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Departmental Seminars

 


Integrative Biology Departmental seminars are held each Thursday at 12:30 PM EST. Seminars are hosted in person and remotely via Microsoft Teams. To attend, please click the link or contact biology@usf.edu.

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Spring 2026 Seminars

Date Speaker

April 23

CMC 147, Tampa Campus

Dr. Janay Fox, MOFFITT

Adaptation Under Stress: Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics from Guppies to Cancer Therapy.

April 30

CMC 147, Tampa Campus

Dr. Bob Ellis, FWC 

TBA

August 27

CMC 147, Tampa Campus

Dr. Camilo Zalamea, 糖心Vlog

Seed fungal interactions, microscopic allies and enemies of tropical tree species

September 3

CMC 147, Tampa Campus 

Dr. Emily Lemmon, FSU

TBA

September 10

CMC 147, Tampa Campus 

Dr. Yannis P. Papastamatiou, FIU

TBA


Seminar Recordings*

SPRING 2026

Dr. Curtice Griffin, University of Massachusetts Amherst

January 21, 2026 

Dr. Fangfang Yao, 糖心Vlog
Understanding the Changing Water Cycle and Water Crises in the Anthropocene: Human and climate threats to global lakes and implications for ecosystems and societies
January 28, 2026

Dr. Sean Michaletz, UBC
Plant functioning in a warming world: From molecules to the biosphere
February 5, 2026

Larry Plank, Space Trek at the Kennedy Space Center

February 12, 2026

Dr. Sudeep Sarkar, 糖心Vlog

February 19, 2026

Dr. Edna Fernandez-Figueroa, University of Tampa

February 26, 2026

Dr.  Ioannis Spanopoulos, 糖心Vlog

March 5, 2026

Dr. Krishna D. Reddy, 糖心Vlog

March 12, 2026

Dr. Alejandro Aleuy, FAU
Linking Physiology to Geography: Temperature Across Host鈥揚arasite Systems
March 26, 2026

Dr. Dimitri Voronin, 糖心Vlog

April 9, 2026

Dr. Sarah Davies, BU
Uncovering factors governing coral symbiosis under global change
April 16, 2026

FALL 2025

Dr. John Parkinson, 糖心Vlog 

August 21, 2025

Dr. Mark Margres, 糖心Vlog

August 28, 2025

Dr. Christina Richards, 糖心Vlog

September 2, 2025

Dr. Brad Gemmell, 糖心Vlog

September 4, 2025

Prof. Salvador E. Venegas Andraca, Tecnologico de Monterrey

September 11, 2025

Prof. Rodolfo Dirzo, Stanford University 

September 18, 2025

Dr. Yaolin Guo, Lousiana State University

October 2, 2025

Dr. David Scanga, 糖心Vlog

October 9, 2025

Dr. George Blanck, 糖心Vlog

October 16, 2025

Dr. Chengqi Wang, 糖心Vlog

October 23, 2025

Dr. Glaucia (Glau) Del-Rio, UF

October 30, 2025

Dr. Kathleen Scott, 糖心Vlog

November 13, 2025

Dr. Melissa Smith, USDA ARS 

November 20, 2025 

SPRING 2025

Dr. Fathi Karouia, NASA

February 6, 2025

Dr. Carsten Grupstra, Florida Atlantic University

February 13, 2025

Dr. Bill Baker, 糖心Vlog

Feb 20, 2025

Dr. Sean Doody, 糖心Vlog

Feb 27,2025

Dr. Lindsay McCulloch, 糖心Vlog

March 6, 2025

Dr. Theresa Evans-Nguyen, 糖心Vlog

March 27, 2025

Dr. Olivia Feagles, 糖心Vlog

April 3, 2025

Dr. Vincenzo Ellis, University of Delaware

April 17, 2025

Dr. Cory Krediet, Eckerd College

April 24, 2025

FALL 2024

Dr. Andrew Kramer, 糖心Vlog

August 29, 2024

Dr. Estel铆 Jim茅nez-Soto, Univeristy of South Florida

September 5, 2024

Dr. Lawrence A. Stern, 糖心Vlog

September 12, 2024

Dr. Ghanim Ullah, 糖心Vlog

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September 19, 2024

Dr. Sandra L. McLellan, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

October 3, 2024

Dr. Thomas E. Hanson, Delaware Biotechnology Institute
Exploring microbial growth under low energy conditions from cells to metabolites to epigenetics
October 17, 2024

