Spring 2021 BISC Virtual Seminar Series Schedule

Thursday at 3:30 PM, unless otherwise noted.

This is a recurring weekly Zoom with a Zoom Link: https://uark.zoom.us/j/83774794016?pwd=VFc4clBFVTBGdUN5YkVlYUcxWkt0dz09

Meeting ID: 837 7479 4016
Passcode: Bisc-S2020

Date	Title/Topic	Presenter	Host
01/14/2021	Dust Devil or Fantastic Yeast? The Mysterious Life of Coccidioides	Bridget Barker, Northern Arizona University (NAU)	Catanzaro
02/11/2021	On the Track of the Elusive Slime Mold	Steve Stephenson, UA Biology	Lewis
02/18/2021	The Ecology of Lyme Disease in a Changing World	Rick Ostfeld, Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies	BGSA
02/25/2021	The Blood-Brain Barrier in Health and Disease	Tiffany Lyle, Purdue University	Bailey
03/4/2021	Genetic Architecture, Gene Network Variation, and Evolutionary Hotspots in the Fungi	Paul Magwene, Duke University	Lewis
03/11/2021	Linking Ecology and Macroevolution Using Plant-Insect Interactions	Marjorie Weber, Michigan State University	BGSA
03/18/2021	Quantitative Label-free metabolic imaging of skin wound healing	Kyle Quinn, UA Biomedical Engineering	Iyer
03/25/2021	No Seminar	Spring Break
04/15/2021	Color and color vision: evolution, genetics, and neurogenomics of color, color preference and mating behavior	Natasha Bloch, Universidad de los Andes	Westerman
04/22/2021	An Epidemiologist Perspective on the COVID-19 Pandemic: What’s Next?	Benjamin Amick, UAMS	Catanzaro
04/29/2021	Exploring the crosstalk between the gut microbiota and the enteric nervous system in animal models of gut-brain axis dysfunction	Valentina Caputi, UA Dept of Poultry Science	Rhoads

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