BIOL 252 Seminars
Fall Quarter 2026
Genomics Auditorium - Thursdays at 4:00pm
October 1
Speaker: Gabriel Santos, Alf Museum, Science Communication, Paleontology, Mentorship, Teaching
Title: "Science Storytelling: From Tyrannosaurs to Tauntauns"
Host: Ellie Armstrong
October 8
Speaker: Kieran Samuk, University of California, Riverside
Title: "Where evolution happens: genomes, genetic variation, and the origin of species"
Host: Joel Sachs
October 15
Cancelled
October 22
Speaker: Kate Ostevik, University of California, Riverside
Title: "Learning from California’s Floral Diversity"
Host: Joel Sachs
November 26
Thanksgiving Holiday
no seminar
December 3
Speaker: Chris Kozakiewicz, Michigan State University
Title: "Competitive Interactions and Symbiont Specificity in an Obligate Mutualism"
Host: Meredith VanAcker