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

The influence of environmental stress, reproductive mode, and ploidy variation on life-history trait expression of an invasive snail
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 8:00am
Briante Najev, a PhD candidate in the Integrated Biology (iBio) Graduate Program, will be defending her dissertation on Tuesday, April 8, at 8:00am CDT in Room 158, Van Allen Hall (VAN), and via Zoom: https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/94601487888?pwd=mqI2mMNZlGDQzOyUipLbLKSImQtHE5.1 (Meeting ID: 946 0148 7888; Passcode: bio). Briante’s mentors are Maurine Neiman, Professor of Biology; and Amy Krist, Associate Professor in the Department of Zoology and Physiology at the University of Wyoming. The seminar...
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Workshop: Nathan Mohar, Wallrath Lab
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 12:30pm to 1:20pm
Nathan Mohar, Wallrath Laboratory
PhD Candidate, Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Genetics
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series - Priya Issuree, PhD
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 3:00pm to 4:00pm

Functional analysis of human orofacial clefting genes in Xenopus laevis
Wednesday, April 9, 2025 1:00pm
Sydney Arlis, a PhD candidate in the Integrated Biology (iBio) Graduate Program, will be defending her dissertation on Wednesday, April 9, at 1:00pm CDT in Room 106, Biology Building East (BBE), and via Zoom: https://uiowa.zoom.us/j/96257458746?pwd=2mfYbZb1MMKlRV9GusVrzV4PlpzOu0.1 (Meeting ID: 962 5745 8746; Passcode: 614928). Sydney's mentor is John Manak, Professor of Biology. The seminar is open to the public to attend.
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series - Joe Craft, MD
Tuesday, April 15, 2025 3:00pm to 4:00pm

Neuroscience Interdisciplinary Graduate Program Guest Speaker and Alumna, Jessica R. Thomas, PhD
Tuesday, April 15, 2025 4:00pm

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Dr. Sara Stahley
Thursday, April 17, 2025 10:30am to 11:20am
This event is open to the public.
Cadherin regulation of planar cell polarity in the mammalian epidermis
Sara Stahley, PhD
Assistant Professor of Dermatology and of Cellular and Molecular Physiology
Pennsylvania State University Cancer Institute
Stahley Lab | https://sites.psu.edu/stahleylab/
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Workshop: Dr. Miles Pufall
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 12:30pm to 1:20pm
Miles Pufall, PhD
Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series - Allison Didychuk, PhD
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series - Daphne Avgousti, PhD
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Dr. Kara Davis
Thursday, May 1, 2025 10:30am to 11:20am
This event is open to the public.
Understanding Cellular Predictors of Relapse in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Kara Davis, PhD
Stanford University
Department of Microbiology and Immunology Seminar Series - Andrew Bowman, DVM, PhD
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Dr. Douglas Kojetin
Thursday, May 8, 2025 10:30am to 11:20am
This event is open to the public.
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Douglas Kojetin, PhD
Vanderbilt University
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Dr. Patrick Oakes
Thursday, September 4, 2025 10:30am to 11:20am
This event is open to the public.
TBA
Patrick Oakes, PhD
Loyola University Chicago
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Dr. Brad Webb
Thursday, October 9, 2025 10:30am to 11:20am
This event is open to the public.TBABradley Webb, PhDWest Virginia University Health Sciences Center
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Seminar: Dr. Shelley Minteer
Thursday, October 23, 2025 10:30am to 11:20am
This event is open to the public.
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Shelley Minteer, PhD
Missouri University of Science and Technology