Integrated Bioscience Seminar Series 2022
Seminars are from 2:45 - 3:35 p.m., Fridays in ASEC (Biology) B201.
If you would like more information about the speaker or details about their visit, contact the listed host.
Our IB series will continue to feature four speakers invited and hosted by Biomedical Engineering (BME). We welcome BME faculty and students and thank them for helping make the IB series interesting to a diverse audience! Contact Peter H. Niewiarowski for more information.
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Speaker |
Host (contact for more information) |
Institution |
Mode |
Title |
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14-Jan |
no seminar |
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21-Jan |
organizational meeting |
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28-Jan |
No Seminar |
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4-Feb |
No Seminar |
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11-Feb |
Dr. Kyoo Chul Park |
Dr. King |
Northwestern University |
In Person |
Learning from plant leaves: From transport to phase change of water |
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18-Feb CANCELLED |
Dr. Jason Bond |
Dr. King |
UC Davis |
In Person |
CANCELLED |
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25-Feb |
Dr. Jessica Tingle |
Zimmerman |
University of Akron |
In Person |
Understanding specialized snake locomotion through single-species and comparative approaches |
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4-Mar |
Dr. Javier Suarez |
Dr. Huss |
Jagiellonian University |
Virtual (TEAMS) |
The stability of traits conception of evolution and its biological implications |
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11-Mar |
Dr. Nathan Muchhala |
Dr. Olson |
University of Missouri |
In Person |
Actinomorphy to zygomorphy: effects of floral symmetry on pollination, diversification, and abundance |
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18-Mar |
Dr. Anya Plutynski |
Dr. Huss |
Washington University, St. Louis |
Virtual (TEAMS) |
A philosophical question about cancer |
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25-Mar |
spring break : no seminar |
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1-Apr |
Dr. Rachel Spigler |
Dr. Mitchell |
Temple University |
In Person |
Attract, wait it out, then do it yourself: A pollination contingency plan |
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8-Apr |
Dr. Mark Bedau |
Dr. Huss |
Reed College |
Virtual (TEAMS) |
The meta-question about life |
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15-Apr |
Dr. Alyssa Stark |
Dr. Niewiarowski |
Villanova University |
In Person |
Keen Echinoderms: Short-term Adhesive Plasticity of Sea Urchins |
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22-Apr |
Dr. Sandy Kawano |
Dr. Astley |
The George Washington University |
In Person |
TBA |
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29-Apr |
Dr. Ross Hatton |
Dr. Astley |
Oregon State University |
In Person |
Snakes, Spiders, Robots, and Geometry |
PAST SEMINARS AND SPEAKERS
Fall 2021
no class
3 Sep
organizational meeting for MS students
10 Sep
RTP meetings - no colloquium
17 Sep
Jeff Johanson
John Carroll University
When is a lineage a species? Seeking a pragmatic limit to the description of cyanobacterial diversity
24 Sep
RTP meetings - no colloquium
1 Oct
Travis Durango
U Akron
microplastics/ocean ecology
8 Oct
Kristen Lucas
Cleveland Zoo
gorilla conservation
15 Oct
Gabriella wolff
CASE
Learning and Memory: An ancient origin and species-specific adaptations
22 Oct
Laboratory safety
Presentation for all graduate students
29 Oct
Katie Stanchak
University of Washington
Morphological novelty and uniqueness in the evolution of vertebrate locomotion
5 Nov
Diane Ebert-May
Michigan State
12 Nov
Rebecca Williams
College of wooster
genetics
16 Nov
Zeynep Tufekci (tentative)
covid & society
26 Nov
Holiday
3 Dec
Spring 2020
| DATE | SPEAKER | AFFILIATION | UA HOST |
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Jan. 24 |
Title: Microvascular Network on a Chip for Understanding the Role of Endothelial Cells in Inflammation |
University of Toledo |
Dr. Yun (BME) |
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Jan. 31 |
