2025 Fall DevBio Related Seminars @ UGA
| Date / Time | Speaker | Title | Room Info and /or Zoom Info | Host |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri., Aug. 8, 2025 10:00 AM | Genetics Doctoral Exit Seminar, Megan Motley | “Uncovering the Underlying Genetic Mechanisms of Sex Determination, Gonad Differentiation, and Dosage Compensation in the Brown Anole Lizard, Anolis sagrei” | S175 Coverdell Auditorium or via Zoom (details in email) | Ph.D. Advisor, Doug Menke, Genetics |
| Fri., Aug. 15, 2025 11:30 AM | Nathan Lewis, UGA, CMM & CCRC, Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | "Eavesdropping on intercellular communication with single cell omics: deciphering autistic neurodevelopment and vocalization" | Life Sciences, Davison B118 or via Zoom (details in email) | Institute of Bioinformatics (IOB) |
| Tues., Aug. 26, 2025 11:10 AM | Elizabeth Chen, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dept. of Molecular Biology and the Dept. of Cellular Biology | "Cell-Cell Fusion: Lessons from Flies, Fish and Mice" | S175 Coverdell Auditorium | Cellular Biology, Daichi Kamiyama |
| Wed., Sept. 3, 2025 4:00 PM | Rachel Shahan, UCLA, Dept. of Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology | "Getting to the Root of Cell Fate Decisions" | Life Sciences, Davison B118 | Genetics, Taylor Scroggs |
| Fri., Sept. 5, 2025 9:00 AM | Li Yang, Yang Lab | "How does the microbiome influence tissue regeneration?" | S175 Coverdell Auditorium or via Zoom (details in email) | DBA Research in Progress Seminars |
| Wed., Sept. 10, 2025 4:00 PM | Jitendra Thakur, Emory University, Dept. of Biology | "A Shared Evolutionary Trajectory Between Mouse and Human Centromeric and Pericentric Satellites" | Life Sciences, Davison B118 | Genetics, Mary Goll |
| Fri., Sept. 12, 2025 9:00 AM | Jonathan Gent, Nelms Lab | "TE-like DNA methylation in developmental gene regulation in maize" | S175 Coverdell Auditorium or via Zoom (details in email) | DBA Research in Progress Seminars |
| Tues., Sept. 16, 2025 11:10 AM | Shuyi Nie, Georgia Tech, School of Biological Sciences | "Cytoskeletal Coordination during Neural Crest Cell Migration" | S175 Coverdell Auditorium | Cellular Biology, Rachel Roberts-Galbraith |
| Fri., Sept. 19, 2025 9:00 AM | Sneha Mohan, Lauderdale Lab | "Elucidating corneal opacity in a Pax6 haploinsufficiency mouse model" | S175 Coverdell Auditorium or via Zoom (details in email) | DBA Research in Progress Seminars |
| Fri., Sept. 19, 2025 5:30-8 PM | DBGSA Game Night | Come and join us for a fun night of socialization, board games, and good times! All are welcome! | Creature Comforts 271 W. Hancock Ave. Athens, GA 30601 | DBGSA |
| Fri., Sept. 26, 2025 9:00 AM | Jenny McCann, White Lab | "Neo-functionalization of a sex determining gene in the threespine stickleback" | S175 Coverdell Auditorium or via Zoom (details in email) | DBA Reseach in Progress Seminars |
| Tues., Sept. 30, 2025 11:10 AM | Florence Marlow, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Dept. of Cell, Developmental, & Regenerative Biology | "Development and longevity of the ovarian reserve" | S175 Coverdell Auditorium | Cellular Biology, Scott Dougan and Cordula Schulz |
| Fri. Oct. 3, 2025 9:00 AM | Doug Menke, Menke Lab | "The ribosome and sex determination in Anolis lizards" | S175 Coverdell Auditorium or via Zoom (details in email) | DBA Research in Progress Seminars |
| Thur. Oct. 9,2025 4:00 PM | James Monaghan, Northwestern University, Dept. of Biology | "Deciphering Regeneration Mechanisms through the Study of Axolotl Limb Regeneration" | 425 River Rd, ADS Rhodes Center, Dan Daniels Conf Rm or via Zoom (details in email) | RBC Collective, Chas Easley |
| Fri. Oct. 10, 2025 9:00 AM | Jim Lauderdale, Lauderdale Lab | "Much Ado About Eyes and Evolution: Tales from Scales, Feathers, and Fur" | S175 Coverdell Auditorium or via Zoom (details in email) | DBA Research in Progress Seminars |
