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.

Fall 2022 Schedule

Seminars are held on Fridays at 3:30 p.m. in Room 210 C.V. Starr Hall. Dr. Peter Daniel (email) is the coordinator this semester.

DATE		SPEAKER	AFFILIATION	SEMINAR TITLE
9/16	Image	Dr. Andrea Ward	Adelphi University	“Terrestrial locomotion in elongate fishes: Exploring the roles of morphology and substrate in facilitating locomotion”
9/30	Image	Dr. John Vanek	New York Natural Heritage Program	“Urban wildlife, natural history, ecology and conservation”
10/7	Image	Hans Walters	New York Aquarium	“Saving sharks in our back yard”
10/21	Image	Dr. Alex White	Sufffolk County Department of Health	“Tick surveillance, models, and educational outreach”
10/28	Image	Dr. Josh Plotkin	SUNY Stonybrook	“Neuromodulation of striatal circuit function and compulsive behaviors”
11/11	Image	Dr. Fernando Neito	SUNY Old Westbury	“Title Pending”
11/18	Image	Dr. Rob Gingras	Manus Bio	“A timeline to exocytosis: high spatial and temporal resolution analysis of the yeast secretory pathway”
12/2	Image	Dr. Luciana Santoferrara	Hofstra University	“Feedbacks between microbial communities and hypoxia in Long Island Sound”
12/9	Image	Dr. Lorenzo Uccellini	Enzo Life Sciences	“Title pending”

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.