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Schedule of Seminars for Spring 2022
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.
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