Biology

Seminars

The Department of Biology at Hofstra University invites you to the Hofstra University Biology Seminar Series. The seminars are open to the public, and we encourage all members of the scientific community to attend, especially biology students.

Spring 2024 Schedule

Seminars are held on Fridays at 3:30 p.m. in Room 310 C.V. Starr Hall. Dr. Luciana Santoferrara (email) is the coordinator this semester.

Date Speaker Affiliation Title
2/16 Dr. Jason Williams Hofstra University "What I did on my sabbatical: from New Zealand to South Africa and in between"
2/23 Dr. Jackie Collier Stony Brook University “Unusual biology of the model mangrove thraustochytrid Aurantiochytrium: carotenoids, unique organelles, latent ‘mirusviruses’”
3/8 Dr. Mitchell Baker Queens College "Behavior and the evolution of resistance to insecticides"
3/29 TBD    
4/5 TBD    
4/12 TBD    
4/19 TBD    
4/26 TBD    
5/3 TBD    

Information for Speakers

We look forward to seeing you at Hofstra.

The audience will be master's and undergraduate biology students, biology faculty, and occasionally faculty from other departments with ties to biology (like biochemists or paleontologists). The majority of the audience will not be familiar with your particular specialty. Usually, the number of attendants is fairly small. Some of the students attend the seminars for credit and are required to turn in abstracts of the talk, so those students typically take many notes.

Seminars begin at 3:30 p.m. (refreshments at 3:15 p.m.), and most speakers talk for about 45-50 minutes. There is also plenty of time for questions.