The Department of Biology’s annual seminar series brings world-renown researchers in all fields of biology to campus to interact with students and faculty and deliver a lecture.

Upcoming seminars

Department of Biology Honors Colloquium promotional image

Department of Biology Honors Colloquium

Monday, December 8, 2025 1:30pm
Biology Building East
The Department of Biology Undergraduate Honors Colloquium will be held on Monday, December 8 in Room 106 BBE and via Zoom.
Biology Graduate Student Seminar (Hamza Mohammed): "Sequence determinants of DNA curvature" promotional image

Biology Graduate Student Seminar (Hamza Mohammed): "Sequence determinants of DNA curvature"

Monday, December 8, 2025 3:30pm
Biology Building East
Hamza Mohammed, a Ph.D. student in the Integrated Biology (iBio) Graduate Program, will be giving a seminar on Monday, Dec. 8, at 3:30 p.m. in Kollros Auditorium (Room 101, Biology Building East).
Biology Graduate Student Seminar (Rebekah Yarvis/Cheng Lab): "The evolution of the transition to reproduction from ferns to flowering plants" promotional image

Biology Graduate Student Seminar (Rebekah Yarvis/Cheng Lab): "The evolution of the transition to reproduction from ferns to flowering plants"

Monday, December 8, 2025 3:30pm
Biology Building East
Rebekah Yarvis, a Ph.D. student in the Integrated Biology (iBio) Graduate Program and a member of the Cheng Lab, will be giving a seminar on Monday, Dec. 8, at 3:30 p.m. in Kollros Auditorium (Room 101, Biology Building East).

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Dr. Lynne Dieckman

Thursday, December 11, 2025 10:30am to 11:20am
Medical Education Research Facility

This event is open to the public.

Title TBA

Lynne Dieckman, PhD
Creighton University

Faculty Host: Todd Washington, PhD

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Dr. Rui Zhao

Thursday, February 26, 2026 10:30am to 11:20am
Medical Education Research Facility

This event is open to the public.

Title TBA

Rui Zhao, PhD
University of Colorado Anschutz

Faculty Host: Lori Wallrath, PhD

College of Pharmacy PSET Seminar Series: Kristina Thiel, PhD

Tuesday, March 3, 2026 11:30am
College of Pharmacy Building

The Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Experimental Therapeutics (PSET) in the College of Pharmacy will host a seminar presented by: 

Kristina Thiel, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Iowa
Iowa City, Iowa

All are welcome to attend. No pre-registration required.

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Dr. Robert Eoff

Thursday, March 12, 2026 10:30am to 11:20am
Medical Education Research Facility

This event is open to the public.

Title TBA

Robert Eoff, PhD
Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute
University of Arkansas College of Medicine

Faculty Host: Maria Spies, PhD

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Dr. Michael Lagunoff

Thursday, April 9, 2026 10:30am to 11:20am
Medical Education Research Facility

This event is open to the public.

Title TBA

Michael Lagunoff, PhD
MCB Graduate Program
University of Washington

Lagunoff Lab | https://faculty.washington.edu/lagunoff/#/

Faculty Co-Hosts: Miles Pufall, PhD and Jessica Tucker, PhD

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Dr. Rajat Rohatgi

Thursday, April 30, 2026 10:30am to 11:20am
Medical Education Research Facility

This event is open to the public.

Title TBA

Rajat Rohatgi, MD, PhD
Stanford University

Rohatgi Lab | https://rohatgilab.stanford.edu/

Faculty Co-Hosts: Miles Pufall, PhD and Jessica Tucker, PhD

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