| Tues., Oct. 14, 2025 11:10 AM | Erin Davies, National Institutes of Health (NIH), NCI/CCR, Cancer and Developmental Biology Laboratory | "Acquisition of whole-body regenerative abilities during development" | S175 Coverdell Auditorium | Cellular Biology, Rachel Roberts-Galbraith |
| Wed., Oct. 15, 2025 4:00 PM | Andrea Wills, University of Washington, Dept. of Biochemistry | "Decoding the metabolic requirements for complex tissue regeneration" | Life Sciences, Davison B118 | Genetics, Tania Rozario |
| Fri., Oct. 17, 2025 9:00 AM | Kendall Clay, Roberts-Galbraith Lab | "lmo1/3-1 and app-L1 are required for dopaminergic neurons in the planarian brain" | S175 Coverdell Auditorium or via Zoom (details in email) | DBA Research in Progress Seminars |
| Tues., Oct. 21, 2025 11:10 AM | Leo J. Fleishman, Union College, Biology Dept. | "Color vision, habitat light and signal diversity in Anolis lizards" | S175 Coverdell Auditorium | Cellular Biology, Jim Lauderdale |
| Fri., Oct. 24, 2025 9:00 AM | Neha Thakur, Yang Lab | "TBD" | S175 Coverdell Auditorium or via Zoom (details in email) | DBA Research in Progress Seminars |
| Fri., Oct 31,2025 9:00 AM - Defense 3:30 PM - Reception in Cedar St. C, Lobby near 435 | Cellular Biology Doctoral Exit Seminar, Taylor Medlock-Lanier | Dissertation Defense! *Please note this is Fall Break* "Transcription Factors Encode Location and Identity in Planarian Neurogenesis" | Science Learning Center (SLC), Room 285 Lecture Hall or via Zoom (details in email) | Ph.D. Advisor, Rachel Roberts-Galbraith, Cellular Biology |
| Tues., Nov. 4, 2025 11:10 AM | Khanh Huy Bui, McGill University, Dept. of Anatomy and Cell Biology | "Deciphering Ciliary Assembly: Insights Revealed by Cilia Tip Structure" | S175 Coverdell Auditorium | Cellular Biology, Jacek Gaertig |
| Tues., Nov. 4, 2025 4:00 PM | Jayshree Samanta, UGA, Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, Vet Med | Neural stem cell mediated remyelination | S175 Coverdell Auditorium | Monthly Neuro Seminar Series (MNSS) |
| Wed., Nov. 5, 2025 4:00 PM | Feng Yue, University of Florida, Animal Sciences Dept. | "A Metabolic Sensor Coordinates Mitochondrial Respiration to Sustain Muscle Stem Cell Homeostasis" | Life Sciences, Davison B118 | Genetics, Pengpeng Bi |
| Fri., Nov. 7, 2025 9:00 AM | Casey Stewart, Avraham Lab | "TBD" | S175 Coverdell Auditorium or via Zoom (details in email) | DBA Research in Progress Seminars |
| Tues., Nov. 11, 2025 5:00 PM | Cori Bargmann, The Rockefeller University, Genetics and Genomics; Neuroscience and Behavior | "Organizing behaviors across timescales with neuromodulators" | Cedar Street Building C (Chemistry), Room 430 | Cellular Biology, *Ritter Lecture Series* |
| Wed., Nov. 12, 2025 7:00 PM | Paul Trainor, Stowers Institute for Medical Research | "Global processes have tissue specific effects in development and disease" | Coverdell S175 Auditorium | DevBio Fall Symposium Keynote Speaker |
| Thurs., Nov. 13, 2025 9:00 AM | David Sherwood, Duke University, Dept. of Biology | "Basement Membranes and Organelle Inheritance" | Coverdell S175 Auditorium | DevBio Fall Symposium Invited Speaker |
| Thurs., Nov. 13, 2025 11:00 AM | Jennifer Zallen, Sloan Kettering Institute, Developmental Biology Program | "TBA" | Coverdell S175 Auditorium | DevBio Fall Symposium Invited Speaker |
| Fri., Nov. 14, 2025 9:00 AM | Chandler Lowe, Rozario Lab | "Investigating the role of Notch signaling in Hymenolepis diminuta segmentation" | Coverdell S175 Auditorium or via Zoom (details in emails) | DBA Research in Progress Seminars |
| Tues., Nov. 18, 2025 11:10 AM | Yana Zavos, UGA, School of Medicine (SOM) | "TBA" | Coverdell S175 Auditorium | Cellular Biology, Dennis Kyle |
| Fri., Nov. 21, 2025 9:00 AM | Md Mamunur Rashid, Liu Lab | "TBA" | Coverdell S175 Auditorium or via Zoom (details in email) | DBA Research in Progress Seminars |
| Wed., Nov. 19, 2025 4:00 PM | Mia Levine, University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Biology | "TBA" | Life Sciences, Davison B118 | Genetics, Katie Billmyre |
| Fri., Dec. 5, 2025 9:00 AM | Feng Kong, Yang Lab | "TBA" | Coverdell S175 Auditorium or via Zoom (details in emails) | DBA Research In Progress Seminars |