Seminars

Presented by the Wichita State University Department of Biological Sciences

August | September | October | November

• All enrolled students are required to attend

• Affiliation: Montrose Environmental Group
• Topic: Unraveling the Ecology of Macrophomina phaseolina in Native Grassland Soils

• Affiliation: Kansas State University
• Topic: Drosophilia Evolutionary Biology

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• Affiliation: Illinois Tech
• Topic: Bugs, Fish, Sequences and Students: Using 'omics and population genetics to study evolution, manage populations, and support undergraduate research

• Affiliation: Kansas State University
• Topic: Control of microRNA Gene Regulatory Activity: From Molecular Mechanisms to Disease

• Affiliation: Yale School of Medicine
• Topic: Transforming Musculoskeletal Medicine: From biological discover to novel therapeutics

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• Affiliation: Kansas State University
• Topic: A Silver Lining - Vegetation responses to recent northwest Kansas wildfires

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• Affiliation: Kansas State University
• Topic: From Theory to Practice: Translating grassland research to land management change

• Affiliation: Kansas State University
• Topic: Inflammation as a Developmental Determinant of Health and Disease in Down Syndrome

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• Affiliation: University of Kansas
• Topic: From Local Adaptation to Functional Prediction: Soil Bacteria and Their Plant Hosts

• Affiliation: University of Kansas
• Topic: Monarch Butterflies in a Changing Landscape: Habitat, stressors, and migration

Magdalena Wenger

• Mentor: Dr. Li Yao
• Topic: The Impact of Electrical Stimulation on Microglial Migration, Viability, and Dynamics

Maryam Bakhat

• Mentor: Dr. Bill Hendry
• Title: Unraveling the Tumor Microenvironment: A 3D Spheroid Approach to Oral Cancer

Tessa Nolen

• Mentor: Dr. Raj Logan
• Title: Fondue Localization in the Drosophila melanogaster Testis

Anshu Dangol

• Mentor: Dr. Mark Schneegurt
• Title: Impact of Nitrogen Fertilization Regimes on Soil Nitrogen Dynamics and Microbial Functional Potential

Alexa Platzer

• Mentor: Dr. Mark Schneegurt
• Title: Halite Entrapment as a Microbial Survival Mechanism

Shelby Eastman

• Mentor: Dr. George Bousfield
• Title: Investigation into the Role of the Cell Membrane in Differential FSHR Binding to FSH Glycoforms

Lilly Johnson

• Mentor: Dr. Greg Houseman
• Title: Can Cattle Grazing Increase Forb Recruitment in Restored CRP Grassland?

Benjamin Cloud

• Mentor: Dr. Li Yao
• Title: Targeting the Molecular Regulation of Motility and Proliferation of Glioblastoma

Nitish Giri

• Mentor: Dr. Bin Shuai
• Title: Biological Control of Macrophomina phaseolina: A Bacterial Approach to Combat Charcoal Rot Disease

Marie Brunet

• Mentor: Dr. Raj Logan
• Title: Impact of Exercise Adaptations on the Drosphila Aging Stem Cell