Dr. Jackie Novak Title: The Vascular Effects of the Ovarian Hormone Relaxin |
Walsh University |
Dr. Yun (BME) |
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Feb. 7 |
Title: Grip, Grab, and Groom: The Biomechanics of Tongues and Paws |
GATech |
Dr. Niewiarowski, Austin Garner |
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Feb. 14 |
Title: Fast, Furious and Frugal: Soft Matter Principles in Ultrafast Organismal Biophysics and Low-cost Science Tools |
GATech |
Dr. Blackledge |
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Feb. 21 |
Title: Metabolic Abnormalities & Mutualism in Tumors |
University of Michigan |
Dr. Yun (BME) |
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Feb. 28 |
Title: Mastication’s Place in Nature: The Evolution of Primate Chewing Behaviors |
Neomed |
Dr. Astley/Hope Zimmerman |
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Mar. 6 |
Title: Transforming Psychological Worldviews to Confront Climate Change |
Oberlin College |
Dr. Niewiarowski, Sarah McInerney |
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Mar. 13 CANCELLED |
Dr. Kyoo-Chul Park Bio_Abstract Title: Frost Pattern on Macrotextured Surfaces |
Northwestern University |
Dr. King |
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Mar. 20 CANCELLED |
Title: Towards Personalization of Trans-catheter aortic valves |
GATech |
Dr. Yun (BME) |
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Mar. 27 |
Spring break - No seminar |
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Apr. 3 CANCELLED |
Title: From the Wild to the Wild: The Journey of Papaya’s Hermaphrodites |
Miami University |
Dr. Weeks, Chathumadavi Ediriweera |
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Apr. 10 CANCELLED |
Title: RNA and Protein: A match made in the Hadean |
GATech |
Dr. Sahai, Cynthia Yoder |
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Apr. 17 CANCELLED |
Title: Patterns of Interaction as Units of Selection |
Brandon University (Canada) |
Dr. Huss |
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Apr. 24 CANCELLED |
Title: Snakes and Spiders, Robots and Geometry |
Oregon State University |
Dr. Astley |
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May 1 CANCELLED |
Title: TBD |
Brown University |
Dr. Astley |
| FALL 2019 | ||
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| DATE | SPEAKER | TITLE |
| Sep. 6 | Derek Jurestovsky, Thibaut Houette, Paul Bonezzi | 15- minute talks |
| Sep. 13 | Henry Astley, Jordan Renna, Randy Mitchell | 15- minute talks |
| Sep. 20 | Dr. Sailaja Paruchuri (UA) | Bio-active lipids in inflammation, asthma and cancer |
| Sep. 27 | Jesse Young (NEOMED) | Running Wild: What limits mammalian locomotor performance in nature |
| Oct. 4 | Abraham Joy (UA) | Wet adhesion of polyester adhesives: An inquiry into maximizing adhesive and hydrophobic interactions with the surface |
| Oct. 11 | Andrew Gordus (Johns Hopkins University) | A computational model of behaviors that produce spider orb webs |
| Oct. 18 | Kenneth Kemner (Argonne National Laboratory) | Using a Synchotron for Biological & Environmental Research: Taking Superman's X-Ray Vision to a New Level |
| Oct. 25 | Amir Nourhani (UA) | Microrobotics, Microcyborgs, and Saddling Microorganisms |
| Nov. 1 | Leah Shriver (UA) | Targeting Metabolic Pathways involved in Infection and Inflammation |
| Nov. 8 | Christopher Rainwater (NYU) | Interpreting Skeletal Trauma: Research and Insights from Forensic Anthropological Casework |
| Nov. 15 | Jake Miesbauer (Morton Arboretum) | Tree Biomechanics & 3D Modeling |
| Nov. 22 | Monica Burdick (BME) | Functional Selection Ligands on Cancer Cells in Transit & Transition |
| Dec. 6 | Ingo Braasch (MSU) | Genomics Journeys into a Lost World: Using Ancient Fish Genomes to Illuminate Vertebrate Development & Evolution |
SPRING 2019
Jan. 25, 2019 Alja Aksamija (UMASS) Architecture | "Integrating Innovations in Architecture”
Feb. 1, 2019 Senyo (Case) Biomedical Eng. | "Consideration of the extracellular matrix as a tool for regeneration"
Feb. 8, 2019 Min Ho Kim (KSU) Biomedical Eng. | "Harnessing Macrophage Polarization towards the Resolution of Biofilm Infection"
Feb. 15, 2019 Derek Skillings (Penn) Philosophy | Can a Microbiome be healthy?
