OEB Seminars

In the fall and spring semesters OEB seminars are generally held in Morrill Science Center 2 South, Room 222, Fridays at 4pm, unless otherwise noted. Seminars are usually hybrid, and the Zoom link will be emailed to the OEB-seminars list-serv. 

All informal gathering precedes seminars at 3:45pm.
Each seminar is followed by an opportunity for continued conversation with the speaker.

To find more seminars in the Life Sciences, visit the Graduate Programs in Life Sciences Calendar.
For a listing of seminars offered through the College of Natural Sciences, go to CNS Department and Program Seminars

Contact: UMass Seminars IDGP

Fall 2023 Seminar Schedule

Sep 8

Recreating the Shape of Life using Novel 3D technologies

Speaker: Duncan Irschick

Affiliation: University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Host: Duncan Irschick

Morrill Science Center II South, Room 222
Sep 22

Spongy moth: a tale of two pathogens

Speaker: Ann Hajek

Affiliation: Cornell University

Host: Joe Elkinton

Morrill Science Center II South, Room 222
Sep 29

Behavioral ecophysics and evolutionary correlates of nectarivory

Speaker: Alejandro Rico-Guevara

Affiliation: University of Washington

Host: Duncan Irschick

Morrill Science Center II South, Room 222
Oct 6

Tapeworm evolutionary biology as a proxy for studying hominin meat eating and food cooking behaviors

Speaker: George (PJ) Perry

Affiliation: Penn State

Host: Laurie Godfrey

Morrill Science Center II South, Room 222
Oct 20

Wasps, 'Worms and Plants: Along the Way to Speciation

Speaker: Karen Kester

Affiliation: Virginia Commonwealth University

Host: Emelia Kusi

Morrill Science Center II South, Room 222
Oct 27

Darwin in a Muslim Context: Evolution Reception in Pakistan and Iran

Speaker: Salman Hameed

Affiliation: Hampshire College

Host: Craig Albertson

Morrill Science Center II South, Room 222
Nov 3

Secondary contact, genome-wide admixture, and limited introgression of neo-sex chromosomes between two Pacific island bird species

Speaker: Else Shogren

Affiliation: University of Rochester

Host: Nate Senner

Morrill Science Center II South, Room 222
Nov 10

Importance of diversity in research and academia: unveiling the secrets of sexual behavior and plasticity

Speaker: Swanne Gordon (joint talk with Eco)

Affiliation: Cornell University

Host: Paige Warren

Morrill Science Center II South, Room 222
Nov 17

Assessing local thermal adaptation in native and invasive populations of a predatory marine snail, Urosalpinx cinerea

Speaker: Christopher Dwane

Affiliation: University of Massachusetts, Amherst (Postdoc)

Host: Josh Medina

Morrill Science Center II South, Room 222
Dec 1

To be announced

Speaker: Sara Herman

Affiliation: Penn State

Host: Lynn Adler

Morrill Science Center II South, Room 222