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Departmental Seminars

Rhett Rautsaw Seminar

Integrative Biology Departmental seminars are held each Thursday at 12:30 PM EST. Seminars are hosted in person and remotely via Microsoft Teams. To attend, please click the link or contact biology@usf.edu.

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Fall 2024 Seminars

Date Speaker

October 24

CMC 147, Tampa Campus

Dr. Miguel A. Acevedo, University of Florida

Recolonization of recovering forests by locally extinct fauna through the lens of range expansion

October 31

CMC 147, Tampa Campus

Dr. Noah Legall, Â鶹ÊÓƵ

Machine learning of wildlife diseases

November 7

CMC 147, Tampa Campus

Dr. Joseph Gazing Wolf, Arizona State University and Living Heritage Research Council

TBA

November 14

CMC 147, Tampa Campus

Dr. Rhett Rautsaw, Tampa PacBio

Harnessing PacBio HiFi sequencing to unlock multiomic insight

November 21

CMC 147, Tampa Campus

Dr. Ross Cunning, Shed Aquarium

TBA


Seminar Recordings*

FALL 2024

Fall 2024

Dr. Andrew Kramer, Â鶹ÊÓƵ

August 29, 2024

Dr. Estelí Jiménez-Soto, Univeristy Â鶹ÊÓƵ

September 5, 2024

Dr. Lawrence A. Stern, Â鶹ÊÓƵ

September 12, 2024

Dr. Ghanim Ullah, Â鶹ÊÓƵ

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September 19, 2024

Dr. Sandra L. McLellan, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

October 3, 2024

Dr. Thomas E. Hanson, Delaware Biotechnology Institute
Exploring microbial growth under low energy conditions from cells to metabolites to epigenetics
October 17, 2024

Dr. Miguel A. Acevedo, University of Florida
Recolonization of recovering forests by locally extinct fauna through the lens of range expansion
October 24, 2024

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SPRING 2024

SPRING 2024
Dr. Deby Cassill, Â鶹ÊÓƵ

January 18, 2024

Dr. Tyler Carrier, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research
Sea urchins and their developmental symbioses
January 25, 2024 | Recording not available

Dr. Robert Quinn, Michigan State University

February 1, 2024 

Dr. Lucas Griffin, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Unraveleing the Migratory Mysteries of Atlantic Tarpon: Fundamental Approaches for Actionable Science
February 8, 2024 | Recording not available

Dr. Pedro Peres, Florida International University
From shallow to the deep, molecules to communities: a quest to understand marine biodiversity
February 13, 2024 | Recording not available

Dr. Amy Boddy, UC Santa Barbara
Adapting to adversity: Exploring cancer in the animal kingdom 
February 15, 2024

Dr. Michelle Spicer, Lehigh University

February 29, 2024

Dr. Diego Santiago-Alarcon, Â鶹ÊÓƵ
Disease Ecology Across Environmental Gradients | Recording not available
March 7, 2024

Dr. Kenneth Hoadley, The University of Alabama
Phenomic tools for understanding coral photo-symbiont functional diversity with applications for conservation | Recording not available
March 18, 2024

Dr. Jason Gleditsch, Oberlin College
Creation and Maintenance of Biodiversity in the Context of Global Change | Recording not available
March 21, 2024

Dr. Brian Maitner, University at Buffalo
Biodiversity Science in a Time of Crisis | Recording not Available
March 25, 2024

Dr. Gabriela Quinlan, Pennsylvania State University
From macroscales to genes: Pollinator responses to global change | Recording not Available
March 25, 2024

Dr. Harioum Yadav, Â鶹ÊÓƵ

March 25, 2024

Dr. Patricia G. Parker, University of Missouri St. Louis

April 11, 2024

Dr. Nichole M. Tiernan, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

April 18, 2024

Dr. Sahas Barve, Archbold Biological Station

April 25, 2024

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FALL 2023

Dr. Heather Judkins, Â鶹ÊÓƵ

August 24, 2023

Dr. George Philippidis, Â鶹ÊÓƵ

August 31, 2023

Dr. Ryan Carney, Â鶹ÊÓƵ

September 7, 2023

Dr. J. Sean Doody, Â鶹ÊÓƵ

September 14, 2023

Dr. Yu Zeng, Â鶹ÊÓƵ
Rolling, Tangling and Flapping: Shape-shifting in Evolution of Novel Performance Scales 
September 21, 2023 | Not recorded per speaker request

Dr. Joseph L. Graves, North Carolina A&T

September 28, 2023

Dr. Mohamed Elhamdadi, Â鶹ÊÓƵ

October 20, 2023

Dr. Larry Dishaw, Â鶹ÊÓƵ
Obeying universal laws: an ascidian model system reveals phylogenetic principles regulating microbial colonization of gut mucosal surfaces
October 26, 2023 | Not recorded per speaker request

Dr. Anthony Snead, New York University

November 2, 2023 

Dr. Tad Dallas, University of South Carolina

November 9, 2023

Dr. Francisco C. Ferreira, Texas A&M University

November 16, 2023

Dr. Vania R. Assis, Â鶹ÊÓƵ
Beyond Boundaries: ecoimmunology in wild amphibians and mice
November 30, 2023

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