2026-2027 Friday Seminar Schedule

All seminars are held in person at Gilmer Hall 390 Auditorium, 12-1pm. Come early for coffee and cookies!

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Fall 2026


Oct 2, 2026 - Alan Bergland, PhD

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Oct 9, 2026 - Ariel Pani, PhD

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

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Oct 16, 2026 - Chadi Saad-Roy, PhD

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

Hosted by Nicholas Landry 

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Oct 23, 2026

Laura E. Newman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Cell Biology
University of Virginia School of Medicine
 
Hosted by Melanie Worley
 
                                                  

Oct 30, 2026 - Grace Smith-Vidaurre, PhD

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

Hosted by Nicholas Landry  

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Nov 6, 2026 - Michelle Theus, PhD

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

Hosted by George Bloom       


Nov 13, 2026    

TBD                                                                                          


Nov 20, 2026 - Aaron Quinlan, PhD

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

Hosted by Jennifer Güler, PhD


Nov 27, 2026    Closed-Holiday                                                                                                        


Dec 4, 2026 - Clare C. Rittschof, PhD

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

Hosted by Tracy Larson