Past Events

Thesis Defenses

Luísa Genes Dissertation Defense "Biodiversity Recovery Across Conservation Interventions in Tropical Forests" on June 12

Date

Friday, June 12, 2026, 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Luísa Genes

Dirzo Lab

Passcode:519522

Kaitlyn Mitchell Dissertation Defense on June 10

Date

Wednesday, June 10, 2026, 11:00am - 12:00pm

Kaitlyn Mitchell DeLeo Lab

Boatworks or Zoom

ID: 99837777821

Password: 857408

Kaitlyn Mitchell Dissertation Defense on June 10

Date

Wednesday, June 10, 2026, 11:00am - 12:00pm

Kaitlyn Mitchell DeLeo Lab

Boatworks or Zoom

ID: 99837777821

Password: 857408

Thesis Defenses

Carin Ragland Dissertation Defense "If the cap fits: tailoring root persistence for the world's top biopesticide, Bacillus thuringiensis" on June 4

Date

Thursday, June 4, 2026, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Carin Ragland

Dinneny Lab

Munzer Auditorium in the Beckman Building or Zoom

Passcode:696796

Victoria Grant Dissertation Defense "“The Revolution will be Sequenced: Leveraging Genomic Data to Improve Species Knowledge and Conservation Outcomes” on June 3

Date

Wednesday, June 3, 2026, 1:30pm - 2:30pm

Victoria Grant

Schumer Lab

LK 130 or Zoom

Passcode:304301

Thesis Defenses

Alex Starr Dissertation Defense "Less is more: loss of function in the evolution of human cognition" on May 28

Date

Thursday, May 28, 2026, 10:00am - 11:00am

Alex Starr

Fraser Lab

Passcode:615488

Thesis Defenses

Zhainib Amir-Ugokwe "VEGF/ERK ACTIVATION AND PI3K INHIBITION DRIVE HUMAN VEIN-TO-ARTERY ENDOTHELIAL FATE TRANSITION" on May 27

Date

Wednesday, May 27, 2026, 11:00am - 12:00pm

Zhainib Amir-Ugokwe

Red-Horse Lab

Passcode:262097

Thesis Defenses

Charlotte Brannon Dissertation Defense "Unfolding placozoan behavior: coordination of ciliated multicellular sheets for folding, wound healing, and neuropeptide response" on May 21

Date

Thursday, May 21, 2026, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Charlotte Brannon

Manu Prakash Lab

Passcode:594418

Biology Undergraduate Events

The Senior Reflection: Annual Exhibition of Student Capstones on May 20

Date

Wednesday, May 20, 2026, 4:00pm - 6:30pm

We hope you’ll attend The Senior Reflection's Annual Exhibition of Student Work, which will be held on Wednesday, May 20, from 4-6:30 pm in the Sapp Gallery.

Thesis Defenses

Billie Goolsby Dissertation Defense on May 18

Date

Monday, May 18, 2026, 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Billie Goolsby

O'Connell Lab

"Neural and physiological mechanisms shaping family dynamics in biparental poison frogs"