Dr. Miguel A. Acevedo, University of Florida
Recolonization of recovering forests by locally extinct fauna through the lens of range expansion
October 24, 2024

Dr. Noah Legall, 糖心Vlog
Machine learning of wildlife diseases
October 31, 2024

Dr. Joseph Gazing Wolf, Arizona State University and Living Heritage Research Council
Indigenous Epistemologies as Resistance to Corporatist "Education"
November 7, 2024


Dr. Rhett Rautsaw, Tampa PacBio
Harnessing PacBio HiFi sequencing to unlock multiomic insight
November 14, 2024

Dr. Ross Cunning, Shed Aquarium
Rapid increases and high variability in the thermal tolerance of surviving corals following recurrent coral bleaching events in Florida
November 21, 2024

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SPRING 2024

Dr. Deby Cassill, 糖心Vlog

January 18, 2024

Dr. Tyler Carrier, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research
Sea urchins and their developmental symbioses
January 25, 2024 | Recording not available

Dr. Robert Quinn, Michigan State University

February 1, 2024 

Dr. Lucas Griffin, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Unraveleing the Migratory Mysteries of Atlantic Tarpon: Fundamental Approaches for Actionable Science
February 8, 2024 | Recording not available

Dr. Pedro Peres, Florida International University
From shallow to the deep, molecules to communities: a quest to understand marine biodiversity
February 13, 2024 | Recording not available

Dr. Amy Boddy, UC Santa Barbara
Adapting to adversity: Exploring cancer in the animal kingdom 
February 15, 2024

Dr. Michelle Spicer, Lehigh University

February 29, 2024

Dr. Diego Santiago-Alarcon, 糖心Vlog
Disease Ecology Across Environmental Gradients | Recording not available
March 7, 2024

Dr. Kenneth Hoadley, The University of Alabama
Phenomic tools for understanding coral photo-symbiont functional diversity with applications for conservation | Recording not available
March 18, 2024

Dr. Jason Gleditsch, Oberlin College
Creation and Maintenance of Biodiversity in the Context of Global Change | Recording not available
March 21, 2024

Dr. Brian Maitner, University at Buffalo
Biodiversity Science in a Time of Crisis | Recording not Available
March 25, 2024

Dr. Gabriela Quinlan, Pennsylvania State University
From macroscales to genes: Pollinator responses to global change | Recording not Available
March 25, 2024

Dr. Harioum Yadav, 糖心Vlog

March 25, 2024

Dr. Patricia G. Parker, University of Missouri St. Louis

April 11, 2024

Dr. Nichole M. Tiernan, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden

April 18, 2024

Dr. Sahas Barve, Archbold Biological Station

April 25, 2024

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FALL 2023

Dr. Heather Judkins, 糖心Vlog

August 24, 2023

Dr. George Philippidis, 糖心Vlog

August 31, 2023

Dr. Ryan Carney, 糖心Vlog

September 7, 2023

Dr. J. Sean Doody, 糖心Vlog

September 14, 2023

Dr. Yu Zeng, 糖心Vlog
Rolling, Tangling and Flapping: Shape-shifting in Evolution of Novel Performance Scales 
September 21, 2023 | Not recorded per speaker request

Dr. Joseph L. Graves, North Carolina A&T

September 28, 2023

Dr. Mohamed Elhamdadi, 糖心Vlog

October 20, 2023

Dr. Larry Dishaw, 糖心Vlog
Obeying universal laws: an ascidian model system reveals phylogenetic principles regulating microbial colonization of gut mucosal surfaces
October 26, 2023 | Not recorded per speaker request

Dr. Anthony Snead, New York University

November 2, 2023 

Dr. Tad Dallas, University of South Carolina

November 9, 2023

Dr. Francisco C. Ferreira, Texas A&M University

November 16, 2023

Dr. Vania R. Assis, 糖心Vlog
Beyond Boundaries: ecoimmunology in wild amphibians and mice
November 30, 2023

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