2023-2024 Department Seminars

Most Mondays, 3:30-4:30 PM, 141 Olin (unless otherwise specified)

Biology Majors need to attend 10 seminars to fulfill the seminar requirement for comps. Seminar attendance counts toward the seminar requirement beginning in spring term of sophomore year after declaring a biology major. The seminar requirement must be met by the end of the fifth week of spring term of senior year. If you have any questions, please contact Rika Anderson. Scroll to bottom for other seminar series of note.

Fall Term 2023

  • September 11 – First day of classes; no seminar
  • September 18 – Carleton Bio faculty. “Biology Department Research Lightning Talks!” Hosted by Matt Rand.
  • September 25 – No seminar.
  • October 2 – Lori Banks, Assistant professor of Biology and Africana studies, Bates College. “Chasing Microbes Down the Rabbit Hole.” Hosted by Rou-Jia Sung.
  • October 9- No seminar.
  • October 16 – Midterm break; no seminar.
  • October 23 – Job candidate research seminar.
  • October 24 – Job candidate teaching seminar, 12:00-1:00, Olin 149.
  • October 30 – Job candidate research seminar.
  • October 31 – Job candidate teaching seminar, 12:00-1:00, Olin 149.
  • November 2 – Job candidate research seminar, 12:00-1:00, Olin 141.
  • November 3 – Job candidate teaching seminar, 11:00-12:00, Olin 149.
  • November  6 – Job candidate research seminar.
  • November 7 – Job candidate teaching seminar, 12:00-1:00, Olin 149.
  • November 13 – No seminar.

Winter Term 2024

  • January 3 – First day of classes; no seminar
  • January 8 – Keenan Hartert ’13, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, Minnesota State University at Mankato. “For Whom the Cell Tolls: Can Genomics Facilitate a Precision Medicine Approach Against Blood Cancers?” Hosted by Stephan Zweifel.
  • January 15 – No seminar.
  • January 22 – No seminar.
  • January 29 – Biology comps presentations in Olin 141 and 149.
  • January 31 – Biology comps presentations at 3:30 pm in Olin 149.
  • February 5 – Midterm break; no seminar.
  • February 7 – Biology comps presentations at 3:30 pm in Olin 149.
  • February 12 – Darwin Day talk by Chesley lecturer Patty Brennan, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, Mount Holyoke University. “Genital Coevolution in Vertebrates & the Overlooked Female.” Hosted by Amanda Hund and Mark McKone. Olin 141.
  • February 19 – Lalo Gonzalez, Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara. “Understanding STEM Office Hours: A Student Perspective.” Hosted by Jesse Lewis.
  • February 26 – Class of ’24 comps talks.
  • March 4 – Emily Fairfax ’14, Assistant Professor of Physical Geography, Department of Geography, Environment, and Society, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. “Smokey the Beaver: How Beavers Build Landscape-scale Climate Resilience.” Hosted by Nancy Braker.
  • March 11 – Exam day; no seminar.
  • March 18 – Spring Break; no seminar.

Spring Term 2024

  • March 27 – First day of classes; no seminar
  • April 1 – Matt Lattal, Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience, School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University. “The behavioral epigenetics of long-term memory formation and erasure.” Hosted by Eric Hoopfer.
  • April 8 – No seminar.
  • April 15 – Biology comps presentations in Olin 141.
  • April 22 – Biology comps presentations in Olin 141.
  • April 29 – Midterm break; no seminar.
  • May 6 – Kellie Carim ’06, Research Ecologist, US Forest Service – Rocky Mountain Research Station. “Pacific Lamprey Conservation: eDNA and Diverse Partnerships for Protecting a Culturally Significant Species.” Hosted by Stephan Zweifel.
  • May 13 – Emily Runnels, Seabird Ecologist, Ph.D student at the University of Manitoba. Hosted by Rika Anderson.
  • May 20 – No seminar.
  • May 27 – Memorial Day; no seminar

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