{"id":375,"date":"2018-08-29T20:51:01","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T20:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-biology\/?page_id=375"},"modified":"2026-09-25T13:41:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T13:41:30","slug":"biologyseminar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/biology\/biologyseminar\/","title":{"rendered":"Biology Seminar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fall 2026 <\/strong>
Biology Department Seminar Schedule<\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Noon – 1:oo pm, Thursdays (unless otherwise noted).<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 10, No Seminar<\/strong> – First Thursday of Classes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 17, OLRI 350 – Seniors Only: Capstone Check In, Mary Heskel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 23, Leonard Center Portico – Welcome Back Taco Truck<\/p>\n\n\n\n

September 24, OLRI 350 – “Beyond the Serengeti Lion: Understanding a Model Species Across Non-model Systems,” Stotra Chakrabarti<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 1, JB Davis Lecture Hall – Jardetzky Lecture<\/a>, “<\/strong>Coral symbiosis cell biology in the age of climate crisis: Turning discovery into solutions for saving reefs,” Virginia Weis, Distinguished Professor and Dr. Russ and Dolores Gorman Faculty Scholar at Oregon State University, Dept of Integrative Biology<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 8, OLRI 350 – “Perineuronal Nets and Cell Type-specific Circuit Structure and Function,” Michelle Tianyi Tong <\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 22, OLRI 350 – Study Away Panel, Mary Heskel <\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 29, Smail Gallery: Advising Party for Spring 2027<\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 5, OLRI 350: Dr. Katayoun Ayasoufi, Assistant Professor in Neurosurgery, Assistant Professor of Pathology, Member of the Duke Cancer Institute<\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 12, OLRI 350: “I get by with a little help from my (3 trillion microbial) friends: Finding meaning in the microbiome,” Robin Shields-Cutler<\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 19, Smail Gallery: Summer and Academic Year Research Table Event, Mary Heskel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

November 26, No Seminar<\/strong>: Thankgiving Break<\/p>\n\n\n\n

December 3, OLRI 350: December Graduates’ Capstone Presentations, Mary Heskel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fall 2026 Biology Department Seminar Schedule Noon – 1:oo pm, Thursdays (unless otherwise noted). September 10, No Seminar – First Thursday of Classes September 17, OLRI 350 – Seniors Only: Capstone Check In, Mary Heskel September 23, Leonard Center Portico – Welcome Back Taco Truck September 24, OLRI 350 – “Beyond the Serengeti Lion: Understanding […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-375","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375"}],"version-history":[{"count":179,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2121,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/375\/revisions\/2121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}