Seminars
| Date | Location | Speaker | Seminar Title/Topic |
| Jan 27 | zoom | Dr. Daniele Provenzano Department of Biology, UTRGV | Infection of Vibrio parahaemolyticus with novel bacteriophage NW-1 decreases host cold- temperature tolerance. |
| Feb 3 | zoom | Dr. Seema Khan, Dept. of Immunology & Microbiology, School of Medicine, UTRGV | Revisiting Tumor- microenvironment in Pancreatic Cancer |
| Feb 10 | zoom | Dr. Lauren Hale Research Soil Scientist, Water Management Research Unit,USDA-ARS, Parlier, CA |
Harnessing Soil Microbiomes to Promote Soil Health |
| Feb 17 | zoom | TBA | TBA |
| Feb 14 | zoom | Dr. Phil Kaufman, Entomology Department Chair, TAMU. Co-sponsored by Center for Vector Borne Disease |
Topic: Insect vector |
| Mar 3 | In person, Edinburg campus and zoom | Dr. Benjamin Schwartz, Edwards Aquifer Research Center and Biology Department at Texas State University | Edwards aquifer groundwater ecology. |
| Mar 10 | zoom | Dr. Chris Martine: Burpee Professor of PlantGenetics, Bucknell University |
Discovering species, protecting biodiversity, and doing scicomm using a next-gen + old school mult-tool approach |
| Mar 17 | SPRING BREAK | ||
| Mar 24 | zoom | Dr. Paul Ayyaye, University of Nebraska | Functions of insect quit-associated microbiomes |
| Mar 31 | zoom | Dr. Julieta Rosell, Universidad Nacional Autónomade México, Mexico City (UNAM) |
Functional ecology of bark |
| April 7 | zoom | Dr. Maria Cervantez and Dr. Thomas Ndolo, Biology Department, South Texas College. |
CURE (Course-Embedded Undergraduate Research Experience) in STC SEA PHAGES program, and phage discovery and bioinformatic data |
| April 14 | In person, Edinburg (zoom as backup) | Dr. Rafael Almeda, School of Earth, Environment, and Marine Sciences,UTRGV | "Navigating greenhouse gas emissions and socioenvironmental tradeoffs from hydropower" |
| April 21 | In person, Edinburg (zoom as backup) | Dr.Christopher Taylor, Department of Biology, UTRGV | Fish ecology |
| April 28 | In person, Edinburg | Dr.Daniela Valdez-Jasso University of California - San Diego |
From the right heart to the pulmonary arteries: a multiscale approach to understanding pulmonary arterial hypertension. |