2026-2027 Friday Seminar Schedule

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Fall 2026

Friday, August 28, 2026

Jennifer Güler, Associate Professor of Biology, University of Virginia
https://jlg5fw.wixsite.com/malarialab                                                        

Friday, September 4, 2026           

Christine Merlin, Professor of Biology, Texas A&M
https://www.merlin-lab-at-tamu.com

Hosted by Iggy Provencio, PhD

Friday, September 11, 2026                 

Thomas Maresca, Professor of Biology, University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Department of Biology
www.umass.edu/biology/about/directory/thomas-j-maresca

Hosted by Keith Kozminski, PhD

Friday, September 18, 2026

John Abrams, Professor of Cell Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
https://labs.utsouthwestern.edu/abrams-lab 

Hosted by George Bloom, PhD

Friday, September 25, 2026         

Jay T. Lennon, Distinguished Professor of Biology, University of Indiana
https://lennonlab.github.io/ 

Hosted by Martin Wu

Friday, October 2, 2026

Alan Bergland, Associate Professor of Biology, University of Virginia, Department of Biology
https://www.bergland-lab.org 

Friday, October 9, 2026

Ariel Pani, Assistant Professor of Biology, University of Virginia
https://www.arielpani.org 

Friday, October 16, 2026

Chadi Saad-Roy, Assistant Professor of Mathematics; and Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia
https://chadisaadroy.wordpress.com/

Hosted by Nicholas Landry 

Friday, October 23, 2026

To be announced.                                                                   

Friday, October 30, 2026      

Grace Smith-Vidaurre, Assistant Professor of Integrative Biology; and Computational Mathematics, Science and Engineering, Michigan State University
https://smith-vidaurrelab.github.io/ 

Hosted by Nicholas Landry  

Friday, November 6, 2026           

Michelle Theus, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, Virginia Tech
https://theusresearch.com 

Hosted by George Bloom       

Friday, November 13, 2026    

TBD                                                                                          

Friday, November 20, 2026

Aaron Quinlan, Professor and Chair of Human Genetics, University of Utah, https://bioscience.utah.edu/faculty/quinlan/

Hosted by Jennifer Güler, PhD

Friday, November 27, 2026    Closed-Holiday                                                                                                        

Friday, December 4, 2026

Clare C. Rittschof, Associate Professor of Entomology, University of Kentucky, https://clarerittschof.com/ 

Hosted by Tracy Larson

Spring 2027