Seminars

Seminars

Presented by the Wichita State University Department of Biological Sciences

January | February | March | April | May

January 26th, 2026

Orientation

• All enrolled students are required to attend

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February 2nd, 2026

Yuanyuan Gao, PhD

• Affiliation: Wichita State University, Dept of Biomedical Engineering
• Topic: Introduction to Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy

February 9th, 2026

Lauren Goins, PhD

• Affiliation: Stanford University School of Medicine
• Topic: How Spatial and Temporal Signals Shape Blood Cell Development

February 16th, 2026

Esben Kjaer, PhD

• Affiliation: Oklahoma State University
• Topic: Moo-ving Away from the Middle: Intense Disturbances Promote Rangeland Plant Diversity While Inhibiting Invasive Species

February 23rd, 2026

Whit Gibbons, PhDWatkins Visiting Professor

• Affiliation: University of Georgia
• Topic: Turtle Tales from a Long Life in the Slow Lane: Mysteries and Discoveries in a Never-Ending Story

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March 2nd, 2026

Jill Mikucki, PhD

• Affiliation: University of Tennessee
• Topic: Journey Below Ice: Highlights from Studies of the Subglacial Microbiome

March 9th, 2026

Zoë Colatarci

• Affiliation: The Nature Conservancy
• Topic: The Ins and Outs of Prairie Restoration

March 16th, 2026

Spring Break

• No seminar

March 23rd, 2026

Jackson Roberts, PhD

• Affiliation: Sternberg Museum of Natural History
• Topic: From Rainforests to Rangelands: the Power of Museum Collections in Revealing Snake Diversity

March 30th, 2026

Alexandra Morphew, MS

• Affiliation: Missouri Department of Conservation
• Topic: Varied Approaches to Pollinator Conservation: Insights from Research, Monitoring, and Policy

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April 6th, 2026

Graduate Student Presentations

April 13th, 2026

Jack Bolton, PhD

• Affiliation: Sterling College
• Topic: Inhibition of Nitrous Oxide Reductase Translation in Neisseria gonorrhoeae by RNA Secondary Structure

April 20th, 2026

Graduate Student Presentations

April 27, 2026

Graduate Student Presentations

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May 4th, 2026

Graduate Student Presentations

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