Feb. 22, 2019 Christopher Kuhar, Ph.D. | "Science and the Role of the Modern Zoo"
Mar. 1, 2019 Natalia Vergara (Colorado) Medicine/Vision | “3D Retinal organoids: from human development to regenerative therapy”
Mar. 8, 2019 Chen Li (Johns Hopkins) Mech. Eng. | “Terradynamics of animal & robot locomotion in complex 3-D terrain”
Mar. 15 2019 Sharon Amacher (OSU) Molecular Gen. | "Modeling muscle development and disease in zebrafish"
Mar. 22, 2019 Heather Allen (OSU) Chem./Biochem | "Lipids, Electric Fields, and Ion Pairing: Organization of Membranous Aqueous Surfaces"
April 3, 2019 (SPECIAL SEMINAR, WEDNESDAY) Jan Kippers (University of Stuttgart) | "Biological Design and Integrative Structures"
Apr. 5, 2019 Nick Brandley (Wooster) Ecol./Behavior | "Visual Acuity across Animals"
Apr. 12, 2019 Hyeon Joo Cheon (Cleve.Clinic) Biomedical Eng. | "2’, 5’-oligo A synthetase 1 helps cells survive DNA damage by inhibiting poly(ADP-ribose) accumulation"
Apr. 19, 2019 Yang Hu (Virginia Commonwealth) Biomedical Eng. | “Dendrimer-based novel multidimensional multifunctional biomaterials for drug and gene delivery”
Apr. 26, 2019 Randee Hunter (OSU) Radiology | “Leveraging the Hierarchy of Bone Quality"
May 3, 2019 Annette Rowe (Cincinnati) Environ. Micro. | "Eating Rocks! Investigating microbes that mobilize electrons from minerals, electrodes and other microbes"
Fall 2018
9/7/18 "Re Establishment of wild bee communities on reclaimed mine lands."
Jessie Lanterman, Ohio State University
9/21/18 "Illuminating ghosts of biospheres past: what stable isotopes can (and can't) tell us about microbial evolution on early earth"
Boswell Wing, Univ. of Colorado
9/28/18 "Night blindness in mice: mice, mechanisms & clinical implications"
Neal Peachey, Cleve. Clinic; CWRU
10/5/18 "Experimental evolution of multi-cellularity"
Mike Travisano, Univ. Minn.
10/12/18 "Perspectives on biological individuality from a microbial point of view."
Maria Rebolleda-Gomez, Iniv. Pitts.
10/19/18 "Ising MALDI-TOF-MS and IBDac to discriminate bacterial function & reduce redundancy in microbial libraries used for antibiotic discovery."
Brian Murphy, Univ, Ill. Chicago
10/26/18 "Applying forensic anthropology to identify missing migrants"
Cate Bird, International Committee of the Red Cross
11/2/18 "A nifty time for computation in human genomics."
Ben Voight, Univ. of Penn.
11/9/18 "Molecular determinants of bone phenotype in long-lived big brown bats (Eptesicus Fuscus) and bowhead whales (Balaena Mysticetus)."
Lisa Cooper, NEOMED
11/30/18 “Skeletal Response to Dynamic Impacts: Applied skeletal biology”
Amanda Agnew, The Oh. St. Univ.
12/7/18 TBA
Aaron Goldman, Oberlin Coll./Conservatory