Seminar Series – Spring 2026

DateTimeWhereSpeaker, Title, and Host/Supervisor
Mon, Aug 243:10 PMZoomDr. Stephanie Porter, SBS, WSU Vancouver
Adaption in Nested Symbioses: Mobile Genetic Elements, Rhizobia, and the Plants that Host Them
Mon, Aug 313:10 PMZoomDr. Seth Rudman, SBS, WSU Vancouver
Mechanisms and Oucomes of Temporal Adaptation
Mon, Sept 7Labor Day
Mon, Sept 143:30Todd 420Dr. Erica Crespi, SBS, WSU Pullman
Community-engaged Research in the Biological Sciences: Opportunities, lessons and implications for training future scientists
Mon, Sept 213:30Todd 420Dr. Jesse Brunner, SBS, WSU Pullman Old Ideas and New Methods to Understand the Ecology of Amphibians Pathogens
Mon, Sept 283:30Todd 420Harry Smith, WSU Police Department
Workplace Violence Prevention and Active Shooter Incident Response
Mon, Oct 53:30Todd 420Dr. Tanya Cheeke, SBS, WSU Tri-Cities
Building Skills, Community and Capacity through Wildfire Microbiome Research
Mon, Oct 123:30Todd 420Dr. Andy Cavagnetto, SBS, WSU Pullman Evolving Science Education in the Era of AI and Social Media Algorithms
Mon, Oct 193:30Todd 420TBD
Mon, Oct 263:30Todd 420TBD
Mon, Nov 23:30Todd 420Dr. Steve Novak, Department of Biological Sciences, Boise State UniversityTBD
Mon, Nov 23Thanksgiving Break
Mon, Nov 303:30Todd 420Sarah Boothman, SBS Pullman, PhD Exit SeminarMaternal Diet, Milk Lipids and the Human Milk Microbiome: A global perspective
Hosts: Dr. Shelley McGuire and Dr. Kathy Beerman
Mon, Dec 73:30Todd 420Dr. Christopher Marx, UI, Biological Sciences, MoscowBacterial Epigenetic Memory of Stress Response
Host: Dr. Jen Wisecaver
Mon, Dec 14Finals Week