BIOL 252 Seminars
Winter Quarter 2026
Genomics Auditorium - Thursdays at 4:00pm
January 8
Speaker: Matt Bolek, Oklahoma State University
Title: "On the Wings of Monarchs: Transmission and Evolution of a Pathogenic Neogregarine protozoan (Ophryocystis elektroscirrha) in Milkweed Butterflies"
Host: Elisa Cabrera-Guzmán
January 15
Speaker: Isidro González Granados, University of California, Los Angeles
Title: "The Making of Dysgenic America: Social Science, Genetic Data, and Disabling in the U.S. West, 1890-1940."
Host: Crystal Reynaga
January 22
Speaker: Pranav Khandelwal, Claremont McKenna College
Title: "Understanding animal movement in the wild, from flying lizards to zebras"
Host: Crystal Reynaga
January 29
Speaker: Bryan Dewsbury, Florida International University
Title: "The whole student: Teaching for civic engagement and participation"
Host: Laura Catano
February 5
Speaker: Karma Nanglu, University of California, Riverside
Title: "The early evolution of animal ecosystems: from new species to community dynamics"
Host: Tim Higham
February 12
Speaker: Brad Butterfield, Northern Arizona University
Title: "Niche concepts and the assembly of ecological communities: from correlative to (hopefully) predictive"
Host: Marko Spasojevic
February 19
Speaker: Seth Rudman, Washington State University
Title: "The Genomic Determinants and Ecological Consequences of Rapid Adaptation"
Host: Kieran Samuk
March 5
Speaker: Sarah Carey, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
Title: TBA
Host: Ellie Armstrong
March 12
Speaker: David Ensminger, San Jose State University
Title: TBA
Host: Dan Moen / Amber Singh