaV1lZVEdXTEI1SEFDU0pNOS4u\">Visit this link to register.<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-color: #000000;height: 81px\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<td style=\"border-color: #000000;text-align: center;width: 13.384%;height: 81px;background-color: #e09e72\" valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong>Fri, Sep 20, 2019<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.3722%;height: 81px;text-align: center\" valign=\"middle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/08\/Upham-Nathan.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-946\" src=\"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/08\/Upham-Nathan.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"165\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.24035%;height: 81px\" valign=\"middle\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70.9273%;height: 81px\" valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Nathan Upham, Yale University<br \/>\nTopic: Biodiversity conservation in tropical and arid ecosystems<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-color: #000000;height: 81px\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<td style=\"border-color: #000000;text-align: center;width: 13.384%;height: 81px;background-color: #e09e72\" valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong>Fri, Oct 18, 2019<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.3722%;height: 81px;text-align: center\" valign=\"middle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/08\/Tribull-Carly.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-947\" src=\"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/08\/Tribull-Carly.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"173\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.24035%;height: 81px\" valign=\"middle\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70.9273%;height: 81px\" valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Carly Tribull, Farmingdale State College<br \/>\nTopic: Wasp systematics and biological illustration<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-color: #000000;height: 81px\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<td style=\"border-color: #000000;text-align: center;width: 13.384%;height: 81px;background-color: #e09e72\" valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong>Fri, Nov 15, 2019<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.3722%;height: 81px;text-align: center\" valign=\"middle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/08\/Salamone-John.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-945\" src=\"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/08\/Salamone-John.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"173\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.24035%;height: 81px\" valign=\"middle\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70.9273%;height: 81px\" valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong>Speaker:\u00a0<\/strong>John Salamone, University of Connecticut<br \/>\nTopic: Neurobiological mechanisms of motivational behavior<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"border-color: #000000;height: 81px\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<td style=\"border-color: #000000;width: 13.384%;height: 81px;background-color: #e09e72\" valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong>Thr, Feb 21, 2019<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.3722%;height: 81px\" valign=\"middle\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/02\/krellbw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-838 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/02\/krellbw.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.24035%;height: 81px\" valign=\"middle\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70.9273%;height: 81px\" valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong>Speaker:<\/strong> Rayda Krell, Assistant Professor, Western Connecticut State University.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Topic:\u00a0<em>Beyond the Laboratory: How to be a Science Advocate and Why it\u2019s Important<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 71px\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<td style=\"border-color: #000000;width: 13.384%;height: 81px;background-color: #e09e72\" valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong>Thr, Mar 28, 2019<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.3722%;height: 81px\" valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/02\/siverbw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-840 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/02\/siverbw.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"130\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.24035%;height: 81px\" valign=\"middle\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70.9273%;height: 81px\" valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong>Speaker:\u00a0<\/strong>Peter Siver, Professor, Connecticut College.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Topic:\u00a0<em>Secrets from a Early Eocene Arctic Lake: Global Warming, Biogeography and Evolutionary Stasis<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 88.06796264648438px\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<td style=\"border-color: #000000;width: 13.384%;height: 81px;background-color: #e09e72;text-align: center\" valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong>Thr, Apr 25, 2019<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.3722%;height: 81px\" valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/02\/Kurtzbw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-839 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/wcsu.wpengine.com\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2019\/02\/Kurtzbw.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"166\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.24035%;height: 81px\" valign=\"middle\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70.9273%;height: 81px\" valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong>Speaker:\u00a0<\/strong>Matthew Kurtz, Professor, Wesleyan University.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Topic:\u00a0<em>TBA (neuropsychology)<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 87px\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<td style=\"background-color: #e09e72;text-align: center;width: 13.384%;height: 87px\" valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong>Thr, Feb 22, 2018<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.3722%;height: 87px\" valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-627 aligncenter\" src=\"\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/conover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"163\" \/><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.24035%;height: 87px\" valign=\"middle\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70.9273%;height: 87px\" valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong>Speaker<\/strong>: Joanne Conover, Professor, University of Connecticut.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Topic:\u00a0<em>Aging of a Brain Neural Stem Cell Niche<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 98px\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<td style=\"background-color: #e09e72;text-align: center;width: 13.384%;height: 98px\" valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong>Thr, Mar 29, 2018<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.3722%;height: 98px\" valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-628\" src=\"\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/Grabel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"188\" \/><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.24035%;height: 98px\" valign=\"middle\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70.9273%;height: 98px\" valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong>Speaker<\/strong>: Laura Grabel, Professor, Wesleyan University.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Topic:\u00a0<em>Pluripotent Stem Cell-based Therapies<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 71px\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<td style=\"background-color: #e09e72;text-align: center;width: 13.384%;height: 71px\" valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong>Thr, Apr 26, 2018<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.3722%;height: 71px\" valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-629\" src=\"\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/Reynolds.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"130\" \/><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.24035%;height: 71px\" valign=\"middle\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70.9273%;height: 71px\" valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong>Speaker<\/strong>: Hannah Reynolds, Assistant Professor, Western Connecticut State University.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Topic:\u00a0<em>Evolutionary Events in Psychedelic and Pathogenic Fungal Genomes<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 76px\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<td style=\"background-color: #e09e72;text-align: center;width: 13.384%;height: 76px\" valign=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#A67859\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong>Thr, Sep 28, 2017<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.3722%;height: 76px\" valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-630\" src=\"\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/mansour-130.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"139\" \/><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.24035%;height: 76px\" valign=\"middle\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70.9273%;height: 76px\" valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong>Speaker<\/strong>: Sherry Mansour, Clinical Fellow, Yale School of Medicine.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Topic:\u00a0<em>Running the Risk of Acute Kidney Injury in Marathon Runners<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 80px\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<td style=\"background-color: #e09e72;text-align: center;width: 13.384%;height: 80px\" valign=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#A67859\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong>Thr, Oct 26, 2017<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.3722%;height: 80px\" valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-631\" src=\"\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/hersh-130.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"149\" \/><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.24035%;height: 80px\" valign=\"middle\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70.9273%;height: 80px\" valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong>Speaker<\/strong>: Michelle Hersh, Assistant Professor, Sarah Lawrence College.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Topic:\u00a0<em>Relationship between Biodiversity and Disease<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 96px\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<td style=\"background-color: #e09e72;text-align: center;width: 13.384%;height: 96px\" valign=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#A67859\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong>Thr, Nov 16, 2017<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.3722%;height: 96px\" valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-632\" src=\"\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/gunter-wagner-130.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"182\" \/><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.24035%;height: 96px\" valign=\"middle\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70.9273%;height: 96px\" valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong>Speaker<\/strong>: Gunter Wagner, Professor, Yale University.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Topic:\u00a0<em>The Evolution of Pregnancy<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 71px\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<td style=\"background-color: #e09e72;text-align: center;width: 13.384%;height: 71px\" valign=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#A67859\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong>Thr, Feb 23, 2017<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.3722%;height: 71px\" valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-633\" src=\"\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/Josh-Idjadi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"130\" \/><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.24035%;height: 71px\" valign=\"middle\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70.9273%;height: 71px\" valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong>Speaker<\/strong>: Joshua Idjadi, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Eastern Connecticut State University.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Topic:\u00a0<em>The Role of Herbivores in Caribbean Coral Reef Recovery<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 71px\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<td style=\"background-color: #e09e72;text-align: center;width: 13.384%;height: 71px\" valign=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#A67859\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong>Thr, Mar 23, 2017<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.3722%;height: 71px\" valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-634\" src=\"\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/Kotsakioki.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"130\" \/><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.24035%;height: 71px\" valign=\"middle\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70.9273%;height: 71px\" valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: 00457a\">Speaker<\/span><\/strong>: Yiota Kotsakiozi, Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Yale University.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Topic:\u00a0<em>From Yellow Fever to Zika: Tracking the Vector, the Aedes Mosquitoes<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 73px\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<td style=\"background-color: #e09e72;text-align: center;vertical-align: middle;width: 13.384%;height: 73px\" valign=\"middle\" bgcolor=\"#A67859\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong>Thr, Apr 27, 2017<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 12.3722%;height: 73px\" valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-635\" src=\"\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2018\/07\/KGiamanco.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"130\" \/><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 3.24035%;height: 73px\" valign=\"middle\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 70.9273%;height: 73px\" valign=\"middle\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><strong><span style=\"color: 00457a\">Speaker<\/span><\/strong>: Kristin Giamanco, Assistant Professor, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Western Connecticut State University.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Topic:\u00a0<em>The Role of Cyclin D2 in Brain Construction and Progenitor Proliferation: Implications for Large Brain Phenotypes<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Seminar Series\u00a0(tentative schedule) Science Building 125 (Live virtual in Fall 2020) 4:00 pm, followed by meet-the-speaker and refreshments at 5:00 pm. Open to the public. For more information, contact\u00a0Dr. Kristin Giamanco. Thursday, Feb 18 Speaker: Dr. Amy Arnsten, Yale &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-471","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/471\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wcsu.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}