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. For seminars noted as remote, the Zoom link will be emailed to the OEB 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 2022 Seminar Schedule

Sep 16

Behavior is a motor and brake for evolution

Martha Muñoz

Yale University

Host: Brian Cheng

222 Morrill II & Zoom
Sep 23

OEB Hangout

222 Morrill II
Sep 30

Climate change in Arctic wetlands: geese, plants, and floods

Joshua Leffler

South Dakota State University

Host: Tammy Wilson

222 Morrill II & Zoom
Oct 14

OEB Faculty Lightning Talks

TBA

222 Morrill II & Zoom
Oct 21

The evolution of hair

Brenda Bradley

George Washington University

Host: Jason Kamilar

222 Morrill II & Zoom
Oct 28

Insights into the formation and maintenance of facultative heterochromatin in fungi

Michael Freitag

Oregon State University

Host: Li-Jun Ma

222 Morrill II & Zoom
Nov 4

Biodiversity on a changing planet

Catherine Hulshof

Virginia Commonwealth University

Host: Emelia Kusi

222 Morrill II & Zoom
Nov 18

OEB Postdoc Talks

Rachel Keeffe

Blair Bentley

222 Morrill II & Zoom
Dec 2

Neuroethology of mantis shrimp strikes

Kate Feller

Union College

Host: Alex Winsor

222 Morrill II & Zoom