Fall 2023 Seminar Series
Georgia Southern University’s Department of Biology hosts a weekly seminar series. The purpose of this series is to enable biologists from around the country to share their newest discoveries and ideas with our students, and we encourage students to engage with our honored guests in post-seminar discussions. Unless otherwise noted, seminars will be held on Mondays at 11:15 a.m., at either the Statesboro and Armstrong campuses. Seminars also will be live-streamed via Zoom. Scroll down past the schedule for instructions for joining a Zoom-based seminar.
| Date | Speaker Institution | Title | Sponsor | Campus |
| August | ||||
| 21 | Dynisty Wright Georgia Southern University | Insights into the evolution of chromatin architecture generated by inversion breakpoints in Drosophila pseudoobscura | Statesboro | |
| 28 | Josh Gibson Georgia Southern University | Genetic and Phenotypic Interactions in Hymenopteran Insects | Georgianne Moore | Statesboro |
| September | ||||
| 11 | Anthony Siccardi Georgia Southern University | Sustainable Aquaculture | Georgianne Moore | Armstrong |
| 18 | Aaron Bunch Clemson University | Evaluating novel approaches for improving diadromous fish passage in coastal rivers | Checo Colon Gaud | Statesboro |
| 25 |
TBA | |||
| October | ||||
| 2 | Joseph Colbert Jekyll Island | Informing conservation efforts for the genetically isolated Eastern Diamondback Rattlesnake on Jekyll Island | Mike Brennan | Statesboro |
| 6 Friday 1:00 pm | Michelle Lowery Georgia Southern University | Sustainability Practices in Aquaculture: Using Algae Turf Scrubber Biomass to Raise Black Soldier Flies as Alternative Feed in Blue Tilapia, Oreochromis aureus, Culture | Anthony Siccardi | Armstrong |
| 9 | Thomas Hancock UGA Marine Institute | University of Georgia Marine Institute on Sapelo Island (UGAMI) educational and research opportunities | John Carroll | Statesboro |
| 13 Friday | Conner Simon Georgia Southern University | Plankton Responses to Microplastic Fiber Pollution | Risa Cohen | Statesboro |
| 16 | Lisa Giencke Jones Center at Ichauway | Plant Ecology and Rare Plant Conservation in the Georgia Coastal Plain | Luke Sundquist | Virtual |
| 20 Friday | Luke Sundquist Georgia Southern University | Loggerhead sea turtle (Caretta caretta) nesting experience, seasonal variation, and hatching success on a Georgia barrier island | John Carroll | Statesboro |
| 20 Friday | Patrick Lewis Georgia Southern University | Spatial Drivers of Freshwater Fish Biodiversity, Community Structure, and Diet Composition Across Georgia, USA | Jamie Roberts | Statesboro |
| 23 | Raymond Kidder Georgia Southern University | Investigating Salinity Intrusion Effects on Sapelo Island, Georgia Using Benthic Macroinvertebrate Bioindicators | Checo Colon Gaud | Statesboro |
| 23 | Lexi Theisen Georgia Southern University | Comparing Morphologies and Genetics of Aquatic Salamander Amphiuma means in Mainland and Coastal Georgia | Checo Colon Gaud | Statesboro |
| 30 | Jessica Young University of California, Davis | What’s a PhD in Beer? Intro to Brewing and Hops | Sara Gremillion | Virtual |
| November | ||||
| 6 | Brian Shamblin University of Georgia | Ancient mariners and modern technology: resolving loggerhead turtle life history using genetic tools | Luke Sundquist | |
| 13 | Kaitlyn Murphy Auburn University | The influence of environmental variation on the microbiome during early-life stages in reptiles | Lance McBrayer | Statesboro |
| 17 Friday | Jennifer Mallon Mote Marine Laboratory | TBA | Tyler Cyronak | Armstrong |
| 27 | Jennifer Mandel University of Memphis | TBA | Heather Joesting | Virtual |
| December | ||||
| 4 |
Undergraduate Research Symposium | Statesboro | ||
Instructions for joining a seminar
To join a seminar, click the above link. You will be directed to a page with a popup dialog box. If a dialog box doesn’t pop up, check that you have allowed popup windows in your security and adblocker settings. When you click Open Zoom Meetings in the dialog, it will launch the Zoom application and take you to the meeting. If you don’t have the Zoom application installed, you will have the option to download it or to join from your browser. Zoom will then ask for your name (to display to others) as well as your email address (not displayed to others). Finally, Zoom may ask for the Webinar ID: 834 4802 2001 and passcode: 156909
For more information, contact Josh Gibson.
Last updated: 11/3